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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Which states gain and lose in the new census report? Here are 3 takeaways. — The U.S. Census Bureau announced its once-in-a-decade reapportionment totals Monday, bestowing new congressional districts and electoral votes upon certain states while taking them away from others.
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Census surprise: Texas gains only 2 seats as shift to Sun Belt slows — The Census Bureau released long-delayed reapportionment numbers that reshuffle the 435 congressional districts among the 50 states for the next decade, locking in additional clout for the Sun Belt and siphoning away power from the Rust Belt.
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
D.C.'s explosive growth continued over the past decade, census data shows — The H Street corridor got a streetcar. The Navy Yard got a Whole Foods. Southwest Washington got the Wharf, transforming a once-dowdy waterfront into a playground for live-music lovers and eaters of pricey seafood.
US Census / The United States Census Bureau:
2020 Census Apportionment Results Delivered to the President — APRIL 26, 2021 - The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the 2020 Census shows the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020, was 331,449,281. — The U.S. resident population represents the total number …
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New York Times:
U.S. Population Over Last Decade Grew at Slowest Rate Since 1930s — With immigration leveling off and a declining birthrate, the United States may be entering an era of substantially lower population growth, demographers said. — Over the past decade, the United States population grew …
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
2020 Census: What the Reapportionment Numbers Mean
2020 Census: What the Reapportionment Numbers Mean
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Census Reapportionment: Seat Trade-offs Likelier to Benefit Republicans
Census Reapportionment: Seat Trade-offs Likelier to Benefit Republicans
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Juliegrace Brufke / New York Post:
Rep. Liz Cheney not ruling out 2024 presidential run — ORLANDO — House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney is not ruling out a potential presidential bid, The Post has learned. — “I'm not ruling anything in or out — I've been here a long time,” she told The Post when asked if she would ever consider running in the future.
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Liz Cheney: Trump won't be 2024 nominee
Liz Cheney: Trump won't be 2024 nominee
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Ex-Trump, Bush press secretaries have some tips for House GOP
Ex-Trump, Bush press secretaries have some tips for House GOP
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Kathleen Kingsbury / New York Times:
Why The New York Times Is Retiring the Term ‘Op-Ed’ — The first Op-Ed page in The New York Times greeted the world on Sept. 21, 1970. It was so named because it appeared opposite the editorial page and not (as many still believe) because it would offer views contrary to the paper's.
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
John Kerry, Enemy of Israel — NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W e know now that former secretary of state John Kerry isn't merely a critic of Israel; he is an adversary. In leaked audiotapes obtained by the U.K.-based Iran International, as reported by the New York Times, Iranian foreign minister …
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Politico:
GOP tears into Kerry amid Iran controversy
GOP tears into Kerry amid Iran controversy
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Iran's foreign minister says John Kerry told him about Israeli covert operations in Syria
Iran's foreign minister says John Kerry told him about Israeli covert operations in Syria
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Pompeo Pushes Investigation Into Kerry for Leaking Secrets to Iran
Pompeo Pushes Investigation Into Kerry for Leaking Secrets to Iran
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BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Stopped Employees From Reading An Internal Report About Its Role In The Insurrection. You Can Read It Here. — Last Thursday, BuzzFeed News revealed that an internal Facebook report concluded that the company failed to prevent the “Stop the Steal” movement from using its platform …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden's First 100 Days Reshaped America — During the first hundred days of Joe Biden's presidency, it has dawned on Republicans that the man their standard-bearer once mocked as “Sleepy Joe” is a formidable adversary. And the quality that has made him so effective up to this point is, well, his sleepiness.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
After Biden's successful first 100 days, tough conversations loom for Democrats
After Biden's successful first 100 days, tough conversations loom for Democrats
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Love, Hate, and Polls in the Time of Polarization
Love, Hate, and Polls in the Time of Polarization
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Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Gavin Newsom to face recall election as Republican-led effort hits signature goal — Propelled by growing voter frustration over California's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Republican-led drive to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from office collected enough voter signatures to qualify for the ballot …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: No, Biden is not trying to force Americans to eat less red meat — Washington (CNN)Republican members of Congress, Fox News personalities and other prominent right-wing figures are falsely claiming that President Joe Biden is trying to force Americans to eat far less red meat.
