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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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Wall Street Journal:
Fleeing Putin, Thousands of Educated Russians Are Moving Abroad — Young professionals, often working in tech, have left the country after the Ukraine invasion: 'I can't live in a country that goes to war with its neighbors.' — Hundreds of thousands of professional workers, many of them young …
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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Politico:
Trump endorses Oz in key Senate race
Trump endorses Oz in key Senate race
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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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New York Magazine, 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.
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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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
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.
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 …
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
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Michele L. Norris / Washington Post:
Judge Jackson's long journey to the court — and ours — “In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.” — Sometimes history can be summed up in a single sentence of naked simplicity. But there were all kinds …
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Andrew Harnik / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 4-10-22: White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko & Dr. Anthony Fauci — A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, April 10, 2022 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form …
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