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Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in 2018 and 2019 before running for Congress — (CNN)Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019 before being elected to Congress …
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Marjorie Taylor Greene QAnon-adjacent conspiracy theory comments resurface — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is setting up a new test for House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. — Why it matters: The freshman Republican from Georgia made a series of bizarre and outlandish remarks …
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Politico:
‘Dead on arrival’: Trump conviction unlikely after GOP votes to nix trial — Nearly every Senate Republican declared Tuesday that putting a former president on trial for impeachment is unconstitutional, indicating that the House's case against Donald Trump is almost certain to fail.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, set to preside over Trump impeachment, taken to hospital
Sen. Patrick Leahy, set to preside over Trump impeachment, taken to hospital
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
McConnell: It Was Too Soon to Impeach Trump, Now It's Too Late.
McConnell: It Was Too Soon to Impeach Trump, Now It's Too Late.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Nearly all GOP senators vote against impeachment trial for Trump, signaling likely acquittal
Nearly all GOP senators vote against impeachment trial for Trump, signaling likely acquittal
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New York Times:
Senator Patrick Leahy, 80, is briefly hospitalized as a precaution after he reported feeling unwell.
Senator Patrick Leahy, 80, is briefly hospitalized as a precaution after he reported feeling unwell.
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Sen. Patrick Leahy returns home after being hospitalized
Sen. Patrick Leahy returns home after being hospitalized
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional
Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Live Updates: Most G.O.P. Senators Vote Against Trying Trump, Suggesting He Will Be Acquitted
Live Updates: Most G.O.P. Senators Vote Against Trying Trump, Suggesting He Will Be Acquitted
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Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Mike and Karen Pence are homeless and appear to be couch surfing their way through Indiana … - Republicans close to former Vice President Mike Pence say they don't know where the former second couple is now living. — Pence and his wife Karen haven't owned a home in a decade …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Mike Pence is ‘homeless’ and bouncing between couches of Indiana politicians: report — On Tuesday, Business Insider reported that former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen do not have a permanent residence since leaving the vice president's mansion — and though Republicans close …
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Pentagon restricted commander of D.C. Guard ahead of Capitol riot — The commander of the D.C. National Guard said the Pentagon restricted his authority ahead of the riot at the U.S. Capitol, requiring higher level sign-off to respond that cost time as the events that day spiraled out of control.
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Acting Capitol Police chief apologizes to lawmakers for ‘failings’ that allowed Jan. 6 breach
Acting Capitol Police chief apologizes to lawmakers for ‘failings’ that allowed Jan. 6 breach
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Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
CDC finds with precautions in place, scant spread of coronavirus in schools — Schools operating in person have seen scant transmission of the coronavirus, particularly when masks and distancing are employed, but some indoor athletics have led to infections and should be curtailed if schools …
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Data and Policy to Guide Opening Schools Safely to Limit the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Margaret A. Honein, PhD1; Lisa C. Barrios, DrPH1; John T. Brooks, MD1 — On March 11, 2020, less than 2 weeks after community transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …
Elvina Nawaguna / Business Insider:
SCOOP: Josh Hawley says he is not running for president in 2024 … - Sen. Josh Hawley is not running for president in 2024, the Republican lawmaker told Insider on Tuesday. — His recent actions — fiery speeches, a new book, and strong defense of President Donald Trump …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Kaine, Collins pitch Senate colleagues on censuring Trump — Sens. Tim Kaine and Susan Collins are privately pitching their colleagues on a bipartisan resolution censuring former President Trump, three sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios.
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CNN:
Goya board silences its CEO after he tells Fox News the election was rigged — New York (CNN Business)Goya's board of directors had enough of CEO Robert Unanue's public comments in support of former President Donald Trump and his unfounded claims of voter fraud. On Friday, it voted to muzzle him.
