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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Johnson Needs Democrats on Ukraine, Handing Them Power to Shape Aid Plan  —  The Republican speaker's elaborate strategy for passing a foreign aid package over his party's objections will require the cooperation of Democrats to pass it — and possibly save his job.
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive - MTG on Mike Johnson Speakership: 'It's Over - He's Just the Only One Who Hasn't Acknowledged It'
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Rating Changes: Arizona Senate and AZ-6  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — We're making a couple of rating changes today, both in Arizona.  — The state's open-seat Senate race goes from Toss-up to Leans Democratic, and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6) moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up.
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Laura Gersony / USA Today:
Kari Lake downplays 1864 abortion law, says Arizonans can travel ‘3 hours’ for procedure  —  Senate candidate Kari Lake indistinctly linked illegal immigration to the climbing cost of housing in Arizona at a Tuesday morning campaign event that veered into higher-profile policy issues, including Lake's shifting rhetoric on abortion.
Discussion: Washington Post and Arizona Mirror
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump could have helped response to Jan. 6 riot — but didn't — per new testimony  —  Two senior leaders of the D.C. guard at the time of the Capitol attack painted a picture of the boost that never came, according to transcripts reviewed by POLITICO.  —  Donald Trump could have cleared …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and CBS News
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Alters National Review Article, Deletes That Affair Allegations Could Have “Torpedoed” His Campaign  —  Trump's manipulated article also attacks star witness Michael Cohen, a potential gag order violation  —  Trump has posted yet another one of his manipulated articles to Truth Social.
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Why the Trump campaign is in deeper trouble than you think  —  Simon Rosenberg explains Trump's predicament and Biden's improving position.  —  ∙ Paid  —  🇺🇸 Subscribe to Public Notice 🇺🇸  —  I'm in Italy this week to speak on a panel about twitter …
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.  —  Russia's Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the United States, and leverage the Ukraine war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Carl Gibson / Alternet.org:
'I don't think you're fit for this job': GA senator gives USPS chief DeJoy an ultimatum  —  U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was raked over the coals on Tuesday in a hearing conducted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, particularly by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia).
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate convenes Mayorkas impeachment trial as Democrats will seek a quick dismissal  —  The Senate on Wednesday opened the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, swearing in senators as jurors while Democrats said they wanted …
Minouche Shafik / Wall Street Journal:
Columbia University President: What I Plan to Tell Congress Tomorrow  —  Antisemitism and calls for genocide have no place at a university.  My priority has been the safety and security of our community, but that leaves plenty of room for robust disagreement and debate.
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Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Lawmakers, Jewish groups brace for Columbia's Capitol Hill antisemitism showdown
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former ‘Real Housewives’ star Siggy Flicker's stepson arrested on Jan. 6 charges  —  Tyler Campanella, the stepson of “Siggy” Flicker, was arrested more than three years after the reality star posted images that Campanella apparently shot inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
John Leguizamo on Trump's Latino support: 'He doesn't like us, and he doesn't want us here'  —  Actor John Leguizamo obliterated a small horse piñata while reciting a thorough catalogue of Spanish-language profanities on “The Daily Show” Tuesday in response to a New York Times/Siena poll …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Meet the people spending $800,000 or more to make Trump the next president  —  Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was recently found liable for sexual assault, and has been charged with 88 felonies.  Trump is currently spending four days a week at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court unanimously opens door to more workplace bias claims  —  .  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for workers to pursue employment discrimination claims over job transfers in ruling on a case involving a St. Louis policewoman who said she was reassigned due to sex discrimination.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Comer: Criminal referrals in Biden probe could come ‘within weeks’  —  House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that criminal referrals stemming from his investigation into President Biden could come “within weeks” even as he cautioned that “impeachment is still on the table.”
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency after alleged 2015 gun incident  —  The Montana GOP Senate candidate said this month that he lied about accidentally shooting himself at Glacier National Park  —  Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency in 2015 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives  —  At a Mar-a-Lago dinner, Donald Trump doubles down on promises to derail a key form of clean energy that competes with fossil fuels  —  Former president Donald Trump repeatedly ranted about wind power during …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Trump GOP's inverted perception of crime in America  —  During a visit to a small convenience store in Upper Manhattan on Tuesday, Donald Trump distilled his party's approach to crime — and, really, everything else.  —  Trump had come directly from the courthouse where …
Politico:
Gallagher stays flexible  —  Speaker Mike Johnson may get a much-needed boost for his foreign aid plans as departing Rep. Mike Gallagher has flexibility to remain in town into Saturday to support the package, according to his office.  “The congressman has the flexibility to stay and support …
Washington Post:
'We're a dead ship': Hundreds of cargo ships lost propulsion in U.S. waters in recent years  —  While the ship that felled the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore suffered a total blackout, such losses of engine power — including near bridges or ports — are hardly a one-off
Alex Tabet / NBC News:
Kari Lake suggests supporters ‘strap on a Glock’ to be ready for 2024  —  Lake told people that “the next six months is going to be intense” and urged attendees to be “ready for action,” calling out to military and law enforcement veterans in the crowd.  —  LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. …
Alicia Montgomery / Slate:
NPR Is a Mess.  But “Wokeness” Isn't the Problem.  —  Yes, the broadcaster is a mess.  But “wokeness” isn't the issue.  —  NPR, the great bastion of old-school audio journalism, is a mess.  But as someone who loves NPR, built my career there, and once aspired to stay forever, I say with sadness that it has been for a long time.
 
 
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Jamie Dettmer / Politico:
Why Ukraine is losing the war with Russia
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Melania Trump Avoids the Courtroom, but Is Said to Share Her Husband's Anger
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Biden fund gets big donation from son of Republican megadonor Larry Ellison
Discussion: Raw Story
Josiah Lippincott / American Greatness:
Mass Deportations Would Lower Housing Prices
Discussion: Blaze Media
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Scranton vs. Mar-a-Lago: Biden turns sharply to populism
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Prosecutions of Fake Electors for Trump Gain Ground in Swing States
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Josh Meyer / USA Today:
Exclusive: Mayorkas' newest weapon against the explosion of online child sex exploitation
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Steve Garvey's tax debt dogs Senate bid
Ry Rivard / Politico:
Sen. Bob Menendez may point the finger at his wife, newly unsealed documents show
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The Supreme Court's Conservatives Just Took Direct Aim at Jack Smith's Trump Indictment. Will They Go Through With It?
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

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Sources: NBCUniversal is prepared to pay an average of about $2.5B a year to air a package of NBA games, as WBD makes last-ditch efforts to keep those rights

 
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