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Peter Loftus / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Vaccine Manufacturing in U.S. Races Ahead — Vaccine makers are expected to produce 132 million doses this month, nearly tripling last month's figure, boosting vaccination drive — Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers are ramping up production, churning out far more doses a week …
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New York Times:
Rich Countries Signed Away a Chance to Vaccinate the World — Despite warnings, American and European officials gave up leverage that could have guaranteed access for billions of people. That risks prolonging the pandemic. — In the coming days, a patent will finally be issued …
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Cotton calls for return of Trump border policies — Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday accused President Joe Biden of inviting a recent surge of migrants to the United States, claiming the border is “wide open.” — In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” the Arkansas Republican said Biden had dismantled …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘No end in sight’: Inside the Biden administration's failure to contain the border surge
‘No end in sight’: Inside the Biden administration's failure to contain the border surge
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senators call for more press access to facilities holding migrant children at the border
Senators call for more press access to facilities holding migrant children at the border
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Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Biden DHS chief says ‘border is closed’ but U.S. won't expel children
Biden DHS chief says ‘border is closed’ but U.S. won't expel children
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Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
‘The crisis is in Washington’: Overwhelmed border officials urge D.C. to act
‘The crisis is in Washington’: Overwhelmed border officials urge D.C. to act
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New York Times, National Review and Reuters
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Biden response to border crisis 'isn't incompetence', but ‘is by design’, Tom Homan tells Mark Levin
Biden response to border crisis 'isn't incompetence', but ‘is by design’, Tom Homan tells Mark Levin
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Paul Roderick Gregory / The Hill:
Getting the facts right on Operation Warp Speed — Former President Donald Trump formally announced Operation Warp Speed (OWS) on May 15, 2020. OWS was constituted as a projected $18 billion business-government-military partnership, charged to “produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe …
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Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Operation Warp Speed Doc: 90% of Biden vaccine rollout plan was same as Trump's
Operation Warp Speed Doc: 90% of Biden vaccine rollout plan was same as Trump's
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Washington Examiner and The Hill
James Laporta / Associated Press:
AP sources: Iran threatens US Army base and top general — Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army base in the nation's capital, and against the Army's vice chief of staff, two senior U.S. intelligence officials said. — They said communications intercepted by the National Security Agency …
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Derek Robertson / Politico:
How ‘Owning the Libs’ Became the GOP's Core Belief — For a political party whose membership skews older, it might be surprising that the spirit that most animates Republican politics today is best described with a phrase from the world of video games: “Owning the libs.”
Politico:
How to mess up a possible Trump endorsement in one easy step — Lynda Blanchard's fledgling campaign to succeed retiring Alabama GOP Sen. Richard Shelby seemed to be progressing smoothly as she mingled with donors inside Mar-a-Lago's gilded ballroom last Saturday.
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Brian P. D. Hannon / Daily Mail:
Senior Teen Vogue staffer who supported ouster of new editor used N-word in tweets a decade ago... so will her woke colleagues now turn on her? — Christine Davitt wrote tweets in 2009 using the N-word in comments to a friend and other posts — The Teen Vogue senior social media manager criticized …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Old Pol, New Tricks — Biden's got the buzz. Who's smirking now? — WASHINGTON — Joe Biden never had a seat at the cool kids' table at the Obama White House. — Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon chief in Afghanistan on unannounced visit as deadline to withdraw U.S. troops looms — KABUL — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin touched down in Afghanistan on Sunday, making an unannounced visit as the Biden administration wrestles with how to end its role in a war …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon chief makes surprise stop in Afghanistan as generals warn of premature drawdown
Pentagon chief makes surprise stop in Afghanistan as generals warn of premature drawdown
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Washington Examiner, ABC News, CBS News, Washington Times and Al Jazeera
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
The Smearing of Kristen Clarke — Last Thursday evening, Tucker Carlson Tonight devoted another segment — at least its fifth since January — to the civil rights attorney Kristen Clarke, who has been nominated by Joe Biden to serve as assistant attorney general for civil rights.
Alaina Demopoulos / The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Trump, Miami Beach Bum, Plots Her Next Move — Ivanka Trump is on a digital detox, but she remains in the tabloids. What does her new Florida image—straw fedora, cover-ups—reveal about her post-White House ambitions? — Have you missed Ivanka Trump's frequent Instagram posts …
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New York Times:
How to Collect $1.4 Trillion in Unpaid Taxes — Wealthy Americans are concealing large amounts of income from the I.R.S. There is a straightforward corrective. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Jack Arnholz / ABC News:
I ‘strongly believe’ Atlanta shootings were hate crimes: Rep. Judy Chu — Rep. Judy Chu appeared on ABC's “This Week” Sunday. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Sopa Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE — Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., said she ‘strongly’ believes …
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Aaron Pellish / CNN:
Ron Johnson falsely claims there was ‘no violence’ on Senate side of US Capitol on January 6 — (CNN)Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson falsely claimed there was no violence on the Senate side of the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection, the latest in his continued attempts to downplay the severity of the attack.
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Talking Points Memo, HillReporter.com and The Week
Melissa Klein / New York Post:
CUNY law school dean cancels herself after ‘slaveholder’ comment — The dean of the CUNY School of Law has decided to cancel herself — saying she is retiring in atonement for referring to herself as a “slaveholder” during a faculty meeting. — Mary Lu Bilek, 65, had announced at the beginning …
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BizPac Review and Althouse
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Trump is gone and Biden is gathering steam. But now's not the time to stop worrying. — A 51-50 Democratic Senate is beyond precarious, especially with so many older senators. Don't get stuck in negotiations to nowhere. Don't tempt fate. — For those of us accustomed …
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New York Times:
Access, Influence and Pardons: How a Set of Allies Shaped Trump's Choices — A loose collection of well-connected groups and individuals led by a pair of Orthodox Jewish organizations had striking success in winning clemency for white-collar criminals during the Trump presidency.
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
Spring breakers flock to South Florida while some residents worry about another Covid-19 surge — Up next — (CNN) — Veronica Pena says she's spent the past year carefully navigating the Covid-19 pandemic in the mostly restriction-free state of Florida.
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New York Times, The Week, Florida Politics and CBS News
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Julia Letlow wins special election to replace her late husband in Congress — Louisiana Republican Julia Letlow won a special election Saturday to fill the seat won last year by her now-late husband, who died in December from Covid. — She took 62 percent of the vote in the 12-way race …
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