GOP Rankings: The Republicans most likely to be the party’s 2024 presidential nominee 

BY NIALL STANAGE

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Former President Trump is already in the race. Other major contenders are openly contemplating bids. And speculation is swirling around big names who have so far kept their intentions quiet, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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GOP sounds alarm over struggles with Gen Z voters

BY CAROLINE VAKIL

Republicans are urging the party to do a better job engaging with young voters after the GOP saw Generation Z voters cast ballots by large margins for Democrats in the November midterms, making the difference in key congressional and gubernatorial races.

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What Biden’s political evolution means for progressives in 2023

BY HANNA TRUDO

Earlier this month, a president who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 as a senator signed the bill to officially repeal it and enshrine marriage equality into law.  

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Scrutiny turns to George Santos’s campaign funding

BY JULIA SHAPERO

As new revelations about the falsehoods Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) has told about his background continue to emerge, several peculiarities in the incoming congressman’s finances are facing heavy scrutiny — and could prove to be his greatest liability.

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The political winners and losers of 2022

BY NIALL STANAGE

2022 had plenty of political drama: the midterm elections, the congressional investigation into Jan. 6, 2021, record numbers of migrants at the southern border, big pieces of legislation and former President Trump’s declaration of his 2024 White House candidacy.

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Black Americans shaping a new America

BY CHEYANNE M. DANIELS

Black political power was on full display over the last year as a record number of Black candidates ran up and down the ballot for both parties in the midterm elections.

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Zelensky addresses Russians after New Year’s Eve strikes: ‘No one will ever forgive you’

BY JARED GANS

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Russia that “no one will ever forgive you” for spreading terror following a series of missile attacks on New Year’s Eve. 

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Chief Justice thanks Congress, court personnel for ensuring judges’ physical safety in annual report

BY JULIA SHAPERO

Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday thanked members of Congress and other court personnel for helping to ensure judges’ safety, amid heightened threats against Supreme Court justices and other officials.

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Lawmakers remember journalist Barbara Walters as a ‘trailblazer,’ ‘glass ceiling shatterer’

BY JARED GANS

Lawmakers are praising journalist Barbara Walters and remembering her as a “trailblazer” and “glass ceiling shatterer” following her death on Friday. 

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Pope Benedict, conservative whose resignation shattered tradition, dies at 95

BY BRAD DRESS

Former Pope Benedict XVI, who roughly a decade ago became the first pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church to resign in nearly 600 years, died Saturday at his home in Vatican City. He was 95.

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Making the hospital price transparency rule a reality on its two-year anniversary

BY CYNTHIA A. FISHER

OPINION | New Year’s Day marks the second anniversary of a federal hospital price transparency rule that has the potential to substantially lower outrageous healthcare costs burdening patients, workers, businesses, and taxpayers.

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Flying blind: The problem isn’t flight cancellations — It’s flying!

BY SIDNEY TARROW

OPINION | After a tumultuous week when hundreds of thousands of travelers were blocked from reaching their destinations by flight delays, cancellations, and reroutings, the website Flightaware.com reported that Friday, Dec. 29th, would be a good day for people trying to fly: The total number of delays was expected to be 14,606, and the total number of cancellations only 1,599. 

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The Associated Press: Time zone by time zone, another new year sweeps into view

BY BOBBY CAINA CALVAN

NEW YORK (AP) — New Year’s celebrations swept across the globe, ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks — and marking an end to a year that brought war in Europe, a new chapter in the British monarchy and global worries over inflation.

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The Wall Street Journal: Trump's tax law echoed through his finances during White House years

BY RICHARD RUBIN

The tax law that Donald Trump signed in late 2017 echoed through his finances in the following years, limiting some tax benefits for him and opening some tax-planning opportunities, according to the former president’s tax returns.

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The New York Times: Police officers injured in machete attack near Times Square

BY EDUARDO MEDINA, MATT STEVENS, and JIN YU YOUNG

The police shot a machete-wielding man who attacked three officers on Saturday night near Times Square, injuring him and creating a chaotic scene just hours before the ball dropped to mark New Year’s Day in New York City, the authorities said.

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The Washington Post: Suspect in Idaho stabbings expects to be 'exonerated,' lawyer says 

BY JUSTINE MCDANIEL

The man charged with killing four University of Idaho students plans to allow himself to be extradited to Idaho from Pennsylvania to face the accusations, the public defender representing him said Saturday.

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