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‘Disgusting’ robocall accuses Texas candidate Wright of causing husband's death — Texas Republican congressional candidate Susan Wright is seeking help from federal law enforcement the day before her special election, after supporters reported receiving robocalls that accused her of being responsible for the death of her late husband.
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Trump crashes final days of Texas special election — The first competitive special of the new election cycle has quickly turned into a 2020 redux: It's the Donald Trump show all over again. — Trump made a late foray in the 23-candidate scramble for a vacant congressional seat in North Texas …
Ben Jacobs / VICE:
The Fight for the GOP's Post-Trump Future Starts This Weekend in Texas
The Fight for the GOP's Post-Trump Future Starts This Weekend in Texas
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Daily Kos and The Texas Tribune
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Major changes: Biden dog getting prepped for first feline's White House arrival — Ruff times could be ahead for the Biden family dogs — they're soon going to be joined at the White House by the family's cat. — “She's waiting in the wings,” first lady Jill Biden told NBC's “TODAY” …
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Biden administration to return billions in border wall funding Trump diverted from Pentagon — All related construction contracts will be canceled, an official told ABC News. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — John Moore/Getty Images
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Biden cancels military-funded border wall projects — Share to Facebook Share to Twitter — President Biden is cancelling projects to build a wall along the southern border using diverted defense funds and will use some funding to counter environmental damage from the wall's construction.
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Washington Post, IJR, POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Pentagon cancels Trump-era border wall construction paid for by military funds
Pentagon cancels Trump-era border wall construction paid for by military funds
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Manchin says he doesn't support D.C. statehood bill, dealing advocates a major blow — Sen. Joe Manchin III told reporters in his home state of West Virginia on Friday morning that he does not support the bill to make D.C. the nation's 51st state, according to audio provided by the Democrat's office and a report from WVNews.
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John Mark Shaver / WV News:
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin offers thoughts on American Family Plan, District of Columbia statehood bill
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin offers thoughts on American Family Plan, District of Columbia statehood bill
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Washington Post
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In nod to Trump, Florida is set to ban ‘deplatforming’ by tech companies … Florida is on track to be the first state in the nation to punish social media companies that ban politicians like former President Donald Trump under a bill approved Thursday by the state's Republican-led Legislature.
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'I'd Never Been Involved in Anything as Secret as This' — On the morning of May 1, 2011, most Americans had never heard of Abbottabad. By that night, the dusty midsize city near the mountains of northwest Pakistan was the center of the biggest story in the world.
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Merrick Garland rapidly erasing Trump effect at Justice Department — Attorney General Merrick Garland is quickly negating the Trump administration's law enforcement legacy, dismaying conservatives with a burst of aggressive reversals and new policies. — Why it matters: As a former prosecutor …
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The Cruelty Is the Point — Buy the Audiobook Download: — Apple- Audible- downpour- eMusic- audiobooks.com — ABOUT THE CRUELTY IS THE POINT — From an award-winning journalist at The Atlantic, these searing essays make a damning case that cruelty is not merely an unfortunate byproduct …
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Mike Pence reemerges. But Trumpworld is moving on. — The final weeks of the Donald Trump-Mike Pence partnership were an unmitigated disaster. Pence, the fiercely loyal vice president, was ushered to safety in the halls of Congress after he refused his boss' wishes to not certify the election results.
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Kamala Harris to speak at Naval Academy commissioning
Kamala Harris to speak at Naval Academy commissioning
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Rudy Giuliani Taps Alan Dershowitz for Legal Advice Following Federal Raid — Trump's former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is seeking advice from another former Trump attorney: Alan Dershowitz. — On Wednesday, former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's apartment and office were raided by the feds.
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Kushner apartment company violated consumer laws in Maryland, judge rules — The apartment company of Jared Kushner violated Maryland's consumer protection laws numerous times at Baltimore-area properties by collecting debts without the required licenses, charging tenants improper fees …
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NJ Teacher Gives Profane Rant During Zoom Lesson, Calls George Floyd a ‘Criminal’ — On the same day Jersey City students finally returned to their classrooms, a high school teacher was removed from them while under investigation for allegedly going on a vulgar tirade aimed at the children in his class.
