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Parkland dad disrupts White House event on gun control; The misplaced outrage over Hunter Biden and U.S. oil reserves bought by China ; Michigan activists push for ballot initiative to expand voting access; New Black-led group will battle injustice in the D.C. court system; Democrats are skeptical of Biden in 2024. Will the party's left finally win?; Judge rejects Bannon's bid to delay trial, executive-privilege claim; The dispute between Trump's and Bannon's legal teams; Sarah Palin offers a perilous framing for the elections: Good vs. evil; Tracking Biden's nominees to fill the top roles in his administration; Gerald McEntee, longtime president of AFSCME labor union, dies at 87 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Try four weeks FREE, then $4 every four weeks the next year  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The most important politics stories today.     (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post) Jan. 6 hearing expected to focus on link between militants, White House The committee's seventh public hearing is due to feature testimony from a former Oath Keeper and delve into origins of a Trump tweet. By Jacqueline Alemany and Hannah Allam ●  Read more »   Parkland dad disrupts White House event on gun control As Biden held an event to mark passage of the new gun-control law, he was interrupted by the father of a Parkland student upset that more is not being done. By Meryl Kornfield and Amy B Wang ●  Read more »   The misplaced outrage over Hunter Biden and U.S. oil reserves bought by China A Chinese company once tied to Hunter Biden won a bid for oil from the energy oil reserves but nothing nefarious is going on. Analysis ●  By Glenn Kessler ●  Read more »   Michigan activists push for ballot initiative to expand voting access Voting rights proponents want at least nine days of early voting, more ballot drop boxes and protection for those who forget to bring their ID to the polls. By Patrick Marley ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   New Black-led group will battle injustice in the D.C. court system A new local Black-led mutual aid effort aims to train the community to observe, document and address injustice in the local court system. By Omari Daniels ●  Read more »   Democrats are skeptical of Biden in 2024. Will the party's left finally win? In 2016 and 2020, the party's (often younger) left ran hard challengers to the prevailing moderates. At some point soon, they'll get the candidate they want. Analysis ●  By Philip Bump ●  Read more »   Judge rejects Bannon's bid to delay trial, executive-privilege claim The former Trump adviser offered to testify before the Jan. 6 House committee days before his trial for charges of criminal contempt of Congress. By Spencer S. Hsu ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The dispute between Trump's and Bannon's legal teams A new filing indicates that a Donald Trump lawyer disputed what Stephen K. Bannon's team claims about executive privilege. And now Bannon's team is firing back. Analysis ●  By Aaron Blake ●  Read more »   Sarah Palin offers a perilous framing for the elections: Good vs. evil Treating elections as irreversible is enormously fraught. Treating them as fundamentally moral choices may be worse. Analysis ●  By Philip Bump ●  Read more »   Tracking Biden's nominees to fill the top roles in his administration Follow the president's progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,200 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service. By Harry Stevens, Madison Walls and Adrian Blanco ●  Read more »   Gerald McEntee, longtime president of AFSCME labor union, dies at 87 The son of a Philadelphia street cleaner, he led the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for three decades. By Emily Langer ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Coronavirus Updates for news to help you stay safe and informed during the pandemic. Sign up »

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