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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show 7-hour gap in Trump calls … Internal White House records from the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that were turned over to the House select committee show a gap in President Donald Trump's phone logs of seven hours and 37 minutes …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's January 6 plot appears darker and more dangerous by the day — Reporter: Why judge's comment about Trump is a big deal — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 election is being revealed week-by-week to be deeper and broader than it initially appeared …
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Democrats in Congress ask Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases — Top Democrats on the Senate and House judiciary committees issued a letter to the Supreme Court on Monday requesting that Justice Clarence Thomas recuse himself from any future cases involving the Jan. 6, 2021 …
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Politico:
‘Do your job’: Jan. 6 committee presses DOJ as push for Meadows contempt charge languishes
‘Do your job’: Jan. 6 committee presses DOJ as push for Meadows contempt charge languishes
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ABC News:
Jared Kushner expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee this week
Jared Kushner expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee this week
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee recommends former Trump aides Navarro and Scavino face contempt charges
Jan. 6 committee recommends former Trump aides Navarro and Scavino face contempt charges
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Russia Vows to Reduce Attacks in Northern Ukraine — In a sign of progress at cease-fire talks in Turkey, Russia also said a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine could be held once a draft peace agreement was ready.
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Politico:
U.S. training Ukrainian troops in Poland, Biden seems to reveal — President Joe Biden appeared to reveal that the U.S. is training Ukrainian forces in Poland — stating for the first time since the war began that American troops are actively teaching Ukrainians to fight and kill Russians.
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Financial Times:
Russia no longer demanding Ukraine be ‘denazified’ in ceasefire talks
Russia no longer demanding Ukraine be ‘denazified’ in ceasefire talks
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
President Macron's Unending Russia Diplomacy
President Macron's Unending Russia Diplomacy
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The Lever:
The Corporate Threat In Dems' Must-Win Senate Race — A health insurance consultant's super PAC wants to tilt a Democratic primary against John Fetterman, who backs Medicare for All. — An outside group planning to attack Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman …
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Grant Schulte / Associated Press:
Nebraska lawmaker apologizes for debunked litter box claim — LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state lawmaker apologized on Monday after he publicly cited a persistent but debunked rumor alleging that schools are placing litter boxes in school bathrooms to accommodate children who self-identify as cats.
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Reason, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Nebraska Examiner
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Md. state Sen. Will Smith missed the Oscars. He woke up to chaos. — Maryland state Sen. William C. Smith Jr. went to bed early Sunday night. He was startled Monday morning when he awoke to a phone that wouldn't stop dinging. — That's when he learned the following:
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New York Times:
Will Smith Apologizes to Chris Rock After Academy Condemns His Slap
Will Smith Apologizes to Chris Rock After Academy Condemns His Slap
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Sara Nathan / New York Post:
Could Will Smith lose his Oscar? Explaining the Academy's code of conduct
Could Will Smith lose his Oscar? Explaining the Academy's code of conduct
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New York Times:
New Focus on How a Trump Tweet Incited Far-Right Groups Ahead of Jan. 6 — Federal prosecutors and congressional investigators are documenting how the former president's “Be there, will be wild!” post became a catalyst for militants before the Capitol assault. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
GOP headaches grow as infighting roils Senate primaries — Republican frustrations are growing as multiple GOP Senate primaries have descended into infighting, threatening the party's chances of retaking the upper chamber in November. — In recent weeks, Senate primaries in Missouri and Ohio have turned volatile.
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Haley BeMiller / The Columbus Dispatch:
False claims about 2020 election dominate debate between Ohio GOP U.S. Senate candidates
False claims about 2020 election dominate debate between Ohio GOP U.S. Senate candidates
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NBC News and Ohio Capital Journal
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Don't Let Up Now — Russia appears to be revising its strategy in Ukraine. In place of the go-for-broke attempt to swallow the country in a hundred-hour war, to be completed with a tank parade in the Kyiv Maidan and a semi-annexation, some Russian leaders now talk more modestly of operations in the Donbas.
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The Birdsnest, New York Times and Responsible Statecraft
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
US intel assess ‘major’ strategy shift by Russia as it moves some forces away from Kyiv — (CNN)Russia is beginning to withdraw some forces from the area around the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv in what the US assesses as a major strategy shift by Moscow, two senior US officials tell CNN.
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Associated Press:
After Russian forces pull back, a shattered town breathes — TROSTYANETS, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of two Russian soldiers lie abandoned in the woods. Ukrainian forces piled atop a tank flash victory signs. Dazed people line up amid charred buildings to reach for aid.
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Jon Karl Talked With Fox About Replacing Chris Wallace — In this week's edition of Source Material, we reveal how ABC's chief Washington correspondent toyed with the idea of taking over Fox News Sunday. … Chris Wallace poured a bucket of verbal manure over Fox News on Sunday …
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Thousands of Afghans were evacuated to the U.S. Will America let them stay? — NEWARK, Calif. — On the day Kabul fell, Taliban fighters scouring the city for government loyalists arrived at the home of Mohammad Khisraw Noori and executed his brother-in-law.
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The Crime Report
Andrew Meldrum / Associated Press:
Ethiopian court orders journalist to be released on bail — CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An Ethiopian court has ordered Ethiopian journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro to be released on bail after being imprisoned for four months without charges. — A judge in the capital, Addis Ababa …
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Politico:
Rand's latest stand undercuts GOP's Ukraine message — Republicans have spent weeks hammering President Joe Biden as too slow in responding to Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine. Enter Rand Paul. — The idiosyncratic GOP senator is undermining his own party's message by single-handedly delaying …
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Fox Nation's Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews — Lara Logan's latest anti-Semitic dog whistle is a claim that Charles Darwin only came up with the idea of evolution because Jews paid him to — It wasn't long ago that Lara Logan was a correspondent for CBS News …
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Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
Attorney General Who Killed a Man Manages to Dodge Impeachment — Jason Ravnsborg is now not likely to face any consequences after a special investigative committee of the South Dakota House of Representative voted against his impeachment. — More than a year and a half after he ran down and killed a man …
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Mike Elk / Payday Report:
Irwin's Law Firm Fought Against College Athletes Unionizing & Crazy Mocha Workers Organizing — PITTSBURGH, PA - Over the past week, Pittsburgh Congressional candidate Steve Irwin, who has won the support of most of Pittsburgh's Democratic establishment, has attempted to refute Payday's reporting …