What The Fuck Just Happened Today?

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Corrections: 2023

December 2023

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… 'Mein Kampf.' They said, ‘Oh, Hitler said that.’” Hitler used removed: of the term "blood poisoning" to denigrate immigration in his manifesto …

… meanwhile, introduced legislation that would withhold federal election administration funds removed: for now: from states that "misuse" 14th Amendment. The bill would amend the …

… "no compelling reason" why the Supreme Court should immediately step now: in other than to ensure "Trump will be subjected to a …

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… removed Trump from the state's 2024 presidential ballot, ruling that removed: he now: Trump engaged in an insurrection leading up to the riot at … him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.” The now: decision from Colorado's high court reverses a lower court's ruling that said Trump had "engaged in an insurrection," but that presidents are not subject to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment because they are not an “officer of the United States.” The ruling marks the first time in history that Section 3 … / New York Times / Politico / CNN / Associated removed: Press) now: Press / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / NBC News / ABC News / CNBC / CBS News / Axios)

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1/ Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed one of the harshest state immigration laws in modern U.S. history. Senate Bill 4 makes unauthorized border crossings a state crime, authorizes state officials to arrest undocumented immigrants anywhere in the state, and allows judges to issue them de facto deportation orders. The law makes it a state crime – a Class B …

After

1/ The Colorado Supreme Court removed Trump from the state's 2024 presidential ballot, ruling that he engaged in an insurrection leading up to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States …

Before

2/ After winning a $148 million defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, two Georgia election workers sued him again. Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss want a court to “permanently bar” Giuliani from repeating his debunked claims and making further defamatory statements against them. After an eight-person federal jury ordered Giuliani to pay the two workers $148 million in damages, Giuliani told …

After

2/ Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed one of the harshest state immigration laws in modern U.S. history. Senate Bill 4 makes unauthorized border crossings a state crime, authorizes state officials to arrest undocumented immigrants anywhere in the state, and allows judges to issue them de facto deportation orders. The law makes it a state crime – a Class B …

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3/ The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on a new resolution calling for more humanitarian aid and a ceasefire in Gaza. About 20,000 Palestinians have been killed, with 70% of them women and children, by Israeli forces since Oct. 7, and the majority of the enclave's 2.2 million people have been displaced with an estimated 60% of the population …

After

3/ After winning a $148 million defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, two Georgia election workers sued him again. Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss want a court to “permanently bar” Giuliani from repeating his debunked claims and making further defamatory statements against them. After an eight-person federal jury ordered Giuliani to pay the two workers $148 million in damages, Giuliani told …

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… didn’t increase salaries, “one or more justices will leave soon.” now: Thomas made the equivalent of $300,000 today. A month prior, Thomas borrowed $267,000 from a friend to buy a high-end RV. removed: Thomas made the equivalent of $300,000 today. (Washington Post / ProPublica / CBS News / Politico)

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4/ A federal appeals court rejected an effort now: by Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election interference case from …

… emotional suffering they experienced after Giuliani’s allegations were followed by removed: a threats, harassment, and professional consequences. Judge Beryl Howell had previously …

… 2020 victory. She exchanged more than two dozen text messages now: with Mark Meadows to pursue overturning the election in the weeks …

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… 2001. Since March 2022, the Fed raised rates 11 times removed: since March 2022 to combat high inflation, which had spiked to a 40-year …

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… appeal gives the higher court jurisdiction over the case and removed: that she must “automatically stays any further proceedings that would move this case … impose additional burdens of litigation on Defendant.” Chutkan previously dismissed removed: the Trump's arguments, ruling that his “four-year service as Commander-in-Chief did …

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… be linked to strict U.S.-Mexico border security reforms. Biden warned removed: that Congress that they need to pass "funding for Ukraine before …

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… Wood added that the resolution was "imbalanced and detached from removed: reality," saying "Hamas has no desire to see a durable peace, to see a two-state solution." now: reality." Instead, the Biden administration urged Israel to do more to …

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… Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries warned members ahead of removed: the the United Nations climate summit, known as COP 28, that …

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… Giuliani. Fulton County prosecutors, meanwhile, listed several senior Trump administration removed: officials, as well as now: officials and Georgia’s top elected leaders, as possible witnesses during the …

… judge’s order requiring an additional majority-Black district. State lawmakers were removed: order now: ordered by District Judge Steve Jones to establish an additional Black-majority …