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
D.H.S. will review how it identifies and addresses extremism and white supremacy in its ranks. — The Biden administration launched an inquiry on Monday into how the Department of Homeland Security identifies and addresses white supremacy and extremism in its ranks, part of a larger effort …
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Alaska lawmaker blasted airline for ‘mask tyranny.’ Now she's banned from the only flights to the capital. — Last week, a police officer responded to an Alaska Airlines terminal in Juneau as state Sen. Lora Reinbold clashed with staffers over mask rules. It was a familiar battle …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Secret Court Reveals: FBI Hunted for Domestic Terrorists Without a Warrant — A secret court warned the FBI in 2018 about warrantless searches. But the bureau still went looking for “racially motivated violent extremists” in NSA troves without a court order.
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Marco Rubio / New York Post:
Corporations that undermine American values don't deserve GOP support — 'What's good for General Motors is good for the country. " This was a defining American adage in the last century, because it was true: US corporations helped to make our country the most prosperous in the history of the world.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Biden's 100-day stock market performance is the hottest going back to the 1950s — President Joe Biden has witnessed an unprecedented growth on Wall Street in his first 100 days in office, better than any of his predecessors going to at least Dwight Eisenhower.
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Peggy McGlone / Washington Post:
Donald Trump makes his debut in National Portrait Gallery's presidents exhibition — When the National Portrait Gallery reopens May 14, visitors will have the first opportunity to see a President Donald Trump portrait in the popular America's Presidents exhibition.
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
Oscars Ratings Tank Massively — Just as we at OutKick predicted, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony tanked to unimaginable lows. The 2021 Oscars fell more than 50% year-over-year in overnight ratings, OutKick has learned. Here's a look at the past three years: — 2021: 8.9/19 — 2020: 18.1/33
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Simon & Schuster Employees Submit Petition Demanding No Deals With Trump Administration Authors — Petition collected 216 internal signatures and more than 3,500 outside supporters, organizers say — An employee petition at Simon & Schuster demanding that the company stop publishing authors associated …
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Washington Post:
Terry McAuliffe was a first-rate governor. He makes a compelling case that he would be again. — IF VIRGINIA governors were allowed consecutive terms in office, Terry McAuliffe could have run for reelection in 2017 and almost certainly would have won easily.
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
If D.C. Becomes a State, the National Mall Gets to Vote for President — The presidency is the most powerful position in the country, but it could accidentally wind up with a new perk: the ability to cast electoral votes. That's because, as a result of a constitutional quirk …
Epicurious:
The Planet on the Plate: Why Epicurious Left Beef Behind — In an effort to encourage more sustainable cooking, we won't be publishing new beef recipes on Epicurious. — For any person—or publication—wanting to envision a more sustainable way to cook, cutting out beef is a worthwhile first step.
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Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
Reality Winner Has a Question for President Biden — Reality Winner, the former government contractor who revealed the first public evidence that Russian hackers targeted U.S. voting systems, has been in prison for three years, 10 months, and 23 days while serving the longest-ever sentence imposed …
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
A private school in Miami, citing false claims, bars vaccinated teachers from contact with students. — A private school in the fashionable Design District of Miami sent its faculty and staff a letter last week about getting vaccinated against Covid-19. But unlike institutions that have encouraged …
New York Times:
Breaking Point: How Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook Became Foes — The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet. Their differences are set to escalate this week. — SAN FRANCISCO — At a confab for tech and media moguls in Sun Valley …
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Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
India Accused of Censorship for Blocking Social Media Criticism Amid Covid Surge — New Delhi orders Twitter and Facebook to remove content it says is misinformation; digital watchdog says many of the posts challenged government's handling of the crisis — India's government ordered Twitter Inc. …
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Tyler Blint-Welsh / Wall Street Journal:
Stacey Abrams On Her New Book and Why Publishers Passed Twice — Abrams reveals the inspiration for the new legal thriller ‘While Justice Sleeps,’ what her writing process is and why it took so long to publish … Stacey Abrams has a lot going on—it's what the 47-year-old calls her game of “work-life Jenga.”
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The false and misleading claims President Biden made during his first 100 days in office — Claims are included if they would receive two or more Pinocchios on the Fact Checker scale. Repeats of the same claim are included. — Filter by topic — Select... Filter by source — Select...
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Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Broad Support for Spending Plans — Biden gets better marks than Trump for addressing infrastructure — West Long Branch, NJ - About 2 in 3 Americans support the president's multitrillion-dollar infrastructure package as well as the proposed tax hikes to pay for it.
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US will share AstraZeneca vaccines with world — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will begin sharing its entire pipeline of vaccines from AstraZeneca once the COVID-19 vaccine clear federal safety reviews, the White House told The Associated Press on Monday, with as many as 60 million doses expected …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court will hear a major Second Amendment case that could gut US gun laws — The Supreme Court could make the NRA's dreams come true. — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett, a case that could transform …