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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Report Cites New Details of Trump Pressure on Justice Dept. Over Election — A Senate panel fleshed out how Donald Trump pursued his plan to install a loyalist as acting attorney general to pursue unfounded reports of fraud. — WASHINGTON — Even by the standards of President Donald J. Trump …
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Politico:
Senate Judiciary probe of Trump's 2020 machinations zeroes in on Pennsylvania House Republican — A Senate Democratic report released Thursday places Rep. Scott Perry at the center of efforts to help former President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election results, urging other congressional investigators …
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CNN:
Senate Judiciary Committee issues sweeping report detailing how Trump and a top DOJ lawyer attempted to overturn 2020 election — Washington (CNN)The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday released a sweeping report about how former President Donald Trump and a top lawyer in the Justice Department attempted …
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CNN:
Trump allies did little to investigate election fraud claims, court documents show — Fact-checking the Trump legal team's claims — (CNN)Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they did little to check out some of the uncorroborated claims they made about 2020 election fraud …
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Whined to Acting Attorney General: You'll Do Nothing to Help Me ‘Overturn’ Election
Trump Whined to Acting Attorney General: You'll Do Nothing to Help Me ‘Overturn’ Election
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Sanders' Sinema spat — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) withheld support for a joint statement condemning last weekend's protests against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) because it also wouldn't include a rebuke of her political views, Axios has learned. — Why it matters …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin demands progressives prioritize — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is telling colleagues that progressives need to pick just one of President Biden's three signature policies for helping working families and discard the other two, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Ruben Gallego is left's favorite to take on Sinema
Ruben Gallego is left's favorite to take on Sinema
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Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Troops Have Been Deployed in Taiwan for at Least a Year — Small presence of Americans secretly training local forces marks concern over China's yearslong military buildup and recent moves — WASHINGTON—A U.S. special-operations unit and a contingent of Marines have been secretly operating …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Senate leaders announce short-term deal to raise debt ceiling $480 billion into December — Lawmakers would still need to revisit the issue later this year, but it takes the risk of default off the table for now. — Senate Democratic and Republican leaders said Thursday morning they had clinched …
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POLITICO Playbook: Why McConnell backed down
POLITICO Playbook: Why McConnell backed down
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Here's Why McConnell Blinked
Here's Why McConnell Blinked
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ABC News:
Many Jan. 6 rally organizers poised to comply with committee, top Trump aides expected to rebuff — The House committee probing the Jan.6 attack issued 11 subpoenas last week. — Many of the 11 individuals linked to the pro-Trump rally that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Pelosi's office denies claims on Trump meeting from Grisham's book
Pelosi's office denies claims on Trump meeting from Grisham's book
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
The foul-mouthed farmer sticking his neck out for Democrats' agenda — When Jon Tester returned from a White House meeting last month, Amy Klobuchar congratulated him for his “nice quote” about the debt ceiling. — As Klobuchar read back Tester's expletive-infused words, he recalled protesting: “'Come on.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Americans' Trust in Media Dips to Second Lowest on Record — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' trust in the media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly has edged down four percentage points since last year to 36%, making this year's reading the second lowest in Gallup's trend.
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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
In U.S., Trust in Politicians, Voters Continues to Ebb
In U.S., Trust in Politicians, Voters Continues to Ebb
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New York Times:
Federal Judge Pauses Strict Texas Law Banning Most Abortions — A sharply worded ruling sided with the Justice Department, which sued to block the measure last month after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday granted the Justice Department's request …
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Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions
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CBS Denver:
Patient, Donor Denied Kidney Transplant Surgery Over Being Unvaccinated — AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - A Colorado woman with stage 5 renal failure was months away from getting a new kidney. Now, she and her donor are looking for another hospital after learning UCHealth's new policy.
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Michelle Malkin / CNSNews:
Comply or Die: Vax-Partheid in the Operating Room
New York Times:
Pfizer Asks F.D.A. to Authorize Its Covid-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11 — The agency has promised to move quickly on the request and has tentatively scheduled a meeting at the end of the month to consider it. — WASHINGTON — Pfizer and BioNTech said on Thursday morning …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Americans Give President Biden Lowest Marks Across The Board, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Say The Biden Administration Is Not Competent — mail_outline — President Joe Biden receives a negative 38 - 53 percent job approval rating, the lowest score he's received …
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Durham Probes Pentagon Computer Contractors in Anti-Trump Conspiracy — Above, ‘Tech Executive-1’ alludes to leaving his job last month amid John Durham's Russia probe. — Cybersecurity experts who held lucrative Pentagon and homeland security contracts and high-level security clearances …
Tulsa World:
Joy Hofmeister to flip parties, challenge Kevin Stitt for governor in 2022 … State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister is running for governor — as a Democrat. — The 57-year-old lifelong Republican told the Tulsa World in an exclusive interview that she is changing her party registration …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
The Liberal Activist Who Targets Republicans With a MAGA Masquerade — Pretending to be like-minded, Lauren Windsor has generated headlines by coaxing conservatives like Tommy Tuberville and Glenn Youngkin into making revealing statements about their views. — Mike Pence told her, “I love your heart.”
CNN:
Facebook whistleblower to talk to January 6 committee — (CNN Business)The Facebook whistleblower who released thousands of documents that she says shows the company knows its platforms are used to spread hate, violence and misinformation is expected to meet with the House select committee investigating …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
‘The intelligence was there’: Law enforcement warnings abounded in the runup to Jan. 6 — On Dec. 24, a private intelligence company that works with law enforcement issued a grave warning: Users of a pro-Trump internet forum were talking about turning violent on Jan. 6.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How AT&T fuels right-wing extremists — One America News (OAN), a right-wing propaganda network that promotes unhinged conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, COVID, and other topics, relies almost exclusively on funding from AT&T. Court records first obtained by Reuters reveal that AT&T is responsible for 90% of OAN's revenue.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Project Home Fire/Center for Politics Research Reveals Outsized Role Immigration Plays in Fueling our National Divide — Dear Readers: This is the second in a series of planned releases on a polling and data analytics project conducted by the University of Virginia Center for Politics and Project Home Fire …
American Greatness:
Why I Left National Review — Victor Davis Hanson discusses his decision to leave National Review with Tucker Carlson, and his ideas about a conservatism that respects and seeks to preserve America's middle class. — The following is a transcript of Victor Davis Hanson, author of The Dying Citizen …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
The old way of spying has become obsolete, says one expert. The culprit is technology. — WASHINGTON — The CIA's decades-old spying model has been overtaken by technology, according to a former CIA officer who studied the matter for the agency. — “The very idea of a globally dispersed cadre …
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The Daily Beast:
Lewandowski Demanded Cash After MAGA-Land Kicked Him to the Curb — “It doesn't matter if he'd asked for five dollars, it wasn't going to happen,” one individual familiar with the situation said. — Last week, Donald Trump announced the exile of his confidant and former top campaign aide Corey Lewandowski …
NBC New York:
De Blasio Misused Security Detail, NYPD Covered It Up, City Inspector General Says — What to Know — A Department of Investigation report out Thursday found NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio misused his NYPD security details for personal and political purposes and at least one NYPD official helped cover it up
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