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Andrew Solender / Axios:
The infrastructure Republicans — Some of the swing-district House Republicans who crossed party lines to help Democrats pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill told Axios they believe they can survive the political fallout from their own party — and that their vote strengthens …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
GOP erupts over its House members bailing out Biden — In Tuesday's election, Republicans served notice that the clock is ticking on Democrats' slim majorities in Congress. On Friday, 13 House Republicans delivered the decisive votes to rescue a key part of President Biden's agenda — an agenda endangered by those in his own party.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Patience, persistence pay off as Biden brings infrastructure package across finish line — Bipartisan deal would have ramifications for roads, bridges, ports, and broadband access across the entire country, delivering on a campaign promise. — Less than 10 months after taking office …
New York Times:
Election Results in Virginia Prove Things Can Get Worse for Democrats — Republicans ran up the margins in rural Virginia counties, the latest sign that Democrats, as one lawmaker put it, “continue to tank in small-town America.” — HOT SPRINGS, Va. — The increasingly liberal politics …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Searches James O'Keefe's Home in Ashley Biden Diary Theft Inquiry — Authorities carried out a court-ordered search at the New York apartment of the Project Veritas founder two days after searching the homes of his associates. — Federal authorities on Saturday searched the home of James O'Keefe …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
House 6 January panel to issue new round of subpoenas for Trump allies — Focus on events at Willard hotel ‘command center’ — John Eastman among about 20 individuals in committee's sights — The House select committee investigating the deadly attack on the US Capitol on 6 January …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Merrick Garland is caught in a pickle with Steve Bannon
Merrick Garland is caught in a pickle with Steve Bannon
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New York Times:
The Congressional Black Caucus Was Key to the Infrastructure Vote — Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the chairwoman of the caucus, Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, to announce a key deal, understanding that the lawmaker had more influence at that point than she did.
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
U.S. federal appeals court freezes Biden's vaccine rule for companies — A U.S. federal appeals court issued a stay Saturday freezing the Biden administration's efforts to require workers at U.S. companies with at least 100 employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly, citing …
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
GOP-appointed judges freeze Biden vaccine requirement after federal lawsuit
GOP-appointed judges freeze Biden vaccine requirement after federal lawsuit
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Glen Owen / Daily Mail:
Joe Biden or the new Mr Trump? Camilla 'hasn't stopped talking about' hearing the President ‘break wind’ during chat at Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow — President Joe Biden met Duchess of Cornwall during reception on Monday — They made polite small talk and Camilla was shocked to hear Biden break wind
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Susan Estrich / New York Post:
Terry McAuliffe's doom: Joe Biden and the price of eggs
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
'It's a walkout!' … BRADFORD, Pa. — Dustin Snyder was tired of the low wages, the 60-hour workweeks and the impossible-to-please customers, and so in early September the assistant general manager at a McDonald's here drafted a petition that laid bare months of building anger and frustration.
New York Times:
Georgia Grand Jury Looms in Trump Inquiry — An Atlanta D.A. is said to be likely to impanel a special grand jury in her criminal investigation of election interference by the former president and his allies. — As the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot fights …
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Americans Are Flush With Cash and Jobs. They Also Think the Economy Is Awful. — The psychological effects of inflation seem to have the upper hand. — Americans are, by many measures, in a better financial position than they have been in many years. They also believe the economy is in terrible shape.
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New York Times:
How Police Justify Killing Drivers: The Vehicle Was a Weapon — A Times investigation into a common defense for shooting motorists found that some officers had put themselves in danger. Others appeared to face no peril at all. — PHENIX CITY, Ala. — On a Sunday in May 2017 …
Matt Bonesteel / Washington Post:
Aaron Rodgers lashes out against NFL, ‘woke mob’ in defense of vaccination status — Decrying the “woke mob,” “cancel culture” and what he described as a “witch hunt” against him, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers vigorously defended his decision not to be vaccinated …
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Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:
9 Truths From Aaron Rodgers' Explosive Vaxx Interview You Aren't Allowed To Say
9 Truths From Aaron Rodgers' Explosive Vaxx Interview You Aren't Allowed To Say
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Wokeness Derails the Democrats — WASHINGTON — In Shakespeare, when characters want to fulfill their desires, they escape to what's been called the Green World. — And that's what Democrats promised voters: that they could leave behind the vitriol and aggravation of Donald Trump's America …
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Jake Cordell / The Moscow Times:
Russia Faces $2T in Stranded Hydrocarbon Assets in Net Zero World — Researchers say more than half of Russia's oil and gas infrastructure could be worthless within the next 15 years. — Russia could be left with almost $2 trillion in worthless hydrocarbon assets if major economies hit …
CNN:
Moms who voted for Biden explain why they voted for a Republican in Virginia — CNN's Pamela Brown sits down with some White suburban moms from Virginia about what made them vote for a Republican in the recent governor's race, despite voting for Biden for president in 2020. Source: CNN
Rachel Ramirez / CNN:
Generation Climate: How the crisis made young people the adults in the room — (CNN)Vanessa Nakate was 21 when deadly floods inundated vast swaths of East Africa in 2018. She didn't consider herself a climate activist at the time, but soon after that disaster she and her younger siblings …
Kimberley Strassel / New York Post:
Inside the Clinton dossier and the con behind the Russiagate scandal — The nation argued for five years over the infamous Steele dossier, the document on which the FBI relied to investigate Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. It should have been called the Clinton dossier.
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