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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 …
Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
Sexual misconduct allegation leveled against fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo — A former co-worker of Chris Cuomo made a sexual misconduct allegation against the former CNN anchor, who was fired Saturday for misleading the cable network about the extent of the role he played trying to mitigate …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo after law firm probes involvement in brother's harassment scandal
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Chris Cuomo fired by CNN after aiding governor brother and other ‘new allegations’
Chris Cuomo fired by CNN after aiding governor brother and other ‘new allegations’
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Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo
CNN fires Chris Cuomo
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Bob Dole, Old Soldier and Stalwart of the Senate, Dies at 98 — Mr. Dole, a son of the Kansas prairie who was left for dead on a World War II battlefield, became one of the longest-serving Republican leaders. — Bob Dole, the plain-spoken son of the prairie who overcame Dust Bowl deprivation …
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Bob Dole, Longtime Senator, Republican Leader, Dies at 98 — The Kansas native who was grievously wounded in battle during World War II fought his way back to health and eventually served 36 years in Congress — Bob Dole went from the plains of Kansas to the battlefields of Italy …
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NBC News:
Bob Dole, WWII hero and former Republican presidential candidate, dies at 98 — Bob Dole, the longtime lawmaker who overcame life-threatening injuries during World War II to become a shepherd of the Republican Party, died in his sleep at the age of 98. — Dole's death was confirmed …
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Mississippi Gov. Reeves: ‘No guaranteed right to an abortion’ in Constitution — ‘This has been a watershed moment in American history,’ GOP governor says, as decades of abortion rights precedence under review — Gov. Tate Reeves reacts to Biden's solution to high gas prices
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David Siders / Politico:
Why the threat to Roe may not save Democrats in 2022
Why the threat to Roe may not save Democrats in 2022
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Washington Examiner
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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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.
David French / The Dispatch:
Don't Denigrate Adoption to Defend Roe — America's adoptive families are instruments of love. — From the moment I listened to the oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, I had a sinking feeling that we were about to have a cultural argument about adoption.
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Gretchen Sisson / Washington Post:
Barrett is wrong: Adoption doesn't ‘take care of’ the burden of motherhood
Barrett is wrong: Adoption doesn't ‘take care of’ the burden of motherhood
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump social media group raises $1 billion from undisclosed investors — Donald Trump's social media startup on Saturday announced that it secured $1 billion in new investment as part of its ongoing efforts to become publicly traded via a blank check company.
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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 …
CNN:
Fact check: Biden tells inaccurate story about his 1973 meeting with Israeli prime minister — Washington (CNN)President Joe Biden has a favorite story about his long relationship with Israel. For decades, he has been publicly recounting his 1973 meeting with then-Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir …
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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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Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
Omar says she's ‘confident’ Pelosi will take action in Islamophobia controversy — Rep. Lauren Boebert's remarks came to light in a video on social media, and tensions increased after a phone call between Boebert and Omar last week. — Rep. Ilhan Omar said on Sunday she's confident House …
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United States Department of State:
Briefing With Senior State Department Official On the Seventh Round of the JCPOA Talks — MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone, and thanks very much for joining us, and especially so on a Saturday morning. We thought it important to have a timely opportunity to hear - for you to hear …
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Reuters:
Biden and Putin to hold video call on Tuesday, will discuss Ukraine … U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a video call on Tuesday to deal with military tensions over Ukraine other topics. — Biden wants to discuss U.S. concerns about Russia's military buildup …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
U.S. sounds alarm on Ukraine
U.S. sounds alarm on Ukraine
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