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Va.'s new attorney general fires U-Va. counsel who was on leave working as top investigator for Jan. 6 panel — Virginia's new Republican attorney general has fired University of Virginia's counsel, who was on leave from the job to work as the top investigator for U.S. House …
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Va. Gov. Youngkin's assertive first week in office leaves Republicans jubilant, Democrats fuming — RICHMOND — The big unknown about Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) as he ran for office last year — apart from the exact size of his vast fortune — was just how red the political newcomer really was behind that easygoing demeanor.
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Lauren O'Neil / The Cavalier Daily:
University Counsel Tim Heaphy removed by Attorney General Jason Miyares — Heaphy's removal continues a multitude of firings this week by the attorney general — University Counsel Tim Heaphy was removed from his role by Attorney General Jason Miyares, per a statement issued by the University Saturday. ending a three-year tenure.
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Blue Virginia
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US draws down Ukraine embassy presence as war fears mount — WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion. — The department told the dependents …
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
State Department orders diplomats' families to leave U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, citing ‘threat of Russian military action’ — The United States ordered the departure of family members of U.S. Embassy personnel serving in Kyiv on Sunday, citing the “threat of Russian military action,” the State Department said in a statement.
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Townhall, New York Post and The Daily Caller
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
State Department reduces staff at US embassy in Ukraine, orders some family members to leave
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Bloomberg, One America News Network and The Daily Wire
James Doubek / NPR:
State Department orders family of embassy staff to leave Ukraine
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The question is no longer Donald Trump's criminality but whether America will care — America still had the naïve ability to be shocked back on Nov. 16, 1973, when a rambling then-President Richard Nixon stood up before 400 Associated Press journalists.
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Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
Jan. 6 panel has spoken to former AG Bill Barr, chairman Bennie Thompson says
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
‘The walls are closing in’: Trump reels from week of political setbacks
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New York Times:
Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics — The president is also considering deploying warships and aircraft to NATO allies, in what would be a major shift from its restrained stance on Ukraine. — WASHINGTON — President Biden is considering deploying …
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Russia and China's plans for a new world order
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
‘Downhill,’ ‘divisive’: Americans sour on nation's direction in new NBC News poll — WASHINGTON — Overwhelming majorities of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, that their household income is falling behind the cost of living, that political polarization …
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Mediaite, RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog, Supercreator, Outside the Beltway, TheBlaze and The Hill
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Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
If the media treated Biden like they did Trump, Trump would've been reelected
New York Times:
For Many Who Marched, Jan. 6 Was Only the Beginning — To many of those who attended the Trump rally but who never breached the Capitol, that date wasn't a dark day for the nation. It was a new start. — PHOENIX — There were moments when Paul Davis questioned his decision to join …
Reuters:
Sarah Palin set to battle New York Times at defamation trial — Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, has spent 4-1/2 years battling the New York Times (NYT.N) over an editorial she said falsely linked her to a deadly Arizona mass shooting …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sarah Palin v. New York Times Spotlights Push to Loosen Libel Law
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Politico
John Harwood / CNN:
No, Biden and Trump are not alike on election legitimacy — Tapper presses Psaki over Biden's comments on election legitimacy — Other times, as with the words of Donald Trump and Joe Biden on election legitimacy, they may appear alike superficially but in fact are fundamentally different.
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Washington Post:
Anti-vaccine activists march in D.C. — a city that mandates covid vaccines — to protest mandates — Thousands of protesters from across the country — including some of the biggest names in the anti-vaccination movement — descended on the nation's capital Sunday for a rally against vaccine mandates.
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Start the Steal: New MAGA Emails Reveal Plot to Hand Arizona to Trump — Exclusive emails obtained by Rolling Stone expose an attempt to recertify the state as a victory for Donald Trump — and reveal top Trumpworld figures were complicit — The technology was complicated, but the plan was simple …
Washington Post:
U.S. threatens use of novel export control to damage Russia's strategic industries if Moscow invades Ukraine — The Biden administration is threatening to use a novel export control to damage strategic Russian industries, from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to civilian aerospace …
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CNN, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and The Hill
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Israeli soldiers blindfolded and gagged elderly Palestinian American later found dead: Leaked report — Details of an army investigation obtained by Israeli media indicate troops didn't seek aid for the unresponsive detainee, but none are likely to be prosecuted.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Sanders: ‘anti-democratic’ Republicans to blame for Biden woes, not just Manchin and Sinema — Senator confirms he will campaign against moderate Democrats if they face primary challenges — Bernie Sanders on Sunday sought to turn fire aimed by Democrats at two of their own …
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