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Dominion Sues MyPillow, CEO Mike Lindell Over Election Claims — The voting-machine maker's lawsuit alleges defamation, seeks more than $1.3 billion in damages — WASHINGTON—One of the largest makers of voting machines in the U.S. on Monday sued a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump …
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Dominion files $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell — Dominion Voting Systems on Monday sued MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for more than $1.3 billion in damages, alleging that the Trump ally exploited the baseless conspiracy theory that Dominion's voting machines rigged …
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Scoop: Trump to claim total control of GOP — In his first post-presidential appearance, Donald Trump plans to send the message next weekend that he is Republicans' “presumptive 2024 nominee” with a vise grip on the party's base, top Trump allies tell Axios.
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POLITICO Playbook: Collins comes out against Tanden — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING: Sen. SUSAN COLLINS (R-Maine) will vote against NEERA TANDEN. — Her statement: — “The Director of OMB is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the federal budget and plays …
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‘Where is Greg Abbott?’ Anger grows at Texas governor in deadly storm's wake — It was clear by Tuesday afternoon that Texas was in a full-blown crisis — and Gov. Greg Abbott (R) had largely been out of sight. — More than 4 million households did not have power amid dangerously low temperatures …
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Collins and Romney to oppose Tanden for OMB, further jeopardizing her nomination — Sens. Susan Collins and Mitt Romney will oppose Neera Tanden to lead the White House Budget Office, dealing a decisive blow to her hopes of confirmation. — Tanden's nomination to become director of the Office …
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Supreme Court refuses Trump effort to block tax return subpoena — The justices issued no explanation for the denial and no member of the court publicly noted any dissent. — Former President Donald Trump walks to the White House residence after exiting Marine one on South Lawn of the White House on July 15, 2020.
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Supreme Court again rejects Trump's bid to shield tax returns, other financial records from Manhattan prosecutor — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected former president Donald Trump's last-chance effort to keep his private financial records from the Manhattan district attorney, ending a long and drawn-out legal battle.
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Supreme Court Denies Trump's Final Bid to Block Release of Financial Records — The former president's accountants will give the records he has spent years trying to shield to New York prosecutors. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a last-ditch attempt …
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Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns to NY prosecutor — (CNN)The Supreme Court cleared the way for a New York prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump's tax returns, dealing a massive loss to Trump who has fiercely fought to shield his financial papers from prosecutors.
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Nine Lessons I Learned About Political Reporting While Covering Trump — In the fall of 2015, I was having drinks in Washington with a colleague at the time, now-MSNBC host Joy Reid. (I was working at NBC News.) Donald Trump was leading in the polls of the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
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Anti-Trumpers are done with the GOP. Where do they go now? — When Jim Hendren, a longtime Arkansas state legislator, announced on Thursday that he was leaving the GOP, it marked the latest in a flurry of recent defections from the party. — Tens of thousands of Republicans across …
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Loeffler launches group to boost GOP turnout, promote ‘big tent’ policies — The Republican is weighing a 2022 comeback bid — Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is wading back into Georgia politics weeks after her runoff defeat with the start of a new voter registration group aimed …
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Is the Biden Administration Stumbling Into War? — Nothing is more dangerous than stronger powers, even inadvertently, sending signals that are interpreted as weakness by weaker powers. — What causes wars? — Innately aggressive cultures and governments, megalomania, the desire for power …
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Deathbed Letter From Former Cop Claims NYPD, FBI Helped Kill Malcolm X — A cousin of Ray Wood, a former undercover police officer, shared a confession letter in which Wood said that the agencies facilitated the assassination. — A letter shared by the family of a deceased former …
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Scoop: Cruz's Cancún trip included college roommate — In explaining his disastrous Cancún trip, Sen. Ted Cruz failed to mention his college roommate also was along for the visit. — Axios has learned Cruz (R-Texas) invited David Panton, his longtime friend and former roommate …
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Biden upends Trump's calculation of who gets federal vaccination help … WASHINGTON — When the Biden White House started looking for sites for four small vaccination centers across New York state, federal agency officials ranked the best spots based on a county-by-county “social vulnerability index” …
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‘Anti-Racist’ Washingtonian Mag Editor Mocked Blacks And Hispanics. — Daniella Byck, a so-called “anti-racist” journalist and editor at the influential Washingtonian magazine has repeatedly authored tweets mocking and deriding black people and black culture, The National Pulse can reveal.
