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New York Times:
She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit. — The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos. The former president had other plans. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump's tenure came …
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Politico:
Is Ginni Thomas a Trumpworld power player or a gadfly? It depends on who you ask.
Is Ginni Thomas a Trumpworld power player or a gadfly? It depends on who you ask.
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Washington Free Beacon:
Call Him Big Daddy When He Walks That Gaffe Back
Call Him Big Daddy When He Walks That Gaffe Back
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Lisa Rubin / MSNBC:
Are Jan. 6 investigators stuck with the gap in Trump's call logs?
Are Jan. 6 investigators stuck with the gap in Trump's call logs?
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Raw Story, New York Times and Washington Post
FiveThirtyEight:
The House Map's Republican Bias Will Plummet In 2022 — Because Of Gerrymandering — Congressional redistricting — the process of redrawing the nation's 435 congressional districts to reflect the results of the 2020 census — is not quite finished, but it's getting darn close.
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
New York judge strikes down Democratic-drawn maps — A New York judge on Thursday struck down the state's new congressional and legislative maps as defying a voter-backed constitutional amendment that aimed to end partisan gerrymandering, dealing a blow to Democrats hoping to hold onto their fragile majority in the House this November.
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David Siders / Politico:
'We've got to stop fooling ourselves': Enthusiasm gap keeps getting worse for Dems
'We've got to stop fooling ourselves': Enthusiasm gap keeps getting worse for Dems
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wusa9.com:
Five fetuses found at home of anti-abortion activist, DC Police say — Lauren Handy and eight others were indicted this week on felony charges stemming from the 2020 invasion of an abortion clinic. — WASHINGTON — Police discovered five fetuses at the home of an anti-abortion activist …
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Nathan Baca / wusa9.com:
DC Homicide detectives pull out biohazard evidence from home connected to anti-abortion activist arrests
DC Homicide detectives pull out biohazard evidence from home connected to anti-abortion activist arrests
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The Guardian and Jezebel
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Senators Near Deal to Cut Stalled Aid Package to $10 Billion — Lawmakers said they were likely to cut $5 billion from the measure by dropping money for global vaccination efforts, but it was unclear it could draw enough support to become law.
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Politico:
Senate closes in on $10B Covid aid deal despite Dem frustrations — Key senators are nearing a deal on a roughly $10 billion package of coronavirus relief, setting Congress on a path to deliver funding Democrats had hoped to pass weeks ago. — But some in the majority party are deeply unhappy …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Americans aren't really buying into the ‘Putin price hike’ — Early this month, growing calls for a ban on Russian oil served the Biden administration with both a dilemma and, arguably, an opportunity. On the one hand, banning an oil source amid already-rising gas prices was far from ideal …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mike Pence's rehab tour begins, and a big Trumpian truth is revealed — By all indications, many Republicans appear determined to begin purging their party of the stain created by Donald Trump's embrace of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. You might call this the “de-Putin-ization” of the GOP, but in truth, it only goes so far.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pence rolls out policy platform, staking out new ground separate from Trump
Pence rolls out policy platform, staking out new ground separate from Trump
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
A Facebook bug led to increased views of harmful content over six months … A group of Facebook engineers identified a “massive ranking failure” that exposed as much as half of all News Feed views to “integrity risks” over the past six months, according to an internal report on the incident obtained by The Verge.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Why Does No One Ever Say “Republicans Have to Stop Acting Crazy or Voters Will Punish Them”? — One-way voter accountability. — Come hang out with me, Tim Miller, Amanda Carpenter, and Will Saletan to talk about ALL THE THINGS. — Tonight at 8:00 p.m. right here. — Only for members of Bulwark+.
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David Cruz / Gothamist:
Breaking: Judge tosses out NY's new redistricted maps, declaring them unconstitutional — A Steuben County judge has struck down the recently redrawn congressional and legislative maps for New York, ordering the state Legislature to “submit bipartisanly supported maps” by April 11th.
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BBC:
French intelligence chief Vidaud fired over Russian war failings — The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia's war in Ukraine, reports say. — Seven months after he took on the role, one report said he was blamed for …
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Seth G. Jones / TIME:
What It Will Take For Ukraine To Win the War
What It Will Take For Ukraine To Win the War
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Farida Rustamova / Faridaily:
“Now we're going to f*ck them all.” What's happening in Russia's elites after a month of war — Sanctions and propaganda have rallied even those who were against the invasion around Putin … “Since they adopted sanctions against us, we're going to f*ck them.
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A Sip of Freedom and Insider
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon hired an influential Democratic pollster to fight Staten Island union drive — Amazon hired Global Strategy Group, an influential Democratic polling firm, to fight unionizing efforts on New York's Staten Island, CNBC has learned. — The firm created anti-union materials on behalf …
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Washington Post:
Pregnant people at much higher risk of breakthrough covid, study shows … Pregnant people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus are nearly twice as likely to get covid-19 as those who are not pregnant, according to a new study that offers the broadest evidence to date of the odds …
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Townhall
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Fight with Clinton campaign and DNC looms in Sussmann case — A looming legal battle could reveal new details about the decision by Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign to commission a research project that produced a controversial dossier on Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia.
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
DNC, Clinton campaign agree to Steele dossier funding fine
DNC, Clinton campaign agree to Steele dossier funding fine
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Daily Wire to make conservative kids' shows to rival ‘woke’ Disney — Ben Shapiro grew up loving Disney movies, he told his podcast listeners last week. The conservative firebrand passed that love on to his kids by taking them to Disneyland as soon as they were old enough — 6 months of age in the Shapiro household.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
There Is No Liberal World Order — In February 1994, in the grand ballroom of the town hall in Hamburg, Germany, the president of Estonia gave a remarkable speech. Standing before an audience in evening dress, Lennart Meri praised the values of the democratic world that Estonia then aspired to join.
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Los Angeles Times:
Concerns about Bruce Willis' declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years — Just days before Bruce Willis was scheduled to turn up on the set of one of his latest action films, the director of the project sent out an urgent request: Make the movie star's part smaller.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Another Dem senator has “concerns” about Garcetti — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) says he has “concerns” about the sexual harassment allegations surrounding Eric Garcetti, publicly raising the possibility he could oppose President Biden's nominee for ambassador to India.
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Reuters:
Russia drafts 134,500 conscripts but says they won't go to Ukraine — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia's annual spring draft, but the defence ministry said the call-up had nothing to do with the war in Ukraine.
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Sen. Rick Scott Says The ‘Woke Left’ Is The ‘Greatest Danger’ America Has Ever Faced — “We survived the War of 1812, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War. But now today we face the greatest danger we've ever faced,” the GOP senator said. — Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) …
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
California city to give transgender and nonbinary residents up to $900 a month — A California city is hoping to launch a pilot program that will guarantee a monthly income of up to $900 to transgender and nonbinary residents. — The city council of Palm Springs, California …
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