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David Shepardson / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated -official — The Biden administration is developing a plan to require nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of eventually lifting travel restrictions that bar …
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
What Is Biden Waiting For? — The Delta variant is making clear what the Administration should have done back in January: mandate vaccines, mandate passports and crack down on the denialists. Now time is running short. — Why is it taking the Delta variant to get the Biden administration to do what it should have done in January?
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Miami Herald:
Florida COVID update: Another hospitalization record is set — Florida reported 16,935 new COVID cases, 140 deaths and more than 12,000 people hospitalized in the state as of Tuesday, the third day in a row of record-breaking COVID hospitalizations as Florida hospitals temporarily suspend elective surgeries …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Covid has shown up western democracy's childish tendencies
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Rick Rojas / New York Times:
Alarmed Louisiana Residents Turn to Vaccines in ‘Darkest Days’ of Pandemic
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Jordan Lancaster / The Daily Caller:
Vaccine Hesitancy Among Fox News Viewers Hits All-Time Low After Network Promotes The Jab, Poll Finds
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Defense Secretary Austin expected to make Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for active duty troops
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Time's Up Founder Helped Cuomo Team Smear Governor's Accuser
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Michelle Marchante / Miami Herald:
Broward Schools says mask mandate in school still in place
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Michael Hardy / Texas Monthly:
“I Don't Believe Anything”: Among the Unvaccinated in One Central Texas Community
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Albert Hunt / The Hill:
Ohio special election: A good day for Democrats — Democrats got a double dose of welcome news in two Ohio special congressional elections yesterday, fending off a left-wing candidate in one district, while a Donald Trump-backed coal lobbyist won the Republican nod in another.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
In String of Wins, ‘Biden Democrats’ See a Reality Check for the Left — Progressives are holding their own with moderates in fights over policy. But off-year elections suggest they need a new strategy for critiquing President Biden without seeming disloyal.
Dan / DansDeals.com:
How Cleveland's Jewish Community Denied A Would Be Squad Member A Seat In Congress
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Nina Turner's loss in Ohio means Biden doesn't need to keep caving to the left
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
A Texas GOP leader railed against vaccines and masks. Then he died of covid. — A leader of the Texas Republican Party hopped on Facebook in May to post about a “mask burning” party 900 miles away in Cincinnati. — “I wished I lived in the area!” wrote H Scott Apley.
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Texas GOP Official Mocked COVID Five Days Before He Died of Virus — H. Scott Apley's Facebook page was filled with anti-mask, anti-vaccine content until he was suddenly hospitalized on Sunday. — A GOP official from Texas who regularly espoused anti-vaccine and anti-mask views online …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As Florida hospitals fill, DeSantis tries changing the subject … It was on Tuesday afternoon when President Joe Biden sent a not-so-subtle shot across the bow of two prominent Republican governors, noting that Florida and Texas alone account for one third of the nation's new COVID-19 cases.
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Politico:
Biden's vision for the border has gone bust. But what's Plan B?
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CNN:
Biden changes his tune by getting confrontational with GOP governors over Covid spike
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Biden's sharp rebuke of GOP governors should prompt a Democratic rethink
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Molly Ball / TIME:
What Mike Fanone Can't Forget — It wasn't a cop bar; that was the point. They weren't there to meet other cops. They were there to meet girls. The three police officers took seats at the wine bar in D.C.'s trendy Navy Yard neighborhood—exposed concrete walls, leather banquettes …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN's Cuomo Conundrum: A Star Anchor With a Brother in Trouble — Chris Cuomo, the top-rated host, left some colleagues confused after he did not acknowledge the calls for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation during his Tuesday show. — Earlier this year, CNN executives floated an idea to their star anchor Chris Cuomo.
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New York Times:
The Abandonment of Andrew Cuomo: Unions, Party Leaders and Deep Allies — The governor has suffered consequential defections from core constituencies, including labor, white suburban lawmakers and Black political leaders. — Five weeks ago, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's most stalwart supporters paid $10,000 …
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Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
Here's why Andrew Cuomo could still survive his sordid sexual harassment scandal
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Washington Examiner:
Biden's lawless eviction ban deals another blow to rule of law — A U.S. president, under severe pressure from his party's base, repeatedly denies he has the legal authority to take unilateral action his base wants him to. Eventually, he flip-flops, taking the exact executive action …
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John Sexton / HotAir:
This CNN piece praising Biden for intentionally ignoring the Supreme Court is really something
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Washington Post:
The CDC's eviction moratorium is almost certainly illegal
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Lawyer: Capitol Cop Who Shot Ashli Babbitt ‘Ambushed’ Her on Jan. 6 Without Warning — Officer identified as Lt. Michael Byrd, top, in House chamber before the Ashli Babbitt slaying in the hall. A Capitol Police officer says Byrd wasn't following firearms training. (See photo detail below.)
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Cheryl Teh / Insider:
Donald Trump wants his supporters to carry “Trump Cards.” — Donald Trump wants his supporters to carry “Trump Cards.” — The Trump camp sent an email on August 4 asking supporters to choose their favorite design. — The cards come emblazoned with gold lettering and bear the former president's signature.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Mike Richards in Advanced Negotiations to Become Permanent Host of ‘Jeopardy!’ (EXCLUSIVE) … “Jeopardy!” executive producer Mike Richards is in advanced negotiations with Sony Pictures Television to become permanent host of the venerable quiz show, taking the reins of the syndicated powerhouse …
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Biden to sign order aiming for half of new vehicles to be electric by 2030 — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order Thursday setting a national goal for electric and other zero-emissions vehicles to make up half of new cars and trucks sold by 2030, senior Biden administration officials said.
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Nell Gluckman / Chronicle of Higher Education:
They Were Accused of Wearing Blackface. Now They're Suing Their College. — Last winter, students at California Lutheran University received a message from their president with disturbing news. — “Two racist incidents involving social-media posts by Cal Lutheran students occurred in the last week …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Politico: Cuomo's next step? A presser to launch his defense — Uh ... say what? I've heard of doubling down, but usually that doesn't involve tossing red meat to a rabid group of reporters while potentially facing serious legal consequences. No wonder that Andrew Cuomo's aides are …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Inside a Kamala Harris crisis dinner — A group of the Democratic Party's most influential women met for dinner at a home in the nation's capital last month to game out how to defend Vice President Kamala Harris and her chief of staff, Tina Flournoy, against a torrent of bad press.
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Can Kamala Harris Solve the Vice-President Paradox?
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Mark Meadows Timeline: The Chief of Staff and Schemes to Overturn 2020 Election — Former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was directly involved at major intersections of President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. What follows is a detailed timeline of all the publicly available information.
HuffPost:
Feds Arrest ‘George Washington’ In Jan. 6 Case Using Phone Tracking, Facial Recognition — The FBI arrested Missouri's Isaac Yoder, who admitted to entering the U.S. Capitol during the deadly insurrection while wearing colonial attire. — Federal agents arrested a man on Wednesday who stormed …
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