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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Trump White House records can be turned over to House Jan. 6 investigative committee, judge rules — A federal judge in Washington ruled late Tuesday that hundreds of pages of Trump White House records can be turned over to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Rejects Trump's Bid to Keep Papers Secret in Jan. 6 Inquiry — But a Trump lawyer has signaled an intent to appeal the ruling, which raises novel issues about an ex-president's executive privilege powers. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected a bid …
Reuters:
U.S. judge denies Trump bid to block Jan 6 select committee investigation
U.S. judge denies Trump bid to block Jan 6 select committee investigation
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Federal judge denies Trump's attempt to withhold records from January 6 committee
Federal judge denies Trump's attempt to withhold records from January 6 committee
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Brian Williams to Leave MSNBC — The former anchor of “NBC Nightly News” rehabilitated his tarnished image as the host of a popular 11 p.m. show on MSNBC. — Brian Williams, the square-jawed news anchor laid low by a fabulism scandal who mounted a career comeback with a popular 11 p.m. talk show on MSNBC …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Anchor Brian Williams is leaving MSNBC and NBC News — New York (CNN Business)Anchorman Brian Williams, a 28-year veteran of NBC News and MSNBC, said Tuesday that he is leaving the company at the end of this year. — “This is the end of a chapter and the beginning of another,” Williams said in a statement.
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New York Post:
Donald Trump bashes 13 Republicans who backed infrastructure bill — Former President Donald Trump ripped 13 congressional Republicans who backed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill during a lengthy speech Monday - while one of them, New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, listened from the audience.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Freshman GOP Rep ‘Visibly Shaken’ After Trump's Dinner Rant About Her Infrastructure Vote, Says Report — LINE OF FIRE — Former President Donald Trump went on an angry tirade Monday against the 13 House Republicans who helped push through President Joe Biden's massive infrastructure bill …
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Post-Trump GOP doctrine — Republicans — reshaped, controlled and defined by Donald Trump since 2015 — are slowly but surely charting a post-Trump ideology and platform. — Why it matters: Other than conservative courts, toughness on immigration and hostility toward modern liberalism …
Washington Post:
Prices climbed 6.2 percent in October compared to last year, the largest increase in 30 years, as inflation strains economy — It's unclear when supply chains will clear, especially given how vulnerable the economy remain to the pandemic — Prices rose 6.2 percent in October compared with a year ago …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. consumer prices jump 6.2% in October, the biggest inflation surge in more than 30 years — CPI jumps 6.2% in October, highest level in more than 30 years — Inflation across a broad swath of products that consumers buy every day was even worse than expected in October …
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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Inflation Likely Reached 30-Year High in October
NBC News:
GOP recruitment struggles give Democrats hope in 2022 Senate fight — WASHINGTON — They lost the governor's race in Virginia. They had a bad scare in New Jersey. They're the clear underdogs in the battle for the U.S. House. But Democrats saw glimmers of hope in the fight for the Senate …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Sununu announcement act rubs top Republicans the wrong way
Sununu announcement act rubs top Republicans the wrong way
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema takes victory lap after Congress passes physical infrastructure bill — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema took a victory lap Monday, saying the $1.2 trillion physical infrastructure bill passed by the House of Representatives is evidence her approach to bipartisan legislating is backed by the American public.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP billionaire Ken Langone says he will hold a fundraiser for Democrat Joe Manchin, who has worked to shrink Biden's agenda
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
Biden wants to fix Democrat woes with more left-liberal lawmaking
Biden wants to fix Democrat woes with more left-liberal lawmaking
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Suzanne Perez / KMUW:
Goddard school district orders 29 books removed from circulation — WICHITA, Kansas — The Goddard school district has removed more than two dozen books from circulation in the district's school libraries, citing national attention and challenges to the books elsewhere.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Prosecutors seek 4+ years in prison for ‘QAnon Shaman’ in attempt to set example — ‘Man up’: Chairman challenges Trump after ruling — (CNN)The Justice Department is asking for the so-called QAnon Shaman, who wore a headdress and posed shirtless on the Senate floor during the siege of the US Capitol …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Democrats are lying about critical race theory — It has become a refrain on the left and its media echo-chamber following Republican Glenn Youngkin's victory in the Virginia governor's race: Critical race theory is not being taught in schools. PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor …
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Francis McCormick / Chicago Tribune:
Op-ed: I am a teacher, and yes, critical race theory is in your school
Op-ed: I am a teacher, and yes, critical race theory is in your school
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Wall Street Journal
Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
Mayor Breed backs recall of three San Francisco school board members: ‘Our kids must come first’ — San Francisco's Mayor London Breed is backing the effort to recall three school board members, saying she is supporting “the parents' call for change.” — Breed's endorsement of the recall …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Three out of four adults think Facebook is making society worse — (CNN)Roughly three-quarters of adults believe Facebook is making American society worse, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with about half saying they know somebody who was persuaded to believe in a conspiracy theory because of the site's content.
