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EXPLAINER: Biden inaction, mixed signals on death penalty

President Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment

The Independent UK

Michelle Obama says ‘I love you back’ to 59th birthday messages

The former First Lady received messages from famous friends including Octavia Spencer and Ellen DeGeneres

Evening Standard

Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins second week of January sitting

Welcome to the Jan 17 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Gov.-elect Wes Moore embraces Maryland’s Black history as he readies for historic oath of office

BALTIMORE — The inauguration day of Westley Watende Omari Moore as Maryland’s first Black governor is shaping up to look like a walk through history.

Tribune News Service

American Siamak Namazi is on a hunger strike in Iranian prison. Why now and for what?

Namazi is on a hunger strike to mark the seventh anniversary of a prisoner swap that did not include him, and calling on Biden to free detainees in Iran. His lawyer spoke with NPR about those efforts.

WEKU

Pa. lawmakers once again propose moving up the presidential primary

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania is a hugely important political battleground, but it hasn't traditionally mattered much in presidential primaries.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Fight of His Life review: Joe Biden, White House winner

Chris Whipple’s assured account of the president’s first two years in power after beating Trump is fascinating and timely

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More classified documents found at Biden’s home

White House says five additional pages with classified markings were discovered at the president’s Delaware home.

Al Jazeera

Key dates in discovery of classified records tied to Biden

It was early last November when President Joe Biden's personal lawyers first came across Obama-Biden administration documents, including classified material, in an office that Biden had used in Washington after his time as vice president

The Independent UK

Why Trump, not Biden, faces more peril from the new special counsel probe

Justice Department veterans tell Andrew Feinberg why the appointment of a new special counsel to investigate Joe Biden is actually bad news for Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Analysis: Documents probe dents Biden's claims to competence

When Joe Biden was running for president, he offered himself to Americans as the kind of leader they wouldn’t have to think about after the tumult of Donald Trump's years in the Oval Office

The Independent UK

Martin Schram: Who says Washington can’t keep a secret?

The art and craft of investigative journalism often feels like a never ending work-in -progress.

Tribune News Service

Here's what we know about the classified documents found at Biden's home and office

The fast-moving revelations have placed the president under the investigation of a special counsel and ignited Republican criticism. The White House said on Saturday that more documents were found.

WEKU

Exposing the reality about anti-Asian hate in politics

Asian American politicians and candidates are being encouraged to participate in a survey to pinpoint how widespread intimidation and violence against them is and whether women within these groups bear the brunt of the abuse.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Commentary: Biden’s papers are no Trumpian scandal, but that won’t matter to conservatives

Every day now seems to hold some fresh, grim reminder that the American government is run by three children stacked inside a trench coat. No other explanation could plausibly explain the antics and hypocrisy we’re forced to endure.

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Republicans being the party of fiscal conservatism? Don't believe it for a minute

With a Democrat inhabiting the White House, perhaps the most predictable thing about House Republicans' return to power is this: They've rediscovered their faux fiscal conservatism.

Al Jazeera

US to send delegation for law enforcement talks to Cuba

Talks come as the administration of US President Joe Biden eases relations with the Caribbean nation.

Ballotpedia

Tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001

Through Jan. 1, 2023, there were 890 authorized federal judicial posts and 85 vacancies. Eighty-three of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships.

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Daily Mirror

Prince Harry poked fun at on Jimmy Kimmel as US audience howls with laughter

Jimmy Kimmel used the eyebrow-raising revelation of Prince Harry’s frostbitten penis during his brother Prince William’s wedding as punchline fodder

The Independent UK

Why Trump, not Biden, faces more peril from the new special counsel probe

Justice Department veterans tell Andrew Feinberg why the appointment of a new special counsel to investigate Joe Biden is actually bad news for Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Biden's Delaware home is now a player in document drama

It’s President Joe Biden’s refuge from Washington — a place that’s part home office, part Sunday family dinner venue, a safe place for his treasured 1967 Corvette and a makeshift campaign studio during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABC News

How does Joe Biden's handling of classified documents compare to Donald Trump's, and what will the fallout be?

After sensitive government documents were found in President Joe Biden's garage, Republicans are crying hypocrisy over the way it is being handled. So how does it compare with former president Donald Trump's document probe?

The Independent UK

Key dates in discovery of classified records tied to Biden

It was early last November when President Joe Biden's personal attorneys first came across Obama-Biden administration documents, including classified material, in an office that Biden had used in Washington after his time as vice president

Chicago Sun-Times

Greatest slips? Madigan’s ‘bandits’ remark could join list of ‘golden’ oldies caught spilling from pols’ loose lips

“Some of these guys have made out like bandits,” the former Illinois House Speaker was allegedly recorded saying of associates who benefited from what prosecutors describe as a scheme for jobs and contracts. He’s far from the first Chicago pol to trip over a federal wire.

WEKU

Biden's lawyer says additional classified documents found, GOP calls for new probes

President Biden's lawyers have found more classified documents, this time at his Wilmington, Del., home. According to his lawyer Richard Sauber, "all but one" were found in storage in Biden's garage.

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