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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: In a potential 2024 match, Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by double digits — Brianne Pfannenstiel Stephen Gruber-MillerDes Moines Register — In a hypothetical 2024 rematch, former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in Iowa by 11 percentage points, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart and Political Wire
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The 5th Circuit sets its sights on the vaccine-and-testing mandate — and much more than that — There they go again. — The ultra-conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has extended its order blocking the Biden administration's rule that companies employing …
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Washington Post:
Federal appeals court halts Biden administration's vaccine requirement, delivering policy a major blow
Federal appeals court halts Biden administration's vaccine requirement, delivering policy a major blow
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Yahoo News, RedState, Slate, Twitchy and Politico
Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
DOJ says it will ‘vigorously defend’ Biden OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate in court
DOJ says it will ‘vigorously defend’ Biden OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate in court
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New York Post, Townhall and The Federalist
Patrick Reilly / New York Post:
‘Staggeringly overbroad’: Court affirms pause on Biden vax mandate for private biz
‘Staggeringly overbroad’: Court affirms pause on Biden vax mandate for private biz
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HotAir, Fox Business, Fox News and Townhall
New York Times:
How the U.S. Hid an Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria — The military never conducted an independent investigation into a 2019 bombing on the last bastion of the Islamic State, despite concerns about a secretive commando force. — In the last days of the battle …
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The Times of Israel, Slate, Forbes, New York Magazine, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Rolling Stone
Allison Schrager / Bloomberg:
Americans Need to Learn to Live More Like Europeans — Supply-chain shortages are constraining U.S. consumers' endless appetite for buying whatever they want whenever they want. It's about time. — It's become the conventional wisdom that the U.S. economy is built on Americans' endless appetite to buy lots and lots of stuff.
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
Yale Law School And the Federalist Society: Caught In A Bad Romance? — The ‘trap house’ email controversy is even worse than we thought. … The Federalist Society, the nation's leading organization of conservative and libertarian law students and lawyers, got its start at Yale Law School.
Washington Post:
Biden approval hits new low as economic discontent rises, Post-ABC poll finds — Majorities of Americans support President Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and a pending bill that would spend nearly $2 trillion on social programs and climate initiatives.
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Washington Post:
Harris and Buttigieg under the spotlight amid uncertainty over Biden's future — PARIS — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg started his week in the White House press briefing room promoting a crown jewel of President Biden's legislative agenda — a landmark public works package that recently passed with bipartisan support.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Chris Christie Wants the Post-Trump G.O.P. to Move Past 2020 — In a new book and in an interview, Mr. Christie says that if the former president wants to be a positive force, “he's got to let this other stuff go.” — Chris Christie wants to be very clear about something: The election of 2020 was not stolen.
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Washington Post:
At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming — As negotiators praised the compromise the minister from the low-lying Maldives noted, “It will be too late” for her nation and others most vulnerable to climate impacts.
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New York Times, Vox, Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner, Townhall, The Daily Caller, Rolling Stone and Slate
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Statement on Incident Involving Fake Emails — The FBI and CISA are aware of the incident this morning involving fake emails from an @ic.fbi.gov email account. This is an ongoing situation, and we are not able to provide any additional information at this time.
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Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg:
FBI's Email System Compromised, Hackers Warn of Cyber Threat — No malware was attached to the emails, according to Spamhaus — Email system targeted isn't for classified information: Expert — Hackers compromised the Federal Bureau of Investigation's external email system on Saturday.
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Forbes, The Daily Caller, The Times of Israel and WKRG-TV
CNN:
US announces big hike in Medicare premiums — (CNN)The federal government announced a large hike in Medicare premiums Friday night, blaming the pandemic but also what it called uncertainty over how much it may have to be forced to pay for a pricey and controversial new Alzheimer's drug.
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Washington Post:
Oklahoma National Guard rejects Pentagon's coronavirus vaccine mandate — The Oklahoma National Guard has rejected the Defense Department's requirement for all service members to receive the coronavirus vaccine and will allow personnel to sidestep the policy with no repercussions …
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RedState, New York Magazine, WKRG-TV, Associated Press, Washington Examiner and New York Times
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Sinema's shift: ‘Prada socialist’ to corporate donor magnet — WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago, a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council named Kyrsten Sinema likened raising campaign cash to “bribery.” — Now a first-term senator from Arizona, she no longer has such qualms.