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Ted Cruz's Cancún Trip: Family Texts Detail His Political Blunder — The Texas senator faced fierce blowback for fleeing his state as a disaster unfolded. Text messages sent by his wife revealed a hastily planned trip away from their “FREEZING” family home.
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Ted Cruz Abandons Millions of Freezing Texans and His Poodle, Snowflake — After jaunting off to Cancún with his family Wednesday night, Senator Ted Cruz explained that he was merely escorting his teenage girls on a vacation trip with their friends. In an apparent bid for sympathy …
Fox News:
Ted Cruz flew to Cancun with his family amid power crisis in Texas: source — Millions in Texas without power, at least 20 dead — Texas outages is proof we need to expand energy options: Wesley Hunt — Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Cancun, Mexico, with his family this week as Texas dealt …
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Lauren Larson / Texas Monthly:
13 Curses to Mutter Against Ted Cruz While You Boil Snow to Drink — May you make direct eye contact with your neighbor during your yard pee. — NOTES — This week, as millions of Texans were left without power and water as temperatures dropped to record lows, one man said no—not me.
CNN:
Ted Cruz has repeatedly slammed politicians for vacationing during crisis — (CNN)Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is facing backlash for traveling to Mexico as a winter disaster ravages his home state, has repeatedly criticized politicians who vacationed or took part in leisure activities during times of crisis, a CNN KFile review finds.
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Christopher Hahn / Occupy Democrats:
Ted Cruz's Cancun scandal is a second Alamo for Texas Republicans
Ted Cruz's Cancun scandal is a second Alamo for Texas Republicans
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Ted Cruz Is No Hypocrite. He's Worse.
Ted Cruz Is No Hypocrite. He's Worse.
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Power restored to 2 million homes in Texas; death toll tops 30
Live updates: Power restored to 2 million homes in Texas; death toll tops 30
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CNN:
Cruz responds to fury over his Cancun trip
Cruz responds to fury over his Cancun trip
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Washington Post:
Sen. Ted Cruz faces storm of controversy for flying to Cancun as Texas grapples with power outages caused by severe weather
Sen. Ted Cruz faces storm of controversy for flying to Cancun as Texas grapples with power outages caused by severe weather
New York Daily News:
Sen. Cruz admits he made ‘a mistake’ by flying to sunny Cancun as Texas shivered in the dark
Sen. Cruz admits he made ‘a mistake’ by flying to sunny Cancun as Texas shivered in the dark
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New York Times:
Senator Ted Cruz left Texas for Cancún as the state was battered by a brutal winter storm.
Senator Ted Cruz left Texas for Cancún as the state was battered by a brutal winter storm.
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz honestly surprised so many people want him around
Ted Cruz honestly surprised so many people want him around
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Barbs fly at Ted Cruz for heading to Cancun as millions in Texas freeze without power
Barbs fly at Ted Cruz for heading to Cancun as millions in Texas freeze without power
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Sen. Ted Cruz comes under fire after photos show him traveling to Cancún as Texans freeze
Sen. Ted Cruz comes under fire after photos show him traveling to Cancún as Texans freeze
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Philip Jankowski / Austin American-Statesman:
‘Complete and utter hypocrites’: Ted Cruz chided Austin mayor for Cabo trip. Then he flew to Cancun.
‘Complete and utter hypocrites’: Ted Cruz chided Austin mayor for Cabo trip. Then he flew to Cancun.
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New York Times:
Manhattan D.A. Recruits Top Prosecutor for Trump Inquiry — The Manhattan district attorney has enlisted a former federal prosecutor who is an expert on white-collar crime to join the team investigating the Trump family business. — As the Manhattan district attorney's office steps …
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Erin Douglas / The Texas Tribune:
Texas was “seconds and minutes” away from catastrophic monthslong blackouts, officials say — Officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said that grid operators implemented blackouts to avoid a catastrophic failure that could have left Texans in the dark for months. — Copy link
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Whitney Wild / CNN:
6 Capitol Police officers suspended, 29 others being investigated for alleged roles in riot — (CNN)Six US Capitol Police officers have been suspended with pay, and 29 others have been placed under investigation, for their actions in the January 6 riot, a department spokesman said Thursday.
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Lindsay Watts / WTTG-TV:
6 Capitol police officers suspended, 35 under investigation after Capitol riot, spokesperson says — Member of Congress suing Trump over Capitol riot — A member of Congress is suing former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and members of the far-right Proud Boys group over the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
AP source: Police suggest keeping Capitol fence for months
AP source: Police suggest keeping Capitol fence for months
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden can't negotiate with Iran as its proxies attack U.S. troops — On Monday, armed militants launched rockets at a U.S. air base in northern Iraq. The Biden administration still hadn't weighed in on who was responsible as of Thursday evening, even though an Iranian-linked Iraqi Shiite militia quickly claimed credit.
