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NBC News:
House passes $555 billion infrastructure bill, sends legislation to Biden's desk — House votes on bipartisan infrastructure bill — The House passed a $555 billion infrastructure bill on Friday night, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden who is expected to quickly sign the measure into law.
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Bloomberg:
House Passes Historic Infrastructure Bill in Victory for Biden — Passage came after day-long negotiations among Democrats — Progressives conceded leverage on social spending bill — The House on Friday passed the biggest U.S. infrastructure package in decades …
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The Daily Beast, Associated Press, Townhall, Chicago Sun-Times, WINK NEWS, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and CNN
Axios:
House passes $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending it to Biden's desk — The House on Friday passed, 228-206, a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, handing President Biden a major victory after months of party infighting and negotiations. — Why it matters …
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Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, POLITICUSUSA, The Guardian and Talking Points Memo
Philip Klein / National Review:
It Smells Like House Democrats Have a Deal — As we get late into Friday night, it appears that House Democrats are closing in on a deal that would pass the infrastructure bill while moving the ball forward on President Biden's multi-trillion dollar spending bill.
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Politico, CNN, New York Post and Political Wire
The Hill:
Liberals, moderates strike deal on Biden agenda, clearing way for votes
Liberals, moderates strike deal on Biden agenda, clearing way for votes
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Associated Press and The New Civil Rights Movement
Washington Post:
Another intraparty revolt by Democrats imperils swift passage of infrastructure, spending bills
Another intraparty revolt by Democrats imperils swift passage of infrastructure, spending bills
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New York Times, The Hill, The Mahablog, The Guardian, The Daily Wire and HotAir
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Showdown: Pelosi dares liberals to sink infrastructure bill
Showdown: Pelosi dares liberals to sink infrastructure bill
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RedState, Insider, Associated Press, New York Post and NBC News
Politico:
Pelosi tries to rev House Dems after season in the ditch
Pelosi tries to rev House Dems after season in the ditch
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Fox News, Washington Post, Reuters, The Hill, WTOP News, Washington Times, BorderReport, Forbes, ABC News, Al Jazeera, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, [your]NEWS, East Bay Times, The Dispatch, New York Times, Associated Press, NBC Boston, NPR, abc7NY, UPI and HotAir
New York Times:
People Tied to Project Veritas Scrutinized in Theft of Diary From Biden's Daughter — The F.B.I. carried out search warrants in New York as part of a Justice Department investigation into how pages from Ashley Biden's journal came to be published by a right wing website.
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Project Veritas:
FBI and Southern District of New York Raid Project Veritas Journalists' Homes — A message from Project Veritas founder and CEO, James O'Keefe. — I awoke to the news that apartments and homes of Project Veritas journalists, or former journalists, had been raided by FBI agents.
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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner and [your]NEWS
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin's underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday's election, elections officials said — The 17-year-old son of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) tried to cast a ballot in Tuesday's gubernatorial election twice despite being too young to vote, Fairfax County officials said in a statement released Friday.
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HuffPost, WRIC-TV, Raw Story, CNN, Washington Times, USA Today, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washingtonian, Insider, Forbes, Talking Points Memo, WTOP News and Twitchy
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Seth Hettena / Rolling Stone:
Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Attempted to Vote on Election Day, Was Turned Away — Thomas Youngkin was turned away because he was ineligible due to his age, according to a statement from a local election official — A 17-year-old son of Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin tried twice …
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American Greatness and Digby's Hullabaloo
NBC4 Washington:
Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Tried to Vote in Virginia Governor's Election, Officials Say — The teen tried to vote at a polling place in Great Falls, but was turned away due to his age, according to election officials — The 17-year-old son of Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin twice tried …
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Bulwark+
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
McAuliffe's quote on schools was a clunker, but polls suggest parental backlash didn't swing the election
McAuliffe's quote on schools was a clunker, but polls suggest parental backlash didn't swing the election
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Townhall and The Daily Signal
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Rachel Maddow's Shocking New Low — With last night's loony response to the indictment of Igor Danchenko, the MSNBC anchor takes a bold leap off the credibility cliff — Yesterday, Special Counsel John Durham indicted Brookings Institute analyst Igor Danchenko, better known as the primary source …
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Law & Crime and NOQ Report
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Operative Linked to Steele Dossier Did Not Disclose Work for Russia to Justice Department
Clinton Operative Linked to Steele Dossier Did Not Disclose Work for Russia to Justice Department
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Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Fox News
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Was the FBI Manipulated by the Democratic Party?
Was the FBI Manipulated by the Democratic Party?
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Power Line and The Guardian
John Sexton / HotAir:
Eli Lake: The Danchenko indictment shows the Democratic Party manipulated the FBI
Eli Lake: The Danchenko indictment shows the Democratic Party manipulated the FBI
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We Love Trump and Bloomberg
CNN:
Retiring GOP lawmaker warns Trump will try to steal the next election — Programming note: A new CNN documentary, “Trumping Democracy: An American Coup,” reported by Jake Tapper about former President Donald Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election, premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, November 5.
