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In Rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court Won't Block Release of Jan. 6 Files — The case was a constitutional clash on the scope of executive privilege and whether a former president may invoke it when the current one has waived it. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused a request …
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Supreme Court rejects Trump's request to withhold Jan. 6 materials from House committee investigating Capitol riot — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former president Donald Trump's request to block release of some of his White House records to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 …
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Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to shield records from Jan. 6 committee — The Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump's bid to use executive privilege to block a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection from accessing a trove of records created by Trump's White House.
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Supreme Court clears the way for House to get Trump White House documents
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The Man Putin Fears — From the confines of his barracks, he still runs a network of dissidents devoted to ousting President Vladimir Putin. Its top leaders are fugitives from Russian law, though they were not hard for me to find while reporting this story.
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Biden predicts Russia ‘will move in’ to Ukraine, but says ‘minor incursion’ may prompt discussion over consequences — (CNN)President Joe Biden on Wednesday predicted Russia “will move in” to Ukraine, citing existential concerns by the country's president, Vladimir Putin …
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Scoop: Ukraine tells senators post-invasion sanctions are no help
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Biden Predicts Russia Will Invade Ukraine
Biden Predicts Russia Will Invade Ukraine
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Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Biden says he thinks Putin will order invasion of Ukraine, vows ‘disaster for Russia’
Biden says he thinks Putin will order invasion of Ukraine, vows ‘disaster for Russia’
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Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Biden predicts Putin will advance into Ukraine: ‘He has to do something’
Biden predicts Putin will advance into Ukraine: ‘He has to do something’
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Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’ — Ramon Perez came to court last month ready to fight the tickets he'd been handed by Brookside police, including one for rolling through a stop sign and another for driving 48 mph in a 40 zone.
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John Archibald / al.com:
Pastor, sister say rogue Alabama police force sought revenge
Pastor, sister say rogue Alabama police force sought revenge
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Supreme Court hears arguments on campaign finance law, issues statement on NPR report — Three Supreme Court justices issued statements Wednesday addressing an NPR story about relations among the justices. On Tuesday, NPR reported that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a longtime diabetic …
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Sotomayor, Roberts say they did not ask Gorsuch to wear a mask on Supreme Court bench — Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a statement Wednesday that she did not ask Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to wear a mask on Supreme Court bench, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. followed up by saying …
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FBI activity underway near Rep. Cuellar's home in Laredo — The FBI is conducting what it described as “court-authorized” law enforcement activity at the Laredo home of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar. — Although FBI spokesperson Roseanne Hughes did not identify what the agency is investigating …
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The eternally unfulfilled dream of Trump's opponents: This time, they've got him — A bombshell landed late Tuesday evening, fired from Albany, N.Y.: a 42-page court filing offering evidence that New York Attorney General Letitia James believes demonstrates rampant fraudulent activity at the Trump Organization.
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Does the Trump Family's Grift Add Up to Fraud? — The Trump family has run-ins with law enforcement almost as frequently as other families go grocery shopping. Those confrontations often produce court filings loaded with salacious details about the clan's machinations …
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Senate Republicans block voting rights bill — Senate Republicans blocked Democrats' voting rights legislation from coming to a final vote on Wednesday in what was largely viewed as a doomed effort from the start. — Why it matters: The failed vote underscores the Democratic Party's current uphill battle …
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Joe Manchin finally makes it plain: He is in favor of minority rule
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans block voting rights bill, dealing blow to Democrats' effort to overhaul election laws
Senate Republicans block voting rights bill, dealing blow to Democrats' effort to overhaul election laws
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Mark Kelly supports change to Senate's filibuster rule for voting-rights legislation
Sen. Mark Kelly supports change to Senate's filibuster rule for voting-rights legislation
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Is Old Music Killing New Music? — All the growth in the music business now comes from old songs—how did we get here, and is there a way back? — I had a hunch that old songs were taking over music streaming platforms—but even I was shocked when I saw the most recent numbers.
