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Biden, Xi hold critical meeting |
President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting Wednesday afternoon, the culmination of months of meetings between U.S. and Chinese officials aimed at easing tensions between the two nations. The leaders’ first face-to-face meeting in a year comes during the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco. - “Planet Earth is big enough for the two countries to succeed, and one country’s success is an opportunity for the other,” Xi said through an interpreter Wednesday afternoon.
- Biden spoke of ensuring that “competition does not veer into conflict.” Biden is set to give a press conference Wednesday evening after the meeting.
“White House officials have tried to manage expectations heading into Wednesday’s summit, making the case that it is a chance to reestablish military-to-military communications between the countries to ensure the relationship is on solid footing,” The Hill’s Brett Samuels reported.
Containing the flow of fentanyl, China’s military posturing regarding Taiwan, and Beijing’s potential role in the Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas conflicts are other expected topics of discussion. MORE: US, China agree to bolster renewables in effort to replace fossil fuels |
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New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy launched a Senate bid, setting up a possible primary against embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.).
On the heels of passing a stopgap measure Tuesday night, the House saw a procedural vote on an appropriations bill fail Wednesday, a reminder that the funding process isn’t all smooth sailing in the chamber.
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who announced he won’t seek reelection last week, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he’d “absolutely” consider running for president in 2024.
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NH’s primary set for Jan. 23, first in the nation
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New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan (R) set the state’s presidential primary date as Jan. 23, 2024. As expected, the date does not line up with the Democratic National Committee‘s (DNC) approved calendar, which sought to make South Carolina’s Feb. 3 primary the first in the nation.
In anticipation, the DNC instructed Democratic candidates not to file for New Hampshire’s primary ballot, the deadline for which recently passed. President Biden won’t be on the ballot, though supporters in the state have launched a write-in campaign. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) launched his primary challenge the same day he filed for the New Hampshire ballot.
Iowa’s Republican caucuses are on Jan. 15. According to New Hampshire law, the Granite State holds the first presidential primary election each cycle. |
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Does Trump face any threats from rivals in Iowa? |
We asked experts and GOP strategists to weigh in two months out from the first presidential nominating contest of 2024. |
📣 “[H]e sure does: Nikki Haley.” — Doug Gross, Iowa-based Republican strategist who endorsed Haley on Tuesday
📣 “The threat Donald Trump faces in Iowa isn’t that one of his rivals will surge ahead and beat him by getting more votes on caucus night. It’s all about expectations and Donald Trump ‘wins’ the Iowa caucus by getting more than 50% and/or beating his closest rival by 30% or more. If Trump doesn’t live up to that standard of winning and the second place finisher is at 25-30% of the vote, the dominant story coming out of Iowa is that there is a viable alternative to Donald Trump and that second place finisher gets to claim ‘the big mo.'” — Rachel Paine Caufield, political science professor at Drake University
📣 “Given that none of the candidates posses the will or determination to take the proverbial wood chipper to Donald Trump’s legacy, the sole impediment to a Trump victory appears to be the passage of time.” — Brian Seitchik, national Republican strategist and Trump campaign alum
📣 “Since 1972, a big part of the story about the Iowa Caucuses has been about exceeding (or failing to meet) expectations. At the moment, the threat from rivals for the former president would seem to be limited to someone exceeding expectations, in this case, a candidate gaining ground over the last two months followed by a closer than expected second place finish. Nikki Haley has been moving up in the polls (though she is still well back), but should Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis finish within 10 percentage points of the former president, that would be a closer than expected outcome given recent polls and might provide some momentum for that candidate going forward.” — Christopher Larimer, political science professor at the University of Northern Iowa
📣 “There’s a lane for one of the undercard candidates to break out and pose a serious threat to President Trump. But time is running out for one of them to get in the fast lane and jam on the gas.” — Nicole Schlinger, Iowa-based Republican strategist |
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Georgia judge to issue protective order on evidence release
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Trump files motion for mistrial in NY fraud case
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Former President Trump‘s attorneys have requested a mistrial in the New York civil fraud case, alleging that Judge Arthur Engoron and his principal law clerk are biased against Trump. |
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Hunter Biden wants to subpoena Trump, Barr
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Hunter Biden requested to subpoena former President Trump, former Attorney General Bill Barr and other previous Justice Department officials. Biden is seeking evidence that the criminal prosecution against him is politically motivated.
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“Republicans love state voters’ rights — until they choose marijuana” — Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML — the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. (Read here) “Biden turns ‘Godfather’ on prescription drugs” — Derek Hunter, host of the Derek Hunter Podcast and a former staffer for the late Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.). (Read here) |
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2 days until the government funding deadline. |
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