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New York Times:
Proud Boys Under Growing Scrutiny in Capitol Riot Investigation — Officials are trying to determine to what extent far-right groups planned the assault in advance. — The leadership of the Proud Boys has come under increased scrutiny as agents and prosecutors across the country try …
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Eddie Burkhalter / Alabama Political Reporter:
Trump Appointee Says Tuberville, RAGA Director Met With Trump Family, Top Advisers On Eve Of Capitol Attack — Tuberville, through a spokeswoman, said he did not attend the meeting with Trump on the eve of the deadly attack. — The entrance to the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. (VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Kellyanne Conway Accused of Posting Topless Photo of Her 16-Year-Old Daughter on Twitter … Kellyanne Conway, ex-counselor to disgraced former President Trump, allegedly posted a topless picture of her daughter Claudia, 16, on Twitter on Monday. — Reached for comment …
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CREW:
Kayleigh McEnany's Financial Disclosure reveals agreement with Fox News … Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany is the latest official to take advantage of the revolving door between Fox News and the Trump administration. According to her termination financial disclosure report …
The Frontier:
Oklahoma trying to return its $2m stockpile of hydroxychloroquine — The Oklahoma Attorney General's Office has been tasked with attempting to return a $2 million stockpile of a malaria drug once touted by former President Donald Trump as a way to treat the coronavirus. — Reading Time Posted In
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National Review:
Operation Warp Speed Staffers Refute Claim Biden Is Starting from Scratch on Vaccines — Current and former staffers say they helped set Biden's administration on a glide path to its vaccination goal. — Leaders of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed spent months working …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
If You're Gushing about Non-Answers, You're Not Really a Journalist
If You're Gushing about Non-Answers, You're Not Really a Journalist
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Washington Post:
Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron to retire at the end of February — Washington Post Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan today shared the following note with Post employees. — Dear Washington Post colleagues, — Although we have long known this day would come …
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Nearly 4,600 Colorado Republicans changed their party affiliation after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol — An analysis of Colorado voter registration data showed that most of those Republicans switched to unaffiliated. — DENVER — Nearly 4,600 registered Republicans changed …
Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal:
Goldman CEO David Solomon Takes $10 Million Pay Cut for 1MDB Scandal — The bank had said it would claw back or withhold $174 million in compensation from current, former executives — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. slashed Chief Executive David Solomon's 2020 pay by 36%, punishment …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Cutting off stimulus checks to Americans earning over $75,000 could be wise, new data suggests — Biden is debating another round of $1,400 stimulus payments. Some in Congress have urged the president to target aid to lower-income families only. — As President Biden pushes for another round …
Wall Street Journal:
Administration to Buy Enough Doses to Vaccinate U.S. Population by End of Summer — Biden administration will also boost supply of coronavirus vaccines sent to states by about 16% for next three weeks — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Tuesday said it would boost the supply …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Lou Dobbs: Republicans Lost in 2020 Because the Party ‘Forgot Who Was the True Leader’ — Fox Business' Lou Dobbs said Tuesday that Republicans lost in 2020 because they “forgot who was the true leader,” calling former President Donald Trump the “only good thing” to happen to their party in the last four election cycles.
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Andrew Oxford / Arizona Republic:
Arizona lawmakers who were in D.C. during Capitol riot won't release records from phones — Two Arizona legislators who went to the U.S. Capitol the day it was stormed by a mob earlier this month will not provide emails or text messages about their travel to Washington, D.C.
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Peter Hotez / Washington Post:
Biden's new vaccine goal is more ambitious. It still isn't enough. — The U.S. should be delivering 3 million doses every day — and approving more vaccines for emergency use — Peter Hotez a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine.
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Collins helps contractor before pro-Susan PAC gets donation — A PAC backing Sen. Susan Collins in her high-stakes reelection campaign received $150,000 from an entity linked to the wife of a defense contractor whose firm Collins helped land a federal contract, new public records show.
Leyland Cecco / The Guardian:
Canadian mogul fined after getting Covid vaccine meant for Indigenous residents … The former head of a Canadian casino company and his actor wife have been fined after chartering a private plane to a remote community near the Alaska border and receiving coronavirus vaccines meant for vulnerable Indigenous residents.
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: DOJ rescinds ‘zero tolerance’ immigration rule — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a “zero tolerance” enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations.
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Marlene Lenthang / Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Fauci is America's highest paid federal employee on $417,608 - after joking in interview with Matt McConaughey that he was ‘just a government worker on a government salary’ — Dr. Anthony Fauci is the nation's highest paid federal employee raking in $417,608 in 2019 …
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
U.S. announces restoration of relations with Palestinians — UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was restoring relations with the Palestinians and renewing aid to Palestinian refugees, a reversal of the Trump administration's cutoff …
Patrice Taddonio / FRONTLINE:
‘Enabling It to Happen Again’: How Charlottesville Led to the Capitol Attack — When rioters breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden's presidential victory, they carried Confederate flags through the building; chanted, “Hang Mike Pence”; and erected a noose outside.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Pennsylvania GOP pledges full allegiance to Trump — PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania once stocked D.C. with a steady stream of establishment Republicans. Now, in the wake of Donald Trump's reelection defeat, it's better known for its GOP hard-liners — among them, Scott Perry …
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Trump's Pardon of Bannon Could Raise Risk for 3 Co-Defendants — President Trump's former adviser Stephen K. Bannon may now be a witness against three other men accused in a border-wall swindle. — Of all the pardons former President Donald Trump granted in the hours before he left office …