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Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling standoff is yet more Republican madness

The new House speaker is just a small man, talking a big game, taking a long walk off a short pier

The Guardian - US

Here's why a high-stakes debt ceiling fight looms on Capitol Hill

House Republicans want to leverage must-pass legislation to raise the debt limit to extract federal spending cuts, but President Biden and congressional Democrats aren't interested in negotiating.

WEKU

Trump steers investigation towards Obama

On Wednesday, Trump tried to use a new tactic to get special counsel Jack Smith off his tail

Salon

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Does the New York Constitution Require A Senate Vote For A Judicial Nominee?

Barack Obama, Merrick Garland, Kathy Hochul, and Hector LaSalle walk into a bar.

Reason

Biden-McConnell: personally mismatched, professionally bound

By temperament and manner, Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are decidedly mismatched

The Independent UK

The Problem of Democracy by Shadi Hamid review – democracy and its discontents

Should US foreign policy demand liberalism, as well as free elections?

The Guardian - UK

Biden's hypocrisy on Julian Assange

Ben & Jerry's co-founder: Joe Biden stood up for press freedom as a candidate — but backtracked in the White House

Salon

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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.

Ballotpedia

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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Al Jazeera

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.

The Independent UK

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

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Tribune News Service

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.

WEKU

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Tribune News Service

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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