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How the US won the economic recovery — I looked for a country that got the economic response to Covid-19 right. I found the US. — Graphics by Christina Animashaun … Jasmine Holloway knows it sounds odd. But March 2021, when she and the rest of America were enduring the 13th month …
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White House to restrict travel from India — The White House will restrict travel from India starting at midnight on Tuesday, May 4, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced on Friday. — Driving the news: The Biden administration cited a steep rise in coronavirus cases in the country …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Biden set to ban most travel to U.S. from India to limit COVID-19 spread
Biden set to ban most travel to U.S. from India to limit COVID-19 spread
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Q&A: Matt Gertz on Fox News, and a case of mistaken identity — Every so often, Matt Gertz attracts attention because of who he's not—specifically, Matt Gaetz, the Republican US congressman from Florida. Since the latter's rise to national prominence as a firebrand politician in 2017 …
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Half of Republicans incorrectly think there's evidence Biden didn't win legitimately — Next week, it will have been six months since the 2020 presidential election. More than 25 weeks have passed since voting was completed, including months in which Donald Trump and his supporters scoured …
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Biden's Con against America — One-hundred days in, Biden's radical presidency makes clear that his campaign was, in fact, a fraud. — It's the unspoken Biden formula," reports Axios. “ Talk like a rosy bipartisan; act like a ruthless partisan. Indeed, it is. And to this maxim we might add a few others.
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously — For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo. — On May 9, 2001, Steven M. Greer took the lectern at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of the truth about unidentified flying objects.
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Republic reporter kicked out of Arizona audit site after tweet about former state lawmaker tallying votes — An Arizona Republic reporter was escorted from the Arizona election audit site on Friday morning after posting a photo showing a former Republican legislator at a ballot counting table.
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POLITICO Playbook: McConnell takes on the 1619 Project — DRIVING THE DAY — IF YOU READ ONE THING — GARRETT GRAFF'S oral history of the bin Laden raid: “'Congratulations, You Killed Osama bin Laden': How the hunt for the world's most notorious terrorist actually went down—as told by the people inside the room.”
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We must thank Sanders for Biden's success — Share to Facebook Share to Twitter — This week is President Joe Biden's big week. He gave an address Wednesday to a joint session of Congress, and today, the new president is celebrating the 100th day of his presidency.
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Why Didn't The FBI Agents Take Hard Drives In Seizing Giuliani's Electronic Devices? — I have been a long critic of Rudy Giuliani going back years, including interviews and press conferences that I have condemned for making unsupported statements (as well as comments inimical to his client's interest).
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American Thinker, The Jeffrey Lord, BizPac Review and Fox News
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Noem sues Biden administration for canceling Mount Rushmore Independence Day fireworks — National Parks Service notified South Dakota of decision to cancel fireworks display in March — Is Mount Rushmore next? Gov. Noem won't stand for ‘radical rewriting of history’
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Democrat Cheri Bustos Announces Retirement From Congress — The Illinois lawmaker will finish out her term, but said she is ready for something new after serving in the House for 10 years. — After 10 years in Congress, Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) announced Friday that she will not run for reelection in 2022.
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Lawyer for Navalny Is Arrested in Moscow — Ivan Pavlov was defending the opposition leader's organizations from accusations of extremism. — MOSCOW — The lead lawyer defending the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny in an extremism case that could outlaw Mr. Navalny's opposition movement …
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Working Families Party pulls support for Stringer in ongoing fallout from assault allegations — The Working Families Party is planning to pull its support of Scott Stringer's mayoral candidacy amid accusations of sexual assault, dealing an enormous blow to his campaign, several people familiar with the decision confirmed to POLITICO.
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John Kerry discloses millions in income from finance, energy firms — John Kerry disclosed millions in income and a massive stock portfolio that he's moved to liquidate since taking office as President Biden's special climate envoy, according to a financial filing obtained by Axios on Friday.
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The Latest: TSA extends mask mandate on planes to September — WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration has extended a requirement that passengers on planes, trains and buses wear face masks. The rule was set to expire May 11 but will now run through Sept. 13.
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