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Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like — From denialism to death threats, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci describes a fraught year as an adviser to President Donald J. Trump on the Covid-19 pandemic. — For almost 40 years, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci has held two jobs.
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The Daily Beast, HuffPost, MSNBC, Raw Story, Mediaite, Business Insider, CBS News and Rolling Stone
Politico:
Bipartisan group of senators pushes back on Biden Covid plan — A bipartisan group of senators told White House officials on Sunday that the stimulus spending in President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief plan provides too much money to high-income Americans, an opening setback …
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CNN:
Biden to reinstate Covid-19-related travel restrictions lifted by Trump — Washington (CNN)President Joe Biden on Monday will reinstate the Covid-19 travel restrictions on non-US citizens who have been in Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and much of Europe, a White House official confirmed to CNN.
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Associated Press, Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo and Washington Times
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden to impose South Africa travel ban to combat new COVID-19 variant - CDC
Exclusive: Biden to impose South Africa travel ban to combat new COVID-19 variant - CDC
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HuffPost, CBS News, Al Jazeera, Politico, Washington Examiner, Slate, Mediaite, The Week, theslot.jezebel.com and NBC Los Angeles
Kelly O'Donnell / NBC News:
Biden to reinstate Covid travel restrictions Trump rescinded, impose new ban on South Africa
Biden to reinstate Covid travel restrictions Trump rescinded, impose new ban on South Africa
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The Gateway Pundit, CNBC and KTLA
Jack Arnholz / ABC News:
Sen. Rand Paul continues making false claims of 2020 election fraud — “(Impeachment) is constitutional. We have precedent”: Sen. Amy Klobuchar — ‘Debate over whether or not there was (election) fraud should occur’: Sen. Paul — George Stephanopoulos interviews Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on “This Week.”
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IJR, The Hill, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, New York Post, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Rand Paul versus George Stephanopoulos. A great confrontation, and I do not agree with the title on this video, that Rand Paul “melts down.” — Here's the transcript. — STEPHANOPOULOS: Senator Paul, let me begin with a threshold question for you. This election was not stolen, do you accept that fact?
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Washington Post, Grabien News and Power Line
Alayna Treene / Axios:
McCarthy takes heat from every direction as House Republicans feud following the Capitol siege — Kevin McCarthy is learning you can get torched when you try to make everyone happy, especially after an insurrection. — Why it matters: The House Republican leader had been hoping to use …
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FULL-COURT-PRESS and The Federalist
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Trump Wants Back on Facebook. This Star-Studded Jury Might Let Him. — A new kind of corporate supercourt is looking for legitimacy. — They meet mostly on Zoom, but I prefer to picture the members of this court, or council, or whatever it is, wearing reflective suits and hovering via hologram around a glowing table.
