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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. releases part of internal memo on not charging Trump in Russia probe — The Justice Department late Monday night released part of a key internal document used in 2019 to justify not charging President Donald Trump with obstruction, but also signaled it would fight a judge's effort to make the entire document public.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
McGahn Is Likely to Testify Next Week on Trump's Efforts to Obstruct Russia Inquiry — A delay is said to have stemmed from an initial threat by former President Donald J. Trump to intervene, but he apparently reversed course. — WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump's former White House counsel …
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Insider, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and Political Wire
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Biden's DOJ appeals order to release full memo on why Trump wasn't charged with obstruction — (CNN)The Justice Department is partially appealing an order to publicly release a pivotal 2019 memo about whether then-President Donald Trump obstructed the Russia investigation.
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Insider and BuzzFeed News
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Biden Justice Department fights release of legal memo on prosecuting Trump
Biden Justice Department fights release of legal memo on prosecuting Trump
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USA Today, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and Washington Examiner
CNN:
Ex-WH counsel McGahn agrees to testify before House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors next week
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Judge Reveals More About the ‘Principal Lies’ Paul Manafort Told to Robert Mueller
Judge Reveals More About the ‘Principal Lies’ Paul Manafort Told to Robert Mueller
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HuffPost and Talking Points Memo
David McCabe / New York Times:
Florida, in a First, Will Fine Social Media Companies That Bar Candidates — The new law is a direct response to Facebook's and Twitter's suspensions of former President Donald J. Trump. — WASHINGTON — Florida on Monday became the first state to regulate how companies like Facebook …
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Sun-Sentinel, TechCrunch, Florida Politics and Forbes, more at Mediagazer »
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates
Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates
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CNN, CBS Miami, Joe.My.God., New York Post, The Daily Caller, WSVN-TV, Washington Times, The Verge and RedState
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis:
Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill to Stop the Censorship of Floridians by Big Tech
Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill to Stop the Censorship of Floridians by Big Tech
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Wire, The Hill, Florida Politics, Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, RedState, The Daily Caller, TechCrunch, IJR, Breitbart, Insider, Washington Examiner, NOQ Report, Townhall, Gizmodo, National Review, One America News Network and The Federalist
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How the Liberal Media Dismissed the Lab-Leak Theory and Smeared Its Supporters — When Nicholson Baker wrote a cover story for New York laying out the evidence that COVID-19 may have originated in a lab in Wuhan, China, the hypothesis was still highly controversial.
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National Review, Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera, Fox News, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Summit News and Althouse
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Wall Street Journal:
The Wuhan Lab Leak Question: A Disused Chinese Mine Takes Center Stage
The Wuhan Lab Leak Question: A Disused Chinese Mine Takes Center Stage
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globaltimes.cn, Japan Times, Raw Story, National Review, Summit News, USA Today, Forbes, Breitbart, CNBC and New York Post
Jordan Schachtel / The Dossier:
What to make of the COVID-19 lab leak theory
What to make of the COVID-19 lab leak theory
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Fox News and The Daily Caller
Politico:
‘Time to move on’: Infrastructure talks near collapse — Washington's bipartisan infrastructure talks may soon look a lot like its cicada population: squashed after staggering around haplessly. — Senate Republicans negotiating with the White House sounded dour notes on Monday evening …
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The Hill, Bangor Daily News, Washington Post, MSN, Lawyers, Guns & Money and BizPac Review
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Washington Post:
Infrastructure talks hit a wall as Senate GOP and White House exchange blame — Republicans allege that Biden's aides reversed course — The prospects for a bipartisan infrastructure deal dimmed even further Monday, as Senate Republicans alleged that the White House had agreed to narrow …
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Fox News, RedState, Roll Call, New York Post, Common Dreams and Insider
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Terror vs. the Truth in Belarus — What the hijacking of a reporter means for us all — No matter how important you are, it is unlikely that a dictator has scrambled a fighter plane to force down a passenger flight so that he can arrest you. This just happened to the young Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich.