… his appeal to dismiss the criminal case. The back-to-back motions removed: threatens now: threaten to upend Trump’s March 4 trial date in the case. …

November 2023

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… trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from removed: them. now: them. "While Trump’s glorification of Jan. 6 defendants may boost him …

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… far, Hamas has released 69 hostages in exchange for 150 now: Palestinian women and children in Israeli detention. Under the terms of …

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… the ACA, which ultimately failed, while 55% opposed them. Nevertheless, now: Trump criticized Republicans who voted not to "terminate it" in 2017 …

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… to health care, while 22% said they trust Republicans. In removed: 2017 showed, now: 2017, a poll showed 22% of Americans supported the Republican effort to repeal and …

Removed: "Openly authoritarian campaign": Trump’s threats of revenge fuel alarm. "Trump’s talk of seeking to ‘weaponize’ the DoJ and ‘retribution’ for opponents poses a direct threat to the rule of law and democracy in the US should he win a second term, experts say." (The Guardian)

Removed: 4/ George Santos expects to be expelled from Congress as early as this week following the release of a House Ethics Committee report, which found “substantial evidence” that he knowingly filed false campaign finance statements and used campaign funds to pay for personal expenses including rent, trips, luxury items, cosmetic treatments like Botox, and a subscription to the adult-content site …

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… a 2-to-1 ruling, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals removed: held that ruled that private entities cannot bring lawsuits under Section 2, …

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… seized the largest hospital in Gaza in what they called removed: was a "precise and targeted operation against Hamas." Israel and the …

… Washington Post / Vox / Wall Street Journal / NPR) now: 🔍 What's at stake? Climate change is not abstract or distant; it is immediate and personal. The findings highlight the urgent threat climate change poses to humans, especially for vulnerable groups like the elderly, children, and low-income populations. Rising temperatures threaten food security, disproportionately intensify existing inequalities, strain healthcare systems, and economically burden individuals and nations. Climate change is not just an environmental issue but a moral imperative: the decisions and actions taken today shape the world for future generations. If left unchecked, climate change will lead to global resource scarcity, population displacement, and increased conflicts.

Removed: 🔍 What's at stake? Climate change is not abstract or distant; it is immediate and personal. The findings highlight the urgent threat climate change poses to humans, especially for vulnerable groups like the elderly, children, and low-income populations. Rising temperatures threaten food security, disproportionately intensify existing inequalities, strain healthcare systems, and economically burden individuals and nations. Climate change is not …

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… and it also threatens a two-step shutdown next year. The removed: House is expected to vote on the bill removed: tonight, but it still needs to pass the Senate and be signed into …

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1/ now: The House removed: Democrats will support Speaker Mike Johnson's stop-gap now: passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government open removed: despite strong opposition from some conservatives members within Johnson's party. now: after Democrats stepped in to rescue Speaker Mike Johnson and his spending plan that many Republicans opposed. The bill would fund some government departments until mid-January and …

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… prefer the funding measure include aid for Israel and Ukraine. now: The White House called the proposal "a recipe for more Republican …

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3/ Biden removed: called on now: urged Israel to take “less intrusive action” at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, saying hospitals “must be protected.” Israeli forces removed: have surrounded now: and tanks currently surround Gaza’s largest removed: hospital with tanks, now: hospital, which has been without electricity and water for three days. Israeli removed: officials say that beneath the hospital complex is now: authorities claim a Hamas command removed: center, which now: hub operates beneath the hospital, a claim Hamas and now: hospital doctors removed: at the hospital have denied. While now: refute. Despite the White removed: House has emphasized the need now: House's calls to protect civilians removed: in and around removed: Gaza’s now: Gaza's hospitals, U.S. intelligence removed: says now: asserts that it's "confident" removed: that Hamas maintains a command post removed: below the hospital. Meanwhile, the now: under Al-Shifa. The World Health Organization removed: said now: characterized the situation at the hospital as “dire and perilous,” stating that continuous gunfire, shelling, and airstrikes removed: near Al-Shifa has created a “dire and perilous” situation for the roughly 600 patients inside, saying now: means it “is not functioning as a hospital removed: anymore." Gazan now: anymore.” Gaza’s health officials now: have called Al-Shifa a "circle of removed: death” now: death,” with removed: more than now: over 100 decomposing bodies removed: at the hospital because there is now: with no way to preserve or remove them. Several newborns have … Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, nevertheless, suggested that patients can now: still be evacuated from the hospital, saying: "There's no reason why …

