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SELECT COMMITTEE SUBPOENAS INDIVIDUALS TIED TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE DAYS SURROUNDING JANUARY 6TH — Washington—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson today announced that he has issued a round of subpoenas for documents and testimony to four individuals with close ties to the former President …
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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas 4 from Trump's inner circle — The select panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is issuing subpoenas to four current and former top aides to President Donald Trump, including his most recent chief of staff Mark Meadows. — The committee issued its first subpoenas …
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Biden White House leans toward releasing information about Trump and Jan. 6 attack, setting off legal and political showdown — The White House is leaning toward releasing information to Congress about what Donald Trump and his aides were doing during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol despite …
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The Jan. 6 committee subpoenaed top Trump advisers, ramping up its investigation. — WASHINGTON — The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed four of President Donald J. Trump's closest advisers on Thursday, ramping up its scrutiny of what the former president …
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POLITICO Playbook PM: Scoop: Tears in the Oval Office
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House Jan. 6 committee issues subpoenas for Trump aides and advisers, including Meadows and Scavino
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Trump moving political HQ back to Mar-a-Lago
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Hand count in audit affirms Biden beat Trump, as Maricopa County said in November — Jen Fifield Robert AnglenArizona Republic — A monthslong hand recount of Maricopa County's 2020 vote confirmed that President Joe Biden won and the election was not “stolen” from former President Donald Trump …
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Arizona Election Audit Confirms Biden's Win In Maricopa County, But Also Casts Doubts — A widely criticized, GOP-led review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County concluded that Joe Biden received more votes for president than Donald Trump. — According to a draft copy of the findings obtained by KJZZ …
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Texas secretary of state's office announces audit of 2020 election results after Trump calls for one — The Texas secretary of state's office announced late Thursday it would audit the results of the 2020 election in the state's four largest counties, hours after former president Donald Trump called …
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First look at draft of election audit report ahead of Friday release
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Our constitutional crisis is already here — “Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation.” — The United States is heading into its greatest political and constitutional crisis since the Civil War, with a reasonable chance over the next three to four years …
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It's Too Early to Consign Joe Biden to the Ash Heap of History — But not too early for Democrats to start panicking. — Is Joe Biden's Presidency actually “dead,” “failed,” and all but “over,” as you have surely heard by now? The Republicans and their conservative allies in the commentariat …
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The Competency Question — When Biden was running for president, his message was pretty straightforward: I'm the guy who will bring normal back to Washington. Where President Trump was unorthodox and chaotic, Biden would be conventional and organized. Trump ran the White House like a reality show …
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Washington Post, Associated Press and NH Journal


Biden Loses Ground With the Public on Issues, Personal Traits and Job Approval — More support than opposition for infrastructure bills; majorities favor raising taxes on large businesses, high-income households — Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand the public's views …
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Trump's election challenges distracted from covid response, White House adviser told colleagues — Emails obtained by House panel detail priorities as virus surged last year — White House officials prioritized former president Donald Trump's attempt to challenge the election …


J.D. Vance Defends Texas Abortion Ban, Calls Rape ‘Inconvenient’ — J.D. Vance, who is trailing several GOP candidates in the Senate primary, told Spectrum News 1 that “in Texas they're trying to make it easier for babies to be born.” — In a local news interview published Wednesday …
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Abortion providers ask Supreme Court for quick review of Texas abortion ban
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Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans Arrived In Americas During Ice Age — Human footprints found in New Mexico are about 23,000 years old, a study reported, suggesting that people may have arrived long before the Ice Age's glaciers melted. — Ancient human footprints preserved in the ground across …
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House passes $768B defense bill, super-sizing Biden's Pentagon plans — The House on Thursday easily passed a $768 billion defense policy bill that endorses a major budget boost, dealing the biggest blow yet to President Joe Biden's Pentagon spending plans.
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A Foul Play by Progressives Over Israel's Iron Dome
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Biden's Approach To Immigration Is Causing A Huge Internal Rift And Leading To A Lot Of Confusion — Unlike his predecessor, President Joe Biden doesn't obsess publicly over the southern border and the immigrants seeking to cross it. But on rare occasions, he is blunt about what he wants to happen there.
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Adam Kinzinger: Republicans Are ‘Frigging Crazy’ — In each edition of my newsletter, I'll bring readers inside The Atlantic, and discuss the issues that concern us the most. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get future issues of Notes from the Editor in Chief.


Taliban official: Strict punishment, executions will return — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions …
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CIA station chief in Vienna recalled amid criticisms of management and handling of ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases — The CIA has removed its top officer in Vienna following criticism of his management, including what some considered an insufficient response to a growing number of mysterious health incidents …


El Farolito can't open taqueria in North Beach under chain ban, city says — But if the owners make “sufficient changes” on the concept, they could potentially still move ahead — El Farolito, the iconic San Francisco-born string of taquerias, cannot open a new location in North Beach under …


Ron Klain hasn't retweeted Jennifer Rubin since Politico reported on lovefest between Biden WH, WaPo columnist — Before last week, the WH chief of staff retweeted Rubin ‘more than three dozen times since mid-May’ — Biden's media coverage under scrutiny amid crises


Leaked Documents Show Coast Guard's Plan To Grill Service Members Over Religious Vaccine Exemption — Guidance reportedly crafted by military attorneys urged Coast Guard chaplains to grill service members on their religious beliefs and practices, draft documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show.
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COVID-19: California considering school vaccine mandate for children over 12, top health official says — California is exploring the possibility of a statewide mandate requiring children ages 12 and older get vaccinated in order to attend schools, the state's top public health official said Wednesday.
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Tough-on-Crime Republican DA Charged With Ambushing, Raping Woman — Jeffrey Lynn Thomas, Somerset County, Pennsylvania's top cop, is now facing a slew of charges for the alleged attack. — A Republican district attorney in Pennsylvania who styled himself as a tough-on-crime prosecutor …
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Daily American Online, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Raw Story


No, Vaccinated People Are Not ‘Just as Likely’ to Spread the Coronavirus as Unvaccinated People — For many fully vaccinated Americans, the Delta surge spoiled what should've been a glorious summer. Those who had cast their masks aside months ago were asked to dust them off. Many are still taking no chances.
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L.A. County sheriff's unit accused of targeting political enemies, vocal critics — On paper, the deputies are scattered around the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in various assignments. One is supposed to be working patrol in Lancaster, another in West Hollywood. A third is assigned to a gang crime unit.
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Jan. 6 Video Suggests ‘Russia Insider’ Entered Capitol — Russia Insider founder Charles Bausman breached the walls of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, according to research conducted by a Europe-based open-source intelligence (OSINT) group into video captured during the insurrection.


Why Aren't Americans Protesting in the Streets? — No one seems to care that Democrats are walking us into a fiscal catastrophe. — Here's a question for any American who is capable of thinking past next week: Why, in the ever-loving hell, are you not out in the streets …
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January 6 rioter who took beer from Pelosi's office pleads guilty — (CNN)An Oklahoma man who took a beer from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6 insurrection pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor offense. — Andrew Ericson, 24, pleaded guilty to one count …
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Tucker Pushes Racist ‘Great Replacement’ Theory Yet Again, ADL Renews Call for Fox to Fire Him — Back in April, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch claimed that Carlson actually “decried and rejected replacement theory.” This week, he openly promoted it again.
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