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Alternet.org, Vanity Fair, Raw Story and Mediaite
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CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the Capitol Police intelligence unit overhaul that caused confusion ahead of January 6 — Programming note: A new CNN documentary, “Trumping Democracy: An American Coup,” about former President Donald Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election, premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, November 5.
Politico:
Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions — A top Trump Justice Department official who aided the former president's quest to overturn the 2020 election refused to answer substantive questions in a meeting with congressional investigators on Friday.
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NBC News, New York Times, Associated Press, Washington Post, CNN, Forbes, Al Jazeera, Insider, Washington Times, Raw Story, Mediaite, USA Today, The Hill and Alternet.org
Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Pfizer antiviral pill reduced risk of covid hospitalization and death by 89 percent in high-risk people, company study shows — An experimental coronavirus pill reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 89 percent in high-risk people infected with the virus, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced Friday.
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HotAir, National Review and Wall Street Journal
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Pfizer Inc.:
Pfizer's Novel COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatment Candidate Reduced Risk of Hospitalization or Death by 89% in Interim Analysis of Phase 2/3 EPIC-HR Study
Pfizer's Novel COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatment Candidate Reduced Risk of Hospitalization or Death by 89% in Interim Analysis of Phase 2/3 EPIC-HR Study
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Associated Press, New York Times, Bloomberg, USA Today, The Daily Caller, CBS News, Townhall, The Western Journal, Deseret News, CBS San Francisco and Reason
New York Times:
Cuomo Sex-Crime Charge May Be ‘Defective,’ D.A. Says — A judge granted the Albany County district attorney's request for an adjournment, after prosecutors cited potentially “exculpatory” mistakes in the investigation. — The sex-crime case against former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was thrown …
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Insider, Townhall, CNBC, CNN, Political Wire and Fox News
Romy Ellenbogen / Tampa Bay Times:
Republicans make Florida history, pass Democrats in voter registration — Gov. DeSantis said on Friday morning that the GOP had struck the milestone they'd been approaching since 2012. — Published Earlier today — Florida Republicans have officially reached a milestone they've …
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The Hill, Fox News, The Western Journal and The Daily Caller
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Amy Nelson / Fox News:
Dana White says he won't mandate vaccines for fighters: ‘This is a free country, do what you want’ — White spoke with Brian Kilmeade ahead of UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden. — Dana White explains why he opposes vaccine mandates — UFC president Dana White said his business saw …
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Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Trump left a $7 million mess after delaying census workers' payroll taxes — The U.S. Census Bureau has been stuck with a $7 million accounting mess after former President Donald Trump's administration ordered the federal agency to pause payroll taxes last year for certain employees …
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Raw Story
Matt Welch / Reason:
They Just Keep Closing Schools and Mandating Masks — Given this week's surprise drubbing at the polls—not just in Virginia, New Jersey, and Long Island, but also in many of the estimated 117 school districts where board seats were contested on the issues of COVID-19 response, race-based policies …
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KNSD-TV and CBS Chicago
Newsweek:
Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Know What Happened to Pols Who Did What They're Doing — It's a core principle of economics that people do what they are incentivized to do. That may be why Senators Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., haven't hesitated to oppose popular progressive policies …
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Jacobin and The Daily Poster
Chiara Eisner / The State:
They executed people for the state of South Carolina. For some, it nearly destroyed them. — From hanging pirates to firing squads, pictures reveal 303-year history of SC executions — The first time Craig Baxley executed a man for the state of South Carolina, he wasn't sure it was the right thing to do.
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
John Eastman Is Not Good With Computers — The legal scholar who advised Trump on his Jan. 6 strategy is making a lot of mistakes. — John Eastman is having a rough go of it. The 61-year-old attorney, founding director of the Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
University of Florida Reverses Course to Allow Professors to Testify Against State — Facing a storm of protest, the university said three professors could testify as expert witnesses in a voting-rights lawsuit against the state. — Acceding to a storm of protest, the University …
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WUFT News, NPR, Washington Post, Raw Story, Alternet.org, Politico, WINK NEWS and Florida Politics
CNN:
CIA director dispatched to Moscow to warn Russia over troop buildup near Ukraine — (CNN)President Joe Biden dispatched CIA Director Bill Burns to Moscow earlier this week to warn the Kremlin that the US is watching its buildup of troops near Ukraine's border closely, and to attempt to determine what is motivating Russia's actions.
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TASS, Voice of America and CyberScoop
U.S. Department of Justice:
Jury Convicts Chinese Intelligence Officer of Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets — A federal jury today convicted Yanjun Xu, a Chinese national and Deputy Division Director of the Sixth Bureau of the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security, of conspiring to and attempting …
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Financial Times