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Washington Post:
Authorities identify Anthony Warner as Nashville bomber, say his remains were found in the wreckage — Neighbors describe Warner as a “recluse” with an interest in home security. — Anthony Quinn Warner was responsible for the Christmas morning explosion that rocked downtown Nashville …
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Grant Hodgson / The US Sun:
LONELY XMAS Nashville bomb: Anthony Quinn Warner told woman he gave homes to he ‘intended to spend Christmas in woods with his dogs’ — NASHVILLE suspected suicide bomber Anthony Quinn Warner told the woman he gifted his two homes to that he “intended to travel on Christmas Eve to spend …
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The Sun and New York Post
Jeremy Finley / WSMV-TV:
FBI agents investigating if 5G paranoia was behind Nashville bombing — NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - News4 Investigates has confirmed FBI agents spent Saturday speaking with a top Nashville real estate agent, who contacted them after fearing the subcontractor who worked for him may be the same man whose home they were searching.
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New York Post, HotAir, Tennessee Star, RedState, Conservative News Today, Daily Mail and CBS News
The Tennessean:
Nashville explosion: MNPD confirms Anthony Q. Warner as a person of interest in bombing — Natalie Neysa Alund Yihyun JeongNashville Tennessean — Nashville Police Chief John Drake has confirmed Anthony Q. Warner, 63, as a person of interest in the Christmas day bombing investigation.
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Wall Street Journal:
Nashville Bombing Suspect Died in Explosion, Police Say — AT&T building may have been targeted in Christmas morning blast downtown — Federal authorities on Sunday identified Anthony Warner as the man responsible for the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, saying that they believe …
CBS News:
Nashville bombing suspect's remains found at scene of the blast, FBI confirms
Nashville bombing suspect's remains found at scene of the blast, FBI confirms
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Associated Press and Al Jazeera
Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:
Nashville Blast Suspect Died In Explosion, Officials Say
Washington Post:
Mass confusion over Trump's endgame as Washington barrels toward shutdown, economic crisis — White House officials have been mum on Trump's demands, leaving Democrats and Republicans to try and parse his tweets as Monday deadline looms — As President Trump rapidly approached a Monday deadline …
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CNN:
Trump signs coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law after lengthy delay — (CNN)President Donald Trump has signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, according to multiple sources, averting a government shutdown …
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Axios:
Trump signs COVID relief bill, averting government shutdown — President Trump signed a bill to extend unemployment benefits and avert a government shutdown, the White House said in an emailed statement Sunday evening. — What to watch: While Trump signed the current bill providing …
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New York Times, CNBC, ABC News, BGR, Political Wire and New York Post
Associated Press:
Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages
Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Bipartisan lawmakers urge Trump to either sign or immediately veto coronavirus relief bill
Bipartisan lawmakers urge Trump to either sign or immediately veto coronavirus relief bill
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The Guardian
Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
Toomey: Trump Will Be Remembered For ‘Erratic Behavior’ If He Doesn't Sign COVID Relief Bill
Toomey: Trump Will Be Remembered For ‘Erratic Behavior’ If He Doesn't Sign COVID Relief Bill
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Meghan Cox Gurdon / Wall Street Journal:
Even Homer Gets Mobbed — A Massachusetts school has banned ‘The Odyssey.’ — A sustained effort is under way to deny children access to literature. Under the slogan #DisruptTexts, critical-theory ideologues, schoolteachers and Twitter agitators are purging and propagandizing against classic texts …
Natalie Colarossi / Newsweek:
Pro-Trump Lawyer Calls for Georgia Runoffs Boycott, Hints at Arresting Loeffler, Perdue — Lin Wood, a pro-Trump lawyer who has been aggressively promoting unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, tweeted a plan to boycott Georgia's critical Senate runoff race Friday and hinted at arresting GOP Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump to return to Georgia on runoff eve for GOP Senate candidates
Trump to return to Georgia on runoff eve for GOP Senate candidates
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Media Matters for America, New York Magazine and NBC News
Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Trump's inaction on stimulus bill leaves Georgia's GOP runoff candidates in awkward spot
Trump's inaction on stimulus bill leaves Georgia's GOP runoff candidates in awkward spot
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Jon Ossoff for U.S. Senate and Washington Post
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Warnock and Loeffler work to consolidate voters for runoff
Warnock and Loeffler work to consolidate voters for runoff
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Al Jazeera and Breitbart
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Why these Fox News loyalists have changed the channel to Newsmax — On the morning after Election Day, Greg and Jenny Brethen, loyal viewers of Fox News who watched the channel religiously for almost 20 years, turned on their go-to morning show, “Fox & Friends,” and thought they saw something fishy.
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Reginald Foster, Vatican Latinist Who Tweeted in the Language, Dies at 81 — One of the world's foremost experts on Latin, Father Foster was a monk who looked like a stevedore, dressed like a janitor and swore like a sailor. — Reginald Foster, a former plumber's apprentice from Wisconsin who …
New York Times:
1 of every 17 people in the U.S. has been infected, and 1 in 1,000 has died. Yet the worst may lie ahead. — With bubble-enclosed Santas and Zoom-enhanced family gatherings, much of the United States played it safe over Christmas while the coronavirus rampaged across the country.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.:
Household Cash Balances during COVID-19: A Distributional Perspective — JPMorgan Chase Institute Take — Months after the declaration of national emergency on March 13, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the economy and household finances in dramatic and unprecedented ways.
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Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Texas Fracking Billionaires Drew Covid-19 Aid While Investing in Rivals — Sen. Ted Cruz helped rework program rules, enabling Wilks brothers and others in oil industry to get relief funding — WASHINGTON—As the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices walloped U.S. frackers this spring …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
CNN's Tapper: ‘No Value’ to Interviewing People Like Kayleigh McEnany Who ‘Lie the Way Most People Breathe’ — CNN's Jake Tapper said he won't interview certain pro-Donald Trump people because they've established themselves as liars for the president with “no value” being aired on TV.
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Crooks and Liars, RedState, The Sun, Business Insider, Townhall and The Daily Caller
Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Colleagues are happy to see Steve King go but ousted lawmaker says he's not bitter — Rep. Steve King's colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, aren't sad to see the Iowa Republican leave the House after 18 years. — While Democrats have long denounced King over incendiary …
Jack Healy / New York Times:
The Treasured Diners and Hidden Haunts That Covid-19 Closed for Good — A Pittsburgh hot dog joint, a famous Cambridge dive bar and a vibrant Filipino restaurant in Los Angeles were among the casualties of 2020. — We gather today to mourn the 150-year-old restaurant that served up platters …
Rockford Register Star:
Army special forces member, 37, charged in shooting at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford — Kevin Haas Chris GreenRockford Register Star — ROCKFORD — A 37-year-old military member has been charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder after police say he gunned down multiple people …
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