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Souad Mekhennet / Washington Post:
Scholz says response to Russia will be ‘united and decisive’ if Ukraine is invaded — In an interview with The Post, the German chancellor, who meets President Biden on Monday at the White House, rejected criticism that his government has not done enough to support Ukraine.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Can Dems defy history? — DRIVING THE DAY — SCOOP — Alex Thompson has a must-read piece uncovering an internal White House investigation documenting a toxic work environment described by 14 current and former staffers who worked under ERIC LANDER …
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
N.J. Governor to End School Mask Mandate in Move to ‘Normalcy’ — For the first time since the start of the pandemic, New Jersey districts will be permitted to allow students and teachers to stop wearing masks. — Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey, a Democrat who has imposed …
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Washington Post:
National Archives had to retrieve Trump White House records from Mar-a-Lago — The recovery of multiple boxes from Trump's Florida resort, including letters from Barack Obama and Kim Jong Un, underscores the previous administration's cavalier handling of presidential records
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Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence's Constitution — The former Veep stands up to Trump, despite the potential political cost. — By The Editorial Board — The United States desperately needs a Republican Party that is a sane alternative to the ruling Democrats who have lurched to the coercive left.
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Manchin: Why yes, I'm endorsing Murkowski — We've known for quite a while now that Senator Lisa Murkowski (R - Alaska) was going to be facing a primary challenge this year. Back in July of last year, the state Republican Party committee voted overwhelmingly to endorse former Department …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Overhaul of Electoral Count Act ‘Absolutely’ Will Pass, Manchin Says
Overhaul of Electoral Count Act ‘Absolutely’ Will Pass, Manchin Says
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Deleted Abrams tweet shows how schools' COVID policies are in 2022 crosshairs — 'Where is Stacey's mask?' Perdue asks. — The tweet from Stacey Abrams seemed innocuous enough, promoting her appearance at a Decatur school honoring Black History Month. — But the pictures under …
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Adam Sabes / Fox News:
Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman caught maskless in New York high school with masked students
Cameron Cawthorne / Fox News:
Stacey Abrams receives backlash for posing maskless with room full of young masked children
Stacey Abrams receives backlash for posing maskless with room full of young masked children
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Spotify CEO says company won't be “silencing” Joe Rogan — Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told employees Sunday that while he strongly condemns past racial slurs used by Joe Rogan, he won't be cutting ties with the platform's most popular podcaster, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios.
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Associated Press:
Spotify CEO to employees: Canceling Rogan not ‘the answer’ — Joe Rogan's mouth has put Spotify in a tough spot, but the streaming giant is apparently not ready to part ways with the popular podcast host despite intense criticism over his anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and racial slurs.
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Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Chris Cuomo Isn't Done with CNN — Now that Jeff Zucker is out, most people seem to think that Cuomo has lost whatever leverage he had over CNN. But the legal drama surrounding Cuomo's case isn't so simple. … First it was the shock of rank-and-file staffers; then the impact on AT&T's spinoff …
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Andrew Keh / New York Times:
Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis player, meets the I.O.C. leader in Beijing. — Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis player who largely disappeared from public life after making sexual abuse accusations against a political official in November, held a private meeting with Thomas Bach …
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Youngkin campaign attacks high school student on Twitter — RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's campaign lashed out at a high school student as well as Democrat Ralph Northam on Twitter this weekend, tweeting out the teen's name and photo after the boy shared a news story about part …
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Ben Paviour / VPM.org:
Youngkin account deletes Tweet attacking 17-year-old, but won't apologize
Youngkin account deletes Tweet attacking 17-year-old, but won't apologize
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Donald Judd / CNN:
President Biden to visit Israel ‘later this year,’ White House says — (CNN)President Joe Biden will visit Israel “later this year” after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett invited him to the country, according to a readout of a call between the two on Sunday released by the White House.
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Biden's top science adviser bullied and demeaned subordinates, according to White House investigation — President Joe Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, bullied and demeaned his subordinates and violated the White House's workplace policy, an internal White House investigation recently concluded …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Why Americans Are Slow to Get Booster Shots — Why are Americans slow to get booster shots? — The United States has a vaccination problem. And it is not just about the relatively large share of Americans who have refused to get a shot. The U.S. also trails many other countries …
Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
'It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin': Ron Johnson won't try to land Oshkosh Corp. postal vehicle work — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he won't try to persuade a Wisconsin manufacturer to place more than 1,000 new jobs in his hometown.
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Donald Trump quietly making millions from coffee table book — WaPo reporter on Trump's ‘unprecedented’ document destruction habits — (CNN)A few months ago, former President Donald Trump signed a book deal. — There wasn't the huge fanfare most former presidents receive when they ink deals …
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Patrick Hauf / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Admin To Fund Crack Pipe Distribution To Advance ‘Racial Equity’ — $30 million program will provide ‘smoking kits’ to vulnerable communities — The Biden administration is set to fund the distribution of crack pipes to drug addicts as part of its plan to advance “racial equity.”