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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump called aides hours before Capitol riot to discuss how to stop Biden victory — Sources tell Guardian Trump pressed lieutenants at Willard hotel in Washington about ways to delay certification of election result — Hours before the deadly attack on the US Capitol this year …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Never Got Another Classified Intelligence Briefing After Jan. 6 — Donald Trump skipped his classified intelligence briefings for the holidays. And then, after his Jan. 6 briefing didn't happen, he never got another one, a new CIA book reveals. — After a holiday break …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump takes attempt to block release of his January 6 documents to court Tuesday — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump faces a major test in Washington on Tuesday, as he attempts to convince a federal appeals court he should be able to keep records from his presidency from the House select …
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Jamie Smyth / Financial Times:
Moderna chief predicts existing vaccines will struggle with Omicron — Stéphane Bancel foresees ‘material drop’ in current jabs' effectiveness, sending stocks and oil prices lower — The chief executive of Moderna has predicted that existing vaccines will be much less effective …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Red America has seen the highest rates of cases and deaths, and the lowest rate of vaccinations — It's worth putting a fine point on a subject I raised earlier Monday: It is red America, Donald Trump-voting America, that has seen the worst effects of the pandemic.
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Florida Politics, CBS News, Axios and New York Magazine
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Covid looms over Biden's presidency, once more and always
Covid looms over Biden's presidency, once more and always
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Tina Reed / Axios:
Omicron fuels the case for COVID boosters
Omicron fuels the case for COVID boosters
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National Review, The Guardian, NBC Bay Area and Washington Post
CBS News:
Omicron COVID variant was in Europe before South African scientists detected and flagged it to the world
Omicron COVID variant was in Europe before South African scientists detected and flagged it to the world
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Biden's Bumbling COVID Policy
Biden's Bumbling COVID Policy
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
CNN host Chris Cuomo used his media sources to find out info on brother Andrew's accusers, records show — Chris Cuomo was actively in touch with a top aide to his brother Andrew Cuomo about incoming reports that detailed alleged sexual harassment by the then-New York governor, new records show.
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New York Daily News:
An errant op-ed: Rich Azzopardi, Gov. Cuomo and Attorney General Tish James — We publish lots of op-eds. More often than we'd like, errors make it into print. It is rare that a guest opinion essay has misstatements rooted in an author's personal recollection that we specifically sought …
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Politico and Los Angeles Times
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Greene calls fellow Republican ‘trash’ of GOP conference — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) blasted Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) after the South Carolina lawmaker criticized Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) for an anti-muslim remark Boebert made about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
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Representative Ilhan Omar:
Rep. Ilhan Omar Statement on Conversation with Rep. Lauren Boebert
Rep. Ilhan Omar Statement on Conversation with Rep. Lauren Boebert
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Omar, Boebert blast one another after tense call
Omar, Boebert blast one another after tense call
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New York Times:
Supervised Injection Sites for Drug Users to Open in New York City — The Manhattan facilities will provide clean needles, administer medication to reverse overdoses and provide users with options for addiction treatment. — In an attempt to curb a surge in overdose deaths caused …
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Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
New opioids, more powerful than fentanyl, are discovered in D.C. amid deadly wave of overdoses — Forensic analysts have identified a new and highly potent family of synthetic opioids in the District's illicit drug supply, a worrisome discovery in a city already struggling with a wave of fatal overdoses that shows no signs of abating.
Washington Post:
GOP resistance to preschool plan could imperil key Biden proposal in many states — His signature universal preschool plan would depend on the participation of states, which have had uneven approaches to implementing federal aid — The White House's proposal to create universal prekindergarten …
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New York Magazine, The Hill, Bloomberg, Politico and Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Politico:
Democrats' December dread builds after defense stumble — Senate Democrats' daunting year-end agenda started off with a face plant on a routine, popular defense bill. That was supposed to be the easy part. — Senate Republicans' Monday blockade of the annual defense legislation over lack …
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Republicans stall defense bill over amendment dispute
Republicans stall defense bill over amendment dispute
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
A shadow war in space is heating up fast — When Russia blows up a satellite in space with a missile (as it did this month), or when China tests a new hypersonic missile (as it did last month), the ongoing arms race in space leaps into the news. But in between these “Sputnik”-like moments …
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The Nation
Axios:
Exclusive: Airbnb hosts Xinjiang rentals on land owned by sanctioned group — Airbnb has more than a dozen homes available for rent in China's Xinjiang region on land owned by an organization sanctioned by the U.S. government for complicity in genocide and forced labor, an Axios investigation has found.
