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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 …
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Roger Stone faces fresh scrutiny as Capitol attack investigation expands
Roger Stone faces fresh scrutiny as Capitol attack investigation expands
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Raw Story
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.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Democrats are dead serious about taking back that Iowa seat — DRIVING THE DAY — Big vaccine news overnight ... CNN: “AstraZeneca vaccine is 79% effective against symptomatic Covid-19, company says” — Just weeks after blasting DONALD TRUMP for trying to overturn …
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Washington Post, CBS News, HotAir and Florida Politics
David Siders / Politico:
GOP hopefuls crank up the 'if-Trump-doesn't-run' primary
GOP hopefuls crank up the 'if-Trump-doesn't-run' primary
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NBC News and The Republican Party of Iowa
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Pro-impeachment House Republicans object to Democratic probe of narrow Iowa race
Pro-impeachment House Republicans object to Democratic probe of narrow Iowa race
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New Republic
Adrian Kemp / AstraZeneca:
AZD1222 US Phase III trial met primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19 at interim analysis — 79% vaccine efficacy at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 — 100% efficacy against severe or critical disease and hospitalisation — Comparable efficacy result across ethnicity and age,
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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 …
Politico:
Trump looks to take down Raffensperger in Georgia — Former President Donald Trump is expected to endorse Rep. Jody Hice in a campaign to unseat Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in next year's Republican primary, according to three people familiar with Trump's decision.
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NBC News, The Hill and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Katie Dowd / SFGATE:
SF couple who ran trendy poop-testing startup charged with fraud — Accused Atlanta gunman was a patient at evangelical treatment center... Asian woman shoved to ground, robbed in daytime Bay Area attack — Cost to vaccinate Calif soars as counties refuse Blue Shield deal
The Economist:
China is not just shackling Hong Kong, it is remaking it — And it does not think global finance will object — For most of its modern history, Hong Kong had no time for nostalgia. Little remains of the Victorian mansions or art-deco towers that once flanked its harbour.
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Inside a crowded border patrol tent in Donna, Texas — Exclusive photos from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas, reveal the crowded, makeshift conditions at the border as the government's longer-term child shelters and family detention centers fill up.
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New York Post and National Review
Jonathan Cohn / The Atlantic:
Why Obamacare Survived — Democrats did the work, Republicans didn't—and that says a lot about the two parties. — Adapted from The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage, St. Martin's Press 2021. — The affordable care act, the health-care law …
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Tami Luhby / CNN:
Biden moves rapidly to shore up Obamacare and erase Trump's changes
Biden moves rapidly to shore up Obamacare and erase Trump's changes
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Reuters, The Daily Beast, IJR and Fox News
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
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 …
Financial Times:
Voting rights becomes a new battleground for US companies — Activists try to enlist corporate America in campaign against electoral bills in Georgia — Voting rights activists in Georgia are piling pressure on companies including Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Home Depot and UPS to come …
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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
Sudhi Ranjan Sen / Bloomberg:
Secret India-Pakistan Peace Roadmap Brokered by Top UAE Royals — UAE last month helped forge deal to respect 2003 cease-fire — Reinstating envoys next step of broader peace plan: official — About 24 hours after military chiefs from India and Pakistan surprised the world …
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Biden's next challenge: Vaccine diplomacy — The U.S. accounts for 27% of the world's coronavirus vaccine production, but 0% of the global supply beyond its own borders. Critics and allies alike say it's time for that to change. — Why it matters: China has gotten a head start on vaccine diplomacy …
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
Leon Black Steps Down as Apollo Chairman in Unexpected Move — Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to succeed Black as the investment giant continues governance overhaul — Leon Black, the billionaire co-founder of Apollo Global Management Inc., is stepping down as chairman of the investment giant …
Steven A. Camarota / CIS.org:
Estimating the Number of Illegal Immigrants Who Might Get Covid Relief Payments — Steven A. Camarota is the director of research at the Center. — During the debate over the Covid relief bill Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.) stated that “Undocumented immigrants do not have Social Security numbers …
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Patrick Reis / Rolling Stone:
Why Obama's Climate Plan Failed. And How Biden's Could Succeed — Barbara Boxer was in Greenland in July 2007, watching chunks of ice slide off glaciers into the rising ocean. She had brought Republican senators there with her, hoping a first-person confrontation with climate change would persuade them to take action.
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Newsom Earned Praise from Anti-Vaccine Extremists — Calif. gov derides ‘Republican’ anti-vaxxers after working to weaken pro-vaccine bill — An anti-vaccine extremist who compared vaccination programs to the Holocaust praised Democratic California governor Gavin Newsom for working to water …
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun-Times:
Karl Rove to headline March 31 virtual fundraiser for Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Top lllinois GOP donors among co-hosts — While 11 of Kinzinger's relatives signed letters blasting him for his Trump impeachment vote, the March 31 fundraiser co-hosts include Kinzinger's parents and his brother.