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Gregg Montgomery / WISH-TV:
Watch Live: Multiple people shot, gunman fatally shoots self at FedEx facility — INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Multiple people were shot late Thursday night at a FedEx facility on the southwest side near Indianapolis International Airport, police said. — APP USERS: Go online to see a live video feed from the scene
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The Indianapolis Star, New York Times, WALV-TV, WTTV CBS4Indy, BBC, Raw Story and The Sun
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CNN:
8 people killed in shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, police say — (CNN)A gunman opened fire outside and inside a FedEx facility near Indianapolis' main airport Thursday night, killing eight people, wounding several others and sending witnesses running before taking his own life, police said.
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WISH-TV, WRTV, Associated Press, American Military News, REVOLT, Daily Kos, Grand Forks Herald, KNSD-TV, KDFX-TV, WTTV CBS4Indy, RedState, The Daily Beast, Crooks and Liars and Mediaite
Casey Smith / Associated Press:
Police: 8 dead in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis
Police: 8 dead in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis
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Associated Press, Insider, Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo and The Week
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
US police and public officials donated to Kyle Rittenhouse, data breach reveals — Officers and officials also donated to fundraisers for far-right activists and fellow officers accused of shooting black Americans — A data breach at a Christian crowdfunding website has revealed …
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Raw Story
Chicago Tribune:
In several fateful seconds, video appears to show 13-year-old Adam Toledo toss gun, turn with empty hands raised before Chicago cop fires fatal shot (warning: graphic content) — By CHRIS SWEDA / CHICAGO TRIBUNE “,sourceId: “119823990”,shareUrl: “https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2 Fnews% …
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CNN, The Daily Beast, The Hill, National Review, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, Chicago Sun-Times, WHYY, BizPac Review and Twitchy
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Stephanie K. Baer / BuzzFeed News:
Video Shows A 13-Year-Old Boy Had His Hands Up When A Police Officer Fatally Shot Him
Video Shows A 13-Year-Old Boy Had His Hands Up When A Police Officer Fatally Shot Him
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The Guardian, WGN-TV, TheGrio, The Wrap, NPR, TheBlaze, CBS News, RedState, UPI, New York Post, The Week, Al Jazeera, Forbes, USA Today, TMZ.com, Snopes.com, The Sun, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, KDFX-TV, Raw Story, ABC7 and HotAir
New York Times:
Biden Administration Says Russian Intelligence Obtained Trump Campaign Data — A Treasury Department document shed more light on links between the campaign and Russian spies. — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration revealed on Thursday that a business associate of Trump campaign officials …
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Rachel Maddow Explains Trump's Russia Collusion Crime
Rachel Maddow Explains Trump's Russia Collusion Crime
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MSNBC
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A striking new poll on the GOP's nascent push for transgender youth restrictions — Republican-controlled state legislatures are proceeding apace with efforts to restrict transgender children from getting transition-related medical care and participating in girls' sports.
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The American Independent
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Matt Loffman / PBS NewsHour:
New poll shows Americans overwhelmingly oppose anti-transgender laws
New poll shows Americans overwhelmingly oppose anti-transgender laws
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HuffPost, Mock Paper Scissors, NPR, CNN and Political Wire
Kim Chandler / Associated Press:
Alabama lawmakers vote to ban trans girls from female teams
Alabama lawmakers vote to ban trans girls from female teams
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Grand Forks Herald, LGBTQ Nation, National Review, Alabama Political Reporter and The Daily Caller
Frank Thorp V / NBC News:
After the Riot — It's been 100 days since the attack on the Capitol, and those who were inside still struggle with their memories. — When a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the world watched as the rioters entered the building, breaking windows and pushing through barriers.
The White House:
Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Announces $1.7 Billion Investment to Fight COVID-19 Variants … Funding from American Rescue Plan will help CDC and Governors monitor, track, and defeat emerging variants that are currently threatening pockets of the country
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The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
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David Lim / Politico:
Biden administration investing $1.7B to better track Covid-19 variants
Biden administration investing $1.7B to better track Covid-19 variants
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NBC News, CNN, NPR and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Founding member of Oath Keepers set to enter first guilty plea in Jan. 6 Capitol breach — A founding member of the Oath Keepers arrested in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate against others in the case — the first defendant to potentially flip …
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The Hill:
Omar leads letter calling on Biden to raise refugee cap — A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wrote to President Biden on Friday calling for him to formally raise the refugee cap to 62,500 after he has delayed the increase for weeks.