American Greatness:
The Madness of Anthony Fauci — Rather than own up to his disastrous policy and medical advice, Fauci instead is accelerating his messianic impulses. — It's nearly impossible to select the most maniacal comment made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in his nearly 70-minute interview with “Face the Nation” …
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Billy Binion / Reason:
A SWAT Team Blew Up This Innocent Woman's House and Cost Her Over $50,000. The City Tried To Stop Her From Suing. — A SWAT team destroyed an innocent woman's house after a fugitive barricaded himself inside. Last week a federal court ruled that she can sue the government for damages.
Jake Auchincloss / Fox News:
Republicans politicize inflation while Dems work to fix it. Let's tackle this together — Republicans need to shake off their habit of scoring political points off economic issues — Auchincloss on future of massive spending bills: 'We're going to deliver both bills'
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
As ‘Nutcracker’ Returns, Companies Rethink Depictions of Asians — Ballet companies are reworking the holiday classic partly in response to a wave of anti-Asian hate that has intensified during the pandemic. — A new character is featured in the Land of Sweets in Pacific Northwest Ballet's …
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Althouse
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Case Against Abortion — A striking thing about the American abortion debate is how little abortion itself is actually debated. The sensitivity and intimacy of the issue, the mixed feelings of so many Americans, mean that most politicians and even many pundits really don't like to talk about it.
Chris Casteel / The Oklahoman:
Defense secretary Lloyd Austin says Oklahoma National Guard members must get vaccinated — Members of the Oklahoma National Guard must get vaccinated against COVID-19 regardless of their duty status or personal beliefs, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday.
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Associated Press and Orange County Register
Axios:
Right-wingers making McCarthy sweat for future Speaker post — Right-wing elements in the Republican Party are complicating House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's attempts to become the next speaker of the House should the GOP take back the majority in 2022.
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New York Times:
Éric Zemmour, Far-Right Pundit, Makes French Presidential Run Official — An anti-immigrant writer and right-wing television star, Mr. Zemmour said he was running in the country's presidential elections next year, ending months of speculation. — PARIS — Éric Zemmour …
Katie Hunt / CNN:
World's first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say — (CNN)The US scientists who created the first living robots say the life forms, known as xenobots, can now reproduce — and in a way not seen in plants and animals. — Formed from the stem cells of the African clawed frog …
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Washington Post:
Threat of Russian invasion of Ukraine tests Biden administration — The White House is reviewing options to deter a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine, including providing more military aid to Kyiv and threatening sanctions, to dissuade Russian President Vladimir Putin from escalating …
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Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, WTOP News, The National Interest, The Dispatch and Defense One
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Red states are now paying people not to get vaccinated — Once upon a time, states debated whether to pay people to get vaccinated. Now, some red states are paying people not to get vaccinated, by cutting checks to workers who quit or are fired because they refuse covid-19 shots.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
‘Patriots 45 MAGA Gang’ planned violence on January 6, prosecutors say — (CNN)Federal prosecutors have indicted a trio of alleged US Capitol rioters — including one who is accused of assaulting DC police officer Michael Fanone — for planning to be violent together on January 6 …
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Dr. Oz is expected to join Pa.'s U.S. Senate race — WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Republican insiders say celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz is likely to join Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race, perhaps as soon as this week.Widely known as Dr. Oz, he has already hired top campaign aides and has reached …
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NBC News, New York Post, Outside the Beltway and Political Wire