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U.S. Department of Justice:
Leader of Oath Keepers and 10 Other Individuals Indicted in Federal Court for Seditious Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach — Eight Others Facing Charges in Two Related Cases — A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment yesterday …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Capitol Riot Really Was an Insurrection — A response to Jeffrey Scott Shapiro on the legal definition in the U.S. Code. — Jeffrey Scott Shapiro is correct that insurrection under 18 U.S.C. 2383 is a crime with specific elements ("Stop Calling Jan. 6 an 'Insurrection,'" op-ed, Jan. 6).
Washington Post:
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes charged with seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 Capitol riot — Stewart Rhodes — founder and leader of the extremist group Oath Keepers, whose members are accused of being key players in the Jan. 6 attack on Congress — has been indicted and arrested, officials said Thursday.
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KXAN-TV, Forbes, CNBC, littlegreenfootballs.com, Insider, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
New York Times:
Oath Keepers Leader Charged With Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Investigation — The F.B.I. arrested Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right militia, in a major step forward in the investigation into the attack on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump. — Stewart Rhodes, the leader and founder …
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NPR, Associated Press, Daily Kos, Lawyers, Guns & Money, littlegreenfootballs.com, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
CNN:
Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with ‘seditious conspiracy’ related to US Capitol attack
Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with ‘seditious conspiracy’ related to US Capitol attack
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The Daily Beast, PBS NewsHour, Washington Post, Raw Story, USA Today, HillReporter.com and Alternet.org
Associated Press:
Sedition case against Oath Keepers one of few in US history
Sedition case against Oath Keepers one of few in US history
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littlegreenfootballs.com
Fox News:
DOJ charges Oath Keepers founder, 10 others with seditious conspiracy related to Jan. 6 riot
DOJ charges Oath Keepers founder, 10 others with seditious conspiracy related to Jan. 6 riot
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Politico and Washington Examiner
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
R.N.C. Signals a Pullout From Presidential Debates — The Republican National Committee says it will require candidates to pledge to not participate in debates run by the Commission on Presidential Debates. What would replace them, if anything, was unclear.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Sinema stuns White House with floor speech — BREAKING — The FBI today arrested STEWART RHODES, the founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, and charged him (and 10 others) with seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection, report WaPo's Spencer Hsu and Devlin Barrett.
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New York Times, Insider, NewsOne, Slate, Common Dreams, NPR and Political Wire
James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal Drama Critic, Dies at Age 65 — Missouri-born author and musician wrote biographies of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and H.L. Mencken — Terry Teachout, a prolific New York-based biographer and essayist who wrote exuberantly about drama for The Wall Street Journal …
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Terry Teachout, 1956-2022 — Terry Teachout published more pieces in COMMENTARY than any other writer in the magazine's 76-year history. He was a monthly contributor for a quarter century—first as classical music critic and then as critic-at-large. On just two occasions in the 13 years …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court blocks workplace vaccine requirements, allows requirement for health-care workers — The Supreme Court on Thursday stopped the Biden administration's vaccination-or-testing requirement on the nation's largest employers, expressing doubt that there is legal authority for such a broad mandate.
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National Review, The Daily Signal, Politico, The Daily Caller, Los Angeles Times, The Federalist and Mother Jones
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Blocks Biden's Virus Mandate for Large Employers
Supreme Court Blocks Biden's Virus Mandate for Large Employers
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NBC News, Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed News, UPI, Bloomberg, NPR, The Liberty Loft, Louder With Crowder, Hennessy's View, Deseret News, Todd Starnes and Althouse
CNBC:
Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule
Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule
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Reason, HotAir, Mediaite, Associated Press, CBS News, Common Dreams, Roll Call, The Daily Signal, Washington Times, National Review, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, HillReporter.com, FreightWaves, The Federalist, POLITICUSUSA, Patriot Fetch, CBS Dallas / Fort Worth, LifeSite, TheBlaze and IJR
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court blocks nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses, allows health care worker vaccine mandate to take effect
Supreme Court blocks nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses, allows health care worker vaccine mandate to take effect
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USA Today, RedState, PBS NewsHour, The Mahablog, The Western Journal, SCOTUSblog, Insider, Bridge Michigan and Lawyers, Guns & Money
BBC:
Prince Andrew loses military titles and use of HRH — The Duke of York's military titles and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen, Buckingham Palace has said. — Prince Andrew, 61, will also stop using the style His Royal Highness in an official capacity, a royal source said.
