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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
These Text Messages Pointed the Feds to Matt Gaetz  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz, now facing a reported probe into a pay-for-sex scheme, came to investigators' attention after an alleged off-hours visit to a Florida tax agency.  —  In late January 2020, U.S. Secret Service agents received information …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Inquiry Into Matt Gaetz Said to Be Focused on Cash Paid to Women  —  The congressman and a former official in Florida sent money to the women using cash apps, receipts showed.  —  WASHINGTON — A Justice Department investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz …
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'His friend has been singing to the feds - that's why Matt is so freaked out.' Gaetz's arrest is imminent as jailed tax collector Joel Greenberg faces charges of having sex with same 17-year-old and 'making fake ID's with the congressman'  — The investigation into Matt Gaetz …
Kadia Goba / Axios:
Freshman lawmaker donates Gaetz campaign contributions to victims of abuse  —  Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), a freshman who flipped a Democratic seat in 2020, is donating campaign contributions from Rep. Matt Gaetz to an organization that supports victims of domestic abuse.
Insider:
Matt Gaetz's Florida sex game included a ‘Harry Potter’ challenge and ‘extra points’ for sleeping in sorority houses, a female Republican tells Insider  — Rep. Matt Gaetz is accused of playing a sex “game” with a “Harry Potter” theme.  — People got points if they had sex with married colleagues …
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Gaetz says he won't resign  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told The Hill on Friday he has no plans …
Discussion: Insider
United States Capitol Police:
Loss of USCP Colleague Officer William F. Evans  —  “It is with profound sadness that I share the news of the passing of Officer William ‘Billy’ Evans this afternoon from injuries he sustained following an attack at the North Barricade by a lone assailant.  Officer Evans had been a member …
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Associated Press:
Car rams Capitol barricade, injuring 2 officers; driver shot  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A car rammed a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol on Friday afternoon, injuring two Capitol Police officers and leading to the driver being shot, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
NBC News:
Two officers injured in car ramming at U.S. Capitol; suspect shot and in custody
New York Times:
US Capitol Lockdown News and Map: Officer and Suspect Killed
Discussion: Insider and Bulwark+
John Boehner / Politico:
Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia  —  In the 2010 midterm election, voters from all over the place gave President Obama what he himself called “a shellacking.”  And oh boy, was it ever.  You could be a total moron and get elected just by having an R next to your name …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
John Boehner's I-Was-Just-a-Feather-in-the-Gales-of- Crazy Act Doesn't Work on Those of Us Who Were There  —  from John Boehner's upcoming memoir in which the former speaker explains that wrangling maniacs became too overwhelming a job for him as the American people repeatedly elected Congresses full of maniacs, one after another.
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
MLB moving 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia voting law  —  Major League Baseball announced Friday that it is moving the 2021 All-Star Game and 2021 draft out of Atlanta in protest of a new Georgia law that has raised concerns about its potential to disproportionately disenfranchise minority voters.
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Emily Jacobs / New York Post:
Hunter Biden says laptop at center of Post exposé could ‘absolutely’ belong to him  —  Hunter Biden said the laptop at the center of The Post's explosive exposé last year “absolutely” could belong to him, he revealed in an interview Friday.  —  In a sit-down with CBS This Morning …
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Marquise Francis / Yahoo News:   Georgia lawmaker arrested for knocking on Gov. Kemp's door calls possible 8-year prison term ‘unfounded’
CBS News:
Hunter Biden opens up about family intervention and addresses laptop reports
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
No Federal Taxes for Dozens of Big, Profitable Companies  —  FedEx and Nike are among those found to have avoided U.S. tax liability for three straight years.  —  Just as the Biden administration is pushing to raise taxes on corporations, a new study finds that at least 55 of America's largest paid …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Border crossings in March jumped to highest level in 15 years, data show  —  More than 171,000 migrants were taken into custody along the U.S. southern border in March, the highest monthly total since 2006, according to preliminary U.S. Customs and Border Protection data reviewed by The Washington Post.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The U.S. economy added 916,000 jobs in March as recovery gains steam again  —  The U.S. economy added 916,000 jobs in March, the highest level in months, as vaccine distribution and declining caseloads helped accelerate a recovery in the labor market.  —  The unemployment rate edged …
