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Jonathan D. Karl / The Atlantic:
William Barr Speaks — Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did to him. To Trump, the unkindest cut of all was when William Barr stepped forward and declared …
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
‘They were on their balconies, screaming:’ The final minutes at Champlain Towers South … SURFSIDE, Fla. — From her fourth-floor balcony, Cassondra Stratton felt a tremor and saw the swimming pool cave in. She immediately called her husband, Michael, in Denver, 2,000 miles away.
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Associated Press:
‘Deep fire’ slowing rescue effort at collapsed Florida condo — SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Fire and smoke coming from deep inside the concrete and metal remains of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami hampered rescue efforts Saturday as emergency workers raced to recover any survivors beneath the mountain of rubble.
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Miami Herald:
Death toll up to 5 as search for survivors goes on. Miami-Dade orders audit of high rises
Death toll up to 5 as search for survivors goes on. Miami-Dade orders audit of high rises
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CBS Miami, WINK NEWS, The Hill, Associated Press and Forbes
New York Times:
Engineer Warned of ‘Major Structural Damage’ at Florida Condo Complex
Engineer Warned of ‘Major Structural Damage’ at Florida Condo Complex
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Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Castrate, kill, remove voting rights’: Ex-Marine, Georgia deputy was in extremist cell, feds say — When FBI agents in San Diego seized the cell phone of a suspected white supremacist last year, they discovered text messages with a Georgia sheriff's deputy boasting of racial violence and preparations for a civil war.
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework … On Thursday, I reached a historic agreement with a bipartisan group of Senators on a $1.2 trillion plan to transform our physical infrastructure. The plan would make the largest investment in infrastructure in history …
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden reverses himself on infrastructure, says he would sign bipartisan deal — WASHINGTON — President Biden on Saturday reversed a stand he had taken forcefully just two days earlier, saying he would will sign a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package even if he is unable …
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Brendan Cole / Newsweek:
USAA Urged to Pull Fox News Advertisements After Tucker Carlson's Mark Milley Comments — There are calls for the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) to stop advertising with Fox News following controversy over the comments by its anchor Tucker Carlson about the country's highest-ranking military officer.
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Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Johnson & Johnson to Pay New York $230 Million to Settle Opioid Case — The settlement agreement came just days before opening arguments in a sweeping trial of several defendants, including the company. — Johnson & Johnson will pay New York State more than $230 million in a settlement …
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Attorney General James Reaches $230 Million Settlement for Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Crisis in New York, Johnson & Johnson Ends Sale of Selling Opioids
Attorney General James Reaches $230 Million Settlement for Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Crisis in New York, Johnson & Johnson Ends Sale of Selling Opioids
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump dishes the red meat but keeps revenge on ice — WELLINGTON, Ohio — Donald Trump's first MAGA rally since leaving the White House was billed as a takedown of one of the 10 Republicans who voted for the then-president's impeachment following the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots.
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Jane Arraf / New York Times:
Royal Drama Unfolds in Court, but a Prince at the Center of It Is Absent — Two prominent figures are on trial in Jordan accused of plotting to destabilize the kingdom. One is an adviser to Saudi Arabia's leader, and the Saudis have been trying to disrupt the trial.
Bob Liff / New York Daily News:
Eric Adams' promise: The likely next mayor has tremendous skills and some troubling tendencies — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams' speech Tuesday night — with ranked-choice voting in play, we can't call it a victory speech until the computers work their magic — was a good precursor of an Adams mayoralty.
Washington Post:
A grandmother didn't answer her phone during a class. She was sent back to prison. — In the year she was out of prison, Gwen Levi, 76, was thriving. — After serving 16 years in different federal facilities for dealing heroin, Levi was allowed to leave last June and finish her 24-year sentence …
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Inside the shady world of influencers promoting cryptocurrency — From FaZe Clan to Tana Mongeau, why are so many influencers shilling altcoins? — Everyone knows Kim Kardashian, the influencer and reality TV show star, but do you know Kim Kardashian, the cryptocurrency advocate?
CNN:
GOP lawmaker won't come to CNN, so Jim Acosta went to him. See what happened — CNN's Jim Acosta talks with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and tries to speak with Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL) about the January 6th insurrection and conspiracy theories surrounding it. Source: CNN
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Kevin McCarthy may appoint Marjorie Taylor Greene to select committee on Trump's Jan. 6 insurrection
Kevin McCarthy may appoint Marjorie Taylor Greene to select committee on Trump's Jan. 6 insurrection
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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
It's OK to cause some internet drama if you get cut from cheer squad — In pop culture, America's most famous pedagogic tool for teaching everyone how the world could work, there are two opposing models for law and order in the high school cheerleading system.
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
As Parents Forbid Covid Shots, Defiant Teenagers Seek Ways to Get Them — Most medical consent laws require parental permission for minors to get a vaccine. Now some places are easing restrictions for Covid shots while others are proposing new ones. — Teenagers keep all sorts of secrets from their parents.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
British Health Minister, Matt Hancock, Quits After Social Distancing Furor — Mr. Hancock, who spearheaded the country's pandemic response, was the latest member of the government to be accused of violating coronavirus restrictions. — LONDON — Britain's embattled health minister …
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iran says nuclear site images won't be given to IAEA as deal has expired — The speaker of Iran's parliament said on Sunday Tehran will never hand over images from inside of some Iranian nuclear sites to the U.N. nuclear watchdog as a monitoring agreement with the agency had expired, Iranian state media reported.
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: White House national security adviser misleadingly describes pipeline company as ‘not Russian’ — Top WH official responds to bipartisan criticism of Biden-Putin summit — full interview — Washington (CNN)Last Sunday, CNN “State of the Union” co-anchor Dana Bash pressed White …