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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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Politico, Axios, Al Jazeera, National Review, Mediaite, France 24, NPR, The Daily Caller, New York Post and Hackwhackers
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 …
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
With strikes targeting rockets and tunnels, the Israeli tactic of ‘mowing the grass’ returns to Gaza
With strikes targeting rockets and tunnels, the Israeli tactic of ‘mowing the grass’ returns to Gaza
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Jerusalem Post, ABC News, Spin, strangeness, and charm and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt Confirms the AP Works in a Hamas Operated Facility
Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt Confirms the AP Works in a Hamas Operated Facility
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Al Jazeera, Instapundit, Variety and The New Arab, more at Mediagazer »
Associated Press:
Israeli airstrike in Gaza destroys building with AP bureau
Israeli airstrike in Gaza destroys building with AP bureau
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Associated Press, NBC Chicago, Twitchy and Informed Comment
Barbara Plett Usher / BBC:
Israeli-Palestinian conflict gives Biden foreign policy headache
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
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The purging of Liz Cheney is about much more than the future of the GOP — It was just another week in Donald Trump's Republican Party, and once again, truth was a casualty. — House Republicans replaced a 2020 election truth-teller with a 2020 election truth-denier as the third-ranking member of their leadership.
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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, Raw Story, The Daily Signal and Steve Bannon's War Room
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Today's Paper — On Tuesday, Republican Sean Parnell launched his campaign for U.S. Senate …
Today's Paper — On Tuesday, Republican Sean Parnell launched his campaign for U.S. Senate …
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Outside the Beltway and CNN
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Big Cancellation
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
McCarthy dings Biden after meeting: Doesn't have ‘energy of Donald Trump’
McCarthy dings Biden after meeting: Doesn't have ‘energy of Donald Trump’
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W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
As Stefanik replaces Cheney, Democrats want to keep spotlight on Trump
As Stefanik replaces Cheney, Democrats want to keep spotlight on Trump
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Can it happen here?, Insider, CNN and Raw Story
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
In a shift, GOP nominee for Va. governor admits Biden ‘legitimately’ elected
In a shift, GOP nominee for Va. governor admits Biden ‘legitimately’ elected
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The Blue State Conservative, USA Today, WAMU, Politico, HuffPost, Bloomberg and Crooks and Liars
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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Daily Kos, The Daily Gazette, Bloomberg, East Bay Times, New York Times, One America News Network, RedState, MinnPost and The Hill
Marc Caputo / Politico:
McKissick whips Wood in South Carolina GOP race — Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood's bid to bring “chaos” to South Carolina's GOP was halted on Saturday when he failed to unseat the party's chairman after baselessly accusing the incumbent of voter fraud and a host of other slurs.
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The Hill, Joe.My.God., HotAir and Political Wire
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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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Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Major U.S. Retailers Drop Mask Requirements — Walmart, Costco, Publix and Starbucks are among the retail giants effectively moving to an honor system. In parts of the U.S., nearly all older adults have been vaccinated. — RIGHT NOW Taiwan hits a daily case record.
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Los Angeles Times, Slate, Fox Business and CBS Miami, more at Techmeme »
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Paulina Porizkova on Instagram, Aaron Sorkin and Aging — The veteran supermodel is contesting the will of her late husband, Ric Ocasek — and writing herself a splashy new chapter. — When the writer and model Paulina Porizkova was asked by Aaron Sorkin to join him at the Oscars …
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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Forbes, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, Crooks and Liars, Joe.My.God., Hackwhackers, Insider, HotAir, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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The Intercept:
The Intercept Stands By Its Reporting on Gab and the Riot Squad … Over the past several days, wild and unfounded accusations have been hurled at The Intercept. We publish corrections and clarifications when we get something wrong, but none of these attacks have any merit whatsoever.
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BizPac Review, The American Spectator and Page Array
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives Excommunicated the Last Republican President Who Lost — One of the rationalizations Republicans have made for their party's refusal to disavow Donald Trump's authoritarianism is that asking a party to renounce a former president is categorically unreasonable. “He's an ex-president.
New York Times:
723 Epidemiologists on When and How the U.S. Can Fully Return to Normal — Government mandates are lifting, but these experts say the pandemic won't really end nationally until more people, including children, are vaccinated. — Covid-19 cases are decreasing in the United States …
Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
The new mask guidance relies on an honor system. Do we trust each other enough to make it work? — As soon as Michelle Garrett verified that the new federal mask guidelines were real, she turned to her 14-year-old daughter, who just became eligible for vaccination against the coronavirus this week.
New York Times:
Tensions Among Democrats Grow Over Israel as the Left Defends Palestinians — Divisions within the party have burst into public view, with the party's ascendant left viewing the Mideast conflict as a searing racial justice issue that carries echoes of U.S. politics.
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Politico, Religion News Service and The Intercept
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 …
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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Raw Story and Political Wire