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Federal Investigators Execute Search Warrant at Rudy Giuliani's Apartment — Prosecutors obtained the warrant as part of an investigation into whether Mr. Giuliani broke lobbying laws as President Trump's personal lawyer. — Federal investigators in Manhattan executed a search warrant …
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Rudy Giuliani's New York Apartment Searched by Federal Investigators — Authorities seize the former New York City mayor's electronic devices in investigation into possible violation of foreign-lobbying rules — Federal investigators executed a search warrant Wednesday morning …
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ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani's home, office searched by federal agents as part of lobbying probe, sources tell ABC News
Erica Orden / CNN:
Federal agents execute search warrants on Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan home and office
Federal agents execute search warrants on Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan home and office
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Giuliani's long quest to put himself in legal jeopardy appears to have paid off
Giuliani's long quest to put himself in legal jeopardy appears to have paid off
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New York Times:
Cuomo Aides Spent Months Hiding Nursing Home Death Toll — Aides to the New York governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, repeatedly prevented state health officials from releasing the number of nursing home deaths in the pandemic. — The effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office to obscure the pandemic death toll …
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: The American Families Plan … Today, President Biden announced the American Families Plan, an investment in our kids, our families, and our economic future. — In March, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan, which continues to provide immediate relief to American families and communities.
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Washington Post:
White House proposes $1.8 trillion package that would dramatically expand education, safety net programs — Universal preschool and free community college are among a plethora of initiatives that would be paid for by tax increases and IRS changes. — The White House on Wednesday unveiled …
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Gabby Orr / CNN:
‘Not an easy transition’: Inside Trump's unconventional first months out of office — Palm Beach, Florida (CNN)Most Mondays and Tuesdays, former President Donald Trump skips golf to confer with aides about the week ahead. — Together they decide which Republican candidates he will meet …
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump supporter found guilty of threatening to kill members of Congress after Jan. 6 insurrection — NEW YORK — Brendan Hunt, an enthusiastic Trump supporter who called for killing members of Congress days after the Jan. 6 insurrection, was found guilty Wednesday of making a death threat against elected officials.
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Delaware man to deliver first joint address to Congress Wednesday night — President Joe Biden, just before his 100th day in office, will deliver his first speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night. — After decades of watching these speeches as a U.S. senator and vice president, Biden will deliver one of his own.
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Bloomberg:
Biden Disappoints SALT Democrats, Setting Up Headache for Pelosi
Biden Disappoints SALT Democrats, Setting Up Headache for Pelosi
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Sen. Ted Cruz / Fox News:
Biden's State of the Union update - here's the truth you won't hear from the president
Biden's State of the Union update - here's the truth you won't hear from the president
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IJR
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell accuses Biden of breaking promise to unify
McConnell accuses Biden of breaking promise to unify
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Laurie McGinley / Washington Post:
Biden administration expected to announce plan to ban menthol cigarettes — A prohibition on menthol cigarettes is a priority for Black health advocates and anti-tobacco groups, which note that African Americans have been disproportionately harmed by the product
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Bo Erickson / CBS News:
Biden expected to ban menthol cigarettes
Biden expected to ban menthol cigarettes
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Fauci: Joe Rogan's COVID-19 comments ‘incorrect’ — Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease doctor, early Wednesday shot down recent comments from Joe Rogan after the popular podcaster suggested young, health Americans do not need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
White House blasts Joe Rogan for discouraging vaccination on his podcast
White House blasts Joe Rogan for discouraging vaccination on his podcast
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New York Times:
Scott Stringer, New York Mayoral Candidate, Is Accused of Sexual Assault — Jean Kim said Mr. Stringer assaulted her when she was an unpaid intern on his campaign 20 years ago and warned her not to tell anyone. He denied the allegation. — A woman who said she worked as an unpaid intern …
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Amanda Eisenberg / Politico:
Leading NYC mayoral candidate accused of sexual assault, harassment
Leading NYC mayoral candidate accused of sexual assault, harassment
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David Gilbert / VICE:
This Crossfit Chiropractor Is Secretly One of QAnon's Leading Influencers — IET, a leading and hugely antisemitic voice in the Q community, has gone to great lengths to conceal his identity, which VICE News can now reveal. — DG — Under his pseudonym of InevitableET, or IET …
David Crary / Associated Press:
US Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion — When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, they'll be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other Catholic politicians: Don't receive Communion if you persist in public advocacy of abortion rights.
