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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Evidence in Capitol Attack Most Likely Supports Sedition Charges, Prosecutor Says — “I personally believe the evidence is trending toward that, and probably meets those elements,” said Michael Sherwin, who had led the Justice Department's inquiry into the riot.
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Inside the prosecution of the Capitol rioters — Scott Pelley speaks with Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who was leading the criminal investigation, the largest in U.S. history, into the assault on the Capitol. — Until this past Friday, federal prosecutor Michael Sherwin was leading …
Jazmin Goodwin / CNN:
Donald Trump is creating his own social media network that will go live in a few months — New York (CNN Business)Former President Donald Trump is coming back to social media — but this time with his own network, a Trump spokesperson told Fox News on Sunday.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Spox Claims Ex-President Having ‘A Lot of High-Powered Meetings’ on Launching New Social Media Platform — Donald Trump spokesman Jason Miller was on Fox News on Sunday trying to build hype for the former president's big, grand return to social media — whatever form it may take.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
He Redefined ‘Racist.’ Now He's Trying to Build a Newsroom. — The author Ibram Kendi and The Boston Globe team up to cover racism, inspired by Boston's 19th century abolitionist newspapers. — BOSTON — Ibram X. Kendi and Bina Venkataraman met last summer when their big Boston institutions …
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Rep. Tom Reed apologizes for sexual misconduct detailed in Post report, won't challenge Cuomo in 2022 — Two days after a former lobbyist accused him of sexual misconduct in a Washington Post report, Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) on Sunday publicly apologized, vowed not to seek reelection and abandoned …
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Rep. Tom Reed Says He Won't Run for Re-election in 2022 — After allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, the New York lawmaker said he wouldn't run for governor either — WASHINGTON— Rep. Tom Reed (R., N.Y.) said in a statement Sunday night he would not run for re-election or for governor in 2022 …
New York Times:
Assaulting the Truth, Ron Johnson Helps Erode Confidence in Government — Pushing false theories on the virus, the vaccine and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Mr. Johnson, the Republican senator from Wisconsin, has absorbed his party's transformation under Donald Trump.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
iPresident Biden's ‘mistake’ at U.S. southern border isn't what clueless pundits, GOP think it is — As a political leader whose defining moment has been the mass shooting of 20 kindergartners and first graders in his home state in 2012, and his aggressive push for stricter gun laws ever since …
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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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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
High-Income Tax Avoidance Far Larger Than Thought, New Paper Estimates — The very top sliver of high-income Americans may underreport their income at levels far beyond what was suggested by prior IRS research, according to a new paper — WASHINGTON—The top sliver of high-income Americans …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: McCarthy hires top Trump official to run political operation — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has hired former President Trump's White House political director, Brian Jack, to lead his own political operation, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: The move to bring …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Republicans planning to target COVID relief's add-ons — Republicans are looking for ways to attack President Biden's COVID-19 stimulus despite its huge popularity. One idea they're testing: target add-ons like an $86 billion pension plan bailout. — Why it matters: Republicans privately acknowledge …
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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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘We all know hate when we see it’: Warnock rejects FBI chief's view of Atlanta shootings — FBI director: ‘it does not appear motive was racially motivated’ — Law enforcement officials including the director of the FBI have said the shootings in Atlanta in which eight people were killed …
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
China might be right about America. But what are its leaders so afraid of? — In a testy exchange kicking off the first high-level talks between Chinese Communist officials and the Biden administration, China's delegation warned the United States not to go all high-and-mighty.
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
US goes wobbly under Biden
US goes wobbly under Biden
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Wall Street Journal:
Some Schools Have Been Open for Months. Here's What They Learned. — Principals favor air cleaners and lunchtime restrictions over deep cleaning and temperature checks; teachers likely are prime spreaders — Parents, cities and teachers in many places continue to wrangle over how to reopen their schools safely.
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.
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
The High Cost of Georgia's Restrictive Voting Bills — Racist policies are bad for business, as the state's own history can attest. — The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, which opened, to great fanfare, in June of 2014, is housed in an austere wood-fibre-and-glass structure in downtown Atlanta.
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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 …
Elbridge Colby / Washington Post:
Biden's global, muscular liberalism is an indefensible foreign policy in 2021 — Opinion by Elbridge Colby … The central theme of President Biden's foreign policy is a global, muscular liberalism. Ensuring that democracy “will and must prevail,” Biden told the Munich Security Conference, is “our galvanizing mission.”
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Variety:
‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’ Win at Writers Guild Awards 2021 — “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Promising Young Woman” took top narrative film honors on Sunday at the 73rd annual Writers Guild of America Awards. — Kal Penn hosted the virtual presentation that cemented …
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 …
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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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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
The far right's global retreat — There's a long-standing habit among Americans of reading our own politics as a signal for where the whole democratic world is moving. Sometimes it's justified. Ronald Reagan's election was clearly part of a broad movement toward the free-market right in the 1980s.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Florida's DeSantis positions himself as Trump's heir to the White House — Ron DeSantis wouldn't be governor of Florida without Donald Trump. — The then-president's endorsement in 2018 turned a young congressman into the runaway winner of a Republican primary that featured a far more seasoned establishment favorite, Adam Putnam.
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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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