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CNN, The Atlantic, One America News Network and POLITICUSUSA
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Victor Davis Hanson / Townhall:
How to Start a War — Wars often arise from uncertainty. When strong countries appear weak …
How to Start a War — Wars often arise from uncertainty. When strong countries appear weak …
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The Daily Caller
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
In secret Facebook groups, America's best warriors share racist jabs, lies about 2020, even QAnon theories — WASHINGTON — They're the most elite, lethally trained members of the U.S. military, widely considered the best of the best. And yet in secret Facebook groups exclusively …
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Raw Story and Alternet.org
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘A nicer version of Trump’: GOP donors flock to DeSantis — One evening in February, Ron DeSantis quietly slipped into the luxurious Charleston Place Hotel in South Carolina. — Over dinner, the Florida governor addressed an audience of deep-pocketed donors convened by the influential Bradley Foundation …
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HotAir, The Capitolist, Associated Press and Raw Story
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Question Biden Won't Answer — It's not just generals who are always prepared to fight the last war. President Biden's April 14 announcement that U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of 9/11 has a long and complicated backstory.
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Washington Post, FDD's Long War Journal, FDD, ABC, National Review, Boston Herald and The Intercept
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The Bulwark:
Afghanistan's Terrorist Future
Afghanistan's Terrorist Future
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Senator Jack Reed, NPR, National Review, Alternet.org and Bulwark+
George W. Bush / Washington Post:
Immigration is a defining asset of the United States. Here's how to restore confidence in our system. — George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States. — Next week, I'm proud to publish a new collection of my paintings, entitled “Out of Many, One.”
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Politico, The Guardian and Breitbart
Chandelis Duster / CNN:
Defense Department confirms leaked video of unidentified aerial phenomena is real — Pentagon confirms UFO video is real, taken by Navy pilot — (CNN)The Defense Department has confirmed that leaked photos and video of “unidentified aerial phenomena” taken in 2019 are indeed legitimate images of unexplained objects.
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Talking Points Memo, Mystery Wire and Political Wire
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Andrew Yang, Celebrity Politician — Andrew Yang was, briefly, a corporate attorney, then an executive at a test preparation company, then the founder of a nonprofit that encourages entrepreneurship. (It has a mixed record.) He ran for president in 2020, more or less as the Reddit Candidate …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Ambassador of Blame America First — We've come a long way from Pat Moynihan and Jeane Kirkpatrick. — By The Editorial Board — The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is supposed to speak for American values and interests. But judging by her recent remarks …
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
America's Racial Self-Flagellation at the UN Only Helps Rogue States
America's Racial Self-Flagellation at the UN Only Helps Rogue States
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spectator.us, Townhall, RedState and The National Pulse
NBC News:
Republicans struggle to craft counteroffer to Biden's $2 trillion jobs plan … WASHINGTON — First, Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Wednesday that a price tag of $600 billion to $800 billion was the “sweet spot” for bipartisan agreement on infrastructure.
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Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Transport Topics, Politico, IJR, Alternet.org and Insider
Isabella Grullón Paz / New York Times:
How Democrats Who Lost in Deep-Red Places Might Have Helped Biden — A study by a liberal group found a reverse coattails effect in 2020: Down-ballot candidates may have helped elect President Biden, rather than the other way around. — Ebony Carter faced an uphill climb when she decided …
Orlando Sentinel:
Florida Senate passes ‘anti-riot’ bill, sends it to DeSantis to sign into law — TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate on Thursday approved an “anti-riot” bill championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, sending it to him for signature into law over the objections of Democrats and civil rights groups …
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Louder With Crowder, Washington Examiner, Tampa Bay Times, The Hill, Fox News, The Week, Florida Politics and FOX 35 Orlando
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
The Democrats' Giant Dilemma — John Fetterman is one of the most photographed rising stars in the Democratic Party. As gargantuan as Lurch Addams, with a bald head, goatee and closet full of Dickies shirts—and tattoos running down his arm marking every date a life was taken while he was mayor …
Dominique Mosbergen / HuffPost:
North Carolina Police Issue ‘Critical’ Warning After 2 Transgender Women Found Dead — Charlotte police said they're investigating whether the deaths of two transgender women — both shot in hotel rooms — are connected. — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, issued a “critical” …
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PinkNews and LGBTQ Nation
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden close to picking Nick Burns as China ambassador — Nicholas Burns, a career diplomat, is in the final stages of vetting to serve as President Biden's ambassador to China, people familiar with the matter tell Axios. — Why it matters: Across the administration …
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Outside the Beltway and Political Wire
Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
Millions of Americans think the election was stolen. How worried should we be about more violence? — A recent survey showed an estimated 50m Republicans believe the false claim, but experts say many Trump supporters appear to be cooling down — Three months after an insurrection at the US capitol …