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… Ramaswamy attacked the debate moderator, called Republicans "a party of removed: loser," now: losers," referred to Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis as "Dick Cheney …

… the Senate's most conservative Democrat all but assures Republicans will removed: pickup now: pick up his Senate seat in West Virginia, a deeply red state. …

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… The inquiry, so far, has failed to provide direct evidence removed: biden now: Biden committed any wrongdoing, broke the law or benefited from his …

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… obstruction to overturn valid election results and illegitimately retain power.” removed: Prosecutor now: Prosecutors said they plan to show that Trump repeatedly lied about …

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… Republicans canceled votes on two spending bills and adjourned for removed: Veterans’ now: Veterans Day. Republicans have only approved seven of the 12 full-year …

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… the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters have endorsed removed: abortions now: abortion rights via ballot initiatives in seven states: removed: — in California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Vermont, and now Ohio. The …

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… obstruction to overturn valid election results and illegitimately retain power.” removed: Prosecutor now: Prosecutors said they plan to show that Trump repeatedly lied about …

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… GOP’s funding plan “in short order,” but that he's not now: going to “show you all the cards right now.” Johnson added: “Trust …

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… release of 10-15 hostages and for aid to enter Gaza. removed: While an now: An Israeli official likened a three-day pause to a cease-fire, removed: and said now: saying Netanyahu doesn't believe such a large window of time is …

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… to build three large electrical transmission lines across six states now: to upgrade the nation’s power grid so it can better handle …

October 2023

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… and Biden campaign, however, barely acknowledged Phillips, saying Biden expects now: the congressman’s “almost 100%” support. (Politico / Washington Post / Associated …

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… that Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election should be removed: disqualify, now: disqualifying, saying that “anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should …

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… "unconstitutionally takes away" his First Amendment Rights. Trump also called removed: his William Barr – a potential witness in the case against …

… Ivanka Trump will have to take the witness stand in removed: the the $250 million New York civil fraud case against Trump, …

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… Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps before removed: the 2024. District Court Judge Steve Jones wrote that the political …

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… Republicans elected a speaker to replace Kevin McCarthy. The House removed: vote now: voted 220-209 to elect Mike Johnson as speaker – with all …

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… this year and marks the deadliest shooting of 2023 thus removed: far. now: far. (NBC News / NPR / Politico / Associated Press / …

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… vote 220-209 to elect Mike Johnson as speaker – with removed: no now: all Republicans voting removed: against now: for Johnson and all Democrats voting for Hakeem Jeffries. “The people’s House …

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… and Austin Scott – voted to certify Biden’s victory in now: the 2020 presidential election. Trump's allies in the House, however, have …

… administration had likely violated the First Amendment by pressuring tech removed: companies’ now: companies to remove or suppress misinformation. The Biden administration called the …

… trial. After Trump disparaged a court staffer, Judge Arthur Engoron removed: said now: said, "this Court is way behind the ‘warning’ stage,” but stopped …

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… of a gag order in his New York civil fraud removed: trial fined. now: trial. After Trump disparaged a court staffer, Judge Arthur Engoron said …

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… speaker after Republicans dropped Jim Jordan as their nominee while removed: and nine other Republicans have lined up for the speakership – … the election and it's not clear if any of the removed: Republicans now: Republican lawmakers will be able to secure the 217 votes needed … Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry, meanwhile, threatened to quit if his removed: Republicans now: Republican colleagues try to move legislation on the floor without an …

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… needed, saying "whatever it takes to get a speaker today." removed: Several members, meanwhile, now: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries won 212 votes, while several Republican members voted for previous candidates for the job, including Kevin McCarthy …

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… his Republican presidential primary campaign because he was “stuck” in removed: court. now: court. (CNBC / NBC News)

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… “hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes” in exchange for removed: the his political influence. The new indictment alleges that Menendez “provided …

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… numerous House Republicans have said they're skeptical of the idea now: of linking the aid to Israel and Ukraine in a single …

September 2023

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1/ Increases in wildfire smoke removed: has now: have reversed two decades of improvements to air quality in three-quarters …

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… Starting next week, Americans can order four free tests from removed: COVIDTests.gov . now: COVIDTests.gov. Covid-19 hospitalizations have surpassed 20,000 for the first time since …

