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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Results Corrupt, Notes Show — “Leave the rest to me” and to congressional allies, the former president is said to have told top law enforcement officials. — WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump pressed top Justice Department officials late …
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Washington Post:
‘The war has changed’: Internal CDC document urges new messaging, warns delta infections likely more severe — The internal presentation shows that the agency thinks it is struggling to communicate on vaccine efficacy amid increased breakthrough infections — The delta variant …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
C.D.C. Internal Report Calls Delta Variant as Contagious as Chickenpox — Infections in vaccinated Americans also may be as transmissible as those in unvaccinated people, the document said, and lead more often to severe illness. — The Delta variant is much more contagious …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The key numbers from the CDC's new assessment of the delta variant — The state of the coronavirus pandemic is summarized in a four-word phrase found at the end of a recent presentation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention obtained by The Washington Post: “The war has changed.”
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CDC breakthrough infections — An internal CDC document urges officials to “acknowledge the war has changed” and improve the public's understanding of breakthrough infections.
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ABC News:
CDC mask decision followed stunning findings from Cape Cod beach outbreak
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Behind the Masks, a Mystery: How Often Do the Vaccinated Spread the Virus?
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Would Have Made a Great House Republican — Will the performative confrontation of the former President and his congressional allies overwhelm Joe Biden's Senate style? — For the past few years, it's become a political truism to speak of two Americas—the Red America of Donald Trump …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump continues GOP pressure campaign on infrastructure
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
How Biden Got the Infrastructure Deal Trump Couldn't
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Sophia Bollag / Sacramento Bee:
Gavin Newsom says California recall could help GOP in 2022, have ‘consequences nationwide’
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Wall Street Journal:
MyPillow to Pull Ads From Fox News in Disagreement With Network — Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, says Fox News refused to run ad promoting an event linked to claims of widespread election fraud — The chief executive of MyPillow Inc., one of Fox News's big advertisers …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump: Jan. 6 Cops Who Spoke to Congress Are ‘Pussies’ — DEFILE THE POLICE … Donald Trump has expressed anger that the officers blamed him for the riot he clearly inspired and speculated they were being used as pawns by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. — In the months since the U.S. Capitol assault …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Jan. 6 Committee Carries History's Weight — Its members need to nail down what happened on the Capitol—including in their colleagues' offices. — 'It happened, move on. " “It wasn't so bad. ” “It was just a protest that got out of hand. ” A lot of the rioters were screwballs in antlers—crazy uncles, unhappy sons.
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
America gone nuts, &c. — On air rage, extremism, Simone Biles, January 6, Iran, Fidel Castro, 800 numbers, and more — I have a friend who is a flight attendant. I love to hear stories about her travels, and travelers. Also, I send her stories I see in the media.
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Conservatives' Bullshit War on Simone Biles
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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
Liz Cheney and Elise Stefanik represent ‘battle for the soul of the party’
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CNN:
‘I am furious with myself’: Unvaccinated Covid patient describes the exhausting illness — (CNN)Sitting in her hospital room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Aimee Matzen struggled to breathe as she described how exhausting it is to have Covid-19. — “The fact that I am here now …
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Associated Press:
Ravages of COVID surge evident inside Missouri hospital — OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) — Daryl Barker was passionately against a COVID-19 vaccination, and so were his relatives. Then 10 of them got sick and Barker, at just 31, ended up in a Missouri intensive care unit fighting for his life.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump's false election fraud claims fuel Michigan GOP meltdown — Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by more than 150,000 votes in Michigan last November. — Trump and the Michigan Republican Party still aren't over it. — The outcome — and the former president's obsessive efforts to dispute it …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Sinema's vacation plans, Manchin gets booed and megadonor drama — DRIVING THE DAY — On Thursday night, as President JOE BIDEN boarded Marine One, he made some news. — First, he reiterated that immigration reform should be included in the reconciliation bill.
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Marianna Bacallao / Nashville Public Radio:
Conservative Radio Host Phil Valentine Is On A Ventilator; His Brother Says It's Time To ‘Go Get Vaccinated’ — Conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine has been placed on a ventilator, according to his radio station, SuperTalk 99.7 WTN. He's been hospitalized now for more than two weeks.
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NBC News:
First evacuated Afghans arrive in U.S. as Taliban surges in wake of military withdrawal — The first group of Afghans who worked for the U.S. government and faced retaliation from the Taliban for their efforts arrived in the U.S. early Friday. — The 200 Afghans flew into Dulles International …
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Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Broadway Audiences Will Need Proof of Vaccination and Masks — Children under 12, who cannot be vaccinated, can show a negative test to attend. But the Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall plan to bar them for now. — Broadway's theater owners and operators, citing the ongoing dangers …
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CNN:
Trump faces another primary test in Ohio House race — (CNN)Donald Trump has a lot on the line in suburbs and small towns south of Columbus, Ohio. — After the Trump-backed candidate in Texas' 6th Congressional district runoff election lost this week, the pressure is now on the former President …
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Some vaccine hesitant now express regret — People who once rejected the vaccine or simply waited too long are now grappling with the consequences, often in raw, public ways. — PROVO, Utah — As Mindy Greene spent another day in the Covid intensive care unit, listening to the whirring machines …
New York Times:
Qaddafi's Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. — In his first meeting with a foreign journalist in a decade, Seif al-Islam described his years in captivity — and hinted at a bid for Libya's presidency. — اقرأ باللغ ة …
David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Did Trump follow his pledge to donate the last 6 months of his presidential pay? It's a mystery. — Donald Trump promised to give away his $400,000 presidential salary. And he kept that promise, publicly announcing each gift — at least, for his first three and a half years in office.
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Charlie Cook / The Cook Political Report:
NON-PARTISAN, INDEPENDENT COOK POLITICAL REPORT UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP: SEASONED ANALYST & COLUMNIST AMY WALTER TO BECOME PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF — For almost 40 years, The Cook Political Report, founded by Charlie Cook, has provided authoritative analysis of campaigns, elections and political trends in the United States.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
House primary in Ohio takes nasty turn as national Democrats descend — CLEVELAND — The two leading Democratic candidates in Ohio's 11th Congressional District have turned the final days of a special election primary that has captured the national spotlight into a slugfest.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Republicans moving to block University of Wisconsin virus testing, vaccination rules — MADISON - A Republican-controlled committee plans to block the University of Wisconsin from instituting COVID-19 testing, masking and vaccination protocols on campuses across the state …
Myah Ward / Politico:
The Covid-sized hole in Biden's vax order — A TIME OF TESTING (FOR SOME) — President Joe Biden unveiled his don't-call-it-a-mandate vaccine mandate for 2 million federal employees today, announcing that the civilian workforce and federal contractors will be required to disclose whether they've …
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Associated Press:
Most Democrats approve of Biden's leadership so far, even as country remains divided — WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months into Democrats' unified control of Washington, most Democrats are on board with President Joe Biden and where he's trying to take the country — even if they're divided on how to get there.
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