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Slotkin Gets Security Detail After Trump’s Remarks
“Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has been assigned around-the-clock police protection, her office said, following calls by President Donald Trump on Thursday morning that the Michigan lawmaker should be arrested and…
Congressional Republicans Begin to Look Beyond Trump
New York Times: “The willingness of congressional Republicans to defy Mr. Trump and back legislation requiring the disclosure of federal files on Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and one-time…
Cory Mills Was Caught With Sex Workers
“Following President Joe Biden’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of individuals sought to make an unannounced trip to the Taliban-run country to extract Americans who were stranded inside….
DNC Took Out $15 Million Loan in October
“The Democratic National Committee took out a $15 million loan last month to replenish its shrunken coffers before elections in Virginia and New Jersey and to keep operations fully funded…
High Stakes in Omaha
Just for members: The latest edition of Inside Elections. This issue includes a deep dive into another one of the most competitive House districts in the entire country. Join now…
Coast Guard Says Swastika Is No Longer a Hate Symbol
“The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than…
Summers Visited Epstein’s Island During His Honeymoon
“In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding at Elmwood — the Harvard president’s official residence — Lawrence Summers and his wife, Elisa New, traded Cambridge’s cold for a…
Justice Department Investigates Probe Into Schiff
“The Justice Department is investigating possible issues with the mortgage fraud investigation into California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff that is run by two Trump administration political appointees, Ed Martin and…
Mike Johnson Defends Trump’s ‘Sedition’ Attacks
Speaker Mike Johnson defended Donald Trump’s declaration that some congressional Democrats engaged in “sedition” after the president suggested those Democrats should be executed Thursday, Politico reports. Said Johnson: “That is…
Judge Orders Release of 300 Detainees
“A federal judge Wednesday ordered the release of more than 300 people detained by the federal government as part of the federal immigration enforcement operations being conducted in the Chicago…
CDC Updates Its Webpage on Vaccines and Autism
Jeremy Faust, MD: “The update represents an extraordinary moment in the history of our nation’s public health system—a Rubicon moment. The CDC’s page on vaccines and autism is now filled…
Republican Moves to Expel Indicted Democratic Lawmaker
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) said he will force a vote on expelling Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) from Congress after she was indicted by a federal grand jury, Axios reports. Save…
Exchange of the Day
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) was interviewed by CNN’s John Berman about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files: BERMAN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party…
GOP Faces a Midterm Meltdown If Economic Anger Holds
The midterms are just under a year away, but if the political climate next fall even vaguely resembles what we’re seeing today, Republicans are headed for a brutal reckoning. The…
Zelensky Agrees to Negotiate on Trump’s Peace Plan
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll on Thursday that he’s willing to work with the Trump administration on its new plan for peace in Ukraine,” Axios…
Trump Calls for Democratic Lawmakers to Face Trial
President Trump called for six Democratic lawmakers to face arrest and trial after they made a video encouraging U.S. service members and members of the intelligence community to refrain from…
Larry Ellison Discussed Axing CNN Hosts with White House
“Senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in recent weeks, and one official has discussed potential programming changes at CNN…
The Covid Political Backlash Disappeared
Lakshya Jain: “This was supposed to be a column about the lingering harm from the Democratic Party’s response to Covid-19.” “It has become a familiar narrative: The Democratic Party did…
GOP Lawmaker Lashes Out at Video Flipping Off Trump
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) told a group of random people to “get off” their “fat ass” after they posted a TikTok video flipping off President Trump, Mediaite reports. Save to…
Indicted Lawmaker Steps Down from Committee Post
Indicted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) will step aside from her leadership position on a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee “while the matter is ongoing,” Politico reports. Save to Favorites