Kansas City Star:
‘Bamboozled.’ Hawley mentors stunned by conduct, but early warning signs were there — Josh Hawley was a precocious 15-year-old in 1995, writing a regular column for his hometown paper, The Lexington News, when he was still in high school. — He used the early platform to opine on politics …
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Raw Story
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
AP source: Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial — WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter about killing legislators …
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Washington Times, Raw Story and Sputnik News
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen — Firmly linking teen suicides to school closings is difficult, but rising mental health emergencies and suicide rates point to the toll the pandemic lockdown is taking. — The reminders of pandemic-driven suffering among students …
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Nader Issa / Chicago Sun-Times:
Chicago Teachers Union votes to refuse in-person work, defy Chicago Public Schools' reopening plan
Ronnie Reese / Chicago Teachers Union:
Educators overwhelmingly vote in favor of safety, continued remote learning
Educators overwhelmingly vote in favor of safety, continued remote learning
Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district
Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district
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Axios, WTOP and The Daily Caller
Joshua Zitser / Yahoo News:
Members are quitting Mar-a-Lago because it has become a ‘sad’ and ‘dispirited’ place since Trump moved in, author says — Trump's Mar-a-Lago golf resort has become a ‘sad place’ since he moved in, an expert on the resort told — MSNBC. — Members are quitting and want nothing to do with Trump …
New York Times:
Why Vaccines Alone Will Not End the Pandemic — The coronavirus pandemic in the United States has raged almost uncontrollably for so long that even if millions of people are vaccinated, millions more will still be infected and become ill unless people continue to wear masks …
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Deadline
Kadia Goba / Axios:
Progressives pressure Schumer to end filibuster — A progressive coalition is pressuring Chuck Schumer on his home turf by running a digital billboard in Times Square urging the new majority leader to end the Senate filibuster. — Why it matters: Schumer is up for re-election in 2o22 …
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Washington Examiner
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
For Biden, urgency will matter more than unity
For Biden, urgency will matter more than unity
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Common Dreams, USA Today, Daily Kos, Orange County Register, Politico, IJR, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA and Grabien News
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Marco Rubio: It's ‘arrogant’ to impeach Trump
Marco Rubio: It's ‘arrogant’ to impeach Trump
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RedState, Fox News, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Big League Politics, National Review, The Federalist, The Hill, Mediaite, Business Insider, Breitbart and New York Post
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GOP Lawmaker, Who Questioned Black Hygiene In The Contraction Of COVID-19, To Lead Health Panel — Ohio State Sen. Stephen Huffman was appointed to chair the committee in Jan. 2021. — A white Ohio Republican lawmaker who questioned whether members of “the colored population” …
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Business Insider
Orion Rummler / Axios:
CDC director: “I can't tell you how much vaccine we have” — CDC director Rochelle Walensky, newly appointed by President Biden, told Fox News on Sunday that the administration does not know the current number of COVID vaccines available for distribution — due to a lack of data gathered …
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New York Times, HotAir and Washington Post
Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
Biden Makes First DC Restaurant Visit as President To Call Your Mother — The bagel spot is co-owned by his administration's Covid Czar. — A few days into the job, and President Joe Biden has already made his first restaurant visit. After attending mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church on Sunday …
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Breitbart, WTOP, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and UPI
CBS News:
Birx says there was no “full-time team” working on COVID response in Trump White House — Washington — Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House coronavirus response coordinator under former President Donald Trump, revealed that she had no full-time team in the White House working on the response to COVID-19 under the former president.
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The Guardian, New York Post and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
The Biden administration must go into overdrive to reclaim our courts — Derrick Johnson is president and chief executive of the NAACP. Leslie Proll is its senior adviser for judicial nominations. — Four years of court-packing by President Donald Trump and then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Wall Street Journal, The Hill and The Independent
Axios:
GOP implosion: Trump threats, payback — The GOP is getting torn apart by a spreading revolt against party leaders for failing to stand up for former President Trump and punish his critics. — Why it matters: Republican leaders suffered a nightmarish two months in Washington.
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Raw Story, HotAir, Arizona Republic, The Mahablog, Vox, Business Insider and Los Angeles Times
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Tyler Van Dyke / Washington Examiner:
Defense Chief Lloyd Austin's first directive orders review of military sexual assault program — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued his first directive since being confirmed on Friday, tackling the Defense Department's programs regarding sexual assault in the military.
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ABC News, Military Times, The Hill and Associated Press
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
State Republicans push new voting restrictions after Trump's loss — Republican legislators across the country are preparing a slew of new voting restrictions in the wake of former President Donald Trump's defeat. — Georgia will be the focal point of the GOP push to change state election laws …
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New Yorker, Daily Kos, TheGrio, CNN and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Norm Ornstein / New York Daily News:
A roadmap for the new Congress: From dysfunction to meaningful change — As Joe Biden assumes the presidency, there is an urgency to responding to the crises Chief of Staff Ron Klain put in a memo to the senior White House staff and the president emphasized in his inaugural address …