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France 24, Politico and Common Dreams
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Diversion of Ryanair Flight and Arrest of Journalist in Belarus
Statement by President Joe Biden on Diversion of Ryanair Flight and Arrest of Journalist in Belarus
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New York Times, Mediaite, The Hill, The Moscow Times and Radio Free Europe/Radio …, more at Mediagazer »
Associated Press:
EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions after plane diversion
EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions after plane diversion
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Associated Press, Reuters, lrv.lt, France 24, Snopes.com, Politico, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Fox News, ABC News, Los Angeles Times, Insider, Bloomberg, Crooks and Liars, Washington Times and CNN
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
As countries condemn Belarus flight diversion, critics accuse West of similar tactics
As countries condemn Belarus flight diversion, critics accuse West of similar tactics
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New Republic, Joe.My.God. and Patterico's Pontifications
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too
Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too
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The Dispatch, CNN, Washington Post, NPR, Raw Story, Financial Times, The Guardian, KEYT-TV and Instapundit
Ayaan Hirsi Ali / UnHerd:
How influencers have legitimised anti-Semitism — In July 2005, Mohammed Bouyeri stood trial for the murder of Theo van Gogh. A year earlier, in broad daylight on a street in Amsterdam, he shot Theo eight times, and then attempted to decapitate him. Theo's crime, for which Bouyeri meted …
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The Bulwark, New York Times, Axios, TheBlaze and Commentary Magazine
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Politico:
Rise in anti-Semitic incidents strains Democrats and GOP alike
Rise in anti-Semitic incidents strains Democrats and GOP alike
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NPR, HotAir and Jewish Journal
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Tlaib ally, former Sanders surrogate says, ‘Stop condemning anti-Semitism’
Tlaib ally, former Sanders surrogate says, ‘Stop condemning anti-Semitism’
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National Review and The Daily Caller
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Suspicious package sent to Rand Paul's home — The FBI and Capitol Hill police are investigating a suspicious package containing white powder that was delivered to the home of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday, according to a senior adviser to the senator. — A large envelope arrived …
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Rand Paul receives death threat package with white powder and violent, profane message — On the outside of the envelope was a picture of a bruised and bandaged Paul with a gun to his head — Biden facing investigation over $87M migrant hotel housing contract
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Joe.My.God., Raw Story and RedState
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Arrested insurrectionist visited Ted Cruz's house — and brought 11 molotov cocktails to Jan. 6 riot: report — Lonnie Coffman of Alabama will remain in a Washington, DC-area jail until his trial, I federal judge ruled on Monday. — “A north Alabama man facing multiple charges in connection …
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The Montgomery Advertiser, Alabama Political Reporter and al.com
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
Support for Israel among young US evangelical Christians drops sharply — survey — Since 2018, backing for Israel down from 75% to 33% now; nearly half of evangelicals aged 18-29 say they favor establishment of Palestinian state, voted for Biden over Trump
Todd Neikirk / POLITICUSUSA:
Mitt Romney Becomes the First GOP Senator to Publicly Support 1/6 Commission Bill — Following the events of Janaury 6th, a number of Republicans said there should be a investigation into the lead up of the insurrection. But as time has gone by, more and more of them are pulling their support.
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KEYT-TV and New York Times
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Romney first GOP senator to say he would vote for Jan. 6 commission bill
Romney first GOP senator to say he would vote for Jan. 6 commission bill
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ABC News, Talking Points Memo, BizPac Review, NC Policy Watch, RedState, Deseret News and Washington Times
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Jen Psaki Smashes Peter Doocy As He Tries To Blame Biden For COVID Deaths — Video: … Doocy asked, “On the origins of covid, there is a new Wall Street Journal story that three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of urology were hospitalized with symptoms consistent with covid-19 and common seasonal illness of November 2019.
Matt Dixon / Politico:
How Matt Gaetz helped make Ron DeSantis — TALLAHASSEE — Just weeks after he took office as governor, Ron DeSantis held a press conference with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) that left Florida's political class befuddled. — Standing with Republicans DeSantis and Gaetz was a major Democratic donor …
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Raw Story
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
“Fact-Checking” Takes Another Beating — Fact-checkers are great, but the media business keeps trying to solve its credibility problem by misrepresenting what they do — The news business just can't stop clowning itself. The latest indignity is an international fact-checking debacle originating …
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Fox News, FOX News Radio, Mediaite and Breitbart
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, ‘Because I Can’ — The Olympic gold medalist's new vault is so dangerous that gymnastics, for now, limits the scoring rewards for trying it. Biles says that's unfair. — INDIANAPOLIS — Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history …
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KEYT-TV, Associated Press and Page Six
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Re-emerging without trust — Americans are taking off their masks and re-engaging publicly at levels not seen since the start of the pandemic, with the most dramatic shifts in people over 50 and those who've been vaccinated, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
‘The final straw’: How the pandemic pushed restaurant workers over the edge — Jim Conway started working in restaurants in 1982, making $2.13 an hour, plus tips. — And though the world has changed significantly in the nearly 40 years since then, his hourly wage has not.
Reuters:
53% of Republicans view Trump as true U.S. president -Reuters/Ipsos — A combination picture shows U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaking during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic …
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The Daily Caller, The Moderate Voice, The Guardian and IJR
CNN:
American journalist detained in Myanmar while trying to fly out of country — (CNN)An American journalist working in Myanmar was detained by local authorities Monday, his family and his news organization told CNN. — Danny Fenster, 37, was stopped at the Yangon airport as he tried to board …
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Detroit Free Press, The Guardian, Kyodo News+, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
Mary Chastain / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
National Guard Starts Departing D.C. This Week After Four Months — They've been in D.C. since January after the Capitol Hill riots. — Parler — Gab — MeWe — Buffer — Pocket — Blogger — Yahoo Mail — Viber — Skype — Copy Link — More Sharing Options
Elana Schor / Politico:
The difference between Ilhan Omar and MTG — A DIVIDE OVER ANTISEMITISM — The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants, which ended 11 days of conflict, is holding. But America is now grappling with the painful specter of antisemitism after a flurry of reported new attacks against Jews.
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Los Angeles Times and Breitbart