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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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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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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
What Is Ginni Thomas? — “Activist” is a euphemism for “silly woman with a powerful spouse.”
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Beware, Trump. 80 new Justice Department lawyers can do a lot of digging.
Beware, Trump. 80 new Justice Department lawyers can do a lot of digging.
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Merrick Garland Has More Than Enough to Investigate Trump
Merrick Garland Has More Than Enough to Investigate Trump
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Three big takeaways from Trump's missing Jan. 6 phone logs
Three big takeaways from Trump's missing Jan. 6 phone logs
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘Significant’ evidence suggests Trump Organization misstated asset values for more than a decade, NY AG says — The New York Attorney General's probe of the Trump Organization “uncovered significant evidence” suggesting that the company's financial statements for more than a decade relied …
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New York Times:
Concessions at peace talks may be little more than tactics, analysts say. — The gains in negotiations came as Ukrainian troops appeared to push back Russian forces around Kyiv. Russia said a meeting between President Vladimir V. Putin and President Volodymyr Zelensky could occur once a draft peace agreement was ready.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin: GOP treatment of Jackson ‘disgraceful,’ ‘embarrassing’ — Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said the way Republican senators treated Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson at last week's hearings was “disgraceful” and “embarrassing” after they repeatedly brought up her record of sentencing child pornography offenders.
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Biden says he didn't watch Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing after White House claimed he did
Biden says he didn't watch Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing after White House claimed he did
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Errol Louis / New York Magazine:
AOC's Warning for Democrats: 'We're in Trouble' — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks President Biden got played by Senator Joe Manchin — and that the president's nostalgia for a bygone era of backroom dealmaking could prove disastrous for Democrats in the midterms.
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez to Clarence Thomas: Resign or face impeachment
Ocasio-Cortez to Clarence Thomas: Resign or face impeachment
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
McCarthy to speak to Cawthorn after orgy comment sparks GOP frustration — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) pledged to speak to Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) about his allegation that people in Washington, D.C. have invited him to orgies and done cocaine in front …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Future of Trumpism … In late February, as daily deaths from COVID-19 tallied in the thousands across the country, Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced his latest effort to dismantle his state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Private businesses, he insisted, should stop requiring their employees to wear masks at work.
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US Food and Drug Administration:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Second Booster Dose of Two COVID-19 Vaccines for Older and Immunocompromised Individuals — For Immediate Release: — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech …
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Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
FDA authorizes second boosters of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for adults over 50
FDA authorizes second boosters of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for adults over 50
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Steve Contorno / CNN:
DeSantis vetoes new Florida congressional map and calls for special session — (CNN)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday received and quickly vetoed new congressional boundaries approved by the Republican-controlled legislature, setting up a showdown with his own party over how to proceed with a new map for the state.
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Steven Rodas / New Jersey Online:
N.J. town sues woman, 82, for ‘voluminous’ and ‘burdensome’ public records requests — Elouise McDaniel prefers to deal with matters over the phone or via fax machine, but she made an exception last fall when her email pinged with a notification from Irvington Township.
Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis:
CBS News hires a former Trump official, now a lobbyist for the wealthy and powerful, to offer impartial news analysis — Why is trust in the media so low? We may never know. — This morning a CBS News contributor went on air to discuss a wealth tax proposal in Joe Biden's budget, which was released this week.
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Scott Lanman / Bloomberg:
‘Whopping’ Golf Club Fees Cited as Example of Hidden Inflation by Philly Fed President — Federal Reserve leaders are hearing about the economic pain that inflation is causing for Americans — including those who are members of private golf courses. — Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker …
John Solomon / Just The News:
Exclusive: Trump calls on Putin to release info on Hunter Biden's dealings with oligarchs — “I think we should know that answer,” America's 45th president says.
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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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Melissa Brown / USA Today:
Tennessee legislature passes residency bill that would disqualify Trump-backed candidate — NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A bill to place residency requirements on Tennessee congressional candidates cleared its final hurdle in the General Assembly on Monday as both chambers agreed to allow …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Inflation Dominates Americans' Economic Concerns in March — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Roughly one in five Americans mention the high cost of living/inflation (17%), or fuel prices (4%) specifically, as the most important problem facing the U.S. today. Together, these account for over half …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / Reuters:
Russian oligarch Deripaska loses U.S. court battle to lift sanctions — A U.S. appeals court in Washington on Tuesday rejected a bid by Russian aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska to lift sanctions imposed on him by the United States in 2018, finding that American officials had sufficient evidence to back up their action.