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Dr. Mehmet Oz / Washington Examiner:
Why I'm running to be a senator from Pennsylvania — We are angry at our government and at each other. — We have not managed our crises as effectively as past generations. During the pandemic, I learned that when you mix politics and medicine, you get politics instead of solutions.
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Associated Press:
Sources: Dr. Oz plans to run for Senate seat in Pennsylvania — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV's Dr. Oz Show after rocketing to fame on Oprah Winfrey's show, is planning to run for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican …
Daniel Summers / The Daily Beast:
Please Don't Elect Dr. Oz—He's a Disgrace to Our Profession — Dr. Oz is running for Senate in Pennsylvania. “I greet this prospect with the same enthusiasm I'd have for contracting dysentery,” writes Dr. Daniel Summers. … Can we please not do this, Pennsylvania? — By “this,” I mean send Mehmet Oz to the Senate.
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Politico:
Dr. Oz announces Senate bid to his millions of followers — It's official. Dr. Oz is running for Senate in Pennsylvania. — The celebrity TV doctor made the announcement Tuesday, rolling out a video he shared with his millions of followers on social media.
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Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Dr. Oz officially joins the Senate race in Pennsylvania
Dr. Oz officially joins the Senate race in Pennsylvania
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New York Times:
CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo After New Details on Help He Gave His Brother — The cable news network's top-rated anchor was an enthusiastic adviser to Andrew Cuomo in the last 18 months of his governorship. — The star CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was suspended indefinitely by the network on Tuesday …
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CNN:
CNN suspends Chris Cuomo indefinitely — New York (CNN Business)CNN said Tuesday that it has suspended Chris Cuomo “indefinitely” after new documents released this week indicated that the anchor was more intimately involved than previously known in helping his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo …
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Zachary Evans / National Review:
CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo Indefinitely
CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo Indefinitely
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CNN:
First on CNN: Meadows cooperating with January 6 investigators — (CNN)Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows is cooperating with the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot and is providing records and agreeing to appear for an initial interview, CNN first reported Tuesday.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's coverup of his Jan. 6 corruption takes an ominous new turn — As the Jan. 6 select committee investigation gathers momentum, Donald Trump has gotten several cronies to refuse to testify by invoking “executive privilege.” That's absurd on its face: Much of the information Trump wants …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Meadows Agrees to Cooperate in Capitol Attack Investigation
Meadows Agrees to Cooperate in Capitol Attack Investigation
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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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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
House committee probing Jan. 6 riot interviews Georgia's top elections official — Georgia's top elections official was interviewed for more than four hours Tuesday by a panel of U.S. House lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Donald Trump mob as it widens a probe into the causes of the insurrection.
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Prosecutors demanded records of Sidney Powell's fundraising groups as part of criminal probe — A subpoena issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. sought communications and other documents related to fundraising and accounting by Defending the Republic
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Michele Goodwin / New York Times:
I Was Raped by My Father. An Abortion Saved My Life. — Ms. Goodwin is a professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of “Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood.” — On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Case Against Abortion — A striking thing about the American abortion debate …
The Case Against Abortion — A striking thing about the American abortion debate …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Another video shows Lauren Boebert suggesting Ilhan Omar was terrorist — (CNN)Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado suggested to a crowd in September that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, whom she called “black-hearted” and “evil,” was a terrorist.
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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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New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Merck's Covid Pill Recommended for High-Risk Adults by F.D.A. Panel — The new Omicron variant was already in Europe a week ago, officials said, a week before the W.H.O. labeled it a “variant of concern.” Scientists are still unsure where or when Omicron originated. — Video
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Matthew Herper / STAT:
FDA panel narrowly recommends authorization of first antiviral pill to treat Covid-19
FDA panel narrowly recommends authorization of first antiviral pill to treat Covid-19
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Twitter:
Expanding our private information policy to include media — As part of our ongoing efforts to build tools with privacy and security at the core, we're updating our existing private information policy and expanding its scope to include “private media.” Under our existing policy …
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Defense Secretary Austin orders National Guard to get vaccinated or face loss of pay — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered that all members of the National Guard and Reserve must receive Covid vaccines or face loss of pay and being marked absent without cause from drills and training …
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Detroit News:
Three dead, six hurt in Oxford High shooting; 15-year-old in custody — Oxford — Three students were killed Tuesday and six others wounded in an afternoon shooting at Oxford High School, Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said. — The shooter, a 15-year-old sophomore, is in custody, McCabe added during a news conference.
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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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Jonathan V. Last / Bulwark+:
Phony! Phoni! Phoné! — Chris Christie fails. Again. — 1. Chris Christie Is Nobody — Spoiler: I'm going to poleaxe Chris Christie in a minute. But first, I want to acknowledge that he presents a genuine moral dilemma. … Welcoming people who previously collaborated …
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Edward McKinley / Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Abbott says he can ‘guarantee the lights will stay on’ this winter in Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott promised that the state's electric grid would be able to withstand pressures caused by any potential winter storm that occurs this year in a television interview Friday. — “Listen, very confident about the grid.
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A.O. Scott / New York Times:
Tony Kushner, Oracle of the Upper West Side — When Steven Spielberg asked Kushner, America's most important living playwright, to take on ‘West Side Story,’ he thought, 'He's lost his mind.' But he dared. — To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Washington Post:
Stricter coronavirus testing being weighed for all travelers to U.S. … The Biden administration is preparing stricter testing requirements for all travelers entering the United States, including returning Americans, to curb the spread of the potentially dangerous omicron variant, according to three federal health officials.
Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal:
Metaverse Real Estate Piles Up Record Sales in Sandbox and Other Virtual Realms — Firms' purchases of digital land in online worlds are bets that property values will rise as more people join in — The latest hot real-estate market isn't on the scenic coasts or in balmy Sunbelt cities.
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
He led IDF intel gathering on Iran, was ignored and fears Israel is now paying price — Danny Citrinowicz, ex-head of Military Intelligence research, says politicians' inability to adopt a nuanced approach led to ‘colossal’ policy failure, sped up Tehran's nuke effort
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Lizzie Johnson / Washington Post:
They trusted a coach with their girls and Ivy League ambitions. Now he's accused of sex abuse. … The rowing season had already ended by the time the seven girls began drafting a letter that they hoped would get their coach fired. — They'd spent years competing for the crew team affiliated …
Adam Gurri / Liberal Currents:
Liberal Democracy and the Federal System — The American federal system and the various Supreme Courts that have defended its boundaries impose firm limitations on what system-wide reforms are possible. To many it seems impossible to make any meaningful improvement to American governance without amending …
Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:
He Declined the FBI's Offer to Become an Informant. Then His Life Was Ruined. — Aswad Khan didn't understand why people were congratulating him. On a February morning in 2017, rolling out of bed at his home in an upper-middle class area of Karachi, Pakistan, Khan saw a flurry of text messages …
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