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Harris was inside DNC on Jan. 6 when pipe bomb was discovered outside — Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was inside Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pipe bomb was discovered outside the building, according to four people familiar with her movements that day.
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Susan Glasser / New Yorker:
Biden, Back Into the Breach — A year after the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, the President delivered the speech that he never wanted to give. — He never mentioned Donald Trump by name. He didn't have to. Joe Biden gave the speech of his Presidency on Thursday …
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Dick Cheney comes to Capitol on Jan. 6, says he's ‘deeply disappointed’ in GOP leadership — He spoke with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. — While most Republicans were absent on Capitol Hill for the Jan. 6 anniversary Thursday, one of the party's most prominent elder statesmen was there.
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump did not want to tweet ‘stay peaceful’ during January 6 riot, key former aide says — (CNN)A former Trump White House official said then-President Donald Trump initially refused to tweet the words “stay peaceful” as the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was escalating.
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Washington Post:
On Jan. 6 anniversary, Biden calls out Trump for ‘web of lies’ about 2020 election … President Biden on Thursday decried the violent mob of Trump supporters who breached the Capitol a year ago, saying that “democracy was attacked” and urging Americans to ensure such an attack “never, never happens again.”
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Washington Examiner:
The cult of Jan. 6 — A year ago today, a mob determined to intimidate Vice President Mike Pence and Congress into delaying the certification of the 2020 presidential election descended upon the Capitol from the Ellipse, where President Donald Trump had falsely told them, “We won this election, and we won it by a landslide.”
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Washington Post:
Biden breaks his silence: Inside his decision to forcefully denounce Trump — Throughout the first year of Joe Biden's presidency, Donald Trump was the name that shalt not be spoken. — As the former president solidified control over the Republican Party, spread lies about the 2020 election …
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Ignoring Trump Didn't Work. Biden Goes After ‘a Defeated Former President.’
Ignoring Trump Didn't Work. Biden Goes After ‘a Defeated Former President.’
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Capitol Police officer who suffered concussion on January 6 is latest to sue Trump seeking accountability
Capitol Police officer who suffered concussion on January 6 is latest to sue Trump seeking accountability
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Geneva Sands / CNN:
DHS warns online threats have increased on extremist platforms over past 48 hours with some against lawmakers
DHS warns online threats have increased on extremist platforms over past 48 hours with some against lawmakers
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Washington Post:
Dick Cheney returns to the House and receives a warm welcome . . . from Democrats
Dick Cheney returns to the House and receives a warm welcome . . . from Democrats
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
White House, USPS finalizing plans to begin shipping coronavirus test kits to U.S. households — The White House is finalizing details with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver 500 million coronavirus test kits to households across the country, according to four people familiar with the plans …
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Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
White House backs Dem chances in midterm races amid high turnover: 'we'd rather be us than them'
White House backs Dem chances in midterm races amid high turnover: 'we'd rather be us than them'
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Salena Zito / New York Post:
Mike Pompeo tells The Post how he lost 90 pounds in six months — America isn't just seeing less of Mike Pompeo because the Trump administration is no longer in the White House. We are seeing less of the former Secretary of State because there is literally less of him — 90 pounds, to be exact.
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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Republicans stay away, leaving Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene to play. — The anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol was marked with solemnity, but it wasn't exactly bipartisan. Both President Biden and Vice-President Harris addressed the nation from Statuary Hall.
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Selene San Felice / Axios:
Florida leads nation in Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases
Florida leads nation in Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Advisers to Biden's Transition Team Call for Altered U.S. Strategy — Here's what you need to know: — Some health advisers to Biden's transition team call on the administration to change its Covid strategy. — On the day President Biden was inaugurated …
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Is a Civil War Ahead? — A year after the attack on the Capitol, America is suspended between democracy and autocracy. — The edifice of American exceptionalism has always wobbled on a shoddy foundation of self-delusion, and yet most Americans have readily accepted the commonplace …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
We Are In a New Civil War ... About What Exactly?
We Are In a New Civil War ... About What Exactly?
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Politico:
Ex-Trumpers set to plot how to try and take down Trump — Those involved include Stephanie Grisham, Miles Taylor, Olivia Troye and Anthony Scaramucci. — Then-White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham listens to former President Donald Trump talk to reporters.
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Zoe Richards / The Daily Beast:
Family Fumes After Capitol Rioter Out on Bond Kills Young Mom in Drunken Crash — Emily Hernandez, 22, infamously appeared in photos carrying a broken sign from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. — A 22-year-old woman who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was drunk and driving …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Mo Brooks was ‘cheering on’ Trump supporters invading the Capitol: Former Kevin McCarthy staffer — A former staffer for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Thursday made an explosive claim about Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) and his reaction to the January 6th Capitol riots.
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
We Reviewed All 733 Arrests From the Insurrection. Here Is What We Found. — We reviewed all 733 criminal cases connected to the insurrection. Here is what we found. — Thursday marks one year since a violent mob stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the democratic transfer of power.
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Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Democratic hopeful Nick Kristof doesn't qualify to run for governor, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan says — Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Nick Kristof does not meet Oregon's residency requirement to qualify to run for governor, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan announced Thursday morning.
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Washington Post:
In the nation's hospitals, this covid wave is different — The number of Americans hospitalized with covid-19 reached more than 126,000 this week — the highest level in a year. But this wave of the pandemic looks different from what came before, with dueling variants on the move.
The White House:
Remarks By President Biden To Mark One Year Since The January 6th Deadly Assault On The U.S. Capitol — THE PRESIDENT: Madam Vice President, my fellow Americans: To state the obvious, one year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was attacked — simply attacked. The will of the people was under assault.
Ken Bensinger / BuzzFeed News:
The Government Says A Key Informant In The Michigan Kidnapping Case Was A “Double Agent” — Federal prosecutors say a key FBI informant in the alleged plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan was a “double agent” who was “working against the interests of the government” by trying to destroy evidence and prevent arrests.
David Gilbert / VICE:
Anti-Vax Podcaster Who Got COVID at a Conspiracy Conference Has Died — Doug Kuzma, 61, used his show to push an array of conspiracy theories ranging from QAnon to COVID denial and election fraud lies. — DG — A QAnon and anti-vaccine podcaster has died from complications due to COVID-19 …
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Laura Cassels / Florida Phoenix:
DeSantis admits, up to 1 million COVID test kits DID expire in FL — Ag Commissioner Fried, who exposed the issue, blasts governor for unused stockpile — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Kevin Guthrie, director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, acknowledged Thursday that 800,000 …
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