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Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers say he was immediately ‘horrified’ by the Capitol attack. Here's what his allies and aides said really happened that day. — President Donald Trump was “horrified” when violence broke out at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, as a joint session of Congress convened to confirm …
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Politico:
Trump plans a reemergence and some retribution after impeachment — Three weeks ago may have been the nadir of Donald Trump's political influence. A meager crowd of supporters gathered to send him off to Florida, he'd lost access to Twitter and the Senate's most powerful Republican …
CBS News:
Majority favor conviction as impeachment trial begins, but many Republicans urge loyalty to Trump — CBS News poll — As former President Trump's second impeachment trial begins, a 56%-majority of Americans would like the Senate to vote to convict him, and the same percentage say he encouraged violence …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump compares impeachment to ‘The Apprentice’ — DRIVING THE DAY — As Republicans get ready to beat back a DONALD TRUMP impeachment conviction for the second time, sources close to the former president say he's already imagining his comeback.
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Adam Carlson / People.com:
Reporter Forgoes Covering President as Romance Blossoms with Biden Aide Battling Cancer: 'Didn't Think Twice' — “We both realized we both felt the same way,” TJ Ducklo, a White House deputy press secretary, says of Axios' Alexi McCammond. “We're both really happy, and we wanted to do it the right way.”
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Adam Kinzinger / Washington Post:
My fellow Republicans, convicting Trump is necessary to save America — Adam Kinzinger, a Republican, represents Illinois's 16th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. — Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.”
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Brian Naylor / NPR:
House Managers To Present New Evidence At Trump Impeachment Trial — The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will feature evidence “that nobody has seen before,” House Democrats say. — The trial gets under way Tuesday with up to four hours of arguments …
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Politico:
Impeachment managers accuse Trump of blaming supporters for insurrection — Donald Trump is attempting to “shift blame onto his supporters” for igniting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and is relying on disputed legal theories to avoid accountability for his months-long attempt …
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Richard Ruelas / Arizona Republic:
Jake Angeli, who wore a fur hat with horns while raiding U.S. Capitol, apologizes
Jake Angeli, who wore a fur hat with horns while raiding U.S. Capitol, apologizes
Jim Jordan / Fox News:
Rep. Jim Jordan: Trump impeachment trial - here's what the Senate must do
Rep. Jim Jordan: Trump impeachment trial - here's what the Senate must do
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump incited Capitol riot further after it began, impeachment prosecutors will claim
Trump incited Capitol riot further after it began, impeachment prosecutors will claim
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's weak defense will expose the depravity of GOP senators who acquit him
Trump's weak defense will expose the depravity of GOP senators who acquit him
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
How to watch Trump's second impeachment trial like a boss
How to watch Trump's second impeachment trial like a boss
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Reuters:
Scholar says Trump's lawyers misrepresented his research in preparing impeachment defense
Scholar says Trump's lawyers misrepresented his research in preparing impeachment defense
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
‘Like a violent crime prosecution’: Democrats preview Trump impeachment case strategy
‘Like a violent crime prosecution’: Democrats preview Trump impeachment case strategy
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NBC News:
Trump's second impeachment trial to kick off Tuesday
Trump's second impeachment trial to kick off Tuesday
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Graham threatens to call Democrats as witnesses during impeachment trial
Graham threatens to call Democrats as witnesses during impeachment trial
Associated Press:
The Latest: Aides say Trump impeachment case ‘devastating’
The Latest: Aides say Trump impeachment case ‘devastating’
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Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Pelosi's impeachment charade undermined by evidence the Capitol attack was planned in advance
Pelosi's impeachment charade undermined by evidence the Capitol attack was planned in advance
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden's strategy for Trump's impeachment: Sit back and STFU
Biden's strategy for Trump's impeachment: Sit back and STFU
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Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
‘Woke’ American Ideas Are a Threat, French Leaders Say — Politicians and prominent intellectuals say social theories from the United States on race, gender and post-colonialism are a threat to French identity and the French republic. — PARIS — The threat is said to be existential.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fox's effort to clean up its post-election misinformation is not terribly convincing — In the days after the presidential election, an entire ecosystem emerged to bolster President Donald Trump's false claims that rampant fraud had mired the election results.
