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DOJ officials rejected colleague's request to intervene in Georgia's election certification: Emails — The DOJ officials rejected the request from another department official. — Top members of the Department of Justice last year rebuffed another DOJ official who asked them to urge officials …
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David K. Li / NBC News:
New details emerge about how CNN anchor Chris Cuomo advised Gov. Andrew Cuomo in sex harassment inquiry — State prosecutors shed new light Tuesday on CNN anchor Chris Cuomo's involvement in managing the response to the sexual harassment scandal surrounding his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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Washington Post:
Biden calls for Cuomo to resign after investigation finds the New York governor sexually harassed 11 women — New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sexually harassed current and former state employees, creating a hostile work environment for women in violation of state and federal law, state Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday.
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Newsmax's Greg Kelly Defends Cuomo: ‘I Can See a Freakin’ Witch Hunt When It Happens' — Newsmax host Greg Kelly defended embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after the state attorney general's office released a report that concluded he had sexually harassed multiple women and broke state and federal law.
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Cuomo Sexual Harassment Part of Broader Toxic Workplace, Report Says
New York Times:
F.D.A. Aims to Give Final Approval to Pfizer Vaccine by Early Next Month — The Food and Drug Administration's move is expected to kick off more vaccination mandates for hospital workers, college students and federal troops. — WASHINGTON — With a new surge of Covid-19 infections ripping through …
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Marc Thiessen / Washington Post:
Stop harassing the unvaccinated
Stop harassing the unvaccinated
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Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
FDA aims to give full approval to Pfizer vaccine by Labor Day: report
FDA aims to give full approval to Pfizer vaccine by Labor Day: report
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Washington Post:
Biden administration planning to announce new action to limit housing evictions — The move would come after congressional Democrats complained that the White House allowed a CDC eviction moratorium to lapse. — The Biden administration is expected to announce a new action to limit housing evictions …
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Conn Carroll / Washington Examiner:
Democrats have only themselves to blame for the end of eviction moratorium
Democrats have only themselves to blame for the end of eviction moratorium
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Scott Powers / Florida Politics:
Poll: Ron DeSantis approval rating sags as COVID-19 rages … Scott Powers — Scott Powers is an Orlando-based political journalist with 30+ years' experience, mostly at newspapers such as the Orlando Sentinel and the Columbus Dispatch. He covers local, state and federal politics and space news across much of Central Florida.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
You Won't Believe Who the Anti-Vaxxers Blame for the COVID Surge
You Won't Believe Who the Anti-Vaxxers Blame for the COVID Surge
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: The blame game
Axios-Ipsos poll: The blame game
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Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
DeSantis downplays COVID-19 concerns during Sarasota and Miami events Tuesday — Gov. Ron DeSantis downplayed concerns Tuesday about record COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Florida and the highly contagious new delta variant spreading in schools as they reopen this month.
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
As Virus Cases Spike in Arkansas, the Governor Backtracks on Masks
As Virus Cases Spike in Arkansas, the Governor Backtracks on Masks
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Passenger Arrives Taped to a Seat and Is Charged With Assaulting Flight Attendants — Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, punched a Frontier Airlines flight attendant and groped two others on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, the authorities said. — A Frontier Airlines passenger …
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Missouri governor pardons Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at protesters — A St. Louis couple who gained national notoriety for brandishing guns at peaceful protesters last year and pleaded guilty to firearm charges were pardoned by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson last week.
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Jeremy Duda / Arizona Mirror:
Cyber Ninjas leader ignored records contradicting his false claim — This article is a collaboration with ABC15. To read more about their coverage on the Arizona “audit,” go to their website. — Speaking before several thousand supporters at a “Rally to Protect Our Elections” …
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Nancy Lapid / Reuters:
Delta infections among vaccinated likely contagious; Lambda variant shows vaccine resistance in lab — The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. — Delta breakthrough infections likely contagious
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Politico:
House Dem campaign chief warns the majority at risk without message reboot — During a closed-door lunch last week with some of his most vulnerable incumbents, House Democrats' campaign chief delivered a blunt warning: If the midterms were held now, they would lose the majority.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘We do something new here’: Jen Psaki destroys Peter Doocy with her best 10-second smack down yet — White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy on Tuesday by taking a shot at former President Donald Trump's administration.
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
New York City is expected to require proof of vaccination for indoor dining and fitness. — Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to announce Tuesday morning that New York City will require proof of vaccination for people participating in indoor activities, including at restaurants, gyms and performances …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Shontel Brown Wins Contentious Ohio Democratic Primary — Brown's victory over Nina Turner is a major disappointment for the activist left. — MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio ― Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County councilwoman, defeated Nina Turner in the special primary election …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Madness of Teachers Unions Opposing a Vaccine Mandate — Last week, two new reports confirmed the catastrophic damage caused by a year of remote schooling. Not only did American schoolchildren fall dramatically behind in the school year, the damage was substantially greater for low-income …
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
CDC Issues Eviction Order in Areas of Substantial and High Transmission — CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky today signed an order determining the evictions of tenants for failure to make rent or housing payments could be detrimental to public health control measures to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
President Biden Announces on Live TV That He Intends to Break His Oath of Office — President Biden knows that the CDC's eviction moratorium is illegal, having, per Gene Sperling, “not only kicked the tires,” but “double, triple, quadruple checked.” He also knows that the Supreme Court …
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Louise Richardson / New York Times:
A Fuller Picture of Osama bin Laden's Life … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. — THE RISE AND FALL OF OSAMA BIN LADEN — Of the raft of books that are marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and its aftermath …
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Kansas City Star:
Coroner in Missouri county keeps COVID off of death certificates | The Kansas City Star — Macon County Coroner Brian Hayes handles the death certificates for this cattle, corn and soybean region of 15,000 in north-central Missouri, near Kirksville — roughly 130 to 140 deaths each year.
Adam Manno / Daily Mail:
California business owner, 61, is arrested for storming the Capitol on January 6 after he sent a selfie to his prayer group that was forwarded to the FBI — Glenn Allen Brooks ‘boasted’ about being at the riot to his church group chat — A member of the chat turned his photos and texts over to the FBI in January
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Entire NY Democratic congressional delegation now calling for Cuomo's resignation — The entire Democratic congressional delegation of New York has called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign after an independent investigation in the state attorney general's office found he had sexually harassed multiple women.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rep. Billy Long launches Missouri Senate campaign after meeting with Trump — GOP Rep. Billy Long jumped into Missouri's Senate race Tuesday evening, casting himself as a staunch ally of Donald Trump in a primary contest that is also doubling as a competition to prove loyalty to the former president.
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Georgi Kantchev / Wall Street Journal:
Belarusian Olympic Athlete Who Refused to Go Home Says She Will Never Return — Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she is looking to continue her athletic career in another country — TOKYO—The Belarusian sprinter who refused her team's orders to fly home after a public dispute …
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Rashida Tlaib Says Certain (((People))) Are Exploiting America — In a recent video, Rashida Tlaib tells her audience that “behind the curtain,” the forces who stop a “free Palestine” are the “same people” who exploit “regular Americans” for “their profit.”
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Donations fizzle to GOP AG group involved in Jan. 6 rally — Donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association dipped considerably in the months following the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol, records show. — Driving the news: Large companies that gave in the past — such as Amazon …
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Tucker Carlson & Viktor Orbán Plan Our Fascist Future — “You Should Know What's Happening Here in Hungary,” read the Fox News chyron as Tucker Carlson kicked off a week of broadcasts from Budapest. Earlier that day, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had posted a photograph …
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