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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats rage as Johnson restricts their ability to oust him … - “This makes it clear that they have no intention of working together to find common ground,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, said of the rules change in a statement.
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CNN:
Speaker Johnson faces narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years — Speaker Mike Johnson will face a major challenge in the new Congress - the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. — That is, if he can keep the gavel. — Republicans will soon control the House, Senate and White House.
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Trans rights to be marquee fight for House Republicans — How the GOP is responding to Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender House member, is a preview of what's to come. — Republicans' first response to Sarah McBride's election to Congress was to ban her from using women's restrooms throughout the Capitol.
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1/2/25 ☀️ AM: — Chip's cashed in: Roy holds the keys to Johnson's speakership
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Associated Press and Union-Bulletin.com
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Johnson protected, diversity office scrapped in new House rules
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CNN:
Fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel used in Tesla cybertruck explosion outside Las Vegas Trump Hotel — Authorities believe fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel were connected to a detonation system controlled by the driver in the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday morning.
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Associated Press:
Firework mortars, gas cannisters stuffed inside Tesla that exploded outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Investigators Search for Links Between New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Blast
ABC News:
Police treating vehicle explosion at Trump Las Vegas hotel as possible act of terror: Official
Katie Daviscourt / The Post Millennial:
BREAKING: Cybertruck blows up outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas
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Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Liz Cheney Is Among 20 Chosen to Receive Presidential Citizens Medal — Two close advisers to President Biden will also be honored, in addition to career lawmakers who have worked across the aisle and advocates for liberal causes. — President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal …
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee — President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump …
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Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
Biden to honor Liz Cheney with Presidential Citizens Medal
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Texas sues to impose bigotry on the rest of the country — Donald Trump and JD Vance spent the 2024 election spewing the most rank transphobia, a tactic that should have made them pariahs but instead helped win them the presidency. Even though they haven't taken office yet …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography — Texas asks the justices to abandon longstanding First Amendment protections for sexual speech. … If you've studied First Amendment law, it's impossible not to experience déjà vu while reading the briefs …
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South — Almost two years ago, Louisiana passed a law that started a wave that's since spread across the entire U.S. south, and has changed the way people there can access adult content. As of today, Florida, Tennessee …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
10 policies Republicans could use to pay for new tax cuts — Extending the expiring 2017 tax cuts could add $5 trillion to the national debt; Trump and GOP lawmakers are are considering these policies to offset that cost. — Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans …
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Los Angeles Times
Katya Schwenk / The Lever:
The Rise Of Big Potato — Allegations of price collusions among the potato cartel reveal the new, sophisticated methods food corporations are using to keep prices high. — One afternoon in April 2022, Josh Saltzman, the owner of a sports bar in Washington, D.C., opened his inbox to find …
New York Post:
Inside terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar's squalid home where sheep and goats roam his yard — after his financial ruin — HOUSTON — The terrorist who killed 15 people when he plowed his truck down crowded Bourbon Street in New Orleans was an American-born military veteran who was living in a run …
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Washington Post:
Trump plans ‘victory rally’ at Washington arena day before inauguration — President-elect Donald Trump plans to hold a “victory rally” at the Capital One Arena in Washington on Jan. 19, the day before he is sworn in, according to a sign-up page on his inaugural website.
Kevin Maurer / Rolling Stone:
Here's What Trump's Mexico Invasion Plan Could Look Like — As Trump and his incoming administration threaten Mexican drug cartels, experts warn their plan could create more violence and put Americans in danger — A MQ-9 Reaper drone keeps watch above the caravan of SUVs as a pair of helicopters …
Emily Stewart / Business Insider:
Trump's election changed how Americans feel about the economy — Turns out America's economic gloom was fueled by something far thornier than inflation — It's generally a rare thing for the person you're interviewing to burst out laughing. But that's what happened to me, recently …
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Jeff Arnold / The Hill:
Cruise ship stomach bug illnesses hit 12-year high: CDC — 14 of 16 cruise ship outbreaks caused by norovirus — Five of the outbreaks took place in December - Norovirus prevalent in crowded, semi-enclosed spaces — More people experienced gastrointestinal illnesses while aboard …
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New York Times:
Suspect in New Orleans Attack Is Identified as a Texan and Had an ISIS Flag With Him — In a YouTube video from 2020, the man identified as the suspect said he had been born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, and had served in the U.S. military. — The man killed in a shootout with the police …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Biden vows to keep public informed about investigation into ‘despicable’ New Orleans attack
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NOLA.com:
Live updates: Death toll rises to 15 in suspected ‘act of terrorism’ on Bourbon Street
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