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Behind the scenes with Liz Cheney — US Rep. Liz Cheney sits in her office as she prepared to give a speech on the House floor on Tuesday.David Hume Kennerly/Center for Creative Photography/University of Arizona — After being voted out as the third-ranking member of the House's Republican leadership …
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The Daily Beast:
The Real Reason Liz Cheney Had to Go — TRUTH TO POWER — “That says more about the state of the conference and its fealty to Trump's ludicrous BS than it does about her,” said one GOP aide. — Minutes before her removal from House leadership on Wednesday, Liz Cheney told her colleagues …
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Liz Cheney's Unforgivable Sin
Liz Cheney's Unforgivable Sin
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McCarthy pushes out Liz Cheney, then pushes bipartisanship at the White House
McCarthy pushes out Liz Cheney, then pushes bipartisanship at the White House
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NBC News, The Gateway Pundit and Media Matters for America
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Rep. Greene aggressively confronts Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, causing New York congresswoman to raise security concerns — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene aggressively confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday and falsely accused her of supporting “terrorists,” …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How Palm Beach is preparing for a possible Trump indictment — DRIVING THE DAY — SCOOP: PALM BEACH MAKES CONTINGENCY PLANS IN CASE TRUMP IS INDICTED — Law enforcement officials in Palm Beach County, Fla., have actively prepared for the possibility …
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Washington Post:
Israel-Hamas fighting poses test for Biden and exposes rifts among Democrats — The worst violence in years between the Israeli military and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip poses the first major foreign policy challenge for President Biden, while exposing a growing divide among Democrats …
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Yousef Munayyer / Foreign Policy:
Green-Lined Vision Is Blurring Reality in Israel-Palestine
Green-Lined Vision Is Blurring Reality in Israel-Palestine
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Los Angeles Times, Informed Comment and The New Arab
Bari Weiss / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
The Bad Optics of Fighting for Your Life
The Bad Optics of Fighting for Your Life
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Politico:
'It's a risky strategy': Progressives bristle over Biden on talks with GOP — A raft of influential progressive and environmental groups has a message for the Biden White House on its efforts to cut an infrastructure deal with Republicans: Don't say we didn't warn you.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden administration struggles to limit political damage from gas shortage
Biden administration struggles to limit political damage from gas shortage
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Will Englund / Washington Post:
Panic buying strikes Southeastern United States as shuttered pipeline resumes operations
Panic buying strikes Southeastern United States as shuttered pipeline resumes operations
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New York Times:
Mysterious Ailments Are Said to Be More Widespread Among U.S. Personnel — The Biden administration has begun more aggressively investigating episodes that left spies, diplomats, soldiers and others with brain injuries. — WASHINGTON — Mysterious episodes that caused brain injuries in spies …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Trump ‘Havana syndrome’ probe found more than a dozen instances in 5 years
Trump ‘Havana syndrome’ probe found more than a dozen instances in 5 years
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ABC News
NBC News:
Republican loyal to Trump claims Capitol riot looked more like ‘normal tourist visit’ — Multiple Republican members of Congress on Wednesday offered a false retelling of the devastating events that occurred during the Capitol riot, with one calling the entire event a “bold faced lie” …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
At hearing, Republicans recast Jan. 6 rioters as victims
At hearing, Republicans recast Jan. 6 rioters as victims
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CNN:
Takeaways from a day of congressional Republicans embracing Trump and downplaying the US Capitol riot
Takeaways from a day of congressional Republicans embracing Trump and downplaying the US Capitol riot
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Eric Geller / Politico:
Biden orders federal cyber upgrade after barrage of hacks — President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered a sweeping overhaul of the federal government's approach to cybersecurity, from the software that agencies buy to the security measures that they use to block hackers, as his administration …
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Biden signs executive order to strengthen US cyber security
Biden signs executive order to strengthen US cyber security
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Bloomberg
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn't — The former dashboard manager alleges a vast data conspiracy in Florida; not a word of it is true. — This is a story about Rebekah Jones, a former dashboard manager at the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), who has single-handedly managed …
Adam Barnes / The Hill:
124 retired generals and admirals question Biden's mental health — “We must always have an unquestionable chain of command.” — Story at a glance — A group of retired U.S. military admirals and generals signed a letter released Tuesday questioning President Biden's fitness for office …
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Former U.S. Military Leaders Sign Bizarre Open Letter Pushing Election Lies — Over 120 retired generals and admirals signed on to a letter falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen in a move other veterans say erodes democratic norms. — Over 120 retired U.S. generals and admirals published …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Ex-WH counsel McGahn to testify behind closed doors about Trump efforts to obstruct Russia investigation — Washington (CNN)Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn will testify before the House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors about then-President Donald Trump's attempts to obstruct …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
McGahn to sit for closed-door interview with House Democrats
McGahn to sit for closed-door interview with House Democrats
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple Says Ads Engineer Leaves Company After Comments Draw Fire — Antonio Garcia Martinez made remarks considered sexist, racist — Apple employees were in uproar about hire, sent memo to execs — Apple Inc. said Antonio Garcia Martinez, a former Facebook Inc. product manager …
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Kristin Tate / The Hill:
Growing inflation is Biden's hidden tax on working Americans — Share to Facebook Share to Twitter — The sharpest tax President Biden is levying upon Americans is one that was never passed by Congress, promised from the White House, or voted on by citizens at the ballot box.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Inhofe tells EPA nominee, 'if you don't behave, I'm going to talk to your daddy' — (CNN)Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe told a female Environmental Protection Agency nominee on Wednesday that if she did not “behave,” then “I'm going to talk to your daddy.” — The awkward exchange …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
WATCH: Ex-Secretary of Defense says Trump wanted the National Guard ‘to protect the demonstrators’ — Former Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller said Wednesday that Donald Trump was interested in the deployment of the National Guard during their Jan. 3 discussion.
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Wall Street Journal:
JPMorgan, Others Plan to Issue Credit Cards to People With No Credit Scores — Regulator had asked banks to brainstorm on how to make loans to people who have often been locked out from getting them — Some of the largest U.S. banks plan to start sharing data on customers' deposit accounts …
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: FEC drops first of several election complaints against Trump — The Federal Election Commission has voted not to investigate allegations that Trump campaign representatives — including Donald Trump Jr. — solicited illegal foreign assistance in 2016, Axios has learned.