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CBS New York:
At Least 5 People Stabbed By Machete-Wielding Suspect At Monsey Synagogue, Suspect Arrested In NYC — MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - At least five people have been stabbed in an attack on a Rabbi's home in New York's Rockland County. That attacker is now reportedly in custody after fleeing the scene.
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Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Multiple victims reported in latest New York stabbing attack - breaking — Videos of the stabbing attack began disseminating on social media around 5:30 a.m. Israel time. The Jerusalem Post received confirmation of the validity of these videos by a spokesperson for Chabad.
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Vos Iz Neias, Sputnik News, Townhall, DNyuz, Sara A. Carter and The Post Millennial
Vos Iz Neias:
Saturday Night Terror At Rabbi Rottenburg's Shul, 15 Transported To Hospital, Suspect In Custody [UPDATE: 1:00 AM] — MONSEY (VINnews) — Multiple people were stabbed Saturday night in a synagogue. — According to reports, a black male entered Rabbi Rottenburg's Shul with his face covered by a scarf, and pulled out a machete.
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The Gateway Pundit, New York Post and The Hill
New York Times:
Monsey Stabbing: 5 Wounded at Rabbi's Home in N.Y. Suburb — The attack occurred in an area with a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jews. — An intruder with a knife stormed into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in a New York suburb on Saturday, stabbing and wounding five people, officials said.
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NPR, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and Slate
New York Post:
Suspects released without bail after shocking attacks on Jews — Suspects arrested in last week's spree of eight anti-Semitic attacks are being quickly released right back into the neighborhoods they terrorized thanks to “bail reform” legislation — which doesn't even take effect until Jan. 1.
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
‘Nothing Less Than a Civil War’: These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump — Deeply conservative, they organize online and outside the Republican Party apparatus, engaging in more explicit versions of the chest-beating seen at the president's rallies.
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Raw Story and Jill Filipovic
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump retweets a post naming the alleged whistleblower — President Trump retweeted a post naming the alleged whistleblower who filed the complaint that became the catalyst for the congressional inquiry that resulted in his impeachment by the House of Representatives.
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The Gateway Pundit, ABC News and DNyuz
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Gangster in the White House
A Gangster in the White House
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Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Ivanka Trump suggests she may leave White House job if father re-elected — President's senior adviser says she will put her family's needs first in making decision — Ivanka Trump has cast doubt on continuing in her advisory role in the administration if her father wins re-election next year.
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YouTube, Washington Times and New York Post
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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Ivanka Trump says staying in Washington will be up to her kids, cites “unfinished” work
Ivanka Trump says staying in Washington will be up to her kids, cites “unfinished” work
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Talking Points Memo
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump might leave White House if father wins 2020
Ivanka Trump might leave White House if father wins 2020
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Fox News
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Pelosi gets under Trump's skin on impeachment — President Trump has made attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a theme of his holiday break at his Mar-a-Lago resort. — Trump's comments suggest he is lingering on impeachment and that Pelosi's central role in it is very much on his mind going into 2020.
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Associated Press and Breitbart
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Joe Biden Says He'd Defy Subpoena to Testify in Trump's Senate Trial
Joe Biden Says He'd Defy Subpoena to Testify in Trump's Senate Trial
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Des Moines Register, Mediaite, DNyuz, Axios and Slate
Kashmira Gander / Newsweek:
Record hit for most ice to melt in Antarctica in one day, data suggests: “We are in a climate emergency” — The record in recent decades for the highest level of ice to melt in Antarctica in one day was reached on Christmas Eve, data suggests. — Around 15 percent of the continent's surface melted …
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Althouse
CNN:
Construction workers lose sensitive documents during renovations at UK spy headquarters, report says — (CNN)A source on background has confirmed to CNN that sensitive documents that had been reported missing by The Sun newspaper were not UK government papers, but were a construction firm's documents.
New York Times:
Science Under Attack: How Trump Is Sidelining Researchers and Their Work — WASHINGTON — In just three years, the Trump administration has diminished the role of science in federal policymaking while halting or disrupting research projects nationwide, marking a transformation …
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Elizabeth Warren releases new anti-corruption campaign ad in Iowa — “I'm not afraid to stand up to the powerful interests,” she says. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign released a new ad on Monday that zeroed in on the line of attack she used against South Bend, Indiana …
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NBC News and Associated Press
Amy Qin / New York Times:
In China's Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared — In Xinjiang the authorities have separated nearly half a million children from their families, aiming to instill loyalty to China and the Communist Party. — HOTAN, China — The first grader was a good student and beloved by her classmates …
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
US envoy urges EU to ban Hezbollah after Iran militia kills American — US reviews Kataib Hezbollah's role in murder of US contractor — The most high-profile US Ambassador in Europe Richard Grenell urged European countries on Saturday to outlaw Hezbollah's entire organization …
ABC News:
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says impeachment will only ‘embolden’ Trump, increasing his reelection chances — She said a second term for Trump is a “serious concern” of hers. — Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard spoke candidly on Saturday about her controversial decision to vote “present” …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden still leads Democratic race as Warren drops — Former Vice President Joe Biden remains Democratic primary voters' preferred presidential candidate, as a Fox News Poll released Sunday shows more think he is capable of beating President Trump than feel …
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Associated Press
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Caller:
Cory Booker Says Men Should Care About Abortion Access Because ‘Women Are People’ — 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker said Saturday that abortion rights shouldn't matter to men just because of their female relatives and friends, but because “women are people.”
Miriam Berger / Washington Post:
Idlib could become the worst humanitarian crisis in Syria's civil war — Over 250,000 people have fled from the Idlib region in northwestern Syria in just the past two weeks, according to the United Nations, as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russian forces …
Susannah Bryan / Sun-Sentinel:
Is ‘Dixie Highway’ racist? The debate is growing … A movement to rename Dixie Highway — for some a painful reminder of a tragic, racist past — might be gaining steam in Broward County. — The argument is being made by one of Broward County's youngest elected officials after she heard of a similar effort in Miami-Dade.