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Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch — The two Southern tech entrepreneurs had the two qualities that Donald Trump's Truth Social startup needed: tech-industry expertise and a politically conservative worldview aligned with the former president …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Truth Social Is Doing Even Worse Than You Thought — The engagement numbers are truly awful. — The app that Donald Trump once hoped would avenge his exile from social media and make him a MAGA Mark Zuckerberg has instead plummeted to the 28th most popular social media platform …
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Associated Press:
US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin — PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government's sanctions enforcement initiative to …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
$90 Million Yacht of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg Seized by Spain at Request of United States — Note: Footage of the seizure is available here. View the statement from the Attorney General on today's seizure here. — Spanish law enforcement today executed …
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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Exiled oligarch calls on other Russian tycoons to break with Putin
Exiled oligarch calls on other Russian tycoons to break with Putin
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The Hill and The Times of Israel
ABC News:
Secret Service paying over $30K per month for Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden — The luxury rental property has “gorgeous ocean views,” according to its listing. — Hunter Biden is apparently spending his father's presidency living in luxury in Malibu — and so is his taxpayer-funded security detail.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Democrats' two-do: Confirm Jackson, land Manchin — DRIVING THE DAY — LOOK WHO'S BACK — Former President BARACK OBAMA will join President JOE BIDEN at a White House event Tuesday celebrating the Affordable Care Act, the first time Obama's going back to 1600 Penn since leaving office, NBC's Mike Memoli scooped.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Lindsey Graham: If GOP Controlled Senate, Ketanji Brown Jackson Wouldn't Get a Hearing
Lindsey Graham: If GOP Controlled Senate, Ketanji Brown Jackson Wouldn't Get a Hearing
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Republican leaders push members to oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson
Republican leaders push members to oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination
Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination
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Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter After Hinting at Shake-Up — Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. to become the platform's biggest shareholder, a week after hinting he might shake up the social media industry. — Twitter shares surged about 26% in premarket trading …
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Associated Press:
Suddenly, Tesla's Elon Musk is Twitter's biggest stakeholder
Suddenly, Tesla's Elon Musk is Twitter's biggest stakeholder
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Nivedita Balu / Reuters:
Musk takes 9% stake in Twitter to become top shareholder
Musk takes 9% stake in Twitter to become top shareholder
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New York Times:
In a Kyiv Suburb,'They Shot Everyone They Saw' — With Russian forces retreating, Ukrainians in Bucha are finding scores of bodies in yards and on the roads amid mounting evidence of intentional and indiscriminate killings of civilians. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Biden calls to put Putin on trial for war crimes over Russia killings in Ukraine
Biden calls to put Putin on trial for war crimes over Russia killings in Ukraine
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack panel scores two major wins as it inches closer to Trump's inner circle — House select committee seizes momentum as it embarks on final push to conclude evidence-gathering phase of inquiry — The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack is moving …
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Anna Merlan / VICE:
The Ivermectin Guys' Whole Thing Has Really Fallen Apart — Meanwhile, they're still pretending the drug is viable as a treatment for COVID. — Anna Merlan — In the summer of 2021, a group of the most vociferous people online put all their energies behind the unproven thesis that ivermectin …
Sean Campbell / New York Magazine:
Black Lives Matter Secretly Bought a $6 Million House — Allies and critics alike have questioned where the organization's money has gone. — On a sunny day late last spring, three leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement — Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah …
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. Vice President Harris' deputy chief of staff to depart — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's deputy chief of staff Michael Fuchs is leaving the administration, the latest top aide from her office to announce a departure, according to an internal staff memo seen by Reuters.
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
David Perdue, Trump's Sacrificial Lamb — He's killing his career in honor of Trump's election grievances. — The thing about sacrificial lambs is that they can only be sacrificed once. What makes David Perdue's political career unique is that, in honor of Donald Trump's 2020 election grievances, Perdue is killing it twice.
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Josh Siegel / Politico:
‘Swallowing a toad’: Progressives warm to Manchin's fossil fuel demands to clinch climate package — House progressives say they may be prepared to accept policies that boost fossil fuels in the short term in order to win Sen. Joe Manchin's support for a party-line climate change …
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Washington Examiner and Jacobin
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: In series of false claims, Republican Rep. Lisa McClain says Trump caught Osama bin Laden — Reporters keep exposing evidence of Trump's ‘big lie’ 01:46 — Washington (CNN)Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain, a freshman Republican member of Congress, made a series of false claims …
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Jamie Dimon / JPMorgan Chase & Co.:
Dear Fellow Shareholders, — We are facing challenges at every turn: a pandemic, unprecedented government actions, a strong recovery after a sharp and deep global recession, a highly polarized U.S. election, mounting inflation, a war in Ukraine and dramatic economic sanctions against Russia.
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wusa9.com:
Longtime WUSA9 anchor Bruce Johnson dies at 71 — A beloved WUSA9 colleague who retired in December 2020 died Sunday. — WASHINGTON — Bruce Johnson, a beloved longtime WUSA9 anchor, died of a heart attack Sunday morning in Delaware. He was 71. — He is survived by his wife, Lori …
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The Hill and The US Sun
Eliot Higgins / bellingcat:
Russia's Bucha “Facts” Versus the Evidence — Recent images from the town of Bucha just outside Kyiv, captured as Ukrainian forces regained ground following the retreat of Russian forces, show widespread destruction and corpses in civilians clothes strewn across streets.
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The Hill:
Democratic anxiety grows over Biden's dismal polls — Democrats are growing increasingly worried about President Biden's standing in the polls seven months out from the midterm elections. — Biden hasn't seen a boost in his approval ratings amid Russia's war in Ukraine despite support among Americans for the steps that he has taken.
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Washington Monthly:
Inside Tucker Carlson's Brain — On February 22, as tensions that would soon spill into war mounted on the Ukrainian border, Fox News' Tucker Carlson opened his show—the most popular cable news program in the country—with a searing monologue ripping into the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Fighting a red-hot job market, the IRS struggles to rebuild — OGDEN, Utah — Four months had passed since the Internal Revenue Service warned that during the coronavirus pandemic it had built up a staggering pile of unprocessed tax returns, and finally the day had arrived to try to do something about it.
Juliana Kaplan / Insider:
Meet the doctors unionizing and walking out for better conditions: 'There's this growing sentiment that we can do better' — Throughout the pandemic, millions of workers across the US have demanded more from work. — Doctors have faced especially tough conditions on the forefront of the pandemic.