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:   Why the strong jobs report may be bad news for Biden
Ruth Bloomfield / Wall Street Journal:
Scottish Castles Are Rare, Huge and Very Expensive  —  Owners share the ups and downs of living in, and selling, these pieces of history  —  PORTRAITS OF James Ramsay's forebears line the walls of his Scottish castle, and although it is 36 times the size of a typical British home, there are plenty of ancestors to fill the space.
New York Times:
What Georgia's Voting Law Really Does  —  The New York Times analyzed the state's new 98-page voting law and identified 16 key provisions that will limit ballot access, potentially confuse voters and give more power to Republican lawmakers.  —  Go page by page through Georgia's new voting law …
Politico:
Vulnerable Dems fret after getting a shock: AOC's campaign cash  —  As the midterm campaign's first fundraising deadline approached this week, several vulnerable House Democrats got an unwelcome surprise in their accounts: $5,000 from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Nuclear Deal Participants to Meet in Vienna Next Week  —  President Biden has said he wants the U.S. to return to the deal that U.S. exited in 2018  —  Negotiations to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will take place among all parties in Vienna next week, senior western diplomats said Friday …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Fresh data reveal how Trump made inroads with Latinos  —  A new analysis of U.S. voters suggests — counterintuitively — that the coronavirus pandemic may have helped drive former President Donald Trump's surprising increase in support from Latinos last November.
Washington Post:
Giant holds off on ordering vaccine as D.C. residents cancel appointments  —  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.
Phil Mattingly / CNN:
White House tells Democratic investigators it no longer has Trump White House Capitol attack documents  —  (CNN)The White House says it no longer has custody of the documents House Democratic investigators sought to shed light on the inner workings of then President Donald Trump's top aides in the lead up to …
Discussion: Political Wire
Eric Umansky / ProPublica:
My Kids' School Closed Again.  So I Started Calling Experts.  —  Many New York City public schools have been repeatedly closed because of two positive COVID-19 tests, even without evidence of in-school spread.  Experts call it “crazy.”  And it's driving me nuts. … Coronavirus
Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
Biden Administration Lifts Trump Sanctions on ICC Officials  —  The move comes nearly one month after ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced the decision to open a formal investigation into war crimes in the Palestinian Territories, which will examine both sides in the conflict
Wall Street Journal:
When Online Conspiracies Turn Deadly: A Custody Battle and a Killing  —  Christopher Hallett's unorthodox legal theories gave Neely Petrie-Blanchard hope, and his online community of QAnon believers gave her a way to make sense of her disordered life  —  Christopher Hallett spent years …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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The Intercept:
Soldier Says She Was Sexually Assaulted by 22 Troops at Oklahoma Base
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs gun law allowing permitless handgun carry, purchase
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Never let truth get in the way of a good woke story
Kaylee McGhee White / Washington Examiner:
Georgia Democrats stare down a mob of their own making
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Biden, recidivist
Discussion: National Review and Fox News
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Rep. Brendan Boyle decides against Pennsylvania Senate bid
 Earlier Items: 
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Vaccinated Americans are free to travel but should still take precautions, the C.D.C. says.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
GOP lawmaker's own family wants him investigated for Capitol riot ties and then charged
Discussion: HuffPost
Charles Sykes / MSNBC:
Trump immigration architect Stephen Miller wants the media to rehab his image
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz / The Cut:
Catching Up With NYC's “Vaccine Daddy” Huge Ma helped thousands of New Yorkers get vaccinated. Now he's using his platform to combat anti-Asian racism.
Discussion: VTDigger
Burgess Everett / thedispatch.com:
The Morning Dispatch: Understanding Georgia's New Elections Law
 

 
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Pew Research Center:
News influencers survey: 21% of US adults say they get news from social media influencers, 85% of influencers are on X and 27% identify as right-wing, and more

Bruna Horvath / NBC News:
Social media users criticize Coca-Cola over an AI-generated Christmas video; many creatives say it is distasteful to use AI tech instead of the work of artists

Aditi Agrawal / Hindustan Times:
In a lawsuit, Indian news agency ANI accuses OpenAI of exploiting its news content in an unauthorized manner for commercial gain

 
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