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New York Times:
The F.D.A. ended its recommended pause on the J.&J. vaccine, clearing the way for states to use it again. — The Food and Drug Administration ended its recommended pause on the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and will add a warning to its label to note the potential risk of rare blood clots.
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Sam Baker / Axios:
U.S. lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine
U.S. lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine
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Associated Press:
US to resume J&J COVID vaccinations despite rare clot risk
US to resume J&J COVID vaccinations despite rare clot risk
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Japan Times, Florida Politics, HotAir and Associated Press
NBC News:
FDA, CDC lift pause on J&J Covid vaccinations
FDA, CDC lift pause on J&J Covid vaccinations
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National Review, The Western Journal, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, UPI, Mother Jones and NPR
Remy Tumin / New York Times:
Covid-19: Some U.S. Vaccination Sites Will Close as Demand Drops
Covid-19: Some U.S. Vaccination Sites Will Close as Demand Drops
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Politico, ABC News, CBS Boston, Texas Standard, WGN-TV, Townhall, The Week and SFist
Helen Branswell / STAT:
U.S. lifts pause on use of J&J's Covid-19 vaccine
U.S. lifts pause on use of J&J's Covid-19 vaccine
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Capitol rioter arrested after being turned in by match on online dating app Bumble — (CNN)The Justice Department has charged a Capitol rioter who was turned in by someone he matched with on the dating app Bumble, after he bragged about his exploits on January 6.
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Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Capitol riot suspect arrested after Bumble match alerts feds
Capitol riot suspect arrested after Bumble match alerts feds
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Raw Story, allsides.com and CBS New York
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
He boasted on Bumble about storming Capitol, feds say. His would-be date turned him in: ‘We are not a match’
He boasted on Bumble about storming Capitol, feds say. His would-be date turned him in: ‘We are not a match’
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Justice Dept. now expects to charge more than 500 in Capitol riot probe
Justice Dept. now expects to charge more than 500 in Capitol riot probe
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Joe.My.God.
Jeremy Duda / Arizona Mirror:
Dems won't post $1M bond, so election audit won't be paused — A brief weekend pause in the Arizona Senate's election audit that a judge ordered on Friday won't happen because the Arizona Democratic Party declined to put up a $1 million bond that the judge requested to cover any expenses …
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Andrew Oxford / Arizona Republic:
First day of Arizona Senate election audit nearly stopped before it began. Here's what happened
First day of Arizona Senate election audit nearly stopped before it began. Here's what happened
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Becker News, Forbes and Political Wire
Steven Perlberg / Insider:
The New York Times is readying a big newsletter push as Substack tries to poach its top writers with advances worth hundreds of thousands — The New York Times is readying a newsletter push as Substack comes after top journalists. — Substack offered opinion writer Liz Bruenig a $200,000 advance, double her Times salary.
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Rich Mendez / CNBC:
MIT researchers say you're no safer from Covid indoors at 6 feet or 60 feet in new study challenging social distancing policies — An MIT study showed that people who maintain 60 feet of distance from others indoors are no more protected than if they socially distanced by just 6 feet.
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Twitchy, OutKick, TheBlaze and Instapundit
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Virginia GOP won't let Orthodox Jews vote absentee in Sabbath-day convention — RICHMOND — Republican Party leaders have rejected a plea to let Orthodox Jews and others with religious obligations on Saturdays vote absentee in the GOP's May 8 nominating convention, in which the party will choose …
Sophia Ankel / Insider:
Trump says he does not miss ‘very boring’ Twitter and claims his press releases are ‘more elegant’ — Donald Trump told Fox News this week that Twitter has become “very boring” without him. — The former president said that he prefers communicating via his “more elegant” press releases.
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
Low-Skill Workers Aren't a Problem to Be Fixed — Recently, I was mesmerized by a prep cook. At a strip-mall Korean restaurant, I caught a glimpse of the kitchen and stood dumbfounded for a few minutes, watching a guy slicing garnishes, expending half the energy I would if I were doing the same at home and at twice the speed.
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CNN:
Gaetz probe includes scrutiny of potential public corruption tied to medical marijuana industry — Women detail late-night parties with Gaetz — (CNN)Federal authorities are looking into whether a 2018 trip to the Bahamas involving Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and several young women …
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Oath Keeper's Chilling Exchange About Nancy Pelosi Keeps Him Behind Bars in Capitol Siege Case — An Oath Keepers leader's chilling correspondence with another person who allegedly fantasized about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's “head rolling down the front steps” persuaded a federal judge …
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Announces Rescission of Civil Penalties for Failure-to-Depart — WASHINGTON - Today, at the direction of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rescinded two delegation orders related to the collection of civil financial penalties …
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The Daily Caller
Robert A. George / Bloomberg:
Police Reformers Need to Pick Their Battles — The conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd owes a lot to social media, which brought before millions of eyes the mobile-phone footage of a brave Black teenager named Darnella Frazier.
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Los Angeles Times:
California Guard members feared fighter jet would be ordered to frighten protesters — In March of last year, California National Guard members awaited orders from Sacramento headquarters to make preparations for any civil unrest that might arise from the outbreak of the coronavirus.
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Raw Story
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
After Testing the World's Limits, Putin Steps Back From the Brink — The Russian president pulled back troops from Ukraine's border and relented on medical treatment for his nemesis Aleksei A. Navalny, after a performance blending fear and force to affirm his power.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Florida Family Indicted for Selling Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for Covid-19 and Other Serious Diseases, and for Violating Court Orders — Defendants Accused of Attempting to Avoid Government Regulation by Selling Products Through a Company They Deceptively Named “Genesis II Church of Health and Healing”
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BBC:
Myanmar: Military chief set to make first foreign trip since coup — The head of the Myanmar military is set to meet international leaders, in what will be his first known foreign trip since the army took power in a coup. — General Min Aung Hlaing is scheduled to attend an Asean regional summit …
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Al Jazeera and New York Times
Denise Lu / New York Times:
‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic — Death rate above and below normal in the U.S. —15% -10% -5% +5% +10% +15% 1910 1918 1933 1950 2000 2020 — Data before 1933 do not include all states. — 1918 flu pandemic — A surge in deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic created …
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Outside the Beltway
Zaid Jilani / INQUIRE:
Why Aren't We Celebrating Operation Warp Speed? — Partisanship shouldn't prevent us from recognizing our own achievements. — 5 hr ago — About half of all U.S. adults have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot. While the pandemic is far from over, our rapid pace of vaccination …
Benjamin Din / Politico:
Rep. Dan Crenshaw ‘hopeful and confident’ of recovery following emergency eye surgery — Rep. Dan Crenshaw said Friday that his emergency eye surgery “went very well,” although he still had “a while to go” before he was fully recovered. — “I can lift my head up again and no longer …
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Dallas Morning News, Washington Examiner, Fox News, TheBlaze and New York Post
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Iran talks: ‘We are not going to pay anything upfront,’ senior administration official tells Jewish leaders — In a call with Jewish American leaders on Friday, a senior Biden administration official assured that the U.S. will not provide Iran any sanctions relief until an agreement …
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The Times of Israel
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Biden to Say Armenians Suffered Genocide. Here's Why It Matters. — Events more than 100 years ago during the breakup of the Ottoman Empire are back in the news, with President Biden's intention to declare the killing of 1.5 million Armenians a genocide. — At the risk of infuriating Turkey …