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Washington Post:
Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show … Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts …
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CNN:
First on CNN: January 6 committee has text messages between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows — The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has in its possession more than two dozen text messages between former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Virginia “Ginni” …
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TMZ.com:
Justice Breyer Says Clarence Thomas is Fine, Jackson Confirmation Not My Business — JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER CLARENCE THOMAS IS FINE ... And I Got No Dog In Confirmation Fight — EXCLUSIVE — 123 … Justice Stephen Breyer is reassuring folks, his colleague, Justice Clarence Thomas …
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CBS News:
Ginni Thomas, Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, exchanged texts with Mark Meadows about efforts to overturn the 2020 election — Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts …
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Sydney Keller / WZTV:
Tennessee pastors express ‘embarrassment’ towards Sen. Blackburn's SCOTUS nominee remarks — Tennessee pastors expressed their “embarrassment” and “frustration” towards Tennessee's state Senior SenatorMarsha Blackburn for her role on the U. S. Senate's Judiciary Committee after the second …
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Washington Post:
Confirmation hearings for Jackson conclude after testimony from outside witnesses … The fourth and final day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded Thursday after the Senate Judiciary Committee heard from an array of outside witnesses …
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Mia Brett / The Editorial Board:
Ketanji Brown Jackson showed class. The GOP showed their ass — This week Ketanji Brown Jackson is sitting for her confirmation hearings to become the first Black woman Supreme Court justice. Judge Jackson is supremely qualified and one of the most popular judicial nominees of the last 30 years.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP shoots down Supreme Court boycott — Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are shooting down the idea of boycotting the panel's vote on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. — “There's not going to be any boycott. There's zero, not one iota chance that we would boycott,” …
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Politico:
GOP frets over how hard to fight Jackson
GOP frets over how hard to fight Jackson
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Andrea Widburg / American Thinker:
Tucker savages Ketanji Brown Jackson, transgenderism, and tech tyranny
Tucker savages Ketanji Brown Jackson, transgenderism, and tech tyranny
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Joyce Vance / MSNBC:
Why Josh Hawley's sensationalism was no match for Ketanji Brown Jackson
Why Josh Hawley's sensationalism was no match for Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Politico:
Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton and allies over Russia claims — Former President Donald Trump is suing 2016 Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a sprawling case that accuses her of conspiring with dozens of other actors — frequent targets of Trump's conspiracy theories and rage — to topple his presidency.
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Reuters:
Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton, others over Russian collusion allegations — Donald Trump on Thursday sued Hillary Clinton and several other Democrats, alleging they tried to rig the 2016 U.S. presidential election by tying his campaign to Russia. — “Acting in concert …
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden holds news conference following meeting with European leaders, Zelenskyy's plea — “We would respond,” if Putin used chemical weapons, Biden said. — President Joe Biden took questions at a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, addressing warnings of a possible chemical weapons attack …
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NATO:
Statement by NATO Heads of State and Government
Statement by NATO Heads of State and Government
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden: 'I'd be very fortunate' to run against Trump in 2024
Biden: 'I'd be very fortunate' to run against Trump in 2024
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Documented:
GOP Witness in KBJ Confirmation Hearing Chaired Dark Money Group That Sent Robocalls Promoting January 6 March on Capitol — Documented has compiled background on the witness, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, as the country considers his testimony during Judge Jackson's historic Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Jan. 6 committee sets contempt vote for 2 former Trump aides
Jan. 6 committee sets contempt vote for 2 former Trump aides
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
Can Anyone Unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene? — Whatever hope remains for the Georgia congresswoman's many detractors seems to depend on either a new lawsuit or a candidate who's been called “Marjorie with a brain.” — A year ago, I met John Cowan for lunch in Rome, a small city …
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics
Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics
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Johnny Diaz / New York Times:
U.S. House Candidate Ends Run After Uproar Over Behavior at Sleepover — Abby Broyles of Oklahoma said on Thursday that she had checked into rehab “to focus on myself and my happiness” weeks after apologizing for drinking and swearing at children. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Alain Stephens / VICE:
Tiny ‘Glock Switches’ Have Quietly Flooded the US With Deadly Machine Guns — An investigation by VICE News and The Trace uncovered an alarming surge in criminal cases involving “auto sears” or “switches,” which convert Glock pistols and other common weapons into fully automatic machine guns.
Melanie Zanona / CNN:
McCarthy calls endorsement of Cheney's primary foe a ‘special case’ — See McCarthy's head-spinning flip on Liz Cheney — Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he won't be wading into any other primaries to oust incumbents in his own party …
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Julia Johnson / Washington Examiner:
Photographer ‘surprised and disappointed’ at Today's edited Lia Thomas photos — EXCLUSIVE — Photographer and University of Pennsylvania graduate Erica Denhoff was shocked to see her work significantly altered on the Today show last week, adding that at first, she thought “something was honestly wrong with the video.”
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CNN:
North Korea fires first suspected ICBM since 2017 — Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea has fired what is believed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in more than four years as Western leaders gather in Brussels for a security summit.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Putin badly misjudged the West, as explained by a Russia expert — With President Biden traveling to Europe to shore up the Western alliance against the invasion of Ukraine, it's become overwhelmingly clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin badly underestimated the potential …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A ‘fixer’ was killed in Ukraine. She was doing one of journalism's most thankless jobs. … Miguel Angel Vega became a “fixer” for journalists visiting his native Mexico in 2010 to raise money for a film project. Like most starting out in this specialized branch of journalism …
Politico:
Russian spies indicted in worldwide hacks of energy industry, including Kansas nuclear plant — Three Russian spies spent five years targeting energy infrastructure in 135 countries in an effort to enable the Russian government to gain remote control of power plants, the U.S. Department …
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Issa tells Psaki, Big Tech to preserve Hunter Biden-related records, as GOP eye investigations after midterms — ‘This is the most consequential political scandal since Watergate,’ Issa said — Turley on why NY Times admitting Hunter Biden's laptop was authentic
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
No, Asking a Nominee to Explain Her Record Isn't Worse Than Accusing a Nominee of Gang Rape — In an editorial today, the Washington Post argues that “Republicans boast they have not pulled a Kavanaugh. In fact, they've treated Jackson worse.” A “woman credibly accused Mr. Kavanaugh of sexual assault …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Why Trump Is Losing His Grip on the GOP — It strains memory now to recall that when Donald Trump first shoved his way into presidential politics seven years ago this spring, and soon after humiliated a long parade of establishment Republicans, his appeal to voters had a coherent dimension.
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Associated Press:
Ukraine says Moscow is forcibly taking civilians to Russia — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine accused Moscow on Thursday of forcibly taking hundreds of thousands of civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia, where some may be used as “hostages” to pressure Kyiv to give up.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
50 years after Watergate, the president of the United States still flies above the law — There once was an era — not so long ago, in my lifetime — when Americans had so much trust in their government that most folks couldn't fathom a president committing felonies in the Oval Office.