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Fourth officer who responded to the US Capitol on January 6 dies by suicide — MPD confirmed Officer Kyle DeFreytag died by suicide, hours after the department confirmed Ofc. Gunther Hashida died by suicide. Both defended the Capitol on Jan. 6. — WASHINGTON — Four law enforcement officers …
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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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Insider, National Review, Mediaite and Washington Post
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Trump says he will not try to stop former Justice Dept. officials from testifying to Congress. — Former President Donald J. Trump said this week that he will not move to stop former Justice Department officials from testifying before two committees that are investigating the Trump administration's efforts …
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Mike Ferrara / NBC News:
Prosecuting Trump for role in Jan. 6 riot got easier thanks to Capitol officers' testimony … “All of them - all of them were telling us, 'Trump sent us.” In harrowing, heart-wrenching testimony before a House select committee established to investigate the events of Jan. 6 …
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Talking Points Memo, Political Flare and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump to Fight Release of Tax Returns, His Lawyer Says
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Human Events, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Talking Points Memo and The Hill
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Trump to object to release of tax returns -lawyer
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Raw Story, Conservative Brief and Crooks and Liars
Leonard Greene / New York Daily News:
Larry Kudlow accused of racist, sexist remarks in Fox Business producer's suit; Andrew Napolitano accused of harassment — Fox Business host Larry Kudlow repeatedly made racist and sexist remarks during staff meetings and even blocked an on-air appearance by a Florida congressman because he is Black, according to a new lawsuit.
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Fox News drops analyst Andrew Napolitano after Larry Kudlow producer accused him of stroking his arm and making sexually suggestive comments in an elevator — A producer claims that while working at Fox News personality Andrew Napolitano stroked his arm and made suggestive comments towards him
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Insider, BizPac Review, Ace of Spades HQ and WTOP
Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Andrew Napolitano out at Fox after sexual harassment allegations
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Judge Andrew Napolitano Is Out at Fox News Following Sexual Harassment Allegation
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Raw Story
CNN:
Top RNC official in Florida spreads Covid-19 conspiracies, calling vaccines the ‘mark of the beast’ — (CNN)Amid recent surging coronavirus cases in Florida, a top Republican National Committee official in the state has spread anti-vaccine rhetoric and misinformation, comparing …
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Raw Story
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
New congressional report says covid-19 likely emerged in Wuhan months earlier than originally thought — Nineteen months after the start of the pandemic, the Chinese government continues to actively thwart a real investigation into the origins of covid-19. Now, a new GOP congressional report alleges …
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Washington Examiner:
A compelling case for COVID's lab leak origin — In just 23 days, the intelligence community is scheduled to deliver a report to President Joe Biden that will “bring us closer to a definitive conclusion” about the true origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report issued Monday …
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National Review
CNN:
Vitaly Shishov, head of Belarusian exile group, found dead in Ukrainian capital — Kiev, Ukraine (CNN)Vitaly Shishov, the head of a Kiev-based organization helping Belarusians flee abroad, was found dead on Tuesday, a day after he went missing, according to Ukraine's National Police.
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BBC:
IOC launches investigation into Belarus sprinter case
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Tucker Carlson Summers With Viktor Orban, Touted As Speaker At Budapest Far-right Gathering — Fox News host Tucker Carlson is billed as a speaker at a far-right conference in Hungary on Saturday, according to a flier for the event. The appearance will come days after the Fox host met …
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NBC News:
Covid is surging in Florida. Doctors and nurses are back in crisis mode. … JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Debi de la Paz, a nurse at UF Health Jacksonville, worked in the intensive care unit during some of the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic last summer. — “It was bad,” she said of the first wave …
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Raw Story
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
CDC Extends Order at the Southern and Northern Land Borders — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an order under Sections 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service Act, and associated implementing regulations, that temporarily suspends the introduction …
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Children stopped at border likely hit record-high in July
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Washington Post:
Liberals erupt in fury at White House over end of eviction moratorium — Tensions escalated sharply Monday between liberal Democrats and President Biden, as disputes over the end of an eviction moratorium and the fate of the Democrats' social agenda threatened to upend the Democrats' delicate center-left alliance.
Wall Street Journal:
CDC's Covid-19 Mask Mandate Clouded by Flawed Data — Some health experts say agency relies on data that is lacking or inconclusive — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is fighting Covid-19 without a full arsenal of data that some public-health experts said it would need …
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CNN and NBC Boston
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House back-channeling with networks on Covid coverage
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New Republic, The Oaklandside and Issues & Insights
Perry Bacon / Washington Post:
Biden and Schumer are charting the way on reducing tensions in their party — The Democratic establishment and more center-left elements in the party want to stem the growing power of the party's progressive left. That makes sense — party factions always want to dominate rival factions.
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump raised millions but spent none of it on audits and GOP candidates — Six months since leaving office, former President Donald Trump is sitting on a $102 million war chest. — But having whipped his supporters into a frenzy with pledges to overturn the election and promises …
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The Daily Caller
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Graham Gremore / Queerty:
Rudy Giuliani's bank account is almost empty and guess who's totally iced him out
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Raw Story, Daily Kos and Vanity Fair
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
As many Republicans try to rewrite history of Jan. 6 attack, Sen. Ron Johnson suggests FBI knew more than it has said — A Republican senator suggested in a private conversation Saturday, without evidence, that the FBI knew more about the planning before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot than it has revealed so far …
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The Hill, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN and SpyTalk
Benjamin Wermund / Houston Chronicle:
Over 65% of Texans support vaccine mandates, poll says — WASHINGTON — Most Texans support measures requiring all eligible people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a recent survey. — More than 65 percent of Texans said they would support vaccine mandates issued by federal …
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Bangor Daily News, Washington Post, Breitbart and WHDH-TV
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
MyPillow Guy Punts Timeline for Trump Retaking Power as Conspiracy Theories Get Wackier — An old, bogus theory about Trump reclaiming power this month (or is it September?) is back—with a bizarre, Delta variant twist. — The prophecy failed in December, in January, and in March. Twice.
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Raw Story
CBC News:
Should British Columbia change its name? As we reckon with history, some say it's time — B.C.'s name refers, in part, to Christopher Columbus, who paved the way for the colonization of the Americas — There's been a national reckoning on place names and the people they're named after …
Jen Fifield / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County and Dominion won't comply with new subpoenas issued by Arizona Senate — Maricopa County supervisors and Dominion Voting Systems refused to produce additional election material on Monday in response to new subpoenas filed by the Arizona Senate.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What to watch for in tonight's special elections — DRIVING THE DAY — ALL EYES ON OHIO — POLITICO's senior campaigns and elections editor Steve Shepard writes in about today's main event ... Two special election primaries for Congress in Ohio today offer windows …
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ABC News, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Salon and Denver Post
The Lid:
Infrastructure Bill Contains Pilot MBUF (Mileage Tax)-Goal Is Make It Too Expensive To Drive — On Sunday, the Senate released the final text of the so-called bipartisan (but really liberal) infrastructure bill — all 2,702 pages. According to Breitbart, the huge bill was written in secret …
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