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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
A Press Corps Deceived, and the Gaza Invasion That Wasn't — A spokesman led the international media to believe that Israeli forces had entered Gaza. They hadn't. But the army wanted Hamas to think they had. — The Israeli military abruptly announced after midnight on Friday …
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Associated Press:
Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets hours after another Israeli air raid on a densely populated refugee camp killed …
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Associated Press:
AP statement on Israeli attack on building housing AP office — NEW YORK (AP) — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Saturday. All AP employees and freelancers evacuated the building safely.
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Associated Press:
Israeli airstrike in Gaza destroys building with AP bureau — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press' offices in the Gaza Strip. — The airstrike Saturday came roughly an hour after the Israeli military ordered people to evacuate the building.
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CBS News, NBC Chicago and Informed Comment
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
With strikes targeting rockets and tunnels, the Israeli tactic of ‘mowing the grass’ returns to Gaza — Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the date that Hamas won Palestinian elections and later seized control in Gaza. It has been corrected to show that these events took place in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
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Jerusalem Post, ABC News, Spin, strangeness, and charm and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Critics on left and right bash Biden's response to Israel-Gaza violence — Called flat-footed or too supportive of Israel, Biden faces a new Mideast war. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images — Nearly a week into what has been getting close …
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Associated Press, The Intercept, Politico and The US Sun
New York Times:
Tensions Among Democrats Grow Over Israel as the Left Defends Palestinians
Tensions Among Democrats Grow Over Israel as the Left Defends Palestinians
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Wall Street Journal, Politico, Religion News Service and Los Angeles Times
Martin Indyk / Foreign Affairs:
The U.S. Can Neither Ignore nor Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The U.S. Can Neither Ignore nor Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Blue Virginia and CNN
Justin Gray / WSB-TV:
Investigation: Marjorie Taylor Greene filed homestead exemptions on 2 homes, violating state law — ATLANTA — A Channel 2 Action News investigation has found that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her husband have two active homestead exemptions, which is against Georgia law …
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Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
How Marjorie Taylor Greene became the Voldemort of Congress. Few lawmakers even want to say her name. — House members say they are done answering questions about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. — Democrats told Insider they were relieved they didn't have to work with her on committees.
The Daily Beast:
Rep. Matt Gaetz Snorted Cocaine With Escort Who Had ‘No Show’ Gov't Job — GRAND OL' PARTY … Witnesses revealed the wild scene at an after-party for a GOP fundraiser in Orlando. — When Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a 2019 GOP fundraiser in Orlando, his date that night was someone he knew well …
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Big Cancellation — The party's cancel mob runs wild on Capitol Hill. — Mr. Potato Head is under siege. — So are the Muppets, baseball and Coca-Cola. — Even a horse fell victim. “It was like a cancel culture kind of thing,” the trainer of Medina Spirit told Fox News …
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Washington Post and The Dispatch
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Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Cheney says some GOP members voted against impeachment out of fear for their lives
Cheney says some GOP members voted against impeachment out of fear for their lives
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The Daily Gazette, RedState, East Bay Times, One America News Network, MinnPost, KIFI-TV and National Review
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Cheney says she ‘regrets’ voting for Trump
Cheney says she ‘regrets’ voting for Trump
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Bloomberg, New York Times, The Stream, Breitbart, Washington Post, HuffPost and Political Wire
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Why the CDC Changed Its Advice on Masks — Two scientific findings altered the calculus: Vaccinated people don't transmit the virus, and the shots are effective against variants. — Advice from federal health officials that fully vaccinated people could drop their masks in most settings came …
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Julius Whigham II / Palm Beach Post:
Damon Weaver, kid reporter who interviewed President Obama, dies at age 23 — As an intrepid student reporter whose dreams carried him all the way to an interview in the White House with President Barack Obama, Damon Weaver found himself in the national spotlight at a young age.
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Associated Press, Insider, Outside the Beltway and The Hill
James Arkin / Politico:
Arizona audit divides wobbling state GOP — Arizona Republicans have an opportunity in 2022 to claw back ground they've lost as the state shifted towards Democrats. But first, the fight over 2020 has to end. — Republicans in the state are still divided over the results of the last election …
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Arizona Mirror, The Hill, Raw Story and Steve Bannon's War Room
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Stolen election myth rattles key GOP race — To get an idea of how deeply the myth of a stolen election has taken root within the GOP, one need only look to South Carolina. — In a key early voting state that plays an outsized role in presidential primaries, the contest to lead …
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Raw Story
Katelyn Fossett / Politico:
Six questions with Sally Buzbee, the Washington Post's new executive editor — On Tuesday, the Washington Post announced it has found a new editor to take the helm: Sally Buzbee, the 55-year-old executive editor of the AP, who will be the Post's first woman editor since the paper started publishing in 1877.
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MSNBC:
‘Maximum pressure’: NY prosecutors work to flip Trump money man — New York prosecutors subpoenaed records from a Manhattan private school seeking information about tuition payments that Trump made on behalf of his key money man, the Trump Organization's CFO Allen Weisselberg.
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
Former Apple Engineer Accuses Company of Defamatory Statements Over Dismissal — Author of controversial ‘Chaos Monkeys’ says tech giant was aware of his book's contents before hiring him — The prominent advertising-technology engineer let go by Apple Inc. this week amid an uproar …
BuzzFeed News:
We Found Joe Biden's Secret Venmo. Here's Why That's A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone. — BuzzFeed News found President Joe Biden's Venmo account after less than 10 minutes of looking for it, revealing a network of his private social connections, a national security issue for the United States …
New York Times:
Cuomo Accusers Are Subpoenaed as State Inquiry Enters a Critical Phase — Four women who have accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct have been formally asked to testify under oath. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Four women who have accused Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of sexual harassment …
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Insider
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
FBI quietly admits 2017 GOP baseball shooting was domestic terrorism after all — The FBI quietly admitted Friday that the 2017 Alexandria, Virginia, baseball field shooting that nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise has been classified as “domestic terrorism” carried out by a “domestic violent extremist” …
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Federal Bureau …, TheBlaze and Talking Points Memo
Adam Korzeniewski / The American Mind:
Fictive Counting — Serious irregularities in the 2020 Census process must be addressed now. — On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau announced the results of the 2020 Decennial Census. The Census, which is Constitutionally mandated, determines “Apportionment,” …
Yascha Mounk / Persuasion:
Take Off That Mask — If you are fully vaccinated, the time to resume normal life is now. — 1 hr ago — Yesterday evening, I went out to dinner with a few friends. Since it had gotten a little chilly, and we are all fully vaccinated, we decided, on the spur of the moment, to dine indoors.
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Trader Joe's will no longer require customers to wear masks
Trader Joe's will no longer require customers to wear masks
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Breitbart, who13.com, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
McCarthy leadership PAC made payments to Luntz firm — The Fact Checker … — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), in an interview on “Fox & Friends,” May 4 — When House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was first asked about living in a luxury apartment owned by pollster Frank Luntz …
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Political Wire
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump voter in Colorado faces stunning voter fraud allegations — A couple of days after Joe Biden was declared the president-elect last fall, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) announced that he'd be willing to pay up to $1 million as a reward to those who could produce evidence of voter fraud.
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Daily Kos, The Intellectualist, Law & Crime, The US Sun and FOX31 Denver
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Man arrested in wife's murder now accused of voting for Trump in her name
Man arrested in wife's murder now accused of voting for Trump in her name
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The Daily Caller, New York Post and Denver Post