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Dan Merica / CNN:
McAuliffe says Virginia election ‘is not about Trump’ after making former President central figure in campaign — Trump has been relatively hands off. Smerconish has a theory why — Virginia Beach, Virginia (CNN)Terry McAuliffe claimed on Saturday that the Virginia gubernatorial election is …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
In a tight Virginia race, Covid concerns still make campaigning difficult for Democrats — Virginia's governor race boils down to the ground game — ARLINGTON, Va. — The pandemic took away Tembi Hove's last job, as a server at a fancy hotel in Atlanta. And it complicates her current work …
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Washington Post:
Fearful Democrats look at Virginia and worry about 2022
Fearful Democrats look at Virginia and worry about 2022
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Isaac Schorr / Yahoo News:
New Poll Shows Youngkin, Fellow Republicans Sweeping Virginia
New Poll Shows Youngkin, Fellow Republicans Sweeping Virginia
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Today's deep question: Just how badly will the tikis torch Terry?
Today's deep question: Just how badly will the tikis torch Terry?
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Washington Post:
Russian troop movements near Ukraine border prompt concern in U.S., Europe — A renewed buildup of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border has raised concern among some officials in the United States and Europe who are tracking what they consider irregular movements of equipment and personnel on Russia's western flank.
New York Post:
26 FDNY firehouses out of service over vaccine mandate staff shortage — The FDNY shuttered 26 fire companies citywide Saturday morning because of staff shortages caused by the COVID-19 vaccination mandate — an “unconscionable” move some officials fear could have catastrophic consequences.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Court Filing Lists Documents Trump Seeks to Withhold From Jan. 6 Inquiry — The National Archives says the former president is asserting executive privilege over phone logs, notes and other records concerning the attack on the Capitol. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
John Eastman Blamed Pence for Violence at Jan. 6 Riot
John Eastman Blamed Pence for Violence at Jan. 6 Riot
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump wants call logs, aide's notes hidden from Jan. 6 panel
Trump wants call logs, aide's notes hidden from Jan. 6 panel
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Most Damning Jan 6th Revelation Yet
The Most Damning Jan 6th Revelation Yet
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Washington Examiner:
The father has no place in today's Democratic Party — In yet another desperate attempt to sell the public on his failing multitrillion-dollar spending agenda, President Joe Biden released a slideshow Thursday that inadvertently betrays how the modern Democratic Party views the family.
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Biden, Democrats failing to sell agenda to American people: POLL — Roughly 7 in 10 Americans know little about the bills Democrats are negotiating. — Negotiations on the infrastructure and social program bills have consumed Capitol Hill for months. Still, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll …
Kay Lazar / The Boston Globe:
Vermont, the most vaccinated state in the nation, has been weathering a spike in COVID cases. But why? — Throughout the pandemic, Vermont has been a beacon for the country, with its highest-in-the-nation COVID-19 vaccination rate, and often one of the lowest infection rates, too.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Inside the last-ditch effort by Democratic women to pressure Manchin and salvage paid family and medical leave — The party's still-forming $1.75 trillion economic package jettisoned the long-time priority to win over the West Virginia moderate. But many Democrats aren't yet ready to give up the fight.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Merrick Garland Plays Dumb on a DOJ Atrocity — There is no doubt that he grasps how wrong he is. — NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE — M — errick Garland turns out to be a political hack. — The attorney general very much enjoys his reputation as a distinguished former federal appellate judge …
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Washington Post:
Biden, other G-20 world leaders formally endorse groundbreaking global corporate minimum tax — The new global minimum tax of 15 percent aims to reverse the decades-long decline in tax rates on corporations across the world — ROME — President Biden and the other national leaders gathered …
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
G-20 leaders endorse global minimum tax
G-20 leaders endorse global minimum tax
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Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
911 transcripts filed in updated “Trump Train” lawsuit reveal San Marcos police refused to send escort to Biden bus — The highway confrontation between a Biden bus and Trump supporters made national news in the final days of the heated 2020 presidential campaign.
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Making ‘Last Ditch’ Effort to Skip Deposition, Zervos Says — Former President Donald Trump is making a “last ditch” effort to avoid being deposed in a defamation lawsuit filed by a former “Apprentice” contestant who claims he sexually assaulted her, a judge was told.
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Ruth Serven Smith / al.com:
Samford disinvites historian Jon Meacham after student anti-abortion protest — Want more state education news? Sign up for The Alabama Education Lab's free, weekly newsletter, Ed Chat. — Samford University has uninvited Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham from inauguration ceremonies …
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Miami Herald:
UF professors can't testify in Florida voting rights case — In a decision that could have far-reaching free speech implications for faculty at universities and colleges across Florida, the University of Florida has refused to allow three political science professors to continue to serve …
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JONATHAN TURLEY, Gainesville Sun, UPI and Law & Crime
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court embarks on most dramatic reckoning for abortion rights in decades — The Supreme Court will face a bramble of unsettled legal questions when it reviews Texas's most-restrictive-in-the-nation abortion law Monday, but the inquiry itself is evidence of a changed court whose view …
New York Times:
Curtis Sliwa Has New York's Attention Again. Was That Always the Point? — The founder of the Guardian Angels has sought the spotlight for decades. With his long-shot bid to become the city's next mayor, he has found it again. — When New Yorkers feared their subway and streets amid …
Daniel Nichanian / New York Magazine:
Will Tuesday Change How We Talk About Crime? Left-wing candidates for mayor vow to redefine “public safety.” — Last year it seemed like policing in America might finally change, after the summer's Black Lives Matter protests from coast to coast built a groundswell of support for major upheavals in law enforcement.