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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee — WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday formally blocked an attempt by former President Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, setting up a legal showdown between …
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Washington Post:
Biden rejects Trump's request to withhold documents from House committee investigating Jan. 6 attack — President Biden rejected former president Donald Trump's request to block documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the White House said on Friday …
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CNN:
Bannon to defy subpoena from January 6 committee, citing Trump's ‘direction’ — (CNN)Steve Bannon will not cooperate with the House select committee investigating January 6, his lawyer said in an email obtained by CNN that cites former President Donald Trump's claim of executive privilege.
Select Committee to Investigate …:
Thompson & Cheney Statement on Subpoena Deadline
Thompson & Cheney Statement on Subpoena Deadline
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POLITICUSUSA and NPR
Politico:
Biden White House waives executive privilege for initial set of Trump-era documents sought by Jan. 6 panel
Biden White House waives executive privilege for initial set of Trump-era documents sought by Jan. 6 panel
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In disparaging Haitian migrants, Trump is done with pretending he isn't who he is
In disparaging Haitian migrants, Trump is done with pretending he isn't who he is
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Vanity Fair, Metro.co.uk, New York Post, TMZ.com, HuffPost and Mediaite
New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Threatens to Pursue Charges Against Bannon
Jan. 6 Panel Threatens to Pursue Charges Against Bannon
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HotAir, Talking Points Memo, Crooks and Liars and Townhall
Evan Perez / CNN:
Biden refuses to assert privilege over Trump documents sought by January 6 committee
Biden refuses to assert privilege over Trump documents sought by January 6 committee
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HuffPost, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
Committee Uncovers Evidence that Trump Concealed Millions in Losses, Hid Debts, and Received Millions from Foreign Governments at Trump Hotel — GSA Documents Raise New Concerns about Trump Hotel Lease and Former President's Conflicts of Interest — Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2021) …
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Washington Post:
Trump's D.C. hotel made millions from foreign governments but still struggled, federal documents show — Hundreds of pages of the hotel's financial documents show that the federally leased hotel lost $71 million while Trump was in office — Donald Trump's luxury Washington hotel lost …
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CBS News, The Hill, NBC News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, Reuters and Raw Story
CNN:
Trump DC hotel incurred more than $70 million in losses while Trump was president, documents show — Washington (CNN)Former President Donald Trump racked up more than $70 million in losses over a four-year period from his Washington, DC, hotel, while publicly claiming that the hotel was making …
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CNBC, Insider, Mic, Mock Paper Scissors, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and The New Civil Rights Movement
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is Literally Teaching a Course on Fundraising — All students hope to learn from the top experts in their field. Graduate students at Arizona State University have an unusual opportunity this fall to do just that, where Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is teaching a course on getting rich people to give you money.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Manchin to Schumer: Your speech was “f*****g stupid” — Just how badly has Senate control undermined Democratic unity? And how far will it go? Punchbowl reports this morning that four different sources say that Joe Manchin confronted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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Politico, Crooks and Liars, Raw Story, The American Spectator, Breitbart, RedState, The Lid and The Daily Wire
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Will endorsement-happy Trump cost GOP the Senate?
POLITICO Playbook: Will endorsement-happy Trump cost GOP the Senate?
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HotAir, Breitbart, Florida Politics, HuffPost, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Examiner, Insider and Bloomberg
Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats likely to throw billions in tax hikes overboard as spending plans shrink
Democrats likely to throw billions in tax hikes overboard as spending plans shrink
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller and HotAir
Alayna Treene / Axios:
No one likes the debt deal
No one likes the debt deal
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BizPac Review, The Federalist, Mediaite, IJR and Washington Post
Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
Manchin blasts Schumer's GOP-bashing floor speech: ‘Civility is gone’
Manchin blasts Schumer's GOP-bashing floor speech: ‘Civility is gone’
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Insider, Politico, The Daily Caller, RedState, Power Line and The Daily Wire
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
David Shor Is Telling Democrats What They Don't Want to Hear — President Biden's agenda is in peril. Democrats hold a bare 50 seats in the Senate, which gives any member of their caucus the power to block anything he or she chooses, at least in the absence of Republican support.
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HotAir, Lawyers, Guns & Money, National Review, Digby's Hullabaloo, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Bloomberg
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
I Interviewed Trump For 5 Hours. Here's What He Told Me About ‘Stupid F—er’ McConnell, McCarthy's Bromance With Luntz, And The Fake News That Bothered Him The Most — In multiple interviews, Former President Donald Trump unloads on the rigged 2020 election, Republicans who screwed him …
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Insider, Washington Post and Truthout
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
De Blasio to Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted and Talented Program — The mayor unveiled a plan to replace the highly selective program, which has become a glaring symbol of segregation in New York City public schools, for incoming students. It will be up to his successor to implement it.
