| FBI probing attack on North Carolina power grid. | | ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ |  | | | | |  | | | | Tuesday, December 6 | | | | | | EVERY DAY IS JAN. 6 FOR TRUMP'S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN The emerging theme of Donald Trump's 2024 campaign for president is not only that he actually won in 2020 and the election was rigged against him, but also that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was an appropriate response. He has made it increasingly clear that he believes that he and his supporters are above the law. Last week, Trump participated via video in a fundraiser for people who are in jail for attacking the Capitol on his behalf. [HuffPost]
FBI JOINS PROBE INTO NORTH CAROLINA SHOOTINGS THAT CAUSED POWER OUTAGES Tens of thousands of Moore County residents are still without electricity after what officials say was a targeted attack on the local power grid. Federal authorities are investigating the electricity outages, which officials said were caused by "targeted" shootings. The county has been under a state of emergency that includes a curfew and closed schools. [HuffPost]
JOHN BOLTON FLOATS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RUN TO KEEP TRUMP FROM WINNING GOP NOMINATION John Bolton, a onetime national security adviser to Trump, said he was prepared to jump into the 2024 presidential contest if he did not see enough pushback within the Republican Party to Trump's recent call to scrap the U.S. Constitution. "This is serious business," Bolton said. [HuffPost]
MICHAEL AVENATTI SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN FRAUD CASE Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $7 million in restitution after admitting he cheated four clients out of millions of dollars. The sentence should run consecutively to the five-year prison term he is currently serving for separate convictions in New York, the judge said. [AP]
| | | | | | THIS HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP CONTEST COULD SHAPE THE NEXT ELECTION House Democrats in swing seats are set to elect a dedicated representative to party leadership for the first time Tuesday. Reps. Matt Cartwright (Pa.) and Abigail Spanberger (Va.) are both vying for the position. The contest has elements of an ideological proxy battle between centrist Democrats and progressives, both of whom maintain that their approach is preferable in swing seats. [HuffPost]
ELIZABETH WARREN UNVEILS SWEEPING PLAN TO ADDRESS 'BROKEN PROMISES' TO TRIBES Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) unveiled a sweeping plan aimed at addressing the U.S. government's broken promises to Native American tribes. The first-of-its-kind bill, which took three years to draft, would provide mandatory, full federal funding for Native communities' housing, education and health care. [HuffPost]
NIKE ENDS RELATIONSHIP WITH KYRIE IRVING Nike officially ended its relationship with Kyrie Irving, a month after the NBA star shared a link to an antisemitic film on social media. The Brooklyn Nets star had a partnership with the company since 2014. [HuffPost]
ROOMMATES OF SLAIN UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS BREAK SILENCE The two surviving roommates who were at home when four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in November have spoken out for the first time. In a letter, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke wrote that their friends were "all one of a kind." The motive and identity of the killer are still unknown as the investigation enters its fourth week. [HuffPost]
MITT ROMNEY MOCKS 'RINO' TRUMP OVER HIS CALL TO TORCH CONSTITUTION Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joined other Republicans in denouncing Trump's remarks, borrowing one of the former president's favorite nicknames for his critics. "Well, the Republican Party is the Constitution party," Romney said. "So when he calls to suspend the Constitution, he goes from being MAGA to being RINO." Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) called Trump's suggestion "an affront to our Republic." [HuffPost]
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