… more than a percentage point higher than the Federal Reserve's removed: target rate of 2% target. (Wall Street Journal / NPR / Bloomberg / …

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… and renew their protection, but no new applications will be removed: allowed.The now: allowed. The Biden administration is expected to appeal the decision to the …

August 2023

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… from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 47.9% of Americans have a removed: favorable now: unfavorable opinion of DeSantis. (Politico)

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1/ Trump removed: will surrender now: surrendered at the Fulton County jail on 13 state charges that … Georgia – it's the fourth time this year that Trump removed: will have now: has turned himself in to face criminal charges. Trump removed: will now: was also removed: be fingerprinted and a mugshot taken – a first in his …

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… Georgia – it's the fourth time this year that Trump removed: has now: will have turned himself in to face criminal charges. Trump will now: also be fingerprinted and a mugshot taken – a first in … in the case. [Editor's note: At the time publishing, Trump removed: is now: was en route to Fulton County to turn himself in. This …

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… since 2001. Mortgage rates have more than doubled since the removed: beginning of the year. now: Federal Reserve began raising interest rates. Mortgage applications, meanwhile, were 29% lower than the same week …

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… the first annual inflation rate increase after 12 months of removed: declines.The now: declines. The July inflation figure, however, remains far below last year’s peak …

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… continues lose ground to Trump in national and statewide polling removed: to Trump for the Republican nomination. DeSantis replaced his campaign manager after …

July 2023

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2/ A federal judge dismissed Trump's $475 million defamation lawsuit removed: again now: against CNN. Trump had argued that CNN's use of the phrase … persecution and genocide of Jews or any other group of removed: people," now: people." (Politico / NPR)

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… of 150 years of temperature data. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning removed: Circulation, or AMOC, now: Circulation carries warm, salty water from the tropics to the North … of fresh water enter the North Atlantic, which disrupts the removed: oceans balance of heat and removed: salinity, now: salinity in the ocean, and weakens the current. Continued warming is expected to push … drop in temperatures in northern Europe, elevated warming in the removed: tropics ice age in Europe, now: tropics, faster sea-level rise along the coastlines of North America and …

Removed: 3. The Fulton county district attorney reportedly is pursuing a racketeering indictment in the investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. "The racketeering statute in Georgia requires prosecutors to show the existence of an 'enterprise' – and a pattern of racketeering activity that is predicated on at least two 'qualifying' crimes." (The Guardian)

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… world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, followed by the U.S. Although removed: the China has vowed to peak its carbon pollution by 2030 …

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… U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon signaled that she will likely removed: to push back the start of Trump’s trial for allegedly mishandling … very proud to have appointed her." (Washington Post / CNN) removed: 4/ Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel criminally charged 16 people who falsely claimed to be the state’s 2020 presidential electors for Trump. All 16 people were charged with eight felonies “for their role in the alleged false electors scheme following the 2020 U.S. presidential election,” Nessel said. The charges include one count of conspiracy to commit forgery, two counts of forgery, one count of conspiracy to commit uttering and publishing, and one count of uttering and publishing – all of which carry a maximum of 14 years in prison. They also each face one count of conspiracy to commit election law forgery, and two counts of election law forgery, which each carry a maximum of five years in prison. (CNN / NBC News / Washington Post / CBS News / CNBC)

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… system. On Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the "fetal heartbeat" removed: law, which now: law. It took effect immediately and banned nearly all abortions after cardiac …

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… could get any remaining debt canceled by the government after removed: they having made qualifying payments for 20 years or 25 years. …

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… banned nearly all abortions after cardiac activity in the embryo removed: in now: is detected, which can occur about six weeks into a pregnancy …

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… 6.71% the week before. A year ago, the rate averaged removed: 5.30%. now: 5.3%. (Associated Press / CNN / Wall Street Journal)

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… least 18 people were killed, with at least 102 others removed: injure. now: injured. Meanwhile, a Trump supporter was arrested last week near Obama's …

… a small plastic envelope, which lab testing confirmed was cocaine, removed: was found was found during a routine search in an area of …

June 2023

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… Last week, CISA and the FBI issued a warning that removed: CL0P now: CLOP was exploiting the vulnerability in MOVEIt. It's the third known …