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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
U.S. Holocaust Museum Says China ‘May Be Committing Genocide’ Against Uyghurs — Its report found that the government's attacks against the group of Muslims in Xinjiang had escalated and most likely included “forced sterilization, sexual violence, enslavement, torture, and forcible transfer.”
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Holocaust Museum report warns China “may be committing genocide”
Holocaust Museum report warns China “may be committing genocide”
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Associated Press:
South Dakota House votes to begin ‘unprecedented’ impeachment probe of AG — PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota's House launched an investigation Tuesday into whether the state's attorney general should be impeached for his conduct surrounding a car crash last year that killed a pedestrian.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Newsmax tries to assuage furor of conservative hosts over vaccine mandate — On-air stars went from venting anger at their company's policy to accusing “fake news” of trying to turn viewers against the channel. — Newsmax seemed to have a massive problem on its hands at the end of last week.
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Paul Brandus / USA Today:
Jobs, jabs, infrastructure, prosperity, peace: Why isn't Biden doing more to tout his wins? — There's no question Biden, like any president, has problems. But jobs are plentiful. Wages are up. The U.S. is reopening. Things are getting fixed. — View Comments
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
McConaughey comes out against vaccine mandates for kids — Matthew McConaughey says that while he's received his COVID-19 shot, he's against mandating that his children get vaccinated. — “I couldn't mandate having to vaccinate the younger kids. I still want to find out more information …
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: As GOP bets on backlash over COVID and race, just 5% of parents say schools are their top issue for 2022 — When thinking about next year's elections, a mere 3 percent of Americans — including just 2 percent of Republicans and 5 percent of parents with kids under 18 …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: New reminders that this is not normal — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING TUESDAY NIGHT — “Trump cannot shield White House records from Jan. 6 committee, judge rules,” by Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein ... Judge TANYA CHUTKAN: “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.”
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Sir Geoffrey Cox QC MP:
Statement from Sir Geoffrey Cox — Sir Geoffrey Cox has practised as a Queen's Counsel in the courts since well before his election in 2005. He is a leading barrister in England and makes no secret of his professional activities. He was asked to advise the Attorney General …
Monica Showalter / American Thinker:
After nearly a year of doing nothing, Kamala Harris takes vacay to Paris with hubby — Joe Biden's “border czar,” Kamala Harris, who has spent all of about two hours at the border to find the “root causes” of illegal migration as two million migrants surged in, is now going to Paris.
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Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
Arkansas attorney general Rutledge drops bid for governor — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday dropped her bid for governor, clearing former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders' path to the Republican nomination for the post.
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Bloomberg:
Biden Agenda Faces Revenue Doubt With IRS Boost Likely Left Out — Democratic aide anticipates lower-than-expected revenue score — House moderates delayed floor vote pending cost analysis — A major IRS enforcement boost will likely be omitted from a forthcoming top-line revenue estimate …
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Nearly 1 million kids ages 5-11 will have their first COVID shots by the end of today — Beloved stuffed animals in hand, they lined up at schools, pop-up clinics and children's hospitals to do something that little kids generally hate to do: get shots. COVID vaccinations for 5-11 year olds began …
Washington Post:
Tensions rise among Republicans over infrastructure bill and whether any agreement with Biden should be tolerated — Republicans are increasingly divided over the bipartisan infrastructure bill that will soon become law, with tensions rising among GOP members over whether the party …
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