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CNN Fires Chris Cuomo After New Details on Help He Gave His Brother — The cable news network said it had “terminated him, effective immediately,” a move that came four months after Andrew Cuomo resigned as governor of New York. — The star anchor Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN on Saturday amid …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo — New York (CNN)CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.” — The announcement came after an outside law firm was retained to review information about exactly how Cuomo aided his brother …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo after law firm probes involvement in brother's harassment scandal — CNN has fired Chris Cuomo following revelations over his involvement in managing the sexual harassment scandal that forced his brother Andrew to resign as governor of New York.
Christina Goldbaum / New York Times:
Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation — An estimated 22.8 million people — more than half the country's population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter. Many are already on the brink of catastrophe.
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Outside the Beltway and Political Wire
Idrees Ali / Reuters:
U.S. congressman posts family Christmas picture with guns, days after school shooting … A U.S. congressman on Saturday posted a Christmas picture of himself and what appeared to be his family, smiling and posing with an assortment of guns, just days after four teenagers were killed in a shooting at a Michigan high school.
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CNN:
Acosta: Hard-right Supreme Court poised to turn back clock — CNN's Jim Acosta takes a look at the conservative breakdown of the US Supreme Court amidst debate about the nation's abortion and gun rights. Source: CNN — CNN's Jim Acosta takes a look at the conservative breakdown …
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Daniel Wood / NPR:
Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame — Since May 2021, people living in counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential election have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as those who live in areas that went for now-President Biden.
The Daily Beast:
White Supremacists Stage Bizarro Rally in Downtown D.C., Find Themselves Stranded — Though they intended to “reclaim America,” members of Patriot Front had more than enough trouble reclaiming their own ride. — WASHINGTON, D.C.—A group of white supremacists stormed through downtown Washington …
Politico:
Supreme Court justices on abortion, during confirmation and from the bench — As nominees, prospective jurists are typically circumspect about their leanings on an array of topics, perhaps none more so than abortion. Oftentimes they demur on questions raised by senators during the multi …
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Washington Examiner
Financial Times:
Donald Trump's social media start-up raises $1bn — The ex-president's media venture is aimed at challenging the platforms from which he has been banned. — Donald Trump's social media start-up has raised $1bn from unidentified investors as the company presses ahead with plans to go public via a Spac merger.
Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast:
Why Is Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Acting Extra Crazy? — The billionaire's son has blustered into the culture wars, signaling a potential run for higher office. — Billionaire's scion and Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts set a high watermark for controversy during his first six years in office.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Assad's tightening grip — In an escalating campaign, the Syrian leader and his financially strapped regime have raided and seized dozens of businesses, even targeting those that stuck by him during a decade of war — The five Syrians pulled from their homes by secret police on the same night …
Gretchen Sisson / Washington Post:
Barrett is wrong: Adoption doesn't ‘take care of’ the burden of motherhood — This view of adoption and abortion has failed American women — During Wednesday's oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the Supreme Court heard a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.
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Althouse and The Dispatch
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Accidentally Posts Statement Blasting His Own ‘Stupid’ Election Lies — WHOOPS — Twice-impeached former President Donald Trump blasted out a brief statement on Saturday night that appeared to unintentionally refute his own long-running (and bogus) claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
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The Guardian and Slate
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
U.S. sounds alarm on Ukraine — The Biden administration is “deeply concerned” by new intelligence — detailed for Axios and other outlets — showing Russia stepping up preparations to invade Ukraine as soon as early 2022. — Why it matters: Most of this was known from public sources …
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