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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 …
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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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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 …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
A spokesman for Matt Gaetz quits, as the Justice Dept. investigates whether his boss violated sex trafficking laws. — The spokesman for Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican under federal investigation into whether he violated laws against sex trafficking, has abruptly resigned …
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Insider, Slate, Raw Story and Florida Politics
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
CNN's Dana Bash 'Can't Repeat' on TV All the Nasty Things GOP Members of Congress Are Privately Texting Her About Matt Gaetz
CNN's Dana Bash 'Can't Repeat' on TV All the Nasty Things GOP Members of Congress Are Privately Texting Her About Matt Gaetz
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Kadia Goba / Axios:
Freshman lawmaker donates Gaetz campaign contributions to victims of abuse
Freshman lawmaker donates Gaetz campaign contributions to victims of abuse
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Washington Post:
Gaetz is said to have boasted of his ‘access to women’ provided by friend charged in sex-trafficking case
Gaetz is said to have boasted of his ‘access to women’ provided by friend charged in sex-trafficking case
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Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Gaetz says he won't resign — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told The Hill on Friday he has no plans …
Gaetz says he won't resign — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told The Hill on Friday he has no plans …
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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.
ABC News:
Officer dead after suspect rams car into police at US Capitol barricade: Police
Officer dead after suspect rams car into police at US Capitol barricade: Police
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NBC News:
Two officers injured in car ramming at U.S. Capitol; suspect shot and in custody
Two officers injured in car ramming at U.S. Capitol; suspect shot and in custody
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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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Wall Street Journal:
MLB Removes 2021 All-Star Game From Atlanta Because of Georgia Voting Law
MLB Removes 2021 All-Star Game From Atlanta Because of Georgia Voting Law
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Andrew Mark Miller / Washington Examiner:
Tom Cotton calls out MLB for punishing Georgia over voting law while partnering with communist China
Tom Cotton calls out MLB for punishing Georgia over voting law while partnering with communist China
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National Review, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
Ben Leonard / Politico:
MLB moves All-Star Game from Georgia over new voting law
MLB moves All-Star Game from Georgia over new voting law
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Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Examiner, KRDO, TheBlaze and Fox News
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.
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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’ — Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon, who was arrested last week after attempting to gain access to the office where Gov. Brian Kemp was signing a — “I felt as if time was moving in slow motion …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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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The Intercept:
Soldier Says She Was Sexually Assaulted by 22 Troops at Oklahoma Base … The Army is investigating a possible series of sexual assaults of a female soldier at the Army training base in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, a commander at the base told press yesterday. The investigation …
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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 …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Georgia's Jim Crow Lite Vote Suppression Continues Trump's War on Democracy
Georgia's Jim Crow Lite Vote Suppression Continues Trump's War on Democracy
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New Republic, New York Times and HotAir
Brad Bannon / The Hill:
The devil went down to Georgia to suppress the vote
The devil went down to Georgia to suppress the vote
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Los Angeles Times and Political⚡Charge
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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Stephanie Clegg / ITEP:
55 Corporations Paid $0 in Federal Taxes on 2020 Profits
55 Corporations Paid $0 in Federal Taxes on 2020 Profits
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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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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.
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.
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.
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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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
U.S. and Iran Agree to Indirect Talks on Returning to Nuclear Deal
U.S. and Iran Agree to Indirect Talks on Returning to Nuclear Deal
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