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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Follow the Science? — If only it were so easy. — The C.D.C. describes medium-rare hamburgers as “undercooked” and dangerous. The agency also directs Americans to avoid raw cookie dough and not to eat more than a teaspoon or so of salt every day. And the C.D.C. tells sexually active women …
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Pfizer pulls FDA request for Covid vaccine for kids under 5 — Pfizer-BioNTech is postponing its rolling application to the Food and Drug Administration to expand the use of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 4 years. — The move means that vaccines for this age group …
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Pfizer:
Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Rolling Submission for Emergency Use Authorization of Their COVID-19 Vaccine in Children 6 Months Through 4 Years of Age
Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Rolling Submission for Emergency Use Authorization of Their COVID-19 Vaccine in Children 6 Months Through 4 Years of Age
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
White House warns Russia could invade Ukraine during Olympics, urges Americans to leave — Any Americans still in Ukraine should leave “immediately,” the White House said. — Russia could potentially launch an invasion of the country “any day now,” President Joe Biden's national security advisor Jake Sullivan said.
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Wall Street Journal:
Senior White House Official Says Russia Could Invade Ukraine During Olympics
Senior White House Official Says Russia Could Invade Ukraine During Olympics
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Biden confers with European leaders as latest Ukraine talks fail
Biden confers with European leaders as latest Ukraine talks fail
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Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Are Holding Westerners in Afghanistan, Including One American — Militant group that governs the country have held some of them for weeks, including British nationals, damaging relations with foreign capitals — Taliban authorities are holding at least nine foreigners in custody in Kabul …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Spurning Demand by the Taliban, Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds — The president intends to use the Afghan central bank's assets to fund humanitarian relief and other needs in Afghanistan, and compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Associated Press:
Biden splitting frozen funds for Afghan relief, 9/11 victims
Biden splitting frozen funds for Afghan relief, 9/11 victims
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Biden proposes splitting billions in Afghanistan funds between 9/11 victims and humanitarian aid
Biden proposes splitting billions in Afghanistan funds between 9/11 victims and humanitarian aid
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Seth Stevenson / Slate:
The Moment Sarah Palin's Testimony Fell Apart — At the New York Times trial, the former governor was impressive at first. It didn't last. — Sarah Palin took the stand this morning—on day six of her libel trial against the New York Times—clad in a black pencil skirt, cream boucle blazer, and megawatt smile.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The existential dread of journalists watching the Sarah Palin trial — Every journalist knows the feeling. Your story — or the story you've edited — has been published, maybe on a tight deadline, and you realize too late that it contains a mistake. Cue the stages of grief: Defensive disbelief.
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CNN:
Assessing Trump's risk if he mishandled White House documents — (CNN)Reports of former President Donald Trump's possible mishandling of federal documents found at his Mar-a-Lago resort have prompted legal experts this week to handicap: Could Trump be charged with a crime?
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Trump Accused of Taking Top Secret Material To Mar-A-Lago
Trump Accused of Taking Top Secret Material To Mar-A-Lago
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows's absurd spin for Trump shows right-wing media's power
Mark Meadows's absurd spin for Trump shows right-wing media's power
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New York Times:
I Used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband's Every Move — A vast location-tracking network is being built around us so we don't lose our keys: One couple's adventures in the consumer tech surveillance state. — In mid-January, my husband and I were having an argument.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter from Beverly Hills has second thoughts on her guilty plea — WASHINGTON — A Beverly Hills cosmetologist who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in support of the man she calls “Trumpy Bear,” recently told fellow supporters that she only pleaded guilty “to stay out of jail …
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NBC News:
Congress is passing a wave of bipartisan bills as Biden's big plans stall — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's signature Build Back Better Act has stalled and his voting rights ambitions have fizzled. But Congress is suddenly racking up modest yet consequential victories …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
CNN: Incumbent Dems feeling inflation heat — and wonder where Biden is
CNN: Incumbent Dems feeling inflation heat — and wonder where Biden is
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Grid News:
The Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ is backed by a Bangladeshi marketing firm and right-wing fringe groups — As American politicians call for stateside convoys, a Grid investigation finds signs that foreign actors, QAnon and hate pervade the movement's support. — A Bangladeshi firm appears …
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Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram
Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Fox News' ‘Biden crack pipe’ freakout is going to kill people — Conservatives outraged over Biden's funding for safe drug use kits — For the past week, conservative media has been yelling about the Biden administration supposedly spending $30 million on “crack pipes” for poor Black neighborhoods.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Viral article that unleashed ‘crack pipe’ firestorm relied on assumptions
Viral article that unleashed ‘crack pipe’ firestorm relied on assumptions
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Dismantling the Wisconsin Elections Commission was on agenda for Ron Johnson meeting at state Capitol, text messages show — MADISON - When U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson paid a rare visit to the Wisconsin State Capitol last fall to meet with legislative leaders, the expected agenda was to discuss dismantling …
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Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios:
Shoplifting reaches crisis proportions — Shoplifting has gotten so bad nationally that chains like Rite Aid are closing hard-hit stores, sending terrified employees home in Ubers and locking up aisles of seemingly mundane items like deodorant and toothpaste.
CNN:
White father and son charged for chasing and shooting at Black FedEx driver — (CNN)Two White men are facing criminal charges after a Black FedEx Express driver alleged that he was chased and shot at while delivering packages in Brookhaven, Mississippi. — When he called police to report …
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Here's How Republicans Have Been Justifying the Censure of Cheney and Kinzinger — With hypocrisy, insinuations, and excuses. — As the Republican party continues to degenerate into a cult, its leaders are stepping forward to do what they do best: rationalize the party's mounting corruption.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House aides weigh deficit reduction as way to revamp economic plan for Manchin — Administration officials rethink approach as West Virginia senator renews push for tax bill to reduce federal deficit. — White House aides have in recent days discussed revamping President Biden's economic package …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
C.I.A. Is Collecting in Bulk Certain Data Affecting Americans, Senators Warn — A partly declassified letter from two senators, Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich, does not say what the data is. — WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency has for years been collecting in bulk …
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Reuters:
EU investigates reports of menstrual disorders after mRNA COVID shots … The European Medicines Agency's safety committee said on Friday it was reviewing reports of heavy menstrual bleeding and absence of menstruation from women who had received COVID vaccines from Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE)and Moderna (MRNA.O).
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