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4/ removed: The House removed: is expected to vote on now: Democrats killed a removed: measure now: Republican effort to censure Adam Schiff and fine him $16 million for investigating allegations that Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia. The now: chamber voted 225-196-7 to table the resolution, with 20 Republicans joining with Democrats. The resolution removed: seeks now: sought to fine Schiff half the cost of removed: Schiff's now: special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into removed: the now: Trump and Russia's alleged removed: collusion. House Democrats, however, are expected to offer a motion to table the resolution, which would effectively kill it, but it would require some Republican votes. now: ties. The censure resolution was sponsored by GOP Rep. Anna Paulina … he then used to amass political gain and fundraising dollars.” removed: ([CNN now: ([The Hill / removed: Washington Post now: CBS News / removed: Axios) now: USA Today / Bloomberg / CNN)

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Removed: 💡 What should I care? An indictment of a former U.S. president demonstrates that no individual is above the law, reinforcing the principles of justice, and accountability. It sets a precedent that leaders can face consequences for abuse of power, discourages future leaders from engaging in similar misconduct, and bolsters faith in the democratic system. Ultimately, an indictment serves to …

… mishandling of classified documents. The indictment says that Trump directed now: Walt Nauta to “move boxes of documents to conceal them from …

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… office. A defense attorney meeting with Justice Department officials is removed: also often used when a charging decision is imminent. removed: Trump now: Trump's team now: was seen leaving the Justice Department after 90-minutes. The meeting, however, … in the investigation, meanwhile, is expected to meet again this removed: coming week. If special counsel Jack Smith decides to charge Trump, …

… unable to find the document. It is unclear if the removed: if the Iran document was already returned to the National Archives or …

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… House. (CNN / New York Times / Washington Post / now: NBC News / Politico)

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… Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving the White House. removed: (CNN) now: (CNN / New York Times / Washington Post / Politico)

May 2023

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💡 What are the consequences of removed: a default? A U.S. default would likely cause severe disruption to …

… should I care? Government documents are classified to protect national removed: security and ensure now: security. Document classification ensures that sensitive information, like intelligence sources, defense strategies, diplomatic relations, …

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💡 What are the consequences of now: a default? A U.S. default would likely cause severe disruption to …

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… Christina Bobb, certify the letter, which attested to a “diligent removed: search”. now: search." The FBI later recovered more than 100 classified documents at …

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… him off, assuring him that no documents would be found removed: there. now: in Trump's office. Corcoran then handed over the documents to the Justice Department …

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… that were marked as classified. After Evan Corcoran completed his removed: searched now: search of the Mar-a-Lago storage room and found 38 classified documents, … the documents to the Justice Department and drafted an affidavit removed: telling saying all the classified documents were turned over to the …

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… state.” Democrats, so far, have reportedly agreed to freeze spending removed: are now: at current levels, but Republicans have insisted on roughly $131 billion … raise the debt ceiling. Democrats still need at least five removed: Republicans now: Republicans. So far, no Republicans have agreed to support it. (CNBC …

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… congressional candidate whose campaign was a possible "target of foreign removed: influence.". now: influence." The candidate involved was not elected to Congress. FBI officials, …

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… or incest and a “life-limiting anomaly” in the fetus, it removed: also now: does requires patients to meet in-person with a physician at least …

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… collapse. A discharge petition requires 218 or more members sign removed: it on. A group of Senate Democrats, meanwhile, started circulating a …

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… found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, Trump spent roughly removed: 70-minutes now: 70 minutes maintaining his lie that the 2020 election was "rigged," refusing …

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… gas emissions in the U.S. Of that, about 79% of removed: the now: those emissions come from coal and natural gas-fired power plants. Said …

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… threatening to revoke press passes. [Editor's note: Why CNN, why?] removed: (NPR now: (NPR)

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poll/ 47% of Democrats want the party now: to nominate “someone other than Biden.” Among Democratic-leaning voters, 58% want …

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… one day after a civil jury found him liable for removed: sexually now: sexual assault, battery, and defamation. As president, Trump regularly attacked the …

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1/ A jury removed: unanimous now: unanimously found Trump liable for the sexual abuse, battery, and defamation …

… discuss raising the debt ceiling. The Treasury Department has warned removed: taht now: that the government will default on its obligations for the first …

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… economy by raising the debt limit without the "reckless hostage removed: taking." now: taking." (Washington Post / New York Times / Axios / NBC …

