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View Online  TIPSHEET PRESENTED BY CANADIAN ENERGY CENTRE Trump faces potential fundraising problem as megadonors jump ship BY KARL EVERS-HILLSTROM © AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell Former President Trump could face a surprising problem as he mounts his 2024 campaign: a cash crunch as wealthy megadonors gravitate toward Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other potential contenders.    A loyal army of small-dollar donors will power Trump's presidential bid, potentially making up for the exodus of billionaire backers, but they've shown signs of scaling back their giving.    And while Trump's political machine is starting off with a war chest of more than $110 million, federal law prevents him from using most of that money to advance his White House campaign. Read the full story here Attorney General Garland names special counsel in Trump probes BY REBECCA BEITSCH Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigations into Donald Trump just days after the former president announced his intent to seek the office again in 2024. Read the full story here The Memo: Trump and Garland go to war on special counsel BY NIALL STANAGE The full impact of former President Trump's decision to again seek the presidency became clear for the first time on Friday — but not in the way Trump wanted. Read the full story here Content from our sponsor: Canadian Energy Centre Rising demand for oil and gas is matched only by the rising challenge of securing it. Global events have made that clear. The world is looking for reliable energy leadership and a way forward that includes renewables in the energy mix. Canada is up to the task. 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Read the full story here Democrat Adam Frisch concedes to Lauren Boebert in nail biter House race BY MAX GREENWOOD Democrat Adam Frisch conceded on Friday to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) in the race for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, saying that an expected recount was unlikely to change the outcome of the election.  Read the full story here Biden administration seeks Supreme Court relief after student debt plan blocked BY JOHN KRUZEL AND LEXI LONAS The Biden administration on Friday urged the Supreme Court to clear one of the legal obstacles blocking its student debt relief program, as part of the administration's broader legal effort to have the policy reinstated. Read the full story here Here's how much homebuyers could save after mortgage rates tumble BY ADAM BARNES Mortgage rates experienced their largest weekly drop in nearly 40 years this week, easing potential buyers' monthly payments.  Read the full story here House GOP expected to eliminate climate crisis committee BY RACHEL FRAZIN Republicans are expected to eliminate the House's Select Committee on the Climate Crisis when they retake power in the lower chamber next year. Read the full story here Washington Post publisher blasts Biden: He's granting Saudi crown prince 'a license to kill' BY DOMINICK MASTRANGELO The publisher of The Washington Post is blasting President Biden over a decision by the U.S. to grant immunity to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a lawsuit over the 2018 killing of Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Read the full story here Content from our sponsor: Canadian Energy Centre Rising demand for oil and gas is matched only by the rising challenge of securing it. Global events have made that clear. The world is looking for reliable energy leadership and a way forward that includes renewables in the energy mix. Canada is up to the task. A joint commitment from our industry's six biggest oil sands producers to reach net zero by 2050 is only one step. Cutting emissions intensity by 22% over the last decade is another. With responsible production, and innovations in cleantech and carbon capture, Canada is walking the walk toward a secure, mixed energy future. Learn more. As Russia's war fails, domestic turmoil is intensifying BY JANUSZ BUGAJSKI OPINION | Military failure in Ukraine is undermining the stability of the Russian state. The Kremlin has tried to disguise its war losses to prevent negative domestic reactions, but the reality of failure is becoming increasingly obvious, most recently in the retreat from Kherson soon after the region was constitutionally incorporated in the Russian Federation. Russia's convulsions are evident in high-level criticisms of state policy, purges in the military, political, and economic structures, conflicts within the security institutions, resistance to mobilization and mounting regional unrest. Read the full story here The true tragedy behind Musk's Twitter buyout is the power of billionaires BY HOWARD KLEIN OPINION | The world's richest man now owns one of the world's most important communication platforms. Last month, after a tumultuous and protracted legal drama, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk finally acquired Twitter for $44 billion.   Read the full story here AP: In Pelosi, women admire a leader with calm, cool confidence BY MARYCLAIRE DALE PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As they watched House Speaker Nancy Pelosi step forward to wrangle an unruly Congress over the years or stare down a bombastic president, many women across the country saw a version of the calm, confident leader they hoped to be themselves. Read the full story here WSJ: Twitter's Mass Resignations Test Elon Musk's Management Playbook BY ALEXA CORSE AND TIM HIGGINS  The first day of Twitter 2.0 got off to a chaotic start, after an avalanche of employees rejected Elon Musk's ultimatum that they commit to being "hardcore" and he raced to remake the social network to his liking. Read the full story here NYT: The World Cup that changed everything BY TARIQ PANJA AND RORY SMITH Michel Platini was expecting a private audience with the president of France when he arrived for lunch on a cold day in November 2010. Instead, as Platini, a legendary French player who in retirement had risen to become one of the most powerful men in soccer, stepped into a lavish salon inside the president's official residence, he noticed immediately that the man he had come to see, Nicolas Sarkozy, was absent. Read the full story here WaPo: Stealthy Kherson resistance fighters undermined Russian occupying forces BY ISABELLE KHURSHUDYAN AND KAMILA HRABCHUK KHERSON, Ukraine — Ihor didn't even know the first name of the person who contacted him. The man said he was a member of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces and wanted to know if Ihor was interested in helping fight the Russians occupying his city of Kherson. Read the full story here Enjoy this Tipsheet? 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