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New York Times:
Fox Files Motion to Dismiss Smartmatic's $2.7 Billion Defamation Suit
Fox Files Motion to Dismiss Smartmatic's $2.7 Billion Defamation Suit
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Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Sorry Politico, impeachment's not “lost cause” for Dems — it's a home run
Sorry Politico, impeachment's not “lost cause” for Dems — it's a home run
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CNN:
DOJ asks Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign — (CNN)The Justice Department on Tuesday asked US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, a turnover that spares two top prosecutors in Delaware and Connecticut overseeing two sensitive Trump-era investigations.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department drops suit over Melania Trump aide's tell-all book
Justice Department drops suit over Melania Trump aide's tell-all book
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American Greatness:
What Happened to Officer Brian Sicknick? — No one should discount the idea that Democrats and the news media would intentionally promote a totally fabricated story to destroy Donald Trump and vilify his supporters. — The claim is so pervasive as not to be questioned …
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Connie Hanzhang Jin / NPR:
The Capitol Siege: The Arrested And Their Stories
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Partner Exploring Ways to End Relationship With Ex-President's Company — Vornado considers step after efforts to sell, refinance office towers misfired, possibly due to Trump stake — One of the nation's biggest real-estate investors, which is run by a longtime friend of Donald Trump …
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Commercial Observer
New York Times:
‘Its Own Domestic Army’: How the G.O.P. Allied Itself With Militants — Actions taken by paramilitary groups in Michigan last year, emboldened by President Donald J. Trump, signaled a profound shift in Republican politics and a national crisis in the making.
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Raw Story
ABC News:
Pilot disorientation, flight rule violations blamed for crash that killed Kobe Bryant: NTSB — They were headed to a basketball game when the chopper crashed into a hillside. — Investigation into helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant — The National Transportation Safety Board …
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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Pilot in Kobe Bryant Crash Became Disoriented in Clouds, N.T.S.B. Finds
Pilot in Kobe Bryant Crash Became Disoriented in Clouds, N.T.S.B. Finds
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Courtney Subramanian / USA Today:
Neera Tanden apologizes for GOP Twitter attacks, pledges to be bipartisan as White House budget chief — WASHINGTON - Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, apologized Tuesday for her Twitter feuds with Republicans and pledged her role as an …
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Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
OMB Nominee Neera Tanden Says She Regrets Past Tweets
OMB Nominee Neera Tanden Says She Regrets Past Tweets
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Hold Them All Accountable — The people who stormed the Capitol are facing the music. It's up to us to make sure that the people who incited them do, too. — “Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?
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Jack Evans / Tampa Bay Times:
Someone tried to poison Oldsmar's water supply during hack, sheriff says — Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said the attacker tried to raise levels of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, by a factor of more than 100. — Local and federal authorities are investigating after an attempt Friday …
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Maggie Miller / The Hill:
Hackers breach, attempt to poison Florida city's water supply
Hackers breach, attempt to poison Florida city's water supply
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Lincoln Project's avowed ignorance of Weaver texts undercut by leaked communications — The Lincoln Project's leaders, amid the unfolding scandal of co-founder John Weaver soliciting sexual favors from young men, have asserted they were unaware of his indiscretions until last month …
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Lauren Oyler / New York Times:
The Case for Semicolons — There are very few opportunities in life to have it both ways; semicolons are the rare instance in which you can; there is absolutely no downside. — For several years I have returned, frequently, to a vague memory of reading an article in which a woman recommended eating dessert after every meal.
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“I Think People Will Get Tired of Him”: For Donald Trump, Sarah Palin's Fall Shows the Limits of Media Obsession — The former Alaska governor dominated coverage while she was seen as a GOP kingmaker and potential presidential candidate—until reality (or at least reality TV) set in.
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
White House confirms Biden will keep embassy in Jerusalem — The White House confirmed Tuesday that President Joe Biden intends to keep the U.S. embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, where it was relocated during the Trump administration. The issue of where to locate the embassy has been a fixture …
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Carlos Greer / Page Six:
CNN's Van Jones felt ‘ambushed’ by hosts of ‘The View’ — CNN pundit Van Jones did not get the warm welcome he was expecting when he appeared on ABC's “The View” last Friday. — “He felt like they were rude, and he was completely blindsided by how they questioned him. He was not happy about how the interview went.
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Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN to host town hall with President Joe Biden — (CNN)Less than one month after taking office, President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, answering questions from Americans as the nation struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic and jumpstart a troubled economy.
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