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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg Expected to Be Charged Thursday — The Manhattan district attorney's first charges in three-year probe will focus on alleged tax-related crimes at former president's company — The Manhattan district attorney's office is expected to charge …
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Washington Post:
New York grand jury returns criminal indictments against Trump's company and its CFO, the first from prosecutors probing the former president's business dealings — NEW YORK — A grand jury in Manhattan filed criminal indictments Wednesday against former president Donald Trump's company …
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New York Times:
Inside the Capitol Riot: An Exclusive Video Investigation — The Times analyzed thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building to understand how it happened — and why. Here are some of the key findings. — In the six months since an angry pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol …
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New York Times:
Day of Rage: An In-Depth Look at How a Mob Stormed the Capitol — “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” [cheering] They came from all 50 states …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
House votes to create select committee for investigating Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
House votes to create select committee for investigating Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
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Politico:
House approves Jan. 6 riot probe as Dems fret over pro-Trump chaos agents
House approves Jan. 6 riot probe as Dems fret over pro-Trump chaos agents
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
House votes to approve January 6 select committee, with only two Republicans voting yes
House votes to approve January 6 select committee, with only two Republicans voting yes
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New York Times, Congressman Adam Kinzinger and National Review
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House approves select panel to probe Jan. 6 attack
House approves select panel to probe Jan. 6 attack
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Pew Research Center:
Behind Biden's 2020 Victory — An examination of the 2020 electorate, based on validated voters — Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans voted in 2020 and how their turnout and vote choices differed from 2016 and 2018. For this analysis …
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
We Just Got Our Clearest Picture Yet Of How Biden Won In 2020 — We know that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election (regardless of what former President Trump and his allies say). We just haven't had a great picture of how he won. — ...that is, until today …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
New poll shows how Trump surged with women and Hispanics — and lost anyway
New poll shows how Trump surged with women and Hispanics — and lost anyway
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Biden Gained With Moderate and Conservative Voting Groups, New Data Shows
Biden Gained With Moderate and Conservative Voting Groups, New Data Shows
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Breitbart, New York Post, The Sun and Washington Times
Amanda Becker / The 19th:
Nikole Hannah-Jones receives tenure offer from UNC after backlash — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's board of trustees voted on Wednesday to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones after initially delaying the customary job protection for the incoming journalism professor …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
After Contentious Debate, UNC Grants Tenure To Nikole Hannah-Jones — Trustees for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted Wednesday afternoon at a closed session to give tenure to star New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones. — The case inspired a bruising debate over race, journalism and academic freedom.
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Donald Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88 — Mr. Rumsfeld, who served four presidents, oversaw a war that many said should never have been fought. But he said the removal of Saddam Hussein had “created a more stable and secure world.”
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Politico:
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Donald Rumsfeld, a cunning leader undermined by Iraq war
Donald Rumsfeld, a cunning leader undermined by Iraq war
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The Guardian
Bradley Graham / Washington Post:
Donald Rumsfeld, influential but controversial Bush defense secretary, dies at 88
Donald Rumsfeld, influential but controversial Bush defense secretary, dies at 88
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Political Wire
Politico:
‘Not a healthy environment’: Kamala Harris' office rife with dissent — When Vice President Kamala Harris finally made the decision to visit the Mexico border last week, people inside her own office were blindsided by the news. — For days, aides and outside allies had been calling …
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Zac Houston / House Republican Leader:
McCarthy Statement on the National Security Agency — Washington, D.C. - House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) released the following statement on why he's asked House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Devin Nunes (CA-22) to investigate the National Security Agency:
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Associated Press:
Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania Supreme Court — PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania's highest court overturned Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.
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Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:
Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned by court
Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned by court
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Bill Cosby gets his walking papers
Bill Cosby gets his walking papers
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NBC News, Washington Examiner and The Western Journal
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Stephen Breyer, and why Thursday is a huge day for the future of the Supreme Court — Relatively few people are talking about it right now, but Thursday (and perhaps the days to come) could be one of the most pivotal moments in recent Supreme Court history.
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Washington Examiner, Outside the Beltway and CNN
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Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - The ‘blood feud’ between Jared and Kellyanne: Kushner thought Conway was an ‘idiot’ and tried to get her fired - before she threw him under the bus over Trump's Bible photo-op during George Floyd protests — Michael Bender writes about the years-long feud between Conway and Kushner
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
The Trump Books Are Coming. Cue the War of the Excerpts.
The Trump Books Are Coming. Cue the War of the Excerpts.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson's anti-science crusade sets back the drive to vaccinate more people in Wisconsin — COVID-19 is still killing people in Wisconsin — nearly all of them people who have not been fully vaccinated, state health officials say. — And that's why Ron Johnson's news conference Monday was so disheartening.
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Trump Ranks 41st Of 44 Presidents In Survey Of Historians As Obama Cracks Top 10 — Former President Donald Trump came just short of being ranked dead last among America's presidents in a newly released survey of presidential historians as his predecessor, former President Barack Obama made his way into the top 10.
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ABC News:
‘Perfect storm’: Bulletin warns of extremist violence as pandemic restrictions lift — No specific threat was mentioned for Independence Day. — Federal authorities are deeply concerned about the possibility of domestic terror and violence, including mass shootings, as the Fourth …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Root, Raw Story and Politico
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
DeSantis feuds with Trump over Florida rally amid search for survivors in Surfside — Former President Donald Trump is rejecting pleas from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to postpone a campaign-style rally this weekend some 200 miles from the Miami suburb where an international search-and-rescue mission …
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Emily VanDerWerff / Vox:
A sci-fi writer got meta about gender. The internet responded by ruining her life. — Isabel Fall's sci-fi story “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter” drew the ire of the internet. This is what happened next. — “In a war zone, it is not safe to be unknown.
Lauren Rowello / Washington Post:
Yes, kink belongs at Pride. And I want my kids to see it. — Children need to know that they can make their own ways in the world — Our family often took the train into Philadelphia, but as we rode across the bridge to attend the city's Pride parade five years ago, my wife's leg bounced with a nervous jitter.
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Washington lawmaker wears yellow Star of David, evoking Nazi persecution, to protest COVID vaccine mandates — A Washington state lawmaker critical of COVID-19 vaccine mandates wore a yellow Star of David at a speech over the weekend — a symbol the Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust.
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
China is building more than 100 new missile silos in its western desert, analysts say — China has begun construction of what independent experts say are more than 100 new silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles in a desert near the northwestern city of Yumen, a building spree …
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Mary Harris / Slate:
The Dream of Florida Is Dead … Danny Rivero was one of the first reporters on the scene of the Champlain Towers South condo collapse in the town of Surfside, Florida, not too far from Miami Beach. He's been there almost every day since, chronicling what is still, technically, a search and rescue mission.
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John McCormack / National Review:
Paul Gosar Showed His True Colors Months Ago — The Arizona congressman has forged an alliance with a vile racist and anti-Semite. — Late Monday night, a flyer began circulating on Twitter that advertised an upcoming fundraiser hosted by Nicholas Fuentes, a vile racist and anti-Semite …
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Our Endless Dinner With Robin DiAngelo — Suburban America's self-proclaimed racial oracle returns with a monumentally oblivious sequel to “White Fragility” … Nice Racism, the booklike product released this week by the “Vanilla Ice of Antiracism,” Robin DiAngelo, begins with an anecdote from the author's past.
Daniel Klaidman / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Biden's spy chief, Avril Haines, on Russian cyberattacks, the climate crisis and the intelligence community's role in domestic terrorism — As you approach the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a sprawling compound in northern Virginia, you could easily mistake …