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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
GoDaddy is cutting off Texas Right to Life's abortion ‘whistleblowing’ website — The web host gave the Texas anti-abortion group 24 hours to find a new home — In case you haven't heard, Texas now has a law that makes it illegal for anyone to help women get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy …
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Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
TikTok Users and Coders Flood Texas Abortion Site With Fake Tips — To protest Texas' new abortion law, activists said, they pranked a website set up by the state's largest anti-abortion group. — After a Texas law restricting abortion went into effect on Wednesday, the state's largest …
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Associated Press:
Judge shields Texas clinics from anti-abortion group's suits — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A state judge has shielded, for now, Texas abortion clinics from lawsuits by an anti-abortion group under a new state abortion law in a narrow ruling handed down Friday. — The temporary restraining order Friday …
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Texas judge hands narrow win to abortion providers fighting new 6-week ban
Texas judge hands narrow win to abortion providers fighting new 6-week ban
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Is Unlikely to Get Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Shot — Former president has urged his supporters to get vaccinated but tells WSJ he 'probably won't' get a booster shot when it is available — WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump, who received a Covid-19 vaccination …
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Health Officials Advise White House to Scale Back Booster Plan for Now — Federal regulators warned on Thursday they may not have enough data to recommend boosters for anyone except certain recipients of the Pfizer vaccine by late September. — WASHINGTON — Top federal health officials …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The harsh truth of this moment: Republicans understand power. Democrats do not. — Democrats look like they're the ones with the greater share of political power in America today, holding both the White House and Congress. So why do they so often seem weak and ineffectual …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin's new threat to destroy Biden's agenda is worse than it seems
Joe Manchin's new threat to destroy Biden's agenda is worse than it seems
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
House moderates send demands on $3.5 trillion budget bill to Pelosi
House moderates send demands on $3.5 trillion budget bill to Pelosi
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Wall Street Journal:
Texas's Abortion Law Blunder — The Supreme Court was right not to interfere for now, but the statute won't survive scrutiny on the merits. — By The Editorial Board — America is back fighting its endless legal war over abortion. A new front opened late Wednesday when five Justices issued …
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Steve Vladeck / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court doesn't just abuse its shadow docket. It does so inconsistently.
The Supreme Court doesn't just abuse its shadow docket. It does so inconsistently.
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Sarah Isgur / Politico:
What the Texas Law Really Means for Abortion in America
What the Texas Law Really Means for Abortion in America
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CREW:
CREW files ethics complaint against Kevin McCarthy & Marjorie Taylor Greene — The Office of Congressional Ethics should investigate whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene violated House rules by threatening to retaliate against companies that comply …
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Ethics Watchdog Requests Probe Into Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene For ‘Threatening’ Telecom Firms
Ethics Watchdog Requests Probe Into Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene For ‘Threatening’ Telecom Firms
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Sen. Joni Ernst falsely claims Biden has ‘not once’ expressed gratitude to troops who fought in the last 20 years — Senator falsely claims Biden ‘not once’ thanked overseas veterans — Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a veteran of the war in Iraq and a member …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Capitol Rioter Known as QAnon Shaman Pleads Guilty — Jacob Chansley, who stormed onto the Senate floor in face paint and a horned hat, accepted a deal under which federal prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 41 to 51 months in prison. — Jacob Chansley, a former actor …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley pleads guilty to felony in US Capitol riot
‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley pleads guilty to felony in US Capitol riot
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Biden Moves to Declassify Some Documents Related to Sept. 11 — In an executive order, the president instructed Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to publicly release the declassified documents over the next six months. — WASHINGTON — Making good on a campaign promise …
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Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Lyft, Uber will cover legal fees for drivers sued under Texas abortion law — Lyft and Uber said Friday they would cover legal fees for drivers on their respective platforms who are sued under Texas' restrictive abortion law that went into effect this week.
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Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men — Facebook called it “an unacceptable error.” The company has struggled with other issues related to race. — Facebook users who recently watched a video from a British tabloid featuring Black men saw …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused.
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Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
Here's what we know about the mu variant … A coronavirus variant known as “mu” or “B.1.621” was designated by the World Health Organization as a “variant of interest” earlier this week and will be monitored by the global health body as cases continue to emerge across parts of the world.
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CNN:
Trump administration deliberately slowed entry of Afghan allies — (CNN)Stephen Miller seemed floored by the idea, raised during a fall Cabinet meeting in 2018, of keeping open the doors for Afghan allies and other Middle East refugees to enter the US. — “What do you guys want?”
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
U.S. Struggles to Learn Who's Who in Afghan Airlift of 124,000
U.S. Struggles to Learn Who's Who in Afghan Airlift of 124,000
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NBC News:
About 100 Afghan evacuees to U.S. flagged for possible ties to Taliban or terror groups, sources say — The U.S. plans to send at least two Afghan evacuees back out of the country to Kosovo because of security concerns raised after they arrived at a U.S. airport, said two sources familiar with the U.S. evacuation.
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Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
9/11 was a test. The books of the last two decades show how America failed. … Deep within the catalogue of regrets that is the 9/11 Commission report — long after readers learn of the origins and objectives of al-Qaeda, past the warnings ignored by consecutive administrations …
New York Times:
Inside the Afghan Evacuation: Rogue Flights, Crowded Tents, Hope and Chaos — President Biden has insisted that the evacuation of Kabul was done as efficiently as possible. But key documents obtained by The New York Times suggest otherwise. — WASHINGTON — On the last day of August …
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Bente Birkeland / NPR:
Voting Data From A Colorado County Was Leaked Online. Now The Clerk Is In Hiding — It's been nearly a month since sensitive data about voting equipment in Colorado's Mesa County was posted online by conspiracy theorists eager to cast doubt on the outcome of the 2020 election.
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Austin Horn / The State Journal:
Misinformation abounds at Southworth election security event — State Sen. Adrienne Southworth, R-Lawrenceburg, wants to go back to using only paper ballots and hand-counting them for Kentucky elections. — But much of the purported evidence supporting her argument, which Southworth …
Washington Post:
Oklahoma congressman says he has no regrets about attempts to enter Afghanistan — Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) appeared on Fox News on Friday evening to defend his widely criticized attempts to enter Afghanistan last month, saying he had no regrets and would make the attempts again “without even hesitation.”
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
WH admits Biden's claim he visited Tree of Life synagogue is not true — WASHINGTON — President Biden did not visit the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after the murder of 11 congregants — despite saying so, the White House admitted Friday. — Biden on Thursday told Jewish leaders …
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Kathy Mccormack / Associated Press:
Governor in hospital with flu symptoms; COVID tests negative — CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu was admitted to a hospital Friday with flulike symptoms that have lasted for days, and after having tested negative three times for COVID-19, his chief of staff said.
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Thomas Joscelyn / FDD's Long War Journal:
Taliban blames America for 9/11 in video celebrating its own suicide squads — The Taliban blames America for the 9/11 hijackings in a newly-released video that was aired on Afghan television. The production, “Victorious Force 3,” is the latest in a series of short films celebrating the Taliban's …
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Rebecca Rosman / NPR:
France And Russia Are In A Tussle Over Who Gets To Call Champagne ... ‘Champagne’ — EPERNAY, France - In a chilly windowless basement in this provincial French city, workers stack bottles of bubbly. Not just any bubbly, but le vrai champagne, which thanks to a special protected status …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
At odds with boss, some Biden aides privately alarmed as millions of workers head over jobless benefits cliff — Some White House officials are split on what will happen when the benefits cease next week, but advisers downplayed any rift. — The Biden administration faces internal dissatisfaction …
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
Former Trump campaign operative plans rally for those charged in Capitol riot — Law enforcement authorities are monitoring plans by supporters of former president Donald Trump to rally outside the U.S. Capitol later this month to argue that the hundreds of people charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection …
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