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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
GOP hands Trump the party — DRIVING THE DAY — “Nine months ago, Republicans were questioning DONALD TRUMP's place as the lead fixture of their party. Saturday night provided the clearest evidence yet that they want him right there.” — This morning's must-read piece comes from Meridith McGraw …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump holds fast to his election lies as the GOP establishment hugs him tighter — DES MOINES, Iowa — Nine months ago, Republicans were questioning Donald Trump's place as the lead fixture of their party. Saturday night provided the clearest evidence yet that they want him right there.
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Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump tells thousands at a rally in Iowa, 'We're going to take America back'
Donald Trump tells thousands at a rally in Iowa, 'We're going to take America back'
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump rallies in Iowa as he eyes 2022 and 2024
Trump rallies in Iowa as he eyes 2022 and 2024
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Norm Ornstein / New York Daily News:
Fix the Senate, save America — It is a measure of the shattered state of the American political system that a deal proposed by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell simply to postpone by two months a dangerous confrontation over the debt ceiling — one that could result in a default …
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Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Treasury Secretary Yellen warns debt ceiling battle could spell ‘catastrophe’ — “Absolutely imperative we raise the debt ceiling,” Yellen said. — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on ABC's “This Week” that Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans are playing with …
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Politico, The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Most Senate Republicans don't want to see Trump run again
Most Senate Republicans don't want to see Trump run again
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Washington Post:
Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign country — A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with repeatedly trying to pass secrets about U.S. nuclear submarines to a foreign country, in an alleged espionage plot discovered by the FBI, according to court documents.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Georgia election official takes the fight to Trump — Donald Trump never wastes an opportunity to attack Georgia's top statewide Republican officeholders for failing to help him overturn the 2020 election results in the key swing state. — Brad Raffensperger is the only one who refuses to shut up and take it.
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Raymond T. Odierno, Army general who helped devise Iraq War strategy, dies at 67 — Raymond T. Odierno, a four-star Army general who was a key architect of the “surge” in U.S. forces during the Iraq War that was credited with reducing violence and increasing stability in the country …
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno Dies at 67; Oversaw Iraq Surge
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno Dies at 67; Oversaw Iraq Surge
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American Greatness:
Garland Just Tipped Over the Dominos — Parents across the country have suddenly woken up to the wokeness haunting their schools and poisoning the minds of their children. — Destruction of the family has always been at the center of the collectivist project.
Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
Reporter reveals Facebook paid Eastern European troll farms and the sinister secrets behind its algorithm — Scott speaks with Karen Hao the senior Artificial Intelligence editor for MIT Technology Review whose groundbreaking work looking into Facebook just got validated in a massive …
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CBS News:
What's in Democrats' Build Back Better plan? A lot of Americans don't know - CBS News poll — While congressional Democrats negotiate within their ranks over the “Build Back Better” plan, the public is more likely to have heard about what it would cost than about the specific policies that would be in it.
Monique Beals / The Hill:
McAuliffe expresses frustration House hasn't passed infrastructure bill — Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe on Sunday expressed his frustration that the House has yet to pass its infrastructure bill. — “We've got frustration with Washington.
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops have not yet complied with vaccine mandate as deadlines near — Hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members remain unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Pentagon's first compliance deadlines near …
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Canadian Admits Fabricating Terrorism Tale Detailed in New York Times Podcast — In exchange for the admission of the man, Shehroze Chaudhry, Canada dropped criminal charges against him. — OTTAWA — A Canadian man admitted in court on Friday that he made up tales about serving as an Islamic State fighter and executioner in Syria.
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
In scramble for votes in Virginia, emotions flare over Trump, covid and race — Bruce Carlson considers himself mainly a Democrat. He voted for Bill Clinton and Barack Obama for president and for Terry McAuliffe for governor back in 2013. But he won't be voting to make McAuliffe Virginia's governor for a second time.
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
Past is prologue for New York mayors — In quite the tale of two cities, Bill de Blasio talked in his first year as mayor, after the NYPD had killed Eric Garner, about how he'd “literally had to train” his then 16-year-old son Dante “to take special care in any encounter he has with the police officers who are there to protect him.”
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Blinken to hold trilateral meeting with Israeli and UAE counterparts — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a trilateral meeting at the State Department on Wednesday with the foreign ministers of Israel and the United Arab Emirates. — Why it matters: This is the first such meeting since …
BBC:
China-Taiwan tensions: We will not bow to Beijing pressure, says leader — Taiwan will not bow to pressure from China and will defend its democratic way of life, President Tsai Ing-wen has said in a defiant speech amid heightened tensions over the island. — “The more we achieve …
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