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Philip Caldwell / Washington Free Beacon:
De Blasio Moves To End NYC's ‘Gifted and Talented’ School Programs
De Blasio Moves To End NYC's ‘Gifted and Talented’ School Programs
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National Review, Ordinary Times and Twitchy
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
September's jobs creation comes up short with gain of just 194,000 — Nonfarm payrolls increased by 194,000 in September, compared with the Dow Jones estimate for 500,000. — The unemployment rate dropped to 4.8%, better than the expected 5.1%. — Leisure and hospitality along …
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Associated Press:
Biden is first president to mark Indigenous Peoples' Day — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples' Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward …
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The White House:
A Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples' Day, 2021
A Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples' Day, 2021
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James McClain / Yahoo Lifestyle:
Son of Afghanistan's Former Defense Minister Buys $20.9 Million Beverly Hills Mansion — He already owns a $5.2 million Miami Beach condo at the prestigious St. Regis Bal Harbour resort, but Daoud Wardak apparently also wants a West Coast outpost. To that end, he's heading for Beverly Hills …
Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Dave Chappelle Gets Standing Ovation Amid Netflix Special Controversy: “If This Is What Being Canceled Is, I Love It” — After being called out for transphobic jokes in ‘The Closer,’ the comedian performed at the Hollywood Bowl in front of Brad Pitt, Tiffany Haddish and Stevie Wonder and dismissed the outcry: “F— Twitter.
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ProPublica:
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn't Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge. — Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences …
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Insider:
Billionaire Peter Thiel has a Republican US Senate candidate on his corporate payroll who is earning more than $1 million, documents show — Blake Masters made seven figures in salary and royalties from his work with Thiel Capital. — Peter Thiel has given $10 million to a super PAC backing Masters' challenge of Sen. Mark Kelly.
David Gilbert / VICE:
Trump Supporters Have Already Turned on the Cyber Ninjas — Doug Logan, the CEO of Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company that conducted the bogus election ‘audit’ in Arizona over the last six months, says he won't be conducting any more recounts—unless God tells him to.
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Politico:
U.S. investigators increasingly confident directed-energy attacks behind Havana Syndrome — The U.S. government's investigation into the mysterious illnesses impacting American personnel overseas and at home is turning up new evidence that the symptoms are the result of directed-energy attacks …
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ABC News and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. — Seeking to bolster press freedoms as journalists find themselves under increasing pressure from authoritarian governments and other hostile forces, the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Peace Prize …
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Graham Moomaw / Virginia Mercury:
Va. Redistricting Commission implodes as Republicans reject compromise and Democrats walk out — The Virginia Redistricting Commission's first-ever attempt to draw fair political maps collapsed in spectacular fashion Friday, when frustrated Democrats walked out of a meeting after Republicans rebuffed …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Officials Close Review of the Officer-Involved Shooting of Jacob Blake — The Justice Department announced today that it will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against a Kenosha Police Department (KPD) officer for his involvement in the Aug. 23, 2020, shooting of 30-year-old Jacob Blake.
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Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
The DOJ Is Investigating Americans For War Crimes Allegedly Committed While Fighting With Far-Right Extremists In Ukraine — KYIV — One chilly day in February, Craig Lang, a former US Army soldier wanted for allegedly killing a married couple in Florida, pleaded with three stern-faced judges …
Kenneth Niemeyer / Insider:
Rudy Giuliani testified that he represented Trump's 2020 campaign for free because the former president ‘ordered me to do it’ — Rudy Giuliani said former President Donald Trump ordered him to represent his campaign for free, according to court documents.
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Raw Story
BuzzFeed News:
He Belongs To A Right-Wing Extremist Group — And Is Running To Represent Ultra-Liberal Park Slope, Brooklyn — Brett Wynkoop embodies many of the traits that have made his neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn, a stereotype of a liberal enclave. He lives in a century-old brownstone on a leafy street …
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Raw Story
Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
Jon Gruden Used Racial Trope to Describe NFLPA Chief DeMaurice Smith in 2011 Email — The NFL has been examining more than 650,000 emails, including the one sent by the Las Vegas Raiders coach, as part of a recent investigation. Gruden apologized for the comment.
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Sports Illustrated
Adam Wren / Insider:
President Joe Biden will select former Sen. Joe Donnelly as US ambassador to the Vatican — President Biden has tapped former Sen. Joe Donnelly as his ambassador to the Vatican. — The Indiana Democrat would be in charge of relationships with Catholic Church leadership.