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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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New York Times:
Capitol Police chief apologizes for security failures during the assault, including a delay in calling for Guard troops. — The acting chief of the Capitol Police apologized to Congress on Tuesday for the agency's massive security failures on Jan. 6, acknowledging during a closed-door briefing …
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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 …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Biden tells CNN Trump's impeachment trial ‘has to happen’ — (CNN)President Joe Biden on Monday offered his most extensive comments since taking office on former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, telling CNN, “I think it has to happen.” — Biden made the comment during a brief …
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Politico:
Trump sends a message to Senate Republicans ahead of his trial — A top political aide to former President Donald Trump spent the weekend quietly reassuring Republican senators that the former president has no plans to start a third party — and instead will keep his imprint on the GOP.
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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 …
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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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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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Washington Post editor Marty Baron announces his retirement
Washington Post editor Marty Baron announces his retirement
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Sign Executive Orders to Phase Out Federal Use of Private Prisons — President's actions are intended to advance racial equity agenda, officials say — WASHINGTON—President Biden on Tuesday will sign a series of executive orders that are intended to advance racial equity …
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Biden to issue executive orders promoting racial equity
Biden to issue executive orders promoting racial equity
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Biden signs executive order ending new DOJ contracts with private prisons
Biden signs executive order ending new DOJ contracts with private prisons
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Biden to order DOJ to end private prison contracts as part of racial equity push
Biden to order DOJ to end private prison contracts as part of racial equity push
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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Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Rep. David Clark Removed From Ga. House Chamber For Ignoring COVID Testing Rules — Georgia Rep. David Clark (above) was removed from the Georgia House chamber Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, for failure to comply with coronavirus testing rules. — Republican state Rep. David Clark (R-Buford) …
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Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed a maskless man who accused him of disregarding coronavirus measures — On Sunday, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler was walking outside a craft brewery on the Oregon city's southwest side when a man walked up to him and shouted, “Thanks for ruining the city!”
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper sprays unmasked man who confronted him with video camera
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper sprays unmasked man who confronted him with video camera
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Fact check: Hawley makes misleading denial on post-election efforts — Hawley's mentor says backing him was worst decision of his life — Washington (CNN)One of the few US senators who led the effort to object to the electoral college results on January 6, Josh Hawley is now claiming …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Trump opens “Office of the Former President” in Florida
Trump opens “Office of the Former President” in Florida
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Let America be America — It feels like having a weight lifted off my soul.
Let America be America — It feels like having a weight lifted off my soul.
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HotAir:
Nikki Haley On Insurrection And Impeaching Trump: Come On, Give The Man A Break — I want to offer my sincere congratulations this morning to Trump and his supporters on having almost completely broken the “reasonable” wing of this collapsing party. There are still a few pockets of resistance led …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Blinken confirmed as secretary of State — Antony Blinken was confirmed as secretary of State on Tuesday, taking the reins of U.S. foreign policy amid major global challenges and following years of turmoil at the State Department. — Blinken won bipartisan approval in the Senate, with a vote of 78-22.
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Senate confirms Biden confidant Antony Blinken as secretary of state
Senate confirms Biden confidant Antony Blinken as secretary of state
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
McConnell relents on Senate rules, signals power-sharing deal with Democrats — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday night signaled he would step back from an ultimatum over Senate rules that sparked a partisan showdown and threatened to obstruct President Biden's early legislative agenda.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Hundreds of Biden staffers receive COVID vaccine — A week into the job, President Biden's White House medical team has administered the coronavirus vaccine to several hundred staffers — and aims to vaccinate all in-person staff over the next few weeks, officials tell Axios.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
White House expected to tell governors they will get more coronavirus vaccine doses starting next week — Expected increase will be about 16 percent but will not fully alleviate shortages — Federal allocations of coronavirus vaccine doses to states and other jurisdictions are expected …
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
In Israel, Infections Drop Sharply After One Shot of Vaccine — Initial studies show a significant drop in infections and hospitalizations after just one dose, and very few cases after two. Experts caution that the results are preliminary. — JERUSALEM — Israel, which leads the world …
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
From Navy SEAL to Part of the Angry Mob Outside the Capitol — The presence in Washington of a longtime member of the Navy SEALs who was trained to identify misinformation reflects the partisan politics that helped lead to the assault. — In the weeks since Adam Newbold …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact-checking 7 statistical claims from Biden's (quite factual) economic speech — Biden: We cannot, will not let Americans go hungry — Washington (CNN)President Joe Biden recited a flurry of figures in a Friday speech in which he urged Congress to pass the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package he calls the American Rescue Plan.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Giuliani wasn't just a Trump partisan but a shrewd marketer of vitamins, gold, lawsuit says — Trump's personal lawyer sought to turn conspiracy theories and voter fraud videos into online moneymakers, attorneys for Dominion say — As he outlined how “pervasive voter fraud” …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Mayor Aims to Turn Small Town Into QAnon, USA — “I think we're a little microcosm of what's happening at the national level,” said Marsha Maguire, a resident of Sequim, Washington. — City council meetings don't often get heated in Sequim, Washington, a small town of roughly 7,000 people popular with retirees from Seattle.
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
How the KGB Hooked Trump — ‘American Kompromat,’ a new book by Craig Unger, gets the lowdown from former Russian and U.S. spies … Red Dawn — There are boundaries in America's political discourse—or at least there were until Donald Trump's presidency.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Biden Will Lie to You — All presidents lie. Even so, the Trump administration weaponized dishonesty to a remarkable degree. — Donald Trump did not merely lie to exaggerate his accomplishments, or smear his opponents. For Trump and the Republican Party, lies were a loyalty test.
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Andrew Silverstein / Grub Street:
New York Loves Its Bodegas, But What Are They Officially? — On the morning of January 15, New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang walked into a store to purchase two bottles of green tea and an entire bunch of bananas. “New York City relies upon its 14,000 bodegas so much,” he said. “I love bodegas.”
Clayton Guse / New York Daily News:
MTA saved no money by closing overnight subway service, transit officials admit — MTA stands for “Money Thrown Away” during the overnight shutdown of the city's subways. — The cash-strapped agency has not saved a cent by closing the subway to passengers from 1-5 a.m. each night since May 6 …
Tess Owen / VICE:
Roger Stone Used Oath Keepers as Security on the Eve of the Capitol Riot — Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. — On the eve of the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Roger Stone walked out on stage before hundreds of cheering Trump supporters in Washington, D.C. …
New York Times:
As Trump Seeks to Remain a Political Force, New Targets Emerge — As Donald Trump surveys the political landscape, there is a sudden Senate opening in Ohio, an ally's bid for Arkansas governor, and some scores to settle elsewhere. — Former President Donald J. Trump …
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Oregon Republican Party falsely calls U.S. Capitol riot a ‘false flag’ meant to ‘discredit President Trump’ — Three weeks after hundreds of people stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent rampage that left one police officer and four rioters dead and led to more than 100 arrests of the pro-Trump rioters …
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