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Hana Horka: Czech singer dies after catching Covid intentionally — A folk singer from the Czech Republic has died after deliberately catching Covid, her son has told the BBC. — Hana Horka, 57, was unvaccinated and had posted on social media that she was recovering after testing positive, but died two days later.
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Biden asks, ‘What are Republicans for?’ Republicans have already chosen not to answer. — During a news conference held one day shy of his first anniversary in office, President Biden was asked whether he had made bigger promises to the electorate than he was able to fulfill.
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden: The GOP epiphany I predicted didn't come
Biden: The GOP epiphany I predicted didn't come
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Omicron Is in Retreat — What's next? — The latest Omicron developments continue to be encouraging. New Covid-19 cases are plummeting in a growing list of places. The percentage of cases causing severe illness is much lower than it was with the Delta variant.
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In Florida, Ron DeSantis is creating a paradise of authoritarianism — You may think of Donald Trump as the most committed authoritarian in the Republican Party, one who looks in admiration at foreign dictators and dreams of creating a strongman's paradise here at home.
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Stephen Hudak / Orlando Sentinel:
Sources: State health officer Pino placed on administrative leave after vaccination email
Sources: State health officer Pino placed on administrative leave after vaccination email
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Kathy Griffin Is Trying to Get Back on the D-List — Ever since her Trump joke went wrong in 2017, Griffin has been seeking a professional rebirth, and wondering who among the canceled gets a second chance. — When Kathy Griffin met last summer with a surgeon to discuss the removal …
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Senate President Stuart Adams tested positive for COVID twice Tuesday before publicly announcing he was negative — Acknowledgment of positive tests came after Tribune inquiries, records request. — (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Elder Gerrit W. Gong …
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Texas GOP Candidate For Governor Won't Fire Staffer With Deep White Nationalist Ties — Don Huffines, a candidate with harsh anti-immigrant views, says dismissing Jake Lloyd Colglazier would be “cancel culture.” — A Republican candidate for governor of Texas says he will not fire …
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'Succession's Brian Cox Goes Full Beast Mode On Donald Trump, Talks Jeremy Strong, Johnny Depp, & ‘Adaptation’ Absence In New Memoir — “What I have an opinion about 25 years ago, it's not necessarily the opinion I have now,” admits Brian Cox as response to the viewpoint the Succession star offers …
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Citing Stand-Your-Ground Law, D.A. Won't File Charges in Kansas Teen's Death — Cedric Lofton, 17, was handcuffed and placed face down at a detention center in Wichita, Kan., last year. The district attorney says the employees were acting in self-defense.
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U.S. approves allied weapons shipments to Ukraine as worries mount — The State Department has given the go-ahead for three NATO allies to rush anti-armor missiles and other U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, a sign of renewed urgency among Western allies over the threat of a multi-front invasion by Russian forces.
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Youngkin names a new diversity officer for the state, orders a new focus for the office's work — Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday named Angela Sailor, a policy expert at the Heritage Foundation who has criticized school lessons on systemic racism in the U.S., as the state's new director of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Oath Keeper Podcast Interviews - New Insights Into Jan. 6 and Continued Threats — In documents filed by the Department of Justice against members of the Oath Keepers militia in recent days, prosecutors reference podcast appearances by Edward Vallejo, one of the Oath Keepers indicted …
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has fought vaccine mandates, tests positive for COVID-19 — Paxton's office said the Republican “remains working diligently for the people of Texas from home.” — Copy link — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Wednesday.
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Family of Wyoming Marine killed in Afghanistan suing Alec Baldwin for defamation, privacy invasion — The sisters and widow of a Wyoming Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin in federal court, alleging the actor defamed them on his social media after he learned one of the sisters attended …
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Why I am no longer a tenured professor at the University of Toronto — I recently resigned from my position as full tenured professor at the University of Toronto. I am now professor emeritus, and before I turned sixty. Emeritus is generally a designation reserved for superannuated faculty …
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Trump's VA Legacy: Human Capital Mismanagement — A human resources modernization system has made it impossible for the Veterans Health Administration to hire anyone. — Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 14, 2021, on Capitol Hill.