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CNN Exclusive: ‘We control them all’: Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows ideas for overturning 2020 election before it was called — Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump's eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Pro-Trump Rally Planner Is Cooperating in Justice Dept.'s Jan. 6 Inquiry — Ali Alexander, who was a key figure in the “Stop the Steal” movement, said he had received a grand jury subpoena and would assist the expanding investigation. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader admits plan to storm Capitol, will testify against others … A North Carolina man who was one of the leaders of the far-right Proud Boys as they assaulted the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty Friday to two felony counts with a minimum sentence of nearly six years in prison …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Leader of North Carolina Chapter of Proud Boys Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Assault Charges in Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Leader of North Carolina Chapter of Proud Boys Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Assault Charges in Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Member of Proud Boys leadership pleads guilty to US Capitol attack charges
Detroit Free Press:
2 Whitmer kidnap plot suspects found not guilty; mistrial declared for other two — The historic Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot case has ended with no convictions. — Defendant Daniel Harris, - the only one who testified at trial - was acquitted on all four counts, with the judge telling …
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Detroit News:
Jury finds 2 men not guilty in Whitmer kidnap case; unable to reach verdicts on 2 others … Chief U.S. District Robert Jonker declared a mistrial on kidnapping conspiracy charges against accused ringleaders Adam Fox, 38, of Potterville and Barry Croft, 46, of Delaware.
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Associated Press:
2 acquitted, jury hung on 2 more in Whitmer kidnap plot
2 acquitted, jury hung on 2 more in Whitmer kidnap plot
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Two Men Acquitted in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor
Two Men Acquitted in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Two Acquittals, Two Mistrials In Federal Trial Over Whitmer Kidnapping Plot
Two Acquittals, Two Mistrials In Federal Trial Over Whitmer Kidnapping Plot
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American Prospect:
How Republican Rep. John Rose Found His Wife — This Tennessee representative married a college undergraduate when he was 45. — Rep. John Rose (R-TN) attends a House Financial Services Committee organizational meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 30, 2019.
Politico:
The Supreme Court question Republicans won't answer — Don't ask Chuck Grassley how he'd handle another Supreme Court nomination from President Joe Biden. — “Ask me that question on Nov. 9,” said Grassley, who's in line to run the Judiciary Committee if Republicans win back the Senate this fall.
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Donations Steered to Trump Super PAC by Canadian Are Found to Be Illegal — The Federal Election Commission fined a Canadian steel billionaire, Barry Zekelman, $975,000 in the case, one of the biggest penalties it has ever assessed. — Give this article- - - Read in app
CNN:
Actor Will Smith banned from attending Oscars for 10 years — (CNN)Will Smith will not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards for the next 10 years, as a result of his slapping comedian Chris Rock on stage during this year's Oscar ceremony, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences announced in a statement obtained by CNN.
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Clayton Davis / Variety:
Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years
Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years
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The Economist:
Finland is hurtling towards NATO membership — The NATO-Russia border would double at a stroke — EVEN AS RUSSIAN troops were massing on Ukraine's borders in January, Sanna Marin, Finland's prime minister, insisted that it was “very unlikely” her country would join NATO during her time in office.
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Nathaniel Puente / KVEO-TV:
Starr County woman arrested for “self-induced abortion” — STARR COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman has been charged with murder after authorities say she performed a “self-induced abortion.” — Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested on Thursday by the Starr County Sheriff's Office and charged with murder.
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Francisco E. Jimenez / MyRGV.com:
Woman arrested in Starr County on murder for ‘illegal abortion’
Woman arrested in Starr County on murder for ‘illegal abortion’
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Lois Weiss / New York Post:
Judge rules NYC illegally canceled Trump's contract to run Bronx golf course — Donald Trump is back in the Bronx. — A state Supreme Court judge ruled Friday that the city did not have the right to cancel Trump's contract to run the Ferry Point Golf Course.
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
State Department: WH gift records for Trump, Pence missing — WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it is unable to compile a complete and accurate accounting of gifts presented to former President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials by foreign governments during Trump's final year in office …
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris — The White House has begun to harbor fears that Vladimir Putin could soon notch his biggest victory of Russia's invasion of Ukraine — in Paris. — There is growing concern within President Joe Biden's administration …
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BBC:
Biden blames Russia for ‘atrocity’ at station that killed 50 — Updates from BBC correspondents: Joel Gunter in Kyiv, Yogita Limaye in Chernihiv, Jonathan Beale and Joe Inwood in Kramatorsk, Tom Bateman in Zaporizhzhia, and Anna Foster and Emma Vardy in Lviv — Summary
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The White House:
Statement from the President on Delivery of Air Defense Systems to Ukraine — Since the outset of my administration, the United States has placed the highest priority on delivering critical military capabilities to Ukraine so it can defend itself against Russian aggression.
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Robert Muller / Reuters:
Slovakia sends its air defence system to Ukraine
Slovakia sends its air defence system to Ukraine
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New York Times:
Russian Blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They Came and Did Whatever They Wanted.’ — Tanks treads ripped up the toxic soil, bulldozers carved trenches and bunkers, and soldiers spent a month camped in — and dug into — a radioactive forest. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Ohio GOP Senate hopeful: Middle class doesn't pay fair share — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mike Gibbons, a leading Republican Senate candidate from Ohio, said at a media event last fall that middle-class Americans don't pay “any kind of a fair share” of income taxes.
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Joshua Yaffa / New Yorker:
The Prisoners in a Cellar in the Ukrainian Village of Novyi Bykiv — A pattern of indiscriminate violence committed by Russian forces appears to have taken hold in a number of towns and villages in the Kyiv region. — In Novyi Bykiv, a village sixty miles east of Kyiv, I was led to a cellar.
WAVY-TV:
Exclusive: Chair of Hampton Electoral Board accused of racist post, called upon to resign — HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) - The Chairman of the Hampton GOP has called upon the appointing authority for all electoral board members to remove Electoral Board Chair David Dietrich from his position because of racist comments posted on Facebook.
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Gordon Corera / BBC:
Ukraine: Inside the spies' attempts to stop the war — Traditionally, it is the job of a spy to keep secrets - but as the invasion of Ukraine loomed, Western intelligence officials made the unusual decision to tell the world what they knew. — For nearly a dozen days in February …
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
We Can't Ignore Republican Attempts to Undermine Free and Fair Elections — There are no perfect elections, only fair ones. In any election there will be some citizens prevented from voting and legal votes not counted. It is a tragedy that is built into a system that relies on machines and people to do the best they can.
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Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
Cancel Your Disney Vacation And Go To Dollywood Instead — Dollywood turned out to be the perfect family getaway, with fresh, clean fun for every age and need. — Our family ended up at Dollywood recently by happenstance. We were visiting family in Tennessee.
Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press:
‘Get used to it’: Outbreaks give taste of living with virus — The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it's like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars.