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The White House:
President Biden's COVID-19 Plan — President Biden is implementing a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy that employs the same science-based approach that was used to successfully combat previous variants of COVID-19 earlier this year. This plan will ensure that we are using every available tool …
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Washington Post:
White House pulls nomination of ATF chief amid pushback over gun-control advocacy — The White House withdrew David Chipman's nomination to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Thursday amid bipartisan pushback over his gun control advocacy.
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Washington Post:
Biden expresses frustration over the unvaccinated, says ‘a distinct minority’ is keeping the U.S. from overcoming the coronavirus — President Biden announced sweeping new vaccine mandates Thursday that will affect tens of millions of Americans, ordering all businesses with more than 100 employees …
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Biden to announce vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees — The move could affect as many as 100 million Americans — Immunologist analyzes messaging from Biden administration on vaccines — President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that all employers …
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CNN:
Biden announces new vaccine mandates that could cover 100 million Americans — (CNN)President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he will impose stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff in a sweeping attempt to contain the latest surge of Covid-19.
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Axios:
Biden plans COVID vaccine mandate for 80 million private sector employees — More than 80 million Americans working in the private sector will be required to receive a COVID vaccine or produce a negative test result at least once a week, a senior Biden administration official said Thursday.
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Biden To Order Vaccine-Or-Test Mandate For Businesses With Over 100 Workers
Biden To Order Vaccine-Or-Test Mandate For Businesses With Over 100 Workers
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden to announce additional vaccine mandates as he unveils new Covid strategy
Biden to announce additional vaccine mandates as he unveils new Covid strategy
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Stephen Gutowski / The Reload:
White House Pulls ATF Nominee After Exclusive Reporting From The Reload Raises Character Questions
White House Pulls ATF Nominee After Exclusive Reporting From The Reload Raises Character Questions
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Axios:
Scoop: The most dangerous Trump exposé — Stephanie Grisham has quietly written a top-secret memoir of her four years in Donald Trump's White House, and a publishing source says she'll reveal “surprising new scandals.” — What to watch: The book — “I'll Take Your Questions Now …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump's closest White House adviser to release book
Melania Trump's closest White House adviser to release book
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The Hill
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump White House tried to play down US injuries in attack by Iran, says ex-official
Trump White House tried to play down US injuries in attack by Iran, says ex-official
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Insider, Raw Story and Al Jazeera
Krishnadev Calamur / NPR:
Progressives Want Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire. His Response? Not Yet — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has said he will retire on his own terms amid calls from progressives for him to step down from the court so President Biden can name a younger liberal to take his place.
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Carolina Journal:
One state Supreme Court case could destroy the court for years to come — It would be outrageous. — It would be unprecedented. — It would damage the credibility and validity of North Carolina's highest court for decades. — It would be nothing short of a bloodless coup d'état …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
McCarthy asks Supreme Court to reverse House proxy voting rules
McCarthy asks Supreme Court to reverse House proxy voting rules
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Politico:
DOJ sues Texas over abortion law
DOJ sues Texas over abortion law
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Kristin Wilson / CNN:
House Minority Leader McCarthy takes proxy voting fight to the Supreme Court
House Minority Leader McCarthy takes proxy voting fight to the Supreme Court
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Talking Points Memo
Amy Klobuchar:
Statement from Senator Amy Klobuchar — I wanted to share an update about my health. — In February of this year, doctors at Mayo Clinic found small white spots called calcifications during a routine mammogram. After this was discovered, I had a biopsy at Piper Breast Center in Minneapolis …
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Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
FBI Seizes Oath Keeper Lawyer's Phone in “Seditious Conspiracy” Investigation — Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — The FBI is investigating “seditious conspiracy” charges related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
FBI Seizes Phone Of Oath Keepers Lawyer In ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Investigation — “I have so much information in there - it's nuts,” Kellye SoRelle told HuffPost about her iPhone. — The FBI seized an iPhone this week from a Texas attorney who volunteered for Lawyers for Trump and served …
Erin Aubry Kaplan / Politico:
The Off-Mic Moment That Changed My View of Larry Elder — Larry Elder, the surprising front-running candidate to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in next week's California recall election, has had quite a summer. Mostly, it's because of the peculiarity of the recall itself: If less than half …
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Kyle Smith / National Review:
Why Isn't the Attack on Larry Elder the Biggest Story in America?
Why Isn't the Attack on Larry Elder the Biggest Story in America?
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
The statue of Robert E. Lee is gone, but the mystery of the time capsule persists — RICHMOND — Robert E. Lee lost his lofty perch — but he's trying to hold onto his secrets. — Workers were a bit stumped Thursday morning in their quest to find a time capsule supposedly planted at the base …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A perfect distillation of Trump's malleable, always-be-closing approach to politics
A perfect distillation of Trump's malleable, always-be-closing approach to politics
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New York Times and Donald J. Trump
Rosy Cordero / Deadline:
Usher, Priyanka Chopra & Julianne Hough Set For ‘The Activist’, CBS Competition Series From Global Citizen — Usher, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Julianne Hough are set to co-host the Global Citizen competition series from CBS, The Activist. The five-week reality series premieres Friday …
Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive-Proud Boys leader urged group not to ‘turn on each other’ in riot probe — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As four of his fellow Proud Boy leaders sat in jail this summer, charged with conspiracy in the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the group's chairman, Enrique Tarrio …
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
The Capitol Police Said Jan. 6 Unrest On Capitol Grounds Would Be “Highly Improbable” — The chief of the Capitol Police and its top intelligence officer personally approved permits for six demonstrations to be held on Jan. 6, 2021, despite signs that one of the applications was filed …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Smart Glasses Made Google Look Dumb. Now Facebook Is Giving Them a Try. — The company has teamed up with Ray-Ban to create glasses that can take photos, record video, answer phone calls and play podcasts. — SAN FRANCISCO — Last Saturday, after a three-mile hike through the Presidio …
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Joshua Prager / The Atlantic:
The Roe Baby — Nearly half a century ago, Roe v. Wade secured a woman's legal right to obtain an abortion. The ruling has been contested with ever-increasing intensity, dividing and reshaping American politics. And yet for all its prominence, the person most profoundly connected …
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Andrew Yang to launch a third party — Former presidential and New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is set to launch a third party next month, according to two people familiar with the matter. — Yang is expected to start the party in conjunction with the Oct. 5 release of his new book …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How the GOP will exploit Covid to win power — and what Democrats can do about it — Here's a midterm message for you: Judging by the GOP's continuing slide into extremist and destructive behavior in the face of a surging covid-19, electing more Republicans to positions of responsibility right …
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Policies Ignite Battle at UT Austin — Public university's efforts to comply with Texas ban on mask and vaccine mandates fuel outcry from faculty and others — AUSTIN, Texas—Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin drew up a series of projections for how Covid-19 …
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The Daily Caller
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
9/11 Made the Media Whitewash What Really Happened in Bush v. Gore — By now nearly everybody, with the exception of a handful of Bush administration leftovers, understands that the September 11 attacks induced some form of mass psychosis into the American polity. The contours of this understanding vary.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI releases new footage of possible RNC, DNC pipe-bomb suspect — The FBI on Wednesday released new video of a person believed to have placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters in D.C. the night before the U.S. Capitol riot and revealed that investigators …
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The White House:
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on Qatar Airways Charter Flight from Kabul — Today, the United States government facilitated the departure of U.S citizens and lawful permanent residents on a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Hamid Karzai International Airport.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: US says al-Qaida could regenerate in Afghanistan — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power.
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The White House:
Increasing Testing & Requiring Masking — It will take time for the newly vaccinated to get protection from the virus. As we continue to combat COVID-19, testing is a key tool to identify infected individuals and prevent spread to others. Likewise, masking can also help slow and contain …
Lily Kuo / Washington Post:
Xi Jinping's crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society — The orders have been sudden, dramatic and often baffling. Last week, “American Idol”-style competitions and shows featuring men deemed too effeminate were banned by Chinese authorities. Days earlier, one of China's …
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