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The New York Times reports: Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he stood by the spending deal he negotiated with Democrats to avert a government shutdown, spurning demands from ultraconservatives who have pressured him to jettison the agreement. The announcement, after days of public silence about what he would do, all but guaranteed that Mr. Johnson will have to …

The Messenger reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Friday said she will fight pairing supplemental aid for Ukraine and border security together even if she has to file a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., because it is a “failing” strategy. “We don’t have to trade $60 billion for Ukraine for our own country’s border security,” Greene …

The Des Moines Register reports: Travel is not advised in the Des Moines Metro area or areas to the east, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. “As expected, road conditions are going downhill fast this morning with heavy snow and strong winds decreasing visibility and causing drifting on some Iowa roads,” the Iowa DOT wrote on social media. The …

CBS News reports: The leading super PAC supporting former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s run for president is attempting in a new advertisement to portray one of her main 2024 rivals as a “suck up” to former President Donald Trump. The ad, shared exclusively with CBS News, from the pro-Haley political committee known as Stand For America Fund utilizes audio …

Jacksonville’s ABC affiliate reports: A Northeast Florida lawmaker wants to legally define the words “man” and “woman” based on biological sex at birth. Jacksonville Rep. Dean Black filed the proposed What Is A Woman Act this week, which would also impose new requirements related to transgender individuals on state agencies and insurance companies. House Bill 1233 requires state agencies to …

Florida Politics reports: Ron DeSantis told Iowans Thursday that conservative media is every bit as duplicitous and mendacious as the mainstream press, in the latest sign that the final days of his Iowa campaign are driving rhetorical reconsideration. “It used to be, ‘Oh, Republicans, you know, don’t like the liberal media, the NBC, CNN, all that stuff or whatever, but …

Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson’s grip on his fractious conference slipped this week after he struck a government funding deal with Democrats — antagonizing the same Republicans who led the ouster of Kevin McCarthy. Now, not even three months in the job, Johnson is facing a decision that promises to shape his speakership going forward: whether to give in to …

The Associated Press reports: Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland and a moderate Republican who has been critical of Donald Trump, stepped down last month from the leadership of the third-party movement No Labels, a move that could signal his preparations to run for president using the group’s ballot line. Hogan did not address his own future in a …

The Houston Chronicle reports: Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is doing everything to stop border crossings short of shooting migrants because the Biden administration would “charge us with murder.” “We are deploying every tool and strategy that we possibly can,” the governor said in an interview with conservative commentator Dana Loesch. “The only thing that we’re not doing is we’re …

NBC News reports: An Ohio woman who faced a felony charge after she miscarried at home will not be charged, a grand jury decided Thursday. Brittany Watts, 34, had been charged with abuse of a corpse after she miscarried into a toilet on Sept. 22 at her home in Warren, some 60 miles south of Cleveland. Her case has drawn …

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: Former Miami-Dade School Board Vice Chair Lubby Navarro was arrested Thursday morning. State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Thursday afternoon that Navarro, 49, made more than $100,000 in unauthorized purchases on her district credit cards for personal items. Navarro was booked on charges of organized fraud of $50,000 or more, organized fraud of $20,000 or less. …

Fox News reports: Sen. Thom Tillis and a group of Republican senators are introducing a bill on Thursday that would make it so only the Supreme Court can decide whether to block a candidate from the ballot for allegedly engaging in insurrection – a direct response to efforts to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the upcoming …

The Hill reports: “The Republicans in the House are in such disarray, the Speaker of the House is hanging on to his job by a thread,” Steve Doocy said on Fox’s flagship morning talk show. “Please say they’re not going to go down that route again,” co-host Ainsley Earhardt exclaimed. “They might,” Brian Kilmeade, another co-host chimed in. “It could …

“Don’t count me out. I’ve given many people a second chance and I’m asking everybody to please give me a second chance. And I will, you know, come forward and prove to be worth your second chance. And I just want people to look at that and say, so many people make mistakes. We all make mistakes, if you really …

The Daily Beast reports: The Ohio Republican behind a bill that would ban transgender students from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity quoted scripture in justifying the legislation on Wednesday, deploying a verse suggesting that her opponents should be drowned in the sea. State Rep. Beth Lear whipped out the reference to Luke 17:2 while answering questions on House …

“In reality outside of the bubble of Washington, D.C., regular Americans could care less about a shutdown, because they view the Capitol, they view this town as the exact complete cause of all of their woes. They don’t care if it shuts down. They don’t care if federal employees are not receiving a government-funded, taxpayer-funded paycheck. They want the government …

Hartford’s NBC affiliate reports: People in Enfield are upset with a controversial vote by the town council this week that essentially banned Pride flags from flying outside of Town Hall. The Enfield Town Council voted 6-5 Monday night to only allow American flags, the Connecticut state flag and military flags to be displayed on town properties. The newly-elected Republican majority …

The Texas Tribune reports: Gov. Greg Abbott raised a record $19 million over the last six months — money he intends to use toward his crusade to oust anti-school voucher Texas House Republicans in the primary season. Abbott’s campaign announced the sum Wednesday, adding that he also has $38 million cash on hand across two political accounts. “With the primary …

Memphis’s NBC affiliate reports: Collierville School Board Member Keri Blair resigned Tuesday, citing “personal, family reasons,” according to the school board. This comes after she was arrested and charged Friday, January 5, on seven counts of property theft from the Collierville Target, according to the Collierville Police Department. Blair is currently free on a $7,500 bond. According to Collierville police, …

“He looked like he was on drugs. His eyes were very wild. He shifted his eyes a lot. I think he’s trying to play the victim of Republicans but he can’t play the victim. The Trump family – Eric, Don Jr., Ivanka – they all had to come in and they sat for these subpoenas and were questioned for over …