The Trump campaign that isn’t

Four weeks after declaring his 2024 White House bid, former President Trump appears to be a candidate in name only.

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As costs soar, Cardinals must enter race for arms to fill wide-open 2024 rotation

With a major free agent signing that answers a few of the Cardinals’ looming questions this winter, the biggest of which was who their everyday catcher would be in 2023, the club must turn a prudent eye to the horizon and the rising unknown that’s about to be glaring.

Here’s a link to the story at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Ann Coulter: That Old Trump Magic!

The fact that Herschel Walker barely lost his Senate runoff in Georgia demonstrates beyond a doubt that ANY OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WOULD HAVE WON.

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Hillary Clinton still owes Tammy Wynette an apology

The First Lady of Country Music Tammy Wynette is back in the cultural spotlight 24 years after her death, thanks to a new Showtime series about her tumultuous marriage with George Jones, himself a country music king.

Here’s a link to the editorial at Fox News.

Strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shakes southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY — A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico Sunday morning, sending nervous residents of the capital into the street.

Here’s a link to the story at ABC News.

COVID-related hospitalizations going up in US, signaling a rising risk for seniors

Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths and less than half of nursing home residents up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

Inside Republican Party, pressure to change course, leadership after midterm losses

The GOP’s broader reckoning over former President Donald Trump and a dispiriting midterm cycle has ignited a firestorm at a Republican National Committee gearing up for a fierce race for its chairmanship and a possibly hostile presidential primary.

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On this day in history, Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts become last humans to walk on the moon

The U.S.-crewed spaceflight to the moon on Dec. 7, 1972, was known as Apollo 17 — also known as the final flight of the Apollo program.

Here’s a link to the story at Fox News.

Pritzker signs plan to eliminate debt in unemployment fund

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed into law a measure that officials say will eliminate a $1.8 billion debt in the pandemic-battered account that pays out unemployment benefits.

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Republican grassroots activists vent post-election frustration at state GOP

More than a hundred grassroots activists, defeated candidates and party loyalists descended on a meeting of the Illinois Republican Party’s top leaders on Saturday, voicing frustration over last month’s election results that extended the state’s one-party Democratic governance.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

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