April 2023

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4/ The House removed: voted to begin debate on now: passed a Republican bill to cut federal spending and roll back … for a one-year increase to the U.S. debt ceiling. The removed: plan would cut now: plan, approved 217-to-215 along party lines, cuts federal spending by nearly 14% over a decade, removed: repeal now: repeals Biden’s climate change tax credits, his student loan cancellation plan, removed: and impose now: imposes strict new work requirements for welfare removed: recipients. A final vote expected as soon as this afternoon. now: recipients, and expands mining and fossil fuel production. The Republicans’ Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, however, has … York Times / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / Politico) removed: 5/ E. Jean Carroll, in her civil lawsuit accusing Trump of battery and defamation, testified that “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me.” In 2019, Carroll alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room at a luxury department store in the mid-1990s. Trump denied the allegation and called Carroll a liar, saying the incident “never happened” and called her case a "hoax," "scam," "lie," and "complete con job." Carroll subsequently sued Trump for battery over the alleged rape, as well as defamation for his claims that she made up her story. For about three and a half hours today, Carroll detailed the alleged incident on the witness stand. “He lied and shattered my reputation, and I’m here to try and get my life back.” Trump, meanwhile, posted on his personal social media network that the lawsuit was “a made up SCAM” and accused Carroll's attorney of being a “political operative.” The judge overseeing the trial called the posts "entirely inappropriate" and warned that Trump could be “tampering with a new source of potential liability.” (NBC News / Politico / New York Times / Washington Post / NPR / Bloomberg / Politico)

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… the bills it has already incurred." The Republican proposal would removed: cut now: make cuts to discretionary spending, repeal the Inflation Reduction Act's climate …

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… pill mifepristone, and state-level actions to roll back women’s rights. removed: “In this ominous hour of American history," Schumer said. The proposed amendment to the Constitution would prohibit discrimination based …

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… raped her at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s, removed: which now: and Trump has repeatedly called Carroll a liar. The trial is …

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… rolled back the drug's accessibility and limited its use through removed: seven now: the seventh week of pregnancy. The Supreme Court is set to act …

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… reached a last-minute settlement with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 removed: Million. now: million. Dominion, which accused the network of defamation for promoting false …

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… maps, intelligence updates, and the assessment of Russia’s war in removed: Ukraine now: Ukraine. Federal agents took Jack Teixeira into custody, and the FBI …

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2/ The FBI arrested a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman in connection with the leak of highly classified U.S. intelligence documents, which included maps, intelligence updates, and the assessment of Russia’s war in Ukraine Federal agents took Jack Teixeira into custody, and the FBI conducted a search of his home in North Dighton, Massachusetts, which appears to be his mother's. Teixeira …

After

2/ Florida’s Republican legislature banned most abortions after six weeks, sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The six-week ban includes exceptions for rape, incest, medical emergencies, and “fatal fetal abnormalities,” but effectively outlaws the procedure before many people know they’re pregnant. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, patients in the South have been traveling to Florida for …

Removed: 3/ Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked to be temporarily replaced on the Judiciary Committee after some House Democrats called on her to resign while she recovers from shingles. The 89-year-old California Democrat is the oldest member of Congress and hasn't cast a vote in the Senate since Feb. 16. Her absence has stalled efforts to confirm Biden’s judicial picks. The chamber …

Before

4/ Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million lawsuit alleging “staggering” fraud in his real estate business practices. This is the second time that the attorney general's office has questioned Trump under oath: Trump sat for a deposition in August, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination more than 400 times. About …

After

3/ The FBI arrested a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman in connection with the leak of highly classified U.S. intelligence documents, which included maps, intelligence updates, and the assessment of Russia’s war in Ukraine Federal agents took Jack Teixeira into custody, and the FBI conducted a search of his home in North Dighton, Massachusetts, which appears to be his mother's. Teixeira …

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… an omission is a lie.” Davis also said he would removed: also appoint a so-called "special master" to investigate whether the network …

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… appeal means he will likely testify under oath about Trump’s removed: unsuccessfully now: unsuccessful attempts to pressure him into blocking the certification of the …

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… out Judge Merchan and Merchan’s daughter, who is president of now: a digital campaign strategy agency that's work with Biden, Harris, and …

