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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Has Evidence for Criminal Referral of Trump, but Splits on Sending — Despite concluding that it has enough evidence, the committee is concerned that making a referral to the Justice Department would backfire by politicizing the investigation into the Capitol riot.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Liz Cheney disputes report January 6 panel split over Trump criminal referral — Republican on House select committee, however, refuses to say whether Trump should be referred for criminal charges — A key Republican on the House January 6 committee disputed a report which said the panel …
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Breitbart and Political Wire
New York Times:
The Fortunes of MacKenzie Scott — Three decades after worrying about making rent, she is now giving away billions — all while trying to keep herself out of the spotlight. — Give this article- - - Read in app — The billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott once recounted …
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Ballot stuffing mars Salt Lake County's GOP nominating convention, as Republicans warn of voter fraud conspiracies — Two Republican delegates, using paper ballots, were caught voting twice during Saturday's nominating convention. — For Salt Lake County Republicans, warnings of voter fraud came from inside the party on Saturday.
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Most Americans blame Vladimir Putin, oil companies for high gas prices: POLL — Americans are more likely to blame Democrats than Republicans for the hike. — As politicians spar over who's to blame for recent increases in gas prices, a large majority of Americans say oil companies …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Rick Santorum endorses Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate race — Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R) will endorse Dave McCormick for the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. … Dave Mccormick will be the next Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Raw Story, CNN, Breitbart and Political Wire
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Politico:
Trump endorses Oz in key Senate race
Trump endorses Oz in key Senate race
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The Daily Beast, HotAir, Deadline, Rolling Stone, NPR and UPI
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump endorses Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race, a key battleground
Trump endorses Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race, a key battleground
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CNN, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, CBS News, The Guardian and USA Today
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Democrats turn to their Gen Z whisperer as youth support wobbles — Democratic senators had two charts waiting at their chairs when they arrived at a caucus luncheon in February. They showed youth participation in national elections since the 1980s, with two impossible-to-miss spikes …
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Mimi Reinhard, secretary who typed 'Schindler's List,' dies at 107 — Mimi Reinhard was being held at a Nazi concentration camp near Krakow, Poland, in 1944, but because she spoke flawless German and could take shorthand, she was allowed to work in the camp office.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker's no-show looms large over Senate GOP debate — Former football great Herschel Walker skipped the first major Republican U.S. Senate debate, but his absence at the event in Gainesville on Saturday helped shape the back-and-forth among the five candidates who showed up.
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Raw Story
Tim Judah / Financial Times:
How Kyiv was saved by Ukrainian ingenuity as well as Russian blunders — Gym mats and mobile phone apps helped Ukraine's forces win the battle for the capital — Stand on the railway embankment near Hostomel and look north-east and the story of Russia's rout in the Battle of Kyiv comes together.
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CBS News, Associated Press and New York Times
Dean Obeidallah / CNN:
Why Trump Jr. started pushing for a coup before Biden won the 2020 election — Editor's Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio's daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @DeanObeidallah.
Financial Times:
Long Covid: the invisible public health crisis fuelling labour shortages — Many people with lingering symptoms of Covid-19 have been forced to leave the workforce entirely. Can businesses create policies to help? — When Katie Lazell-Fairman returned to work after recovering from a Covid-19 infection …
Denver Post:
Colorado GOP embraces election conspiracy theories in nominations for secretary of state, Senate — The GOP assembly and convention took place Saturday in Colorado Springs — Election deniers received the support of the Colorado Republican Party faithful on Saturday as delegates voted …
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Associated Press and The Colorado Sun
Danny Funt / The Fine Print:
A Columnist Fails to Meet the Press — Nicholas Kristof pledged to apply the full “communication toolbox” of journalism to his run for Oregon governor but struggled with the basics of interacting with reporters during his ill-fated campaign — Grinning nervously, Nicholas Kristof stepped …
The Economist:
A clumsy lockdown of Shanghai is testing the “zero-covid” strategy — Short of food and medicine, residents of China's financial hub are growing angry — The effort to stamp out covid-19 in Shanghai has taken on the characteristics of a military campaign. The army has published photos of planes offloading personnel and supplies.
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National Review
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
School Reopening Mess Drives Frustrated Parents Toward GOP — ‘So disillusioned’: Covid restrictions are weighing heavily for Democratic voters who say their party officials left mandates in place too long, with devastating consequences for their children — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. …
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
McConnell says Democrats ‘headed toward a pretty good beating’ in midterms — Afghanistan withdrawal ‘became kind of a metaphor’ for Biden administration's ‘incompetence,’ McConnell said — Coming up on ‘Fox News Sunday’: April 10 — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. …
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The Boston Globe, The Hill, The Guardian, Washington Times and Townhall
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media is failing the public on the good news about jobs … The unemployment rate is at an encouragingly low point. Less than 4 percent of the labor force is actively seeking work. And the latest monthly Labor Department report showed another healthy spike in the number of new jobs …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Court Revives Challenge To Madison Cawthorn's Reelection Effort — The Republican primary in Cawthorn's district is May 17, but a court has to decide if supporting the Capitol riot disqualifies him. — A federal appeals court has revived a constitutional challenge to Rep. Madison Cawthorn's …
Mac William Bishop / Rolling Stone:
‘We Are Tired of Killing’: How Long Can Ukraine Trade Land for Blood? — A journey to the front lines with an elite unit of Ukrainian marines willing to sacrifice everything — “The Russians are just over there.” — The Ukrainian marine driving the truck peers intently into the swirling snow …
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
At least 67 guests test positive for covid after Washington gala … The number of attendees who have tested positive for the coronavirus after last weekend's Gridiron dinner has risen to 67, organizers say, including Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who became the third member of Biden's Cabinet in attendance who was infected.
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Townhall, Mother Jones, UPI and The Hill
Washington Post:
What weapons to send to Ukraine? How debate shifted from helmets to tanks. — Ukrainian officials are clear on what they want from the United States and Europe: weapons. Big, heavy weapons. Not helmets. Tanks. — They say they need these weapons now, not later. And a lot of them.
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Task & Purpose and nationalinterest.org
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