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William Barr's bombshell about Trump is more revealing than it seems — Having gone to extraordinary lengths to help Donald Trump corrupt the presidency, William P. Barr is working overtime to launder his post-Trump reputation. But the former attorney general's latest cleanup exercise …
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Honig: Don't buy Bill Barr's latest story about the Big Lie — How Trump weaponized the Justice Department — Elie Honig is a CNN senior legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. This op-ed is adapted from his book “Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code …
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‘Utterly Deranged’ Trump Has Full Meltdown Over Bill Barr, Mitch McConnell — The former president attacked the two key figures who enabled his agenda, calling them “spineless RINOs.” — Donald Trump issued a lengthy and rambling statement late Sunday attacking two of his staunchest allies during his one term in office.
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Bill Barr's Rehabilitation Tour Begins. Let's Not Fall for It.
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Trump Attacks ‘RINO’ Bill Barr Over ‘Bullsh*t’ Election Fraud Claims: ‘A Disappointment in Every Sense of the Word’
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Supreme Court passes on transgender bathroom challenge — The Supreme Court on Monday passed on a long-winding legal battle over transgender students' rights to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. — Gavin Grimm, a transgender man, sued his school board in 2015 over its policy …
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Supreme Court won't hear dispute over bathrooms for transgender students … The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the issue of whether the nation's schools must allow students to use the bathroom that match their gender identities. — The court declined, without comment …
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Supreme Court turns away transgender bathroom dispute in win for student Gavin Grimm
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McConnell tries to derail Democratic infrastructure strategy — Mitch McConnell is pressuring President Joe Biden and congressional Democratic leaders to further weaken the link between a bipartisan infrastructure deal and a bigger liberal-leaning spending bill, warning Monday that Biden's party wants to …
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McConnell to POTUS: Don't Let Democrats Hold Bipartisan Bill Hostage
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Trump Returns to the Stump in Ohio — And Rep. Anthony Gonzalez responds to his biggest critic. — 1 hr ago — After five months—long months if you liked the guy, short ones if you didn't—former President Donald Trump returned to form on Saturday, holding his first major political …
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QAnon Supporters Express Boredom With ‘Same Old’ Trump Speech: ‘This Is Getting Ridiculous’
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Insider and Washington Examiner


Trump's Situation Room shouting match — Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeatedly blew up at President Trump over how to handle last summer's racial-justice protests, The Wall Street Journal's Michael Bender writes in his forthcoming book, “Frankly, We Did Win This Election.”
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Gosar's siblings press for his removal from Congress: ‘Traitor to this country’ — Siblings of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) are saying he should be removed from Congress for backing former President Trump's false claims of a stolen election and widespread voter fraud. — “I consider him a traitor to this country.
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Gosar's siblings want their brother kicked out of Congress. They think Democrats are moving too slow.
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Insider and POLITICUSUSA


Statement by the Department of Defense — (Attributable to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby) — “At President Biden's direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region.
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His Insurrection Inside the Oval Office on January 6. — Seems like quite a few crazies," said the president. — A little more than three weeks before rioters and revelers stormed the Capitol on January 6, several thousand Trump fans and fanatics gathered in Washington …
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Red America's Covid Problem — Cases are rising, because of the Delta variant. — There was a strange Covid-19 pattern in the U.S. for much of this spring. The virus was not spreading any faster in communities with low vaccination rates than in those with high vaccination rates.


Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Likely to Produce Lasting Immunity, Study Finds — Immune cells are still organizing to fight the coronavirus months after inoculation, scientists reported. — The vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna set off a persistent immune reaction in the body …


How the Arizona Cyber Ninjas Audit Happened—In One Easy Step! — It will amaze you how simple it is for politicians to hijack the ballots after an election. — Donald Trump wasn't able to use his big lie to overturn the 2020 election through local officials, the courts, or Congress.
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Toyota is the no. 1 donor to 2020 election objectors — by far — The Japanese automaker gave $55,000 to 37 GOP objectors this year.
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The Last-And Only-Foreign Scientist in the Wuhan Lab Speaks Out — Danielle Anderson was working in what has become the world's most notorious laboratory just weeks before the first known cases of Covid-19 emerged in central China. Yet, the Australian virologist still wonders what she missed.
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Townhall


Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry ‘pissed’ national anthem was playing at Olympic trials — A U.S. hammer thrower turned away from the American flag as the national anthem played while she and two other athletes stood on the podium at the Olympic trials Saturday, later saying she was “pissed” …
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Documents Show Ivanka Trump Didn't Testify Accurately in Inauguration Scandal Case — She said she played no role in planning inaugural events. These records suggest otherwise. — Washington, DC, Bureau Chief — Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise …
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An Accusation Blew Up a Campaign. The Media Didn't Know What to Do. — Handling a delicate allegation of sexual misconduct is a lot more challenging than covering a horse race. — Two days after coming in fifth in the election night count of votes for New York mayor last week …