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BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Is Hiding Posts With #ResignModi — Facebook is hiding posts calling for the resignation of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marking the platform's latest foray in a series of controversial decisions affecting free speech in a country experiencing a full-blown COVID-19 crisis.
Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Michael Collins, ‘Third Man’ of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90 — Orbiting dozens of miles above the lunar surface, he kept solitary watch of the Apollo command module as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin embarked for the moon. — Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft Columbia …
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Russell Lewis / NPR:
Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Dies
Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Dies
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Ten Years Ago, Ed Balls Tweeted ‘Ed Balls.’ How Is It Still Funny? — A decade is an eternity in internet years. But people still haven't forgotten the British politician's errant tweet, and he's still playing along. — LONDON — Ten years ago on Wednesday, a politician who was a significant figure …
Sun-Sentinel:
Democratic chaos: Florida Senate Leader Gary Farmer resigns amid vote of no confidence — Sen. Gary Farmer resigned as leader of Florida Senate Democrats Wednesday with his colleagues voting no confidence in him, plunging his caucus into chaos with just a few days left in the legislative session.
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
The Fascist Face Of Charlottesville Joined The Military. Then He Got Kicked Out. — A rare example of the military taking proactive steps to keep an extremist — the man in a viral photo from the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally — out of its ranks. — The white nationalist featured …
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court debates student free speech rights on social media — Justices consider teenager's challenge to school punishment for vulgar Snapchat. — Snapchat battle over free speech heads to Supreme Court — ABC News' Devin Dwyer speaks with a teen who is at the center of a Supreme Court case …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US eyes major rollback in Iran sanctions to revive nuke deal — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is considering a near wholesale rollback of some of the most stringent Trump-era sanctions imposed on Iran in a bid to get the Islamic Republic to return to compliance …
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William Saletan / Slate:
What We Know About the People Who Don't Want to Get Vaccinated — Over the past three weeks, the U.S. rate of vaccination against the coronavirus has slowed. That's because many people who wanted to get their shots have gotten them, and many people who remain unvaccinated are reluctant.
Liz Peek / The Hill:
Border crisis torches Kamala Harris's presidential prospects — The odds of Kamala Harris ever being elected president are shrinking faster than a Creamsicle in August. — As she likely anticipated, tying her to the border disaster was almost sure to be a losing proposition for the vice president.
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox's Bill Hemmer on Anchoring From the Studio During Covid, the Cable News Landscape, and Why He's ‘Bearish’ on New York — “It's an experience I'll never forget,” says Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, when I ask about what it was like working from the network's barren headquarters …
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Biden to keep intelligence inspector general Trump appointed — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden intends to keep the watchdog overseeing the U.S. intelligence community, a longtime intelligence official who rose to the post after his predecessor was fired by President Donald Trump for his role in Trump's first impeachment.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
ABC wonders: Why haven't we seen a dramatic drop in COVID-19 cases yet? Update: What about deaths? — Er ... what? It's true that cases have yet to drop to the zero line yet, but this take from ABC News ignores reality: … This is utter nonsense. It's true that the seven-day average sits at just over 55,000 cases a day.
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Loeffler calls for investigation into Raffensperger — Former Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler asked the state's attorney general to investigate Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. — The call for an investigation, made in a letter from Loeffler to Attorney General Chris Carr …
Jack Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Tim Scott is doing something on police reform few others will: leading — As Sen. Tim Scott prepares to give the GOP response to President Joe Biden's address, the Senate's only black Republican finds himself integral to a most intense and important debate.
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Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters:
As tech faces a reckoning, what you do offline can get you banned — Earlier this month, Twitch announced it would start banning users for behavior away from its site. — The move by Amazon Inc's (AMZN.O) live-streaming platform involved hiring a law firm to conduct investigations into users' misconduct …
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