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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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Associated Press:
AP source: Sen. Cruz went to Mexico on vacation amid storm — DALLAS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a weather crisis that has left much of Texas without power. — The high-profile Republican lawmaker went with his family …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Plan Would Offer Eight-Year Path to Citizenship for Millions — The proposal offers an eight-year path to citizenship for most of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, eliminates restrictions on family-based immigration and expands worker visas.
CNN:
Cruz travels to Cancun, Mexico, as millions of Texans remain without power amid historic winter storm — (CNN)Sen. Ted Cruz and his family flew to Cancun, Mexico, as a winter disaster in his home state left millions without power or water, according to photos posted on social media and confirmed …
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Barbs fly at Ted Cruz for heading to Cancun as millions in Texas freeze without power — Fellow vacationers spotted the well-known Texas Republican and his family on flight from Houston — WASHINGTON — With 3 million Texans shivering in the dark, Sen. Ted Cruz jetted off to Cancun with his family …
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CNN:
White House announces sweeping immigration bill — What Biden has said he'll do about immigration — (CNN)The White House announced a sweeping immigration bill Thursday that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide …
New York Times:
Senator Ted Cruz left Texas for Cancún as the state was battered by a brutal winter storm. — As Texas was battered by an icy storm and widespread power losses that left millions of residents freezing and fearing for their safety, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas left the state on Wednesday …
Joseph Guzman / The Hill:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Texas Gov Abbott fire at each other over deadly winter storm, Green New Deal — More than 3 million Texans were without power as of Wednesday afternoon. — Story at a glance — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) criticized the Green New Deal Tuesday as his state …
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The Texas Tribune:
Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say
Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say
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KSAT-TV:
Did Ted Cruz fly to Cancun during Texas' winter disaster?
Did Ted Cruz fly to Cancun during Texas' winter disaster?
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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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Washington Post:
Sen. Ted Cruz confirms he flew to Mexico as Texas grapples with power outages caused by severe weather
Sen. Ted Cruz confirms he flew to Mexico as Texas grapples with power outages caused by severe weather
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Bob Dole announces stage four lung cancer diagnosis
Bob Dole announces stage four lung cancer diagnosis
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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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Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Democratic donor Laurene Powell Jobs is expanding her political operation with Joe Kennedy — The grandson of Robert F. Kennedy lost an ugly race for the Senate last year. — SHARE All sharing options — Democratic megadonor and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs is beefing up her political operation …
New York Times:
A Grim Measure of Covid's Toll: Life Expectancy Drops Sharply in U.S. — American life expectancy fell by one year, to 77.8 years, in the first half of 2020. It may rebound as the pandemic's end approaches. — Life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year in the first six months of 2020 …
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Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
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Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Pandemic cut U.S. life expectancy by a year during the first half of 2020
Pandemic cut U.S. life expectancy by a year during the first half of 2020
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Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
FBI, U.S. attorney in Brooklyn probing Cuomo administration on nursing homes — Investigation is in its early stages; no allegations of wrongdoing have been made — ALBANY — The FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn have launched an investigation that is examining, at least in part …
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Erin Durkin / Politico:
De Blasio rips ‘bullying’ Cuomo over nursing home controversy
De Blasio rips ‘bullying’ Cuomo over nursing home controversy
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
What Trump Gets Wrong About McConnell — Well, it's on. — Donald Trump ended his post-presidency silence not with a blast at President Joe Biden, or at the left, or at the House impeachment managers, but at the true enemy—Mitch McConnell. — The Trump forces aren't forming a third party …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden-blessed immigration bill drops today — but even he's not sold
POLITICO Playbook: Biden-blessed immigration bill drops today — but even he's not sold
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Smears Don't Diminish McConnell
Trump Smears Don't Diminish McConnell
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CNN:
The Supreme Court is still sitting on Trump's tax returns, and justices aren't saying why — (CNN)Lawsuits involving Donald Trump tore apart the Supreme Court while he was president, and the justices apparently remain riven by him. — For nearly four months, the court has refused to act …
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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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Reply All Is Having Its Own Reckoning Now — Oh, you like podcasts? Sign up for Vulture's new recommendation newsletter 1.5x Speed here. — Earlier this month, Reply All kicked off an ambitious miniseries, “The Test Kitchen,” which sought to take on one of the bigger stories …
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Chicago Tribune:
Michael Madigan resigns from Illinois House after being ousted as speaker, defends his legacy in face of ‘vicious attacks’ — By E. JASON WAMBSGANS / CHICAGO TRIBUNE “,sourceId: “119780616”,shareUrl: “https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2 Fnews%2Fchi- illinois-politician-michael-madigan …
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Human Events
John Nichols / The Nation:
While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal — Republican politicians try—and fail—to deflect blame with outrageous spin. — Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been presiding over a waking nightmare, as millions of Texans have been freezing because of massive power outages caused …
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
AP source: Police suggest keeping Capitol fence for months — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police officials told congressional leaders the razor-wire topped fencing around the Capitol should remain in place for several more months as law enforcement continues to track threats against lawmakers …
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
Capitol Police Investigate 2 GOP Lawmakers Over House Metal Detector Incidents
Capitol Police Investigate 2 GOP Lawmakers Over House Metal Detector Incidents
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Biden pushes expanded pathways to citizenship as immigration bill lands in Congress — The Biden administration formally rolled out its major immigration bill Thursday, introducing legislation that would give 11 million people a path to U.S. citizenship. — The bill, which will be shepherded …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Why We're Taught to Not Speak Ill of the Dead — We used to widely honor the instruction to not speak ill of the dead, at least in media and public communications. But in our modern era of social media, the instinct is largely the opposite. When a prominent political figure passes away …
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
What, if anything, did the GameStop saga teach us? — What happened with GameStop exposed some real problems with the market. Nobody knows quite what to do about it. — Plenty of smart people think that someone should do something about whatever happened with GameStop in January.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Frets Foes Will Be ‘Suing Me for the Rest of My Life’ — Though the riot was the culmination of Trump's months of attempts to overturn the election, it's hardly the only incident that may have left the ex-president legally exposed. — A criminal investigation in the state of Georgia.
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Politico:
It might just be game over for the Iowa caucuses — The siege of Iowa and New Hampshire has begun. — The two states with privileged places on the presidential primary calendar are finding their roles more threatened than ever before — most recently in the form of a bill introduced …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Silicon Valley-backed groups sue Maryland to kill country's first-ever online advertising tax — The lawsuit from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and groups such as the Internet Association, whose members include Amazon, Facebook and Google, comes just a week after the state imposed the tax to help fund education
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Yue Stella Yu / The Tennessean:
Tennessee bill would grant fathers veto power over abortion, allow establishment of paternity without a woman's consent — In an effort to further restrict abortion in Tennessee, two Tennessee lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow a father to deny an abortion without the pregnant woman's consent.
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New York Times:
How a Liberal Lawyer in Georgia Took an Extreme Right Turn — W. McCall Calhoun Jr., who ran for office in Georgia as a Democrat, is a walking embodiment of his state's political contradictions. — AMERICUS, Ga.— Over the past three decades, as the state around him turned ever more resolutely Republican …