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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Jen Psaki planning to leave White House this spring for MSNBC gig — White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after she leaves the White House around May, according to a source close to the matter.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Jen Psaki leaving the White House for MSNBC this spring
Jen Psaki leaving the White House for MSNBC this spring
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HotAir, New York Post, Insider, UrduPoint News, Washington Examiner and The Wrap
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin: Biden's repeal of Title 42 order ‘a frightening decision’ — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Friday slammed President Biden's decision to rescind Title 42, a Trump-era health order used to rapidly deport people who cross the border without authorization as “a frightening decision” …
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Manchin calls Biden lifting Title 42 border policy ‘frightening decision’
Manchin calls Biden lifting Title 42 border policy ‘frightening decision’
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ABC News, RedState, The Hill, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, National Review, Breitbart and Roll Call
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
CDC Orders — To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help our country cope during the pandemic …
CDC Orders — To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help our country cope during the pandemic …
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CDC, New York Times, USA Today, The Last Refuge, New York Post and The Guardian
Department of Homeland Security:
Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on CDC's Title 42 Order Termination
Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on CDC's Title 42 Order Termination
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Conn Carroll / Washington Examiner:
Democrats can't run from Biden's border crisis
Democrats can't run from Biden's border crisis
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Fox News, spectatorworld.com and Townhall
Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
The U.S. is ending its pandemic border rules. It could mean a surge in migration
The U.S. is ending its pandemic border rules. It could mean a surge in migration
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NBC News, Reason, Washington Examiner, Sacramento Bee, CNN, The Daily Caller and Crux Now
New York Times:
Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote to Unionize in Stunning Win for Labor — Despite heavy lobbying by the company, workers at the facility voted by a wide margin for a union. It was seen as a rebuke of the company's treatment of its employees. — Workers at Amazon's massive warehouse …
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for company's first unionized warehouse in U.S. — Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted Friday to join a union, the first time that's happened at one of the company's U.S. facilities. — The outcome represents a landmark win for organized labor …
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Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
A Generational Worker Revolt Hits Its Stride
A Generational Worker Revolt Hits Its Stride
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Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Amazon workers vote to unionize Staten Island warehouse
Amazon workers vote to unionize Staten Island warehouse
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THE CITY, Washington Examiner, About Amazon, The Hill, National Review, Wired, CNBC and Raw Story
CNN:
GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker has been overstating his academic achievements for years — (CNN)For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia. He's told the story, according to a review …
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Rolling Stone, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Mediaite
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
‘The baggage is too heavy’: GOP foes tee up last-ditch effort to sink Herschel Walker
‘The baggage is too heavy’: GOP foes tee up last-ditch effort to sink Herschel Walker
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NPR, Rolling Stone, Washington Post, Letters from an American, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and CNN
Associated Press:
Jan. 6 panel puts Garland in ‘precarious’ spot, ups pressure — WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice.
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Occupy Democrats and Slate
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Will Trump be charged for Jan. 6? Committee floats crimes
Will Trump be charged for Jan. 6? Committee floats crimes
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CNN, Vanity Fair, Washington Times, The Guardian and Al Jazeera
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Garland says the only pressure DOJ feels on January 6 probes is to ‘do the right thing’
Garland says the only pressure DOJ feels on January 6 probes is to ‘do the right thing’
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Ukrainian helicopters strike an oil depot in Russia, an official there says. — A bus convoy left Mariupol, but a Red Cross team could not reach city, bombarded by Russian forces, to aid a larger evacuation. Ukrainian helicopters carried out the first airstrike on Russian territory since the war began.
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Politico, BBC, New York Post, Washington Post, Associated Press, UPI, The Western Journal, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and Bloomberg
Michael Ames / New Yorker:
A New Video Shows a Missing American Hostage Pleading for Help in Taliban Custody — Senator Tammy Duckworth called for the Biden Administration to free an Afghan drug trafficker in exchange for the release of the American engineer Mark Frerichs, who was kidnapped in Afghanistan.
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Associated Press, The Hill, CNN and TheBlaze
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BBC:
Ukraine war: Gruesome evidence points to war crimes on road outside Kyiv — Footage of Russian troops shooting a man with his hands up on a highway outside Kyiv at the beginning of March was shared around the world. Now the Russians have been pushed out of the area and the BBC's Jeremy Bowen …
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The Daily Beast:
Inside Ginni Thomas' ‘Insane’ Hiring Memos for Trump — Ginni Thomas' suggested hires included known bigots and at least one suspected foreign spy, sources say. — Years before she became one of then-President Donald Trump's most prominent coup supporters, Ginni Thomas was already notorious …
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Insider, National Memo, Talking Points Memo, Rolling Stone, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser to publish sweeping history of Trump presidency — Peter Baker and Susan Glasser will be out Sept. 20 with a sweeping history of the Trump presidency, “The Divider,” billed as “an ambitious first cut at this historical moment.” — The backdrop: Baker …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Trump ripped off his White House photographer because he rips off everyone who gets close to him
Trump ripped off his White House photographer because he rips off everyone who gets close to him
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David Lat / Vicky Ward Investigates:
Minute-by-Minute: Inside The Out-Of-Control Protest at Yale Law School — On March 10, 2022, a protest at Yale Law School—just ranked (again) this week as the #1 law school in the U.S.—got horrendously out of hand. — The background: Yale's Federalist Society had invited two lawyers …
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Reason
Financial Times:
Roman Abramovich's $1bn five-yacht fleet revealed — Latest vessel's discovery highlights veil of secrecy over sanctions-hit oligarch's assets — Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to a collection of five yachts estimated to be worth almost $1bn, including several vessels …
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Washington Post:
House passes bill decriminalizing marijuana; Senate fortunes unclear — The House on Friday passed legislation that would remove marijuana from the federal schedule of controlled substances, a move that comes as an increasing number of states have passed decriminalization laws.
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
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The Texas Tribune, Associated Press, New York Times and UrduPoint News
BBC:
Gerard Depardieu: Kremlin responds to actor's Putin criticism — The Kremlin has hit back after French actor Gerard Depardieu accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “crazy, unacceptable excesses” in Ukraine. — Depardieu said the Russian people were not responsible for their president's behaviour.
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Reuters, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Washington Examiner and Politico
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Last Defense of DeSantis's Anti-Vaccine Campaign Goes Poof … This week, Chris Persaud of the Palm Beach Post reported out a devastating revelation about the impact of Ron DeSantis's war on vaccines. The story has received barely any attention in the national press …
Financial Times:
Poison, planes and Putin: Abramovich's race to save a fortune and stop the war — Since Ukraine was invaded, the Russian oligarch has been rushing to salvage his assets while conducting back-channel peace talks — As Russian tanks streamed over Ukraine's borders in the early hours of February 24 …
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nationalinterest.org and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
‘A cry for help’: CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an accelerating mental health crisis among adolescents, with more than 4 in 10 teens reporting that they feel “persistently sad or hopeless,” …
Department of Transportation:
USDOT Announces New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards for Model Year 2024-2026 — Standards to require fleet average of 49 mpg by 2026, save consumers money, and advance U.S. energy independence — WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
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