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Arizona Republic:
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Arizona ‘audit’ just destroyed a big GOP lie — in more ways than one — The news that the sham Arizona “audit” has “confirmed” President Biden's victory is being widely cast as a huge setback for purveyors of former president Donald Trump's “big lie” about the 2020 election.
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New York Times:
Republican Review of Arizona Vote Fails to Show Stolen Election — The much criticized review showed much the same results as in November, with 99 more Biden votes and 261 fewer Trump ones. — PHOENIX — After months of delays and blistering criticism, a review of the 2020 election …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump blames media after Arizona audit finds Biden won — Former President Trump on Friday laid into the news media after a draft report of the 2020 election audit in Arizona reaffirmed President Biden's victory in the state's largest county and showed Trump with fewer votes than previously counted.
Natassia Paloma / KTSM-TV:
Photographer behind controversial photos speaks exclusively to KTSM — EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - The photographer behind images depicting Border Patrol agents on horseback told KTSM things are not exactly what they seem when it comes to the photos. — The photographs, which were taken Sunday …
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Fox News:
Border Patrol stunned as Biden goes to war with his own agents over false ‘whipping’ allegations
Border Patrol stunned as Biden goes to war with his own agents over false ‘whipping’ allegations
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
All migrants have been cleared from encampment in Del Rio, Tex., homeland security secretary says
All migrants have been cleared from encampment in Del Rio, Tex., homeland security secretary says
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Biden: Those mounted Border Patrol agents will pay for, er, doing their job
Biden: Those mounted Border Patrol agents will pay for, er, doing their job
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Shelley Ross / New York Times:
Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me. I Hope He'll Use His Power to Make Change. — Ms. Ross is a veteran television journalist and former executive producer at ABC and CBS. — I was Chris Cuomo's boss at ABC News nearly two decades ago, and I am a regular viewer of CNN today …
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Emily Crane / New York Post:
Chris Cuomo accused of sexually harassing ex-boss Shelley Ross at 2005 party
Chris Cuomo accused of sexually harassing ex-boss Shelley Ross at 2005 party
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
‘Vigilante treatments’: Anti-vaccine groups push people to leave ICUs — Anti-vaccine Facebook groups have a new message for their community members: Don't go to the emergency room, and get your loved ones out of intensive care units. — Consumed by conspiracy theories claiming that doctors …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Fox to Rudy: You're banned — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING OVERNIGHT: The Arizona Republic scooped the results of the Maricopa County “audit” paid for by “Stop the Steal” and DONALD TRUMP allies: It found that Trump lost the key county by a wider margin than the official election results.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Rudy Giuliani Whines About Fox News Ban to Steve Bannon: 'It's Outrageous' — Rudy is apparently “very hurt” over getting booted from a network who's facing a $1.6 billion lawsuit because of the former mayor's remarks — Rudy Giuliani was reportedly “really hurt” that Fox News banned him from appearing on the network.
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New York Times:
C.D.C. Chief Overrules Agency Panel and Recommends Pfizer-BioNTech Boosters for Workers at Risk — In a highly unusual decision, the C.D.C. director, Rochelle Walensky, reversed a move by agency advisers and endorsed additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for health care workers, teachers and other workers at risk.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Jan. 6 Plotters Had a Mob. They Also Had a Plan. — You can understand a revolution as a time when the unthinkable becomes, suddenly, thinkable. It is a time when the rules that ordinarily govern political life lose their force and conflict takes the place of consensus …
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New York Times:
The Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is set to be released. — The Justice Department has reached an agreement that will allow Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, to return to China in exchange for admitting some wrongdoing in a sanctions violation case, a person familiar with the deal said on Friday.
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden: Negotiations over economic agenda at a ‘stalemate’ — President Biden on Friday acknowledged it is going to take time to pass his economic agenda following meetings with key Democratic lawmakers this week to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure package and the Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
White House wants millions of government contractors vaccinated by Dec. 8
White House wants millions of government contractors vaccinated by Dec. 8
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The White House might give up the goods on what Trump did Jan. 6. What would that mean?
The White House might give up the goods on what Trump did Jan. 6. What would that mean?
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Raw Story, Insider and Washington Post
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Organization Warned by Judge to Obey N.Y. Subpoenas — Former President Donald Trump's company will have to hire an outside firm to search its documents if it doesn't soon fully comply with subpoenas issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a judge warned.
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Politico:
'You've disgraced this country': Judge rips Capitol riot defendant — A federal judge tore into a low-level defendant in the Capitol Riot Friday, moments after the man entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the Jan. 6 unrest. — “You've disgraced this country in the eyes …
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Oma Seddiq / Insider:
House passes bill to protect abortion rights in response to the Supreme Court leaving Texas' 6-week ban in place — The House on Friday passed legislation that would protect abortion rights. — The move came in response to a strict Texas abortion law that took effect on September 1.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
DeSantis pulls ahead of 2024 GOP pack as Florida's Covid cases fall — Florida's coronavirus caseloads are dropping fast. And Gov. Ron DeSantis is again rising above other possible 2024 GOP presidential candidates in a new poll. — In a theoretical primary without Donald Trump on the ballot …
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Zusha Elinson / Wall Street Journal:
Police Officers Resist Getting Vaccinated for Covid-19, Now Their No. 1 Killer — The disease is the leading cause of death among police, surpassing gunfire, but resistance persists — Police departments around the country are trying to persuade officers to get vaccinated against Covid-19 …
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Republican US Sen. Chuck Grassley will run for reelection in 2022 Senate race — After months of deliberation, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley announced early Friday morning he will run for reelection in 2022 — a decision Republicans believe will give them their best chance to hold onto the coveted Senate seat.
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley announces run for re-election
GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley announces run for re-election
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell warms to Herschel Walker as primary war with Trump fizzles — Republicans are hand-wringing over former President Donald Trump's hand-picked candidate Herschel Walker entering a critical Senate race. Surprisingly, Mitch McConnell isn't one of them.
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Axios:
1 big thing: Biden's big bet backfires — President Biden bit off too much, too fast in trying to ram through what would be the largest social expansion in American history, top Democrats privately say. — Why it matters: At the time Biden proposed it, he had his mind set …
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Daniel D'Addario / Variety:
‘The View’ Pulls Two Hosts Mid-Show for Positive COVID Tests Before Kamala Harris Interview … A planned interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on “The View” was derailed Friday when two of the show's co-hosts were asked to exit mid-broadcast because they tested positive for COVID.
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Chris Hayes / New Yorker:
On the Internet, We're Always Famous — What happens when the experience of celebrity becomes universal? — The fennec fox is the smallest fox on earth and cute as a button. It has mischievous dark eyes, a small black nose, and impish six-inch ears—each several times larger than its head.
Kerry Breen / TODAY.com:
NBC News correspondent Monica Alba announces she is pregnant with her 1st child — NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba is expecting her first child. — The mom-to-be, who is married to CNN national political reporter Dan Merica, told TODAY Parents that the couple is expecting a boy, due on Feb. 2, 2022 (or 2/2/22!).