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GOP investigations of Biden to test Chairman Comer’s power

Rep. James Comer has a balancing act ahead of him as the new chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Accountability Committee

The Independent UK

DeSantis keeps waging culture wars as more GOP critics emerge

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Instead of easing up on a two-year culture war in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis is doubling down on his anti-"woke" agenda as potential rivals for the GOP presidential nomination target him.

Orlando Sentinel

GOP quietly plots what’s next on abortion in nod to 2022 failures

WASHINGTON — Republicans still haven’t solved the quandary of how to talk to voters about abortion, still stinging from their midterm losses and with the White House at stake in less than two years.

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DOJ tells House Oversight it can’t share info on ongoing investigations

The DOJ's letter Friday states that "any oversight requests must be weighed against the department’s interests in protecting the integrity of its work.”

Axios

Idaho Republican who vowed to protect ‘traditional marriage’ wants to eliminate licenses

BOISE, Idaho — A Republican state senator who vowed to protect “traditional” marriage plans to propose legislation that would eliminate marriage licenses in Idaho — a GOP tactic in other states to prevent same-sex marriages.

Tribune News Service

Yellen rules out GOP plan to avert default on government debt

Technically, it's not even possible

Axios

Operative jumps from Haley PAC to Pence's amid 2024 jostling

The executive director of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s political action committee is leaving to help run PAC efforts for former Vice President Mike Pence

The Independent UK

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Texas GOP launches radio attack ads against Republican state House speaker

The radio ad, which criticizes Phelan for appointing Democratic committee chairs, prompted pushback from Republican colleagues in the House over why the state party would use resources to attack its own member.

The Texas Tribune

Manchin pitches GOP Social Security deal

Advocacy group condemns Manchin for "negotiating with legislative terrorists"

Salon

Iowa GOP wants SNAP ban on fresh meat

The list also restricts purchases of bread, cheese, oil, salt and other food staples

Salon

In Pennsylvania, Hopes Rise But Questions Remain About New Governor’s Environmental Agenda

Josh Shapiro has revealed little about his policy proposals.

Capital & Main

Colbert to Jacinda Ardern: ‘We need you to come to America to run in 2024’

Late-night hosts discuss Ardern’s resignation as prime minister of New Zealand, George Santos’s past and Republican infighting

The Guardian - US

Democracy in peril in US state of Ohio due to gerrymandering

In the United States, the electoral map is redrawn every 10 years in order to better reflect population changes. But often it's the party in charge in each state who oversees the remapping, giving them a chance to redraw districts to their advantage in future election outcomes. This practice is…

France 24

Rejected Republicans now seek revenge

From the Big Lie to Twitter to their families, Republicans refuse to peacefully admit that they're unpopular

Salon

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Tribune News Service

Commentary: Ron DeSantis symbolizes that it’s Richard Nixon’s Republican Party now

Commentators portray Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a more organized and calculating Donald Trump. In reality, DeSantis most resembles Richard Nixon — disciplined, stiff and intense. Both lack Trump’s charisma and ease before voters. Also unlike Trump — but very much like Nixon — DeSantis effectively deploys powers of the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Once again, Republicans are threatening to tank the economy to get their way

Like the hockey-masked villain in some cheesy horror flick, the GOP’s debt ceiling caucus just keeps coming back. Once again, the party’s more radical members are threatening to hold America’s full faith and credit hostage by refusing to raise the nation’s debt limit. The Treasury hit that $31.4 trillion limit…

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Early jockeying for Senate seats foreshadows competitive 2024 elections

Lawmakers are already setting their sights on 34 Senate seats that will open up in 2024, indicating a busy election season.

Tribune News Service

Francis Wilkinson: Sinema will have to be partisan to be independent

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema showed up in Davos this week, where she celebrated her recently declared independence from partisanship. The most pressing problem in U.S. politics, the former Democrat from Arizona told the World Economic Forum, was “a deeply broken two-party system.”

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Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Have no Prop. 1 water projects been built in California? No, but they are moving slowly

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters approved a ballyhooed $7.5-billion bond issue eight-plus years ago thinking the state would build dams and other vital water facilities. But it hasn't built zilch. True or false?

Tribune News Service

New gun restrictions are coming in states where Democrats reign

Illinois lawmakers wasted no time in the new legislative session, taking just five days to pass major gun safety measures that include a ban on semi-automatic rifles, high-capacity magazines and gun attachments that simulate automatic fire.

Texas Observer

Meet the Latest Wingnuts to Join the State Board of Ed

Highlights of the new Texas State Board of Education include: Seditious Texiters. Conspiracy theorists. And a January 6 insurrectionist.

Tribune News Service

As Roe anniversary approaches, Republicans debate next moves

WASHINGTON — Political messaging and state legislative activity related to abortion are ramping up in the lead-up to two milestones for abortion rights activists and opponents — the annual March for Life, scheduled for Friday, and the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision on Jan. 22.

The Independent UK

House GOP rewards hard-liners, Santos with committee seats

Look who's in line for coveted House committee assignments

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Republican Dave McCormick is making moves for a potential run against Sen. Bob Casey in Pa.

Shortly after Republicans' disappointing November election, Dave McCormick hosted several dozen GOP strategists, donors, and insiders for drinks and food at his stately home in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Republicans target Penn after classified documents found in Biden’s former office

A University of Pennsylvania think tank tied to President Joe Biden is facing one of the first inquiries from congressional Republicans as GOP lawmakers aim to use their new-found power in the U.S. House to investigate the Democratic president.

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