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Telegraph, Associated Press, The Daily Wire, Gawker, Metro.co.uk, The Daily Beast, The New Daily, The London Economic, Rolling Stone, NPR and Hollywood Reporter
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Fox News:
Prince Andrew stripped of military, royal titles amid sexual assault case
Prince Andrew stripped of military, royal titles amid sexual assault case
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Insider, New York Post and Patriot Fetch
Gavin Newsom / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Newsom: Why I will not release Sirhan Sirhan on parole — In 1968, Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Sen. Robert F. Kennedy just moments after Kennedy won the California presidential primary. Sirhan also shot and injured five bystanders. Decades later, Sirhan refuses to accept responsibility for the crimes.
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California Governor, New York Times, Sacramento Bee, CBS San Francisco and Deadline
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Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Gavin Newsom rejects parole for Sirhan Sirhan, convicted assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
Gov. Gavin Newsom rejects parole for Sirhan Sirhan, convicted assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
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CBS News, The Hill and National Review
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Glenn Beck has Covid again after refusing vaccine: 'It's going into my lungs' — Right-wing talk radio personality Glenn Beck on Wednesday said he has contracted Covid-19 for the second time and complained about the disease's effect on his lungs. — “It's starting to go into my lungs today and a little disturbing.
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The Hill
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's coverup for Trump may be hiding knowledge of possible crimes — Let's be clear: In refusing to testify to the House select committee examining Jan. 6, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy may well be helping to cover up potential crimes committed by Donald Trump.
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HillReporter.com, Axios, New York Times, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Alternet.org, Bangor Daily News, Raw Story, The Hill, Washington Times, Daily Kos, The Guardian and Roll Call
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ABC News:
McCarthy doubles down on refusal to cooperate with Jan. 6 probe
McCarthy doubles down on refusal to cooperate with Jan. 6 probe
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Washington Examiner, CNN, Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Wire, Washington Post, The Hill, Washington Times, Political Wire and BizPac Review
Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby indicted on federal charges she lied on loan, mortgage documents — A federal grand jury has indicted Baltimore's top prosecutor Marilyn J. Mosby on charges she lied on a mortgage loan application to buy a Florida property and made false statements …
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Washington Times
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Sinema scuttles hopes for filibuster reform — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) doubled down on her support for the 60-vote legislative filibuster Tuesday, roughly an hour before President Biden meets with Democrats to push for changing the Senate rule in order to pass voting rights legislation.
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Fabiola Cineas / Vox:
Protecting voting rights isn't enough to save democracy
Protecting voting rights isn't enough to save democracy
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New York Magazine, Politico, Washington Times, New Jersey Monitor, WTOP News and IJR
Washington Post:
Sinema and Manchin confirm opposition to eliminating filibuster, likely dooming Democrats' voting rights push
Sinema and Manchin confirm opposition to eliminating filibuster, likely dooming Democrats' voting rights push
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Telegraph:
Two parties held in Downing Street as Queen and country mourned death of Prince Philip — The leaving events for No 10 staff were held on the eve of the Duke's funeral and excessive alcohol is believed to have been consumed — Downing Street staff drank alcohol into the early hours …
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Metro.co.uk and The Guardian
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Michigan woman arrested near Capitol had loaded shotgun, and she wanted to talk about Jan. 6, police say — U.S. Capitol Police said they arrested a Michigan woman on multiple gun charges after she drove to Washington and told officers she wanted to talk about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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United States Capitol Police, Washington Examiner, Daily Kos, The Hill and Raw Story
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
Your Bubble is Not the Culture — I don't have anything against cultural and ideological bubbles. My family is a bubble. We have a host of in-jokes that no one else will get, and a bunch of tastes that many others do not share. We regularly eat a dish called “tuna quiche,” …
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HotAir and El American
Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
Navient Reaches $1.85 Billion Deal Over Predatory Lending Claims — Navient, once one of the country's largest student loan servicing companies, reached a $1.85 billion deal with 39 states to settle claims that it had made predatory loans that saddled borrowers with crushing debts they were highly unlikely to repay.
Nadia Khomami / The Guardian:
Hollywood stars back Emma Watson after Palestinian solidarity post — Susan Sarandon and Mark Ruffalo among signatories to letter supporting Harry Potter actor accused of antisemitism — Major figures from the world of film, including Susan Sarandon, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Capaldi and Charles Dance …
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Algemeiner.com and Al Jazeera