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Matt Gaetz Is Said to Be Investigated Over Possible Sexual Relationship With a Girl, 17 — An inquiry into the Florida congressman was opened in the final months of the Trump administration, people briefed on it said. — Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida and a close ally …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Matt Gaetz says he's under federal investigation for sexual misconduct — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), one of the nation's rising-star conservative firebrands, told Axios he is under federal investigation for sexual activity with women, and fears being criminally charged.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Matt Gaetz eyes early retirement to take job at Newsmax — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has privately told confidants he's seriously considering not seeking re-election and possibly leaving Congress early for a job at Newsmax, three sources with direct knowledge of the talks tell Axios.
Orlando Sentinel:
Sex trafficking probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz emerges from Joel Greenberg prosecution: report — Federal authorities are investigating potential sex trafficking violations by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a probe that emerged from the prosecution of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, according to a report by the New York Times.
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Wall Street Journal:
Rep. Matt Gaetz Under Investigation for Alleged Sexual Relationship With Underage Girl
Rep. Matt Gaetz Under Investigation for Alleged Sexual Relationship With Underage Girl
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Gaetz Under Investigation for Alleged Sexual Relationship With 17-Year-Old Girl: NYT
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Republican politics and right-wing media continue to fuse
Republican politics and right-wing media continue to fuse
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Bidens' dog Major involved in another biting incident — (CNN)The Bidens' dog Major has been involved in another biting incident that required medical attention, two people with knowledge of the incident tell CNN. — The incident, which involved a National Park Service employee …
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Michael Dobbs / Washington Post:
G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90 — G. Gordon Liddy, the undercover operative whose bungling of the Watergate break-in triggered one of the gravest constitutional crises in American history and led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
G. Gordon Liddy, Mastermind Behind Watergate Burglary, Dies at 90 — Unlike other defendants in the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon, Mr. Liddy refused to testify and drew the longest prison term. — G. Gordon Liddy, a cloak-and-dagger lawyer who masterminded dirty tricks …
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny — published earlier this month in the American Journal of Public Health argues that Florida is undercounting the number of people who died from COVID-19 by thousands of cases, casting new doubt on claims that Gov. Ron DeSantis navigated the coronavirus pandemic successfully.
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Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:
Yahoo Story on Florida COVID Study Misrepresented Key Finding, Study's Author Says — A Yahoo News story warning that “Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny” incorrectly framed the key finding of the study it profiled, according to the principal researcher of the study in question …
CNN:
I work at a Texas coffee shop. This is what it's been like trying to enforce our mask policy — Emma Andrews is a graduate student in Texas State University's MFA Poetry program. As a native Texan, she has lived and worked in the Austin area all her life. The views expressed here are hers.
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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
WHO chief, U.S. and other world leaders criticize China for limiting access of team researching coronavirus origins — The head of the World Health Organization, the U.S. government and 13 other countries on Tuesday voiced frustration with the level of access China granted an international mission …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Dominion lawsuit outs Fox News' disinformation campaign — Media critic — Back in December, Dominion Voting Systems warned Fox News and other spreaders of election-related conspiracy theories that lawsuits were imminent. For reasons that remain murky, the voting-machine company became …
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Blasts ‘Orwellian’ Covid Vaccine Passport Idea Because it Will Fuel Bill Gates Conspiracy Theorists
Tucker Carlson Blasts ‘Orwellian’ Covid Vaccine Passport Idea Because it Will Fuel Bill Gates Conspiracy Theorists
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Dominion lawyer: We're looking at media lawsuits beyond Fox News
Dominion lawyer: We're looking at media lawsuits beyond Fox News
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Attack on Asian Woman in Midtown Prompts Another Hate Crime Investigation — The New York Police Department said it was searching for a man who kicked a 65-year-old woman, stomped on her and made anti-Asian statements. Building staff members who witnessed the attack and did not intervene have been suspended.
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New York Times:
Biden's Judicial Nominees Have Diverse Backgrounds — The president's first choices for district and appeals court openings reflected his campaign promise to choose judges from outside of traditional backgrounds. — WASHINGTON — President Biden began a drive to reshape the federal courts …
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The White House:
President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate 11 Judicial Candidates
President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate 11 Judicial Candidates
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Wall Street Journal:
Brazil's Military Chiefs Quit as Covid-19 Pandemic Pressures Government — High-level resignations follow months of tensions over Bolsonaro's efforts to garner political support from armed forces — SÃO PAULO—The heads of Brazil's army, navy and air force resigned Tuesday …
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Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Brazil on edge as three military chiefs resign after Bolsonaro fires defense minister
Brazil on edge as three military chiefs resign after Bolsonaro fires defense minister
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Ethics upholds Gohmert's $5,000 metal detector fine — The House Ethics Committee said Tuesday that it is upholding the $5,000 fine levied against Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) for bypassing a security screening to enter the House chamber. — Gohmert had appealed the fine issued …
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Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Rep. Gohmert's $5K metal detector fine upheld by House ethics committee
Rep. Gohmert's $5K metal detector fine upheld by House ethics committee
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Freddie deBoer:
If You Want to Make It As a Writer, For God's Sakes, Be Weird — you're in a market, so sell something other people aren't … Writing is not a hard profession. Writing is actually an impossibly easy profession. I could sleep until noon every day if my cat didn't wake me up at 5:30 AM.
