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Attorney General James Takes Action to Force Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump to Comply with Ongoing Investigation Into Trump Organization's Financial Dealings — Motion to Compel Filed After Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., — and Ivanka Trump Refuse to Provide Sworn Testimony
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New York Times:
N.Y. Attorney General Outlines Pattern of Possible Fraud at Trump Business — The attorney general, Letitia James, released new details of her investigation into whether the company misrepresented the value of its assets, but her office did not file a lawsuit.
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Washington Post:
N.Y. attorney general alleges Trump's business inflated property values, wealth statements — NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged on Tuesday that former president Donald Trump's business inflated the value of his properties and misstated his personal worth in representations …
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
New Evidence Shows Trump ‘Personally Implicated’ In Potential Fraud, Including Lying About the Size of His Manhattan Apartment — New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion to compel testimony from the former president and his children that included a series of bombshell allegations
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CNN:
Exclusive: Eric Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle's phone records subpoenaed by January 6 committee — Washington (CNN)The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol has subpoenaed and obtained records of phone numbers associated with one of former President Donald Trump's children …
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Jan. 6 committee on verge of obtaining some records Trump has tried to shield — The Jan. 6 select committee is on the verge of obtaining several pages of Donald Trump's White House records that the former president has tried to shield from congressional investigators.
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Subpoenas Trump Allies Involved in Attempts to Challenge or Overturn 2020 Election Results
Select Committee Subpoenas Trump Allies Involved in Attempts to Challenge or Overturn 2020 Election Results
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Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Ivanka Trump Returns to Instagram With a Photoshoot Pretending to Be a Good Person
Ivanka Trump Returns to Instagram With a Photoshoot Pretending to Be a Good Person
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani and 3 Others Subpoenaed by Jan. 6 Committee
Rudy Giuliani and 3 Others Subpoenaed by Jan. 6 Committee
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In Voting Rights Fight, Democrats Train Ire on Sinema and Manchin — Prominent Democrats are expressing rage at their party's two filibuster holdouts, rather than at Republicans who are blocking their voting rights bill. — WASHINGTON — This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day …
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Restoring the Senate to Protect the Freedom to Vote
Restoring the Senate to Protect the Freedom to Vote
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Spencer / Declaration for American Democracy:
National Pro-Democracy Coalition Calls On Senate Democrats To Hold The Floor Until The Freedom To Vote Act: John R. Lewis Act Is Passed
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Senate Democrats will try to force ‘talking filibuster’ on two partisan election bills
Senate Democrats will try to force ‘talking filibuster’ on two partisan election bills
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Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Silicon Valley's Doomed Pursuit of D.C. Nirvana
Michael Lee / Fox News:
Schumer to propose talking filibuster in last-minute attempt to persuade Manchin, Sinema
Schumer to propose talking filibuster in last-minute attempt to persuade Manchin, Sinema
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer proposing talking filibuster amid voting rights standoff
Schumer proposing talking filibuster amid voting rights standoff
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Henry Foy / Financial Times:
EU struggles to define a trigger for Russia sanctions — Some member states are wary of responding to any ‘hybrid’ attacks on Ukraine such as cyber warfare — Don't miss your essential guide to what matters in Europe today. Delivered every weekday morning.
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BBC:
Ukraine: Blinken in Kyiv urges Russia to take peaceful path
Ukraine: Blinken in Kyiv urges Russia to take peaceful path
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Reuters:
‘We want peace’: Blinken to meet Russian, Ukrainian officials, U.S. says
‘We want peace’: Blinken to meet Russian, Ukrainian officials, U.S. says
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Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Russia moves more troops westward amid Ukraine tensions
Russia moves more troops westward amid Ukraine tensions
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
How Biden's first year became a tale of two presidencies — One year ago, President Joe Biden stood in front of a U.S. Capitol that still bore the wounds of an insurrectionist siege, taking the oath of office at a time when the nation faced its greatest array of crises in nearly a century.
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Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees …
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Politico:
Biden plans giveaway of 400M masks as Omicron surges — The Biden administration is planning to distribute hundreds of millions of free, high-quality masks through pharmacies and community health centers, a White House official said Wednesday. — The 400 million newly available masks …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Biden promises free masks in the ‘largest deployment’ of such equipment in U.S. history. — The Biden administration, facing calls from public health experts to distribute high-quality masks to the American public, will announce on Wednesday that it is making 400 million nonsurgical N95 masks available …
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Politico:
Biden's favorite columnists revolt — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With Allie Bice. — Even JENNIFER RUBIN thinks JOE BIDEN is in trouble. — “Biden needs a reset. Here's how he can do it,” …
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Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
Police said the male suspect (pictured) is believed to be homeless and fled through the back door before calming walking down an alley — The architectural design student from Pacific Palisades was alone in the Croft House store on La Brea Avenue in LA's upscale Fairfax neighborhood when a man entered around 1:50 p.m. and stabbed her.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Firearms, a drone and 30 days of supplies: New details of Oath Keepers Jan. 6 weapons cache — Oath Keepers planning to violently subvert the 2020 election stockpiled 30 days of supplies and a cache of rifles and ammunition just outside of Washington, D.C., prosecutors alleged in a late-night court filing.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The curious case of the clerk and the racist texts — “Why is a prominent federal judge hiring a law clerk who said she hates Black people?” asked the headline on a column I wrote in October. Now, the story has resurfaced, with a surprising, belated — and, in my view, ultimately unconvincing …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas signed off on letter saying Capitol attackers ‘have done nothing wrong’
Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas signed off on letter saying Capitol attackers ‘have done nothing wrong’
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Vanessa Chalmers / New York Post:
Man's agonizing penis pain is found to be rare side effect of COVID — A man's agonizing penis pain was blamed on COVID infection, as docs warned of the rare side effect. — Writing in a medical journal, the Iranian team described how the virus led to blood clotting in the poor man's shaft.
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Grid News:
The case for a better way to poll — Issue polling makes America seem very liberal. Combining party trust polling would help explain why Republicans win elections. — Editor-at-Large — In recent years, progressives have invested heavily in crafting a narrative which holds …
New York Times:
André Leon Talley, Editor and Fashion Industry Force, Dies at 73 — Called “a creative genius,” he was the rare Black editor at the top of a field that was mostly white and notoriously elitist. — André Leon Talley, the larger-than-life fashion editor who shattered …
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