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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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BroBible, TMZ.com and New York Post, more at Techmeme »
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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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Washington Examiner, NPR, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Post, Raw Story and Hollywood Reporter, 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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Reuters:
Israel air strikes kill 42 Palestinians, rockets fired from Gaza
Israel air strikes kill 42 Palestinians, rockets fired from Gaza
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Washington Examiner, Insider, Associated Press, Slate, The Daily Beast, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Breitbart
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
For Trump, Hamas and Bibi, It Is Always Jan. 6
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Rules Out An Immediate Cease-fire With the Palestinians
Israel Rules Out An Immediate Cease-fire With the Palestinians
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Algemeiner.com, Al Jazeera and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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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Associated Press, NBC News and Politico
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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Bloomberg, CNBC, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Algemeiner.com, NBC Boston, Defector, BBC, NBC Connecticut and Outside the Beltway
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 …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How a Jeopardy! Contestant's Hand Gesture Became Part of a Conspiracy — How hundreds of “Jeopardy!” contestants talked themselves into a baseless conspiracy theory — and won't be talked out of it. — It is an ironclad rule of the private Facebook group of past “Jeopardy!” …
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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CNN, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, IJR, Slate, Mediaite, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, The Hill, Insider, The Guardian and The Week
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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NBC News, MSNBC, The Daily Beast, Real Clear Politics, The Guardian, RedState, Forbes, Crooks and Liars, TheBlaze, Insider, Newsbusters, The Hill, New York Magazine, Politico and CNN
Leana Wen / Washington Post:
The CDC's mask guidance is a mess. Biden needs to clean it up. — Opinion by — Last Thursday's abruptly announced guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has devolved into a giant mess. Governors and mayors were caught by surprise, leading to a flurry of rapid changes …
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Washington Times, CNN, Twitchy, Fox News and HotAir
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Los Angeles Times:
AT&T to spin off HBO, other WarnerMedia assets in a huge deal with Discovery. What went wrong? — Three years ago, AT&T Inc. marched into Hollywood with big ambitions to be a 21st century media colossus, connecting its booming cellphone business with legendary media properties — HBO …
Rich Calder / Wall Street Journal:
New York City Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams Pins Campaign to Public Safety — The Democratic Brooklyn borough president says he is proud of the 22 years he worked in law enforcement — A leading Democratic candidate to become New York City's next mayor says his path to a career in law enforcement …
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Michael Rothfeld / New York Times:
How Eric Adams, Mayoral Candidate, Mixed Money and Political Ambition
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.
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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Hannah Nightingale / The Post Millennial:
CNN contributor tweets ‘The world today needs a Hitler’, has history of anti-Semitism — In a now deleted tweet, CNN contributor Adeel Raja posted Sunday that “the world today needs a Hitler.” … Join our mailing list to receive a daily email with all of our top stories
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Fox News, Mediaite and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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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Variety and New York Post
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
From India, Brazil and Beyond: Pandemic Refugees at the Border — Fleeing virus-devastated economies, migrants are traveling long distances to reach the United States and then walking through gaps in the border wall. The Arizona desert has become a favorite crossing point.
THE CITY:
Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Water-Meter Bribe Probe Preceded 2004 Departure from Big City Schools Job — Brooklyn Democratic primary contender lied to an investigator before acknowledging she directed her dad to pay $300 to make a $12,500 utility bill vanish, city records state.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Washington Post will soon have a woman as its top editor. And yes, that matters. — Katharine Graham, the revered former publisher of The Washington Post, famously told an interviewer that she wasn't particularly comfortable in her lofty perch. — “I think a man would be better in this job I'm in than a woman,” she said.
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.
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Axios:
Biden's danger: The great overreaction — Some Democrats and economists have begun to worry that President Biden, intent on FDR-like transformation of a wounded America, is doing too much, too fast. — Why it matters: Some economists fear that all this spending will crank up inflation, and put Biden's economic legacy at risk.
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Los Angeles Times
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 and Military.com
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Diverts Healthcare Cash to Help Illegal Migrants — President Joe Biden has taken $2 billion from Americans' healthcare programs to help deliver migrant youths and children to their illegal-migrant parents throughout the United States, press reports say.
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 …