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CIA says ‘Havana Syndrome’ not result of sustained campaign by hostile power — In a new intelligence assessment, the CIA has ruled out that the mysterious symptoms known as Havana Syndrome are the result of a sustained global campaign by a hostile power aimed at hundreds of U.S. diplomats and spies …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Most ‘Havana Syndrome’ Cases Unlikely Caused by Foreign Power, C.I.A. Says — A report concluded that most cases have environmental or medical causes, but the government remains focused on investigating two dozen incidents that remain unexplained. — WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. has found …
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
CIA finds no ‘worldwide campaign’ by any foreign power behind mysterious Havana syndrome — The Central Intelligence Agency has determined that a foreign country is probably not mounting a global attack aimed at U.S. personnel who have reported painful and sometimes debilitating physical symptoms …
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The Texas Tribune:
FBI agents descended on Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's house, but won't say what they're investigating — An FBI spokesperson said the agency was present on two streets around Cuellar's house in Laredo “conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity.” — Copy link
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In Rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court Allows Release of Jan. 6 Files — The House committee investigating the riot received hundreds of pages of documents from the former president's White House within hours of the ruling. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused a request …
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Wall Street Journal:
CIA Chief Made Secret Visit to Europe Ahead of Blinken's Trip — Bill Burns quietly visited Berlin and Kyiv days ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's arrival in the region — BERLIN—The U.S. dispatched the head of the Central Intelligence Agency to Berlin and Kyiv …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump held secret meetings in days before Capitol attack, ex-press secretary tells panel — Stephanie Grisham gave more significant details than expected about what Trump was doing before 6 January, sources say — The former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told …
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Representative Ashley Hinson:
Hinson, Grassley, Bustos, Blunt, Durbin Announce $829 Million in Funding to Modernize Lock and Dams on the Upper Mississippi & Illinois Rivers — Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswomen Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Cheri Bustos (D-IL) as well as Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL) …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden ends first year as president with ‘bleak, discouraging’ marks from the public — WASHINGTON — In his inaugural address one year ago, President Joe Biden championed unity, promised a bold governing agenda and prioritized defeating the coronavirus. — Now, as Biden begins his second year …
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
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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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Eric Trump Pleaded The Fifth More Than 500 Times In Deposition, Court Filing Says
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Jordan Peterson / National Post:
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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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
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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Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: Biden inaugural to blanket airwaves today — President Biden's Presidential Inaugural Committee will mark his first anniversary in office by blanketing today's airwaves — from breakfast to evening news to prime time — with a video promoting a recovering, resilient America.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The media wants to paint Joe Biden as a failure. He won't let that happen. — President Biden, while marking the end of his first year in office on Wednesday, met a press corps anxious to paint him as a failure. While conceding that his voting rights bill and Build Back Better package have both stalled …
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Ted Gioia / The Honest Broker:
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
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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Frank Gluck / News Press:
DeSantis administration puts Florida health director on leave for encouraging vaccinations for his staff — Starting January 19, Americans will be able to have at-home COVID-19 tests shipped to their homes, for free. — STAFF VIDEO, USA TODAY — Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Manchin, Sinema join with GOP in rejecting attempt to change filibuster rules, effectively killing Democratic voting bill — The year-long Democratic push for federal voting rights legislation died in the Senate Wednesday night, after Republicans blocked an elections bill for the fifth …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin finally makes it plain: He is in favor of minority rule
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American Resistance:
Welcome to the Graveyard of the Progressive Movement — 5 years ago this weekend, millions joined the Women's March in the largest single day-demonstration in US history. This weekend, however, there is no Women's March scheduled. Instead, we will only see activists marching in DC as part …
New York Times:
Trump Deal Faced Widespread Investor Doubt Before Raising $1 Billion — More than a dozen big Wall Street money managers said no to Trump Media, but the Pentwater and Sabby hedge funds are among those that have committed millions. — Last month, Donald J. Trump's fledgling social media company announced …
Dan Merica / CNN:
GOP gubernatorial candidate David Perdue calls for new election police unit in Georgia — (CNN)Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue on Thursday called for the creation of an election police unit in Georgia, echoing a proposal by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and continuing Perdue's focus on election falsehoods.
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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
The GOP's ‘rolling coup’ has large corporate backers — Voting rights expert: GOP plotting next coup as Sinema, Manchin say they won't stop it — Accountable.US, the nonpartisan government watchdog putting corporations on blast for claiming to support democracy while funding officials …
Washington Post:
Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after. — After a short surge following the Jan. 6 riot last year, the number of people following noted right-wing personalities on services such as Telegram has barely grown over the past year, a Washington Post analysis found
Simon Shuster / TIME:
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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