March 2023

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… reportedly facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud. removed: It's unclear whether now: Trump will be arraigned on Tuesday afternoon and will enter a plea of not guilty at a hearing at the New York State Supreme courthouse in lower Manhattan, at which point the specific charges will be removed: unsealed before Trump appears in court. now: unsealed. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s removed: office, however, now: office confirmed that it had contacted Trump’s attorney to “coordinate his surrender” on an indictment that “remains under seal.” Bragg’s office had now: initially asked for Trump to surrender on Friday, but lawyers for the now: disgraced former president said the Secret Service needed more time to prepare. removed: Trump is now expected to turn himself in on Tuesday and – like now: Like any criminal removed: defendant – now: defendant, Trump will removed: be processed, which include fingerprinting now: have his fingerprints and mug removed: shots, before his arraignment, at which point the specific charges will be unsealed. now: shots taken when he is processed. Bragg has been investigating whether Trump falsified business records removed: and now: that violated campaign finance laws as part of the $130,000 paid … Being charged with – or found guilty of – a removed: crime now: crime, however, doesn't disqualify Trump from running for office. (New York Times / NBC News / Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / now: Bloomberg / Politico)

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Before

1/ The Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Trump for his role in the hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign. The felony indictment makes Trump the first former president to face criminal charges. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating whether Trump falsified business records in a way that could constitute a campaign-finance violation. Michael …

After

1/ The Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Trump for his role in the hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign. While the exact charges are unknown because the indictment remains under seal, Trump is reportedly facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud. It's unclear whether charges will be unsealed before Trump appears in court. …

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… a way that could constitute a campaign-finance violation. Michael Cohen removed: previously said now: has claimed that Trump directed him to buy Stormy Daniels’s silence for $130,000 during the closing days of the 2016 presidential campaign, and removed: that Trump and now: was later reimbursed him for it through the Trump Organization removed: classified his reimbursement as "legal now: "as legal expenses." [Editor's note: This is a developing story.] (New York …

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… makes Trump the first former president to face criminal charges. removed: Although the specific charges remain unknown, Mr. Bragg’s prosecutors have zeroed now: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating whether Trump falsified business records in removed: on now: a way that removed: hush money payment and the false records created by Mr. Trump’s company. now: could constitute a campaign-finance violation. Michael Cohen previously said that Trump directed him to buy … 2016 presidential campaign, and that Trump and the Trump Organization removed: falsely classified his reimbursement removed: of the payout as "legal expenses." [Editor's note: This is a developing story.] (New York Times / NBC removed: News) now: News / Washington Post)

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removed: 5/ now: 6/ Kevin McCarthy – again – declined to say whether the …

Removed: Why do Americans own AR-15s? "Self-defense was the most popular reason for owning an AR-15. Other popular answers included recreation, target shooting and hunting, while some pointed to owning an AR-15 as their Second Amendment right." (Washington Post)

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… too little. At the same time, roughly 60% of Americans now: also say the government spends too little on education, health care, infrastructure, and Social Security, and Medicare. (Associated Press) removed: poll/ 31% of Americans say the economy is the most important issue facing the country – the top issue for respondents in the survey – followed by preserving democracy at 20%. No other issue, including health care, immigration, climate change, and education, broke double-digits. (NPR)

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… request to halt the order. Corcoran is scheduled to testify removed: Friday now: Friday. (Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal / CNN / Washington Post …

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… law without his signature. The law bans abortion under most removed: circumstance. now: circumstances. (New York Times / Politico / CNN / ABC News)

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… European nation's borders is not a "vital" U.S. interest. DeSantis’s removed: views now: view on Ukraine policy, which is now aligned with Trump’s, is …

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… interest. DeSantis’s views on Ukraine policy, which is now aligned now: with Trump’s, is a reversal from his earlier support for arming …

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… will cap the out-of-pocket costs of insulin at $35 a removed: month now: month – a 70% cut in the price of its most …

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4/ West removed: Virginia’s now: Virginia's Republican-majority Legislature passed a bill banning health care for transgender …

… illegal abortion. Silva’s civil case could result in the women now: each being forced to pay over $1 million in damages. Texas' …

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… women being forced to pay over $1 million in damages. removed: Texas’ now: Texas' abortion laws, however, exempt the pregnant person from prosecution. (Texas …

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… climate change. Last month, the Interior Department said it had removed: “substantial concerns” now: "substantial concerns" about the Willow project, including its direct and indirect greenhouse …

