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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House passes resolution to end Iran War, challenging Trump — House lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation designed to force President Trump to end the Iran War, marking a victory for Democrats and the constitutional purists who say the conflict is illegal without explicit congressional approval.
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CNN:
House votes to limit Trump's Iran war powers in remarkable rebuke — Donald Trump Congressional news January 6th The Middle East — The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to limit President Donald Trump's war powers in Iran, a significant rebuke to Trump and his handling of the conflict.
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
House moves forward on new aid for Ukraine package, spurning Trump — Six Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday to push through a vote on military aid for Ukraine, a blow to President Trump's handling of Russia's war against the country and his withdrawal of U.S. support for Kyiv.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tells Aides He Won't Resume All-Out War With Iran Unless U.S. Troops Are Killed — Repeated strikes by Tehran ratchet up pressure on the president and cast doubt over the ceasefire's long-term viability — President Trump has told aides privately that he would consider ending …
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP-Led House Votes to Limit Trump's Iran War Powers — Effort to constrain White House comes as war has morphed from a heavy bombing campaign to a fragile ceasefire — WASHINGTON-The GOP-led House voted to restrict President Trump's ability to continue the war against Iran without congressional approval …
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran, in a rebuke of Trump
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Washington Post:
In a first, House votes to block Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran
In a first, House votes to block Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran
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Informed Comment, RedState, NOTUS, Raw Story and The Independent
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
House Advances New Sanctions on Russia and Aid to Ukraine
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House tensions erupt as Tlaib pushes Lebanon war powers vote
House tensions erupt as Tlaib pushes Lebanon war powers vote
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Mediaite, Truthout and Jewish Insider
MS NOW:
Trump plans to nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general, source says — Blanche, the president's former personal attorney, has been leading the Justice Department in an acting capacity since April following Pam Bondi's ouster. — President Donald Trump is expected to nominate acting …
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump says he doesn't know whether the $1.8 billion payout fund is dead — In his first comments since the apparent collapse of the plan, the president was less definitive than acting attorney general Todd Blanche was a day earlier. — Summary — President Donald Trump said Wednesday …
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CNN:
Trump soon expected to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general, source says — President Donald Trump is soon expected to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general, according to a source familiar with the matter. — The nomination could be announced as soon as tonight, the source and another person familiar said.
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Sports Swollen Eye Days After Surprise Medical Checkup … President Trump was sporting a swollen eye and hand in an interview with New York Post's Miranda Devine on the conservative podcast Pod Force One. — Trump's right eye clearly showed puffiness and looked oddly misshapen compared …
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NBC News:
Trump says he's not sure if ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is really dead: 'I'd have to ask the lawyers' — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday the Justice Department was “not moving forward” with the $1.8 billion fund. — President Donald Trump injected fresh uncertainty …
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Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Trump says he's nominating Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general
CNN:
Trump tells CNN he doesn't know if $1.8 billion fund is dead, calling it ‘a beautiful thing’
Trump tells CNN he doesn't know if $1.8 billion fund is dead, calling it ‘a beautiful thing’
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John Harney / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Plans to Make Blanche ‘Permanent Attorney General’
Trump Says He Plans to Make Blanche ‘Permanent Attorney General’
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Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Trump Humiliated After Senators Pull Ballroom Cash
Trump Humiliated After Senators Pull Ballroom Cash
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New York Times:
Bari Weiss Speaks on Scott Pelley's Firing: 'That's the Path That He Chose' — In her first public comments on the firing, Ms. Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief, said that the longtime correspondent had “broken” the trust in the newsroom. — Bari Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief …
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Status:
The Tick-Tock on ‘60’ Correspondents … On Wednesday morning, CBS News Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss addressed a week of unbridled chaos at “60 Minutes,” seeking to reassure staff and perhaps bring down the temperature after the stunning firing of veteran correspondent Scott Pelley.
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Trump signs order moving thousands of federal employees into Schedule F — President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order formally converting nearly 10,000 career federal workers into Schedule Policy/Career, making them effectively at-will employees.
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NBC News:
New intel chief is a partisan warrior who has the president's ear, sources say — Former intelligence officials worry Bill Pulte will have access to a trove of intelligence and seek retribution against Trump's political enemies or to try to justify federal intrusion into upcoming elections.
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US Department of Justice:
CEO of Iran Tech Company Arrested on Federal Charge of Supplying U.S. Equipment to Iran's Nuclear and Military Establishment — For Immediate Release — A dual U.S.-Iranian national and CEO of an Iran-based technology company was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging …
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Democratic unity, Republican crossovers shape Ohio Senate race — President Donald Trump carried Ohio by more than 11 percentage points in 2024, but a new Fox News survey finds his standing in the Buckeye State has deteriorated — a development that is benefitting Democrat Sherrod Brown in the Senate race.
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New York Times:
The Narrow Path to a Democratic Senate Runs Through Very Red States — Democrats cheer there is a way, even as new worries emerge over whether Graham Platner can flip a Maine seat. Republicans remain confident they will prevail in Texas, Iowa and Alaska. — When President Trump met …
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Rubio grows exasperated with Democrats at heated House hearing — Secretary of State Marco Rubio grew visibly annoyed with the Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee during his Wednesday testimony, openly voicing his exasperation in several exchanges.
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Justmindy / twitchy.com:
Code Pink Thug Slaps Rep. Anna Paulina Luna After Hearing — Luna Files Charges and Demands Ban
Code Pink Thug Slaps Rep. Anna Paulina Luna After Hearing — Luna Files Charges and Demands Ban
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New York Times:
Obscure Group With Trump Ties Plans to Route Funds to His Allies for Legal Fights — A nonprofit called the Lawfare Defense Fund has raised $36 million to support those who consider themselves unjust victims of the legal system with grants to pay for litigation.
David Strom / HotAir:
Judge: Paedo Sex Offenders May Use Girls' Locker Room — Because of their allegiance to alphabet ideology, liberal jurisdictions are about as sex offender-friendly as is possible in the First World. — Scott Wiener, the utterly degenerate California State Senator Scott Wiener …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The $9 billion liability across the street from the Capitol … “As these facilities age and kind of reach this tipping point, we start having an increasing number of failures as all these systems age out and we start having series of failures on top of each other,” he told the House Administration Committee at a hearing Wednesday.
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