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New York Times:
Kamala Harris's Allies Express Concern: Is She an Afterthought? — The vice president's allies are increasingly concerned that President Biden relied on her to win but does not need her to govern. — WASHINGTON — The president needed the senator from West Virginia on his side …
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Biden tells ABC's David Muir ‘yes’ he'll run again, Trump rematch would ‘increase the prospect’ — He spoke with “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir in an exclusive interview. — President Joe Biden said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir that …
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
President Biden to ABC's David Muir on at-home COVID testing: 'Nothing's been good enough'
President Biden to ABC's David Muir on at-home COVID testing: 'Nothing's been good enough'
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Trump Pushes Back on Candace Owens Undermining Vaccine: 'People Aren't Dying When They Take the Vaccine' — Former President Donald Trump pushed back on Candace Jones during a recent interview when the conservative commentator appeared to be undermining the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines to hurt President Joe Biden politically.
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New York Times:
Will Donald Trump Get Away With Inciting an Insurrection? — Mr. Tribe taught constitutional law at Harvard for 50 years. Merrick Garland was one of his students. Mr. Ayer oversaw criminal prosecutions and investigations as Ronald Reagan's U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Enough despair. We cannot be victims of excessive expectations. — Most of us expected more from 2021. The year started with new vaccines that promised to remove the coronavirus cloud hanging over us. And the defeat of former president Donald Trump suggested the threat to our democracy was behind us.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
The Obscure Charge Jan. 6 Investigators Are Looking at for Trump
The Obscure Charge Jan. 6 Investigators Are Looking at for Trump
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: US intel and satellite images show Saudi Arabia is now building its own ballistic missiles with help of China — Washington (CNN)US intelligence agencies have assessed that Saudi Arabia is now actively manufacturing its own ballistic missiles with the help of China …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon carjacked and robbed in South Philly after touring FDR Park — U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked and robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight on Wednesday afternoon shortly after finishing a meeting at FDR Park, her office and police officials confirmed.
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Monique Beals / The Hill:
Five arrested in connection with carjacking of House Democrat
Five arrested in connection with carjacking of House Democrat
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Jasonhatchell / Delaware State Police:
5 Suspects in Custody After Congresswoman's Stolen Vehicle Located- Newark
5 Suspects in Custody After Congresswoman's Stolen Vehicle Located- Newark
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Reuters:
Case data, vaccine news mark small victories in Omicron battle — Two vaccine makers said their shots protected against Omicron as UK data suggested it may cause proportionally fewer hospital cases than the Delta coronavirus variant, though public health experts warned the battle against COVID-19 was far from over.
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William Booth / Washington Post:
Real-world data from U.K. suggests omicron is less likely than delta to send people to the hospital
Real-world data from U.K. suggests omicron is less likely than delta to send people to the hospital
National Review:
End the Covid-Zero Mentality
End the Covid-Zero Mentality
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Gregg Gonsalves / Washington Post:
President Biden is failing on covid-19
President Biden is failing on covid-19
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Natasha Khan / Wall Street Journal:
Hong Kong University Pulls Down Monument to Tiananmen Massacre Victims — Sculptor says he is shocked by actions to remove ‘Pillar of Shame’ — HONG KONG—The governing body of the city's oldest university ordered the removal of a statue commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre …
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Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed
Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed
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Tom Grundy / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
University of Hong Kong removes Tiananmen Massacre monument in dead of night
University of Hong Kong removes Tiananmen Massacre monument in dead of night
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NBC Chicago:
Illinois State Senator Carjacked in Suburban Broadview — Illinois State Sen. Kimberly Lightford and her husband were the victims of a carjacking in a Chicago suburb Tuesday evening, authorities said. — The Broadview Police Department said three masked people driving a Durango SUV hijacked …
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Lack of trust puts the unvaccinated at risk — Unvaccinated Americans' already low trust in the federal government plummeted over the course of 2021, exacerbating the challenges in getting the pandemic under control, according to a year's worth of data from the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Walker's financial disclosure give us a peak into a sports icon's wealth — U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker's financial disclosures were posted late Wednesday, and it shows he has a number of lucrative businesses.The document shows his umbrella organization for his various business endeavors …
David Gilbert / VICE:
People Got Sick at a Conspiracy Conference. They're Sure It's Anthrax. — The fact that the conference was likely a COVID outbreak and superspreader event has been almost entirely ignored. — DG — A group of unvaccinated people who attended a huge conspiracy conference in Dallas earlier …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Michael Flynn loses his legal challenge to the House January 6 probe, one day after filing it — (CNN)Michael Flynn has swiftly lost his bid in court to block a possible House select committee subpoena for his phone records and to hold off demands he speak to the panel investigating January 6.
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Mara Gay / New York Times:
The Rise of Eric Adams and Black New York — Ms. Gay is a member of the editorial board. — It was winter in Black New York, and the last thing Eric Leroy Adams wanted to do was join the New York City Police Department. — It was the early 1980s and waves of joblessness and crime …
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Roger Scruton / The New Criterion:
The right targets — Introducing “Common-good conservatism: a debate.” — Conservatism may rarely announce itself in maxims, formulae or aims. Its essence is inarticulate, and its expression, when compelled, sceptical. — A large part of this issue of The New Criterion is devoted …
New York Times:
Trump Fraud Inquiry Won't Be Resolved When Vance's Term Ends Next Week — After leading a three-year investigation into the former president, the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., will hand it to his successor. — The Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., has run out of time.
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Madison Cawthorn Announces Divorce From Wife 8 Months After Wedding — CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING — Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) and his wife, Cristina Cawthorn, are divorcing after less than a year of marriage. The North Carolina lawmaker cited his time in Congress …
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Politico:
Senate GOP feels another Trump effect: The rise of celeb candidates — The most reliable springboard to the Senate used to be House experience — before Donald Trump vaulted from reality TV to the White House. — Five years after Trump went from celebrity to the presidency …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sets special hearing for Biden's vaccine rules for health-care workers, private businesses — The Supreme Court Wednesday night announced it will hold a special hearing next month to consider challenges to the Biden administration's pandemic efforts to impose a nationwide vaccine …
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Buttigieg doles out $241M to US ports to boost supply chain — WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is awarding more than $241 million in grants to bolster U.S ports, part of the Biden administration's near-term plan to address America's clogged supply chain …
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