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New York Times:
Long Before Divorce, Bill Gates Had Reputation for Questionable Behavior — Melinda French Gates voiced concerns about her husband's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and a harassment claim against his money manager. — By the time Melinda French Gates decided to end her 27-year marriage …
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Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Directors Decided Bill Gates Needed to Leave Board Due to Prior Relationship With Staffer — Company's board members began investigation in 2019 into woman's allegations of prior sexual relationship with Bill Gates; Mr. Gates's spokeswoman says decision to leave board in 2020 wasn't related to the matter
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New York Post and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Israel showed US ‘smoking gun’ on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say — “We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building,” a source close to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said. “I understand they found the explanation satisfactory.”
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Will Wright / New York Times:
Live Updates: No Sign of Israel-Gaza Conflict Ending
Live Updates: No Sign of Israel-Gaza Conflict Ending
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Matt Vespa / Townhall:
The ‘Israel Is a Monster for Bombing the Associated Press’ Office Building in Gaza' Narrative Just Collapsed
The ‘Israel Is a Monster for Bombing the Associated Press’ Office Building in Gaza' Narrative Just Collapsed
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NBC News, Da Tech Guy Blog and Politico
Fares Akram / Associated Press:
DIARY: Shouts, a hurried evacuation, and then the bombs came
DIARY: Shouts, a hurried evacuation, and then the bombs came
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Hill, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and FOX 2
Megan Henney / Fox News:
Democrats take tougher stance against Israel as conflict escalates
Democrats take tougher stance against Israel as conflict escalates
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CBS News:
Republicans weigh in on Liz Cheney and direction of GOP — CBS News poll — When House Republicans ousted Congresswoman Liz Cheney from her leadership post, it spoke to the direction of the Republican Party in at least one specific way: what should happen to those who publicly break with former President Donald Trump?
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ABC News:
Rep. Liz Cheney criticizes ‘disgraceful’ GOP attempts to ‘whitewash’ Capitol attack
Rep. Liz Cheney criticizes ‘disgraceful’ GOP attempts to ‘whitewash’ Capitol attack
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Washington Post:
Republicans' conflicting message: Embracing Trump election lie is key to prominence, just stop asking us about it
Republicans' conflicting message: Embracing Trump election lie is key to prominence, just stop asking us about it
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Washington Post:
Strap in, Virginia — the 2021 governor's race is suddenly at full speed
Strap in, Virginia — the 2021 governor's race is suddenly at full speed
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Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:
Cheney on direction of GOP: ‘Dangerous’
Cheney on direction of GOP: ‘Dangerous’
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HotAir, National Review, Washington Examiner and Congresswoman Liz Cheney
Davone Morales / ABC News:
New mask guidance does not grant permission for widespread mask removal: Walensky — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC director, appeared on ABC's “This Week.” — CDC director discusses new mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans — Dr. Rochelle Walensky talks about the Centers …
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Axios:
Episode 9: Trump's war with his generals — Axios' “Off the rails” series documents the end of the Trump administration, from election night 2020 through the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol. — One important piece is only now beginning to emerge: Former President Donald Trump's last-minute bid …
Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times:
The man who didn't invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos — For the last decade, Richard Montañez has been telling the story of how he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos. The world has been eating it up. — It goes like this: He was working as a janitor at Frito-Lay's Rancho Cucamonga plant …
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Dallas prosecutor disbarred for withholding evidence that could have cleared men of murder charges — When former Dallas County prosecutor Richard E. Jackson put two homeless Black men on trial in 2000 for the murder of a local pastor, he allegedly withheld a heap of evidence that could have cleared them.
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CNN:
Space Force commander fired after comments made on conservative podcast — Washington, DC (CNN)A Space Force lieutenant colonel has been removed from his command after appearing on a conservative podcast criticizing the United States military. — Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier joined …
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Townhall, Military.com and pjmedia.com
Washington Post:
Man charged with wife's murder illegally cast her ballot for Trump, officials say: ‘I just thought, give him another vote’ — The county clerk immediately knew something strange was going on last fall. A mail ballot had arrived from Suzanne Morphew — a woman missing since May.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
CDC's about-face on masks appears politically motivated to help a struggling Biden — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) decision to lift mask restrictions on those vaccinated for COVID-19 is being hailed as “a great day for America” by president Biden …
Associated Press:
Republican Arizona election official says Trump ‘unhinged’ — PHOENIX — The Republican who now leads the Arizona county elections department targeted by a GOP audit of the 2020 election results is slamming former President Donald Trump and others in his party for their continued falsehoods about how the election was run.
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Null / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A surge of newcomers pack Georgia GOP meetings across state — The grassroots effort to punish Gov. Brian Kemp largely fizzled at key Republican meetings across the state this weekend even as record crowds of activists continued a relentless focus on former President Donald Trump's lies …
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Washington Post, Political Wire and Daily Kos
Michael Rothfeld / New York Times:
How Eric Adams, Mayoral Candidate, Mixed Money and Political Ambition — Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, has called money the “enemy of politics.” But his fund-raising has repeatedly pushed the boundaries of campaign-finance and ethics laws. — Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Maya Wiley Lands Major Endorsement From Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Maya Wiley Lands Major Endorsement From Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
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The Hill
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Matthew McConaughey making calls as he weighs running for Texas governor — Alright, alright, alright ... he might, he might, he might. — Matthew McConaughey has publicly said a run for Texas governor in 2022 is a “true consideration.” — But the Academy Award-winning actor's interest goes …
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Glen Johnson / Axios:
Scoop: Lincoln Project offshoot aims to boost civics education — An offshoot of the Lincoln Project is launching Tuesday, aiming to unify people opposed to partisan dysfunction and authoritarianism through civics education and grassroots organizing, Axios has learned.
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Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
UFOs regularly spotted in restricted U.S. airspace, report on the phenomena due next month — Bill Whitaker reports on the regular sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, that have spurred a report due to Congress next month. — We have tackled many strange stories on 60 Minutes, but perhaps none like this.