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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
'They're Very Ungracious People': Trump Rails at Biden Admin for Not Acknowledging His ‘Accomplishments’ in Office — Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo primed former President Donald Trump to go on the attack against Joe Biden's administration for not doing more to recognize the “accomplishments” of his predecessor.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Joe Biden's Address To Congress Snares 11.6M Viewers In Early Results; Down From Trump As ABC Tops Broadcasters — Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress last night was both a very traditional and untraditional affair, but it was no Donald Trump - in more ways than one.
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
Trump's Battle to Win the First 100 Days — There's not just one 100-day clock that's reached its peak this week—there are two. — First, of course, is Joe Biden's—the collective assessment of what he's said and done since his inauguration as the 46th president on January 20.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: 7 in 10 who watched say Biden's speech left them feeling optimistic — Biden: A nation in crisis is ‘on the move again’ — (CNN)About half of Americans who watched President Joe Biden's address to Congress had a very positive reaction to the speech, and 71% said they walked away feeling …
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CBS News:
CBS News poll: Most viewers approve of Biden's speech
CBS News poll: Most viewers approve of Biden's speech
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The White House:
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President Biden — Address to a Joint Session of Congress
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President Biden — Address to a Joint Session of Congress
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CNN:
US investigating possible mysterious directed energy attack near White House — Washington (CNN)Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Exclusive: Biden's $400,000 tax cap for individual earnings, not joint filers — President Biden's promise not to raise taxes on Americans who make less than $400,000 only applies to individuals — not married couples filing jointly, a White House official clarified to Axios on Wednesday.
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Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
How Biden's taxes hit the richest but skip the suburban base — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is proposing trillions in new taxes, crafting a precise hike that would affect the wealthiest investors but not the kind of educated upper middle-class suburban voters who abandoned the Republican Party …
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NBC News:
Big government is back. Can the Trump-influenced GOP stop it?
Big government is back. Can the Trump-influenced GOP stop it?
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
How Republicans Lost Interest in Fighting Big Spending
How Republicans Lost Interest in Fighting Big Spending
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Fox Business:
Trump: I'm ‘committed’ to this country like ‘never before’ — Former President Trump, in a wide-ranging exclusive interview with FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo, discusses the border crisis, President Biden's tax policies, and a potential run for president in 2024.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
'It's, like, so unfair': Trump defends Giuliani after FBI raid
'It's, like, so unfair': Trump defends Giuliani after FBI raid
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘Certainly, Ron would be considered’: Trump floats DeSantis as 2024 VP
‘Certainly, Ron would be considered’: Trump floats DeSantis as 2024 VP
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News knows Rudy Giuliani isn't credible. That's why he'll be on tonight. — Fox News knows Rudy Giuliani isn't a credible source for accurate information. That's why the network is hosting him tonight on its premiere program after FBI agents executed a search warrant on his Manhattan apartment on Wednesday.
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Ukrainian ex-lawmaker says he spoke to FBI about Giuliani
Ukrainian ex-lawmaker says he spoke to FBI about Giuliani
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Michael Ginsberg / The Daily Caller:
Sen. Tim Scott Responds To Racist Attacks: ‘They Are Literally Attacking The Color Of My Skin’ — Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott slammed “the intolerance [that] so often comes from the left” during a Monday “Fox and Friends” appearance. — After Scott delivered the Republican rebuttal …
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Kamala Harris agrees with Tim Scott that the US is not racist, but says racism must not be ignored
Kamala Harris agrees with Tim Scott that the US is not racist, but says racism must not be ignored
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FiveThirtyEight:
Advantage, GOP — In tennis, the two players switch sides of the court after every odd game — to even out any advantages that one player might have due to the sun. Democracy is no tennis game, but it is nevertheless a competition. — And in the U.S., the competition is far from fair.
Marie Fazio / New York Times:
The World Knows Her as ‘Disaster Girl.’ She Just Made $500,000 Off the Meme. — Zoë Roth, now a college senior in North Carolina, plans to use the proceeds from this month's NFT auction to pay off student loans and donate to charity. — The name Zoë Roth might not ring any bells.