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New York Times:
Biden Administration Formally Offers to Restart Nuclear Talks With Iran
Biden Administration Formally Offers to Restart Nuclear Talks With Iran
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Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
U.S. rescinds Trump White House claim that all U.N. sanctions had been reimposed on Iran
Joe Cirincione / Responsible Statecraft:
Why hasn't Biden returned to the Iran nuclear deal?
Why hasn't Biden returned to the Iran nuclear deal?
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Politico:
Trump snubs Haley — SCOOP: NIKKI HALEY reached out to former President DONALD TRUMP on Wednesday to request a sit-down at Mar-a-Lago, but a source familiar tells Playbook that he turned her down. The two haven't spoken since the insurrection on Jan. 6, when Haley blasted Trump for inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol.
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HuffPost:
Trump Ramps Up Efforts To Retain Control Of The Republican Party By Attacking McConnell
Trump Ramps Up Efforts To Retain Control Of The Republican Party By Attacking McConnell
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump will not run against Marco Rubio for one of Florida's Senate seats. — Ivanka Trump will not run for the U.S. Senate from Florida in 2022, according to people close to her as well as an aide to Senator Marco Rubio, who holds the seat. — Since the final days …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Immigration Overhaul Would Offer 8-Year Path to Citizenship for Millions
Immigration Overhaul Would Offer 8-Year Path to Citizenship for Millions
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Don't Read This If You Were a Rush Limbaugh Fan — As a radio broadcaster, Rush Limbaugh, who died yesterday, was a great success: He pioneered his genre, attracted millions of listeners for several decades, and grew fantastically wealthy. Many good people were used to his daily company …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Republicans think they've found Biden's big weakness. But there's a problem. — In recent days, Republicans have tried to project confidence that they've found a killer attack line on President Biden: They can use the increasing anger of parents over the failure of schools to reopen to win back the suburban voters they've lost.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
James Murdoch, Who Publicly Broke With Family Over Climate Change, Took $2.2 Million In ‘Personal’ Flights On Corporate Jet — James Murdoch, the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, took $477,000 in personal flights on his family company's corporate jet in 2018, his last year as CEO of 21st Century Fox, records show.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump probably should be allowed back on social media, Bill Gates says — Bill Gates told CNBC that social media companies should eventually take their muzzles off former President Donald Trump, despite his “corrosive” election fraud conspiracy theories. — He said the sites could slap Trump's future false posts with labels.
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Ella Emhoff Drops a Small (Very Small) Collection of Knits — The second daughter turned model released a five-piece collection. Only one of each item was made. — Ella Emhoff, the 21-year-old knitwear designer who signed a major modeling contract in January, has released …
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Joe Sneve / Argus Leader:
AG Jason Ravnsborg charged with three misdemeanors in crash that killed Highmore man — South Dakota's Attorney General will face misdemeanor charges for his role in a crash that killed a Highmore man more than five months ago. — The Hyde County State's Attorney's Office announced Thursday …
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
South Dakota's AG charged with 3 misdemeanors in fatal crash
South Dakota's AG charged with 3 misdemeanors in fatal crash
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Politico:
‘Recipe for disaster’: Dem fears mount over immigration overhaul — “Biden is going to be dealing with a minority in Congress if he continues down some of these paths,” said one Democratic congressman. — Migrants are loaded onto a bus by U.S. Border Patrol agents after being detained …
Washington Post:
White House announces $4 billion in funding for Covax, the global vaccine effort that Trump spurned — The White House is throwing its support behind a global push to distribute coronavirus vaccines equitably, pledging $4 billion dollars to a multilateral effort the Trump administration spurned.
Robby Soave / Reason:
School Board Mocks Parents Who Support Reopening: ‘They Want Their Babysitters Back’ — A northern California school board discussed ways to limit the public's ability to speak at meetings and mocked parents who desperately want schools to reopen. — “They want their babysitters back,” …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
After Years of Chaos, the White House Is Definitely in Different Hands — Biden's new chief of staff, like the new President, is a serious Washington lifer. — Donald Trump made numerous outrageous but not necessarily consequential decisions throughout his Presidency …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Can Still Be The Republican Party's Future. Just Look To Arizona. — Arizona Republicans keep losing. But the Arizona Republican Party has already turned itself into a Trump machine, still trying to win an election that's long over. And that might be the future of conservatism.
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