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What were the Capitol rioters thinking? — It's one of the most basic questions of the Capitol riot investigation: What was the rioters' plan? What did they think was going to happen when they stormed the Capitol on January 6, as Congress certified the results of the Electoral College?
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Glasses-wearers up to three times less likely to catch coronavirus, study suggests — ‘Long term use of spectacles may prevent repeated touching and rubbing of the eyes,’ researchers say — People who wear glasses could be up to three times less likely to be infected by coronavirus, a study from India has suggested.
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The GOP's 2024 Race Will Be Brutal And It's a Fight We Need to Have — The GOP is in the midst of a civil war to determine if it's going to be the party of normal people who want freedom and prosperity, or return to being the party of donor-suckling corporate shills carefully overseeing our country's descent into ruin.
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The Lost Hours: How Confusion and Inaction at the Capitol Delayed a Troop Deployment — As violence grew out of control on Jan. 6, the head of the Capitol Police made an urgent request for the National Guard. It took nearly two hours to be approved. — WASHINGTON — At 1:09 p.m. on Jan. 6 …
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Almost 19,000 Pa. voters have left the Republican Party since the Capitol attack — When Diane Tyson got her driver's license renewed Jan. 5, a DMV clerk asked whether she wanted to make any changes to her voter registration. A lifelong Republican, Tyson once ran for local office near Reading.
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The 5 Trump Amendments to the Constitution — When I step back to look at the legacy of President Donald Trump, a surprising conclusion emerges: He has substantially altered the Constitution. His changes aren't formal, of course. But his informal amendments are important.
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White supremacy a ‘transnational threat’, U.N. chief warns — GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that white supremacy and neo-Nazi movements are becoming a “transnational threat” and have exploited the coronavirus pandemic to boost their support.
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Republicans pressure 2022 Democrats over Becerra nomination — “We want them to know that there is a political cost to voting for Becerra and if they vote yes, they'll see it in 100 ads between now and 2022,” a political adviser said. — Sen. Tom Cotton is spending tens of thousands …
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Garland confirmation is a stage for 4 of GOP's 2024 hopefuls — Merrick Garland appears on track for an easy confirmation hearing this week. But the attorney general nominee's moment in the spotlight will once again be affected by presidential politics — as four 2024 GOP contenders get a stage to catapult their national brands.
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Biden to announce changes to PPP loan program, with focus on smallest businesses — Businesses with less than 20 employees will get priority to apply for loans. — Who gets a helping hand from PPP loan program? — ABC News' Faith Abubey reports on the struggle for minority-owned small businesses …
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S.F. school board president: Renamings are on hold, reopening is our priority — As a credentialed teacher serving as a volunteer school board member, I make every effort to respond to every email. Every single day I am talking to parents on the phone, answering their questions about distance learning …
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Can Andrew Cuomo's ‘Bullying’ Style Still Work in Politics? — The scrutiny of Covid-19 deaths in New York nursing homes has also put the governor's aggressive behavior in the spotlight. — ALBANY, N.Y. — During Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's first term, two former administration officials …
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Capitol Police officer recounts Jan. 6 attack: Exclusive — “They beat police officers with Blue Lives Matter flags,” Dunn said. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images — The first time Harry Dunn stepped inside the U.S. Capitol …
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Trump aide preps primary against Ohio impeachment supporter — Former Trump White House aide Max Miller is expected to wage a primary challenge against GOP Rep. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, the latest opponent to take on a House Republican who supported the former president's impeachment.
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