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Washington Post:
GOP gaslighting on infrastructure has begun. Here's how Democrats must respond. — Opinion by — New details are emerging about the massive infrastructure plan that Democrats will present this week, and it poses a problem for Republicans. This is exactly kind of government spending voters …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden's true tax priorities
Biden's true tax priorities
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Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
The Kremlin may be slowly killing Alexei Navalny in prison. The world must not let it happen. — There are many ways to kill an opponent. Sometimes it's done out in the open, for the whole world to see — as happened with Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned …
The Butler Collegian:
Letter to the Editor: Students demand answers, action — Angela Davis, a renowned activist and author. Her event at Butler was cancelled without student input. Photo courtesy of Trident Booksellers and Cafe. — On March 29, without warning or discussion, Butler University administration canceled …
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Amazon's Twitter Army Was Handpicked for “Great Sense of Humor,” Leaked Document Reveals … Amazon's small Twitter army of “ambassadors” was quietly conceived in 2018 under the codename “Veritas,” which sought to train and dispatch select employees to the social media trenches to defend Amazon and its CEO …
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Politico:
More potential Biden hires penalized for marijuana use — Welcome to POLITICO's 2021 Transition Playbook, your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration — The Biden administration reiterated today that it wants to end criminal penalties for marijuana use nationally.
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Yaron Weitzman / GQ:
Celebrating Passover With Amar'e Stoudemire — The ex-NBA star and current Brooklyn Nets coach, who recently converted to Orthodox Judaism, heard about the James Harden trade from his rabbi. — Editor's note: These photos were taken Friday afternoon before sundown as Amar'e and family prepared for the next night's Seder.
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Spotify jumps into social audio, acquires sports-focused live audio app — Spotify said Tuesday it has acquired the company behind the live audio app Locker Room, giving the music and podcast platform a new foothold in a space that has seen a surge of interest following the rise of the app Clubhouse.
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Alan Ryland / POLITICUSUSA:
Romney Says He Won't Support Gun Reform — Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Pinterest Reddit Print Mail Flipboard — Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) announced he would not support gun reform and will not vote for new federal gun laws. — “I made that commitment when I ran for office …
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Exclusive: Jamie Dimon speaks out on voting rights even as many CEOs remain silent — New York (CNN Business)JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is speaking out in defense of voting rights in the wake of Georgia's restrictive voting law and as other battleground states consider similar actions.
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Sam Stein / Politico:
The one way Biden has broken with Democrats — Presented by PL+US and Paid Leave For All — TRIANGULATION, R.I.P. — Though his presidency is in its infancy, Joe Biden appears to have brought to an end to the primary governing theory for the past 30 years of Democratic presidential politics.
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Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
Virginia seals deal for $3.7 billion rail plan, including new Potomac River bridge — Virginia finalized agreements Tuesday with CSX, Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express as part of the state's $3.7 billion passenger rail expansion program that seeks to relieve a rail bottleneck and get more commuters onto trains.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren unloads on Archegos meltdown: ‘All the makings of a dangerous situation’ — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a member of the powerful Senate banking and finance committees, is one of the first lawmakers to respond to what turned out to be disastrous trades by Archegos.
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Jake Johnson / Common Dreams:
Jayapal Calls on Biden to Fire Trump Social Security Holdovers for ‘Appalling’ Relief Check Sabotage — “The American people should be able to trust that the senior leadership of the Social Security Administration will advocate on their behalf—not needlessly and cruelly obstruct the delivery of survival checks.”
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S.E. Cupp / New York Daily News:
To cover or not to cover Trump? Unfortunately, the choice is easy — “Please stop covering the crazy stuff out Trump's mouth [sic]. The nightmare is over. Please #CNN, #NBC, #CBS, #ABC.” — That's just one of probably thousands of similar tweets in recent months imploring the media …
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Rachel Aviv / New Yorker:
How Elizabeth Loftus Changed the Meaning of Memory — The psychologist taught us that what we remember is not fixed, but her work testifying for defendants like Harvey Weinstein collides with our traumatized moment. — Elizabeth Loftus was in Argentina, giving talks about the malleability of memory …
Washington Post:
New U.S. coronavirus cases rise by 12 percent; nation braces for fourth pandemic wave — The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
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