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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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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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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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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill After Unemployment Aid Lapses — After calling the measure a “disgrace,” President Trump abruptly signed it, extending expanded unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium, and averting a government shutdown. — WASHINGTON — President Trump …
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
Politico:
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package
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Washington Post:
Countdown to shutdown: Here's what happens if Trump doesn't enact the stimulus law by midnight Monday
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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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 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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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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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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Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:
Nashville Blast Suspect Died In Explosion, Officials Say
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Heather Cox Richardson Offers a Break From the Media Maelstrom. It's Working. — She is the breakout star of the newsletter platform Substack, doing the opposite of most media as she calmly situates the news of the day in the long sweep of American history.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump to return to Georgia on runoff eve for GOP Senate candidates — President Donald Trump will return to Georgia for a runoff eve rally to campaign for the Republican U.S. Senate candidates even as he continues to fume at the state's GOP leaders for refusing to overturn the election results …
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Media Matters for America, New York Magazine and NBC News
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Natalie Colarossi / Newsweek:
Pro-Trump Lawyer Calls for Georgia Runoffs Boycott, Hints at Arresting Loeffler, Perdue
Pro-Trump Lawyer Calls for Georgia Runoffs Boycott, Hints at Arresting Loeffler, Perdue
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Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Mediaite and Raw Story
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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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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Laura Ingraham:
Dr. Siegel: Lockdowns Just Destroy the Economy, They Don't Work — California reached an alarming milestone this past week, becoming the first state to surpass two million coronavirus cases, despite the state having implemented “Soviet-style” lockdown measures, yet the number of Covid-19 cases continues to climb.
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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 …
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 …