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Andy Mannix / Star Tribune:
Feds plan to indict Chauvin, other three ex-officers on civil rights charges — Ex-cop would face federal charges in two cases; three others just in Floyd case. — TEXT SIZE — MORE — Leading up to Derek Chauvin's murder trial, Justice Department officials had spent months gathering evidence …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump hits McConnell again, saying GOP needs new leadership — Share to Facebook Share to Twitter — Former President Trump on Thursday renewed his feud with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) by calling for Senate Republicans to find a new leader ahead of the midterm elections …
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Cheney says she'll campaign on impeaching Trump ‘every day of the week’ amid primary challenges
Cheney says she'll campaign on impeaching Trump ‘every day of the week’ amid primary challenges
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Former Georgia deputy bragged he'd charge Black people with fake felonies to strip them of voting rights: FBI — According to the Belleville News-Democrat, a former Georgia sheriff's deputy arrested on multiple gun charges bragged in private texts that he would charge Black people with felonies to prevent them from voting.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Can Democrats Avoid a Wipeout in 2022? — The good news for Democrats who watched Joe Biden unveil a historically ambitious agenda last night is that newly elected presidents have almost always passed some version of their core economic plan—particularly when their party controls both congressional chambers, as Biden's does now.
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Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Economy Grew Robustly in First Quarter — GDP grew 6.4% in the first quarter as the government distributed Covid-19 stimulus checks and consumers stepped up spending — U.S. gross domestic product rose at a 6.4% annual rate in the first quarter, expanding a consumer-led rebound from the pandemic.
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Rachel Hollis, Lifestyle Author, Faces Backlash — Rachel Hollis, the best-selling author and motivational speaker, built a blockbuster business sharing her “authentic” self. Then things got a little too real. — May 14 was supposed to mark Rachel Hollis's return to her happy place: a stage in front of an adoring audience.
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Labor Secretary says most gig workers should be classified as employees — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's top labor official said most gig workers in the United States should be classified as “employees” deserving of related benefits, in what could be a policy shift …
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett join liberals in immigration case — Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, on Thursday, joined the liberal wing of the Supreme Court to rule against the federal government in an immigration case.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans are raising self-sabotage to an art form — When the 2020 Census numbers were released, it was an open question as to whether the Republican effort to insert a citizenship question into the census had hampered counting in three red states with large Hispanic populations.
Jordan Levin / The Forward:
Antisemitism rises among Hispanic Miami's right wing — The graffiti messages scrawled around Miami in March, on the eve of Passover and Holocaust Remembrance Day, were shocking: “The Jews are the Problem” “Zionism is Satanism.” — Most ominously in this city filled with Cubans …
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Rudy Giuliani Common Sense Podcast:
Statement by Robert J. Costello on April 28, 2021 — Rudolph Giuliani has authorized Robert J. Costello to release the following statement regarding the events on April 28, 2021: — The Biden department of justice has completely ignored clear evidence (which the FBI has had for over a year) …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Biden's Speech Offers an Alternate Reality for Democrats to Love, After Four Years of Trumpian Fantasy — The President, channelling his inner Elizabeth Warren, pitches an American utopia after a dystopian plague year. — Candidate Joe Biden campaigned as the centrist exemplar of a return …
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Karen Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Stocks Are Off to Best Start to a Presidential Term Since Great Depression — S&P 500 has risen 10% since Mr. Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration — The stock market is set to close out President Biden's first 100 days in office on Thursday with its best start to a presidential term since the days of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Kaylee McGhee White / Washington Examiner:
Biden won't get far just blaming Trump for everything — Every single achievement Biden touted during his first address before Congress on Wednesday was made either at the expense of the Trump administration or in spite of it, which shows just how insecure Biden's administration really is.
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Alexandra Odynova / CBS News:
Russia's Alexey Navalny “just a horrible skeleton” in 1st court appearance since prison hunger strike — Moscow — Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny appeared in court on Thursday for the first time in months, and he looked worse for the wear. Attending a hearing …
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