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… Democrats — will look into roughly two million documents and removed: records, and now: records. It also launched a portal to collect tips from the public. The … Jan. 6, the treatment of Jan. 6 defendants, and possible now: training or resource reforms for U.S. Capitol removed: Police training or resources. now: Police. (CNN / NBC News)

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… in multiple courts of law: that Tucker Carlson is not removed: credible” now: credible.” Bates was referencing revelations from the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit …

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… Walgreens and other pharmacies with legal action if they dispensed removed: mifepristone, the first of two drugs in the medication abortion process. now: mifepristone. The Biden administration called Republican efforts to dissuade pharmacies from …

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… acting as president of the Senate that day, he is removed: shielded now: protected by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, which shields lawmakers from some law enforcement actions. (CNN / New York Times) removed: 3/ Paul Manafort agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case filed by the Justice Department over his "willful failure to timely report his financial interest in foreign bank accounts.” Manafort failed to disclosed to the Treasury Department nearly two dozen bank accounts from conducting consulting work in Ukraine from 2006 to 2014. (CNN / NBC News / Washington Post)

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1/ Rupert Murdoch testified that several Fox removed: News’s now: News hosts “endorsed” Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential election …

February 2023

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… whether he accepted the overwhelming scientific consensus that fossil fuels removed: were now: are driving the climate crisis. David Malpass, who was nominated by …

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… documents and testimony. Meadows is one of Trump's most senior now: officials that Jack Smith’s office has subpoenaed. Last week, Smith subpoenaed …

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… Greenberg, pleaded guilty in 2021 to six federal crimes, including removed: a sex trafficking involving a person under 18 years old, and …

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… spending on programs like Medicare and Social Security. The nation’s removed: current debt currently exceeds $31 trillion. (New York Times / Politico)

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… straight year-over-year slowdown, the January consumer price index was still removed: higher-than-expected. now: higher than expected. On a monthly basis, inflation climbed 0.5% from December – …

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… Capitol subpoenaed Pence for documents and testimony. Jack Smith’s office removed: want now: wants Pence to testify about his interactions with Trump leading up …

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… the Nord Stream pipelines, threatening of unspecified “consequences” from Moscow now: for the "disgusting crime." An investigation into the Nord Stream 1 …

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… anti-abortion activists, Kollar-Kotelly asked prosecutors and defense lawyers to address removed: ”whether now: "whether the scope of Dobbs is in fact confined to the …

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… home for classified material in the coming days. Last month, removed: Pence’s now: Pence's lawyers said they had found several classified documents at his …

January 2023

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5/ Florida students threatened to sue Gov. Ron removed: DeSantis's now: DeSantis over his administration's decision to reject an Advanced Placement African … law and significantly lacks educational value." (Washington Post / Axios) removed: poll/ 73% of Americans say House Republican leaders haven’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems. 67% disapprove of Republican leadership in Congress. (CNN)

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… opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, which the court has called removed: the leak "one of the worst breaches of trust in its history." …

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… limited amount of time." Those measures, however, will only delay now: a default until early June. Yellen urged lawmakers to “act in a …

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… "linked" to automated toll collection devices in vehicles. Republicans in removed: Republicans now: Texas introduced a similar measure last year. (NBC News)

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… chief, meanwhile, told investigators that he didn’t try to stop now: the gunman, who killed 19 children and two teachers, because "there’s …

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… down over the multiple inquiries into his finances, campaign spending, removed: and and fabrications about his background. Chairman Joseph Cairo Jr. of …

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3/ House Republicans removed: file now: filed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for …

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… which harassed Americans suspected of being sympathetic to communism or removed: socialist, now: socialism, saying: “This committee is nothing more than a deranged ploy …

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… law when he filed “complete and accurate” financial disclosures. Separately, now: the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal …

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… to 15 felonies in a deal with prosecutors, which required now: him to testify truthfully at the trial of the Trump Organization, …

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… McCarthy lost his 4th, 5th, and 6th bids for the removed: speakership. now: gavel. A day after McCarthy lost his first three votes for … Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress whenever the removed: house now: House elects a new speaker and 118th Congress convenes. The House …

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… up his resume – is set to be sworn in removed: today as a member of the House as Brazilian authorities say … asserts that he is not a criminal “here or in removed: Brazil. now: Brazil." While Democrats have demanded that Santos resign, Republican congressional leaders, …

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