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Debt limit meeting postponed, White House says

A source familiar with the talks between the White House and Congressional leaders said the delay is ‘a positive development’

The Independent UK

Senate conservatives break with Trump’s debt ceiling comments

“Default should be avoided, period," said one Senate Republican.

Axios

Trump may be sued again by E Jean Carroll after he called sexual abuse claim ‘fake’ at CNN town hall

The former president lashed out a day after a jury ordered him to pay the former Elle columnist $5m in damages

The Independent UK

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CNN faces backlash over chaotic Trump town hall event

CNN is facing a backlash over its town hall featuring former President Donald Trump, an event that swiftly turned chaotic in a stark display of the tightrope facing journalists covering a leading 2024 Republican candidate who refuses to play by the rules

The Independent UK

Trump Hopes His Own Delusions Will Protect Him From Criminal Charges

The former president says he did not solicit election fraud; he merely tried to correct a "rigged" election. And he says he did not illegally retain government records, because they were his property.

Reason

Debt limit fight: Trump tells GOP 'do a default' if needed, but talks with Biden in full swing

Searching for a budget deal amid the debt ceiling standoff, President Joe Biden says saving unspent COVID money is “on the table.”

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene praises Melania Trump for being a good immigrant

Ms Greene’s comments come as the Title 42 immigration order expires

The Independent UK

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CNN Averages Only 3.3 Million Viewers for Reputation-Wilting Trump Town Hall

Performance soundly beat out Fox News and MSNBC, but it didn’t come close to Trump cable news appearances in the run-up to the 2016 election. Advocacy orgs call for the firing of CNN president Chris Licht

Broadcasting & Cable

Trump turned his liabilities into laugh lines at CNN town hall, underscoring GOP rivals' challenge

Former President Donald Trump’s defiant performance at the CNN town hall may ultimately hurt his standing with key groups of voters in next fall's general election

The Independent UK

Activists call for public health funding, community programs in new ordinance

Lonette Sims, chair of People’s Response Network, announced Thursday that the group had drafted an ordinance calling for greater funding for community-based public health programs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sen. Tuberville criticized for remarks on white nationalists: 'I call them Americans'

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is facing backlash for remarks he made about white nationalists in an interview about his blockade of military nominees

The Independent UK

CNN CEO defends pro-Trump audience

"While we all may have been uncomfortable hearing people clapping, that was also an important part of the story"

Salon

Bill to outlaw discrimination based on caste clears California Senate

The California Senate voted 34-1 Thursday in favor of legislation outlawing caste discrimination in California

The Independent UK

Brandon Johnson fleshes out senior staff, shows continued influence of Preckwinkle, Chicago Teachers Union

Annette Guzman, budget director for Cook County, will be city budget director under Johnson. Jennifer Johnson, chief of staff at the CTU, where Brandon Johnson has been a paid organizer, will serve as deputy mayor for education.

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The Independent UK

Trump calls police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt a ‘thug’ during CNN town hall

Mr Trump called 6 January, 2021 a ‘beautiful day’

The Conversation

Democrats need to make the U.S. Constitution work for them as the 2024 election looms

U.S. President Joe Biden has launched his re-election campaign, and we can expect to hear a lot about the need to protect American democracy from the Donald Trump-led Republicans.

Salon

CNN touts "masterful" Kaitlan Collins

"You do not have to like the former president's answers, but you can't say that we didn't get them," CNN CEO says

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy flip flops on George Santos and says he won’t support indicted congressman’s re-election bid

House speaker shifts position on embattled representative after previously standing by him

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Daily Mirror

Donald Trump accused of sexual harassment by two ex-White House staff - 'countless cases'

Alyssa Farah Griffin and Stephanie Grisham, who both worked in communications for the former President, made their accusations after a jury found Trump liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll

The Independent UK

Supreme Court sides with ex-Cuomo aide, others convicted of corruption related to 'Buffalo Billion'

The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov_ Andrew Cuomo and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.”

Salon

CNN reporter rips "spectacle of lies"

"It is awful. It's a Trump infomercial. We're going to get crushed," a CNN insider told The Daily Beast

The Independent UK

Why Biden doesn't just use the 14th Amendment to address the debt limit crisis — What to know

President Joe Biden and his administration have been searching for ways he might act unilaterally to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress can’t reach agreement to allow more federal borrowing

The Independent UK

Title 42 explained: Has the policy expired – and when did it pass?

The Trump-era Covid policy is set to end on Thursday

The Guardian - US

US authorities ‘seeing large numbers of migrants at border’ before Title 42 expiration – as it happened

Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warns people against crossing border illegally in White House briefing

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis’ super PAC slams Trump’s CNN town hall

DeSantis has yet to announce his candidacy

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