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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
‘What the hell was he thinking?’ Pennsylvania conservatives react to Trump's support of OZ — RICHLAND, Pa. — Chairwoman Jackie Kulback has a very detailed list of criteria that her county party she chairs — the Cambria County Republican Committee — requires to endorse candidates in next month's U.S. Senate primary contest.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Backlash Over Trump's Dr. Oz Endorsement Shows His Hold on the GOP Is Slipping — MAGA-world's disappointment in their Dear Leader could mean they're getting ready to move on. … Donald Trump's recent endorsement of Dr. Mehmet Oz in the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate …
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BBC:
Ukraine War: Russia warns Sweden and Finland against Nato membership — Russia has warned Finland and Sweden against joining Nato, arguing the move would not bring stability to Europe. — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that “the alliance remains a tool geared towards confrontation”.
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Nick Grube / Honolulu Civil Beat:
Has US Rep. Kai Kahele Given Up On Washington? — WASHINGTON — When Kai Kahele announced he was running for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District in 2019, he vowed one thing to his future constituents — that he'd show up and do the job. — It was a stark contrast to the person who was sitting in the seat at the time.
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration Cracks Down on Ghost Guns, Ensures That ATF Has the Leadership it Needs to Enforce Our Gun Laws — Today, President Biden and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco will deliver remarks in the Rose Garden to announce additional steps the Administration is taking to combat gun crime.
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden finalizes restrictions on ‘ghost guns,’ names new ATF nominee
Biden finalizes restrictions on ‘ghost guns,’ names new ATF nominee
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
NRA slams Biden's ‘hollow’ ghost gun rule, not ‘sincere’ until criminals are put behind bars
NRA slams Biden's ‘hollow’ ghost gun rule, not ‘sincere’ until criminals are put behind bars
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Corinna Cohn / Washington Post:
What I wish I'd known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery — Corinna Cohn, a software developer in Indianapolis, is an officer in the Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network. — When I was 19, I had surgery for sex reassignment, or what is now called gender affirmation surgery.
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Thomas Franck / CNBC:
White House says it expects inflation to be ‘extraordinarily elevated’ in new report — The Biden administration is bracing for the Labor Department's consumer price index report to show that inflation is “extraordinarily elevated.” — The consumer price index, or CPI, is one of Wall Street's favorite ways to measure inflation.
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W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
White House says Kamala Harris maskless because of ‘emotional,’ ‘historic’ day
White House says Kamala Harris maskless because of ‘emotional,’ ‘historic’ day
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Neil Irwin / Axios:
Get ready for a nasty inflation report
Get ready for a nasty inflation report
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ABC News:
Former Trump lawyer, amid clash with Jan. 6 committee, pushing to decertify 2020 election — Trump has been watching the decertification push closely — Just as he was emerging as a top target of the House committee investigating the Capitol attack, former Trump lawyer John Eastman took a trip to Wisconsin.
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why American Teens Are So Sad — Sign up for Derek's newsletter here. — The United States is experiencing an extreme teenage mental-health crisis. From 2009 to 2021, the share of American high-school students who say they feel “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” …
New York Times:
Twitter Grapples With an Elon Musk Problem — Mr. Musk, Twitter's biggest shareholder, is free to buy more stock in the company and could use the platform against itself. Some employees are dismayed. — Give this article- - - Read in app — SAN FRANCISCO — Bright and early on Monday …
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Benjamin Oreskes / Los Angeles Times:
Karen Bass and Rick Caruso in dead heat, L.A. mayoral poll finds — Voters upset over crime and a seemingly limitless geyser of cash have propelled Rick Caruso to the front of the race for mayor, reshaping the contest and offering Los Angeles a stark contrast between the billionaire developer and his chief rival, Rep. Karen Bass.
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Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Abby Finkenauer can't appear on Democratic primary ballot, Iowa judge rules … U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer cannot appear on Iowa's June 7 Democratic primary ballot, a judge ruled Sunday. — The late night ruling, which reverses a state panel's decision, is a major setback for Finkenauer …
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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
What happens when a group of Fox News viewers watch CNN for a month? — A study that paid viewers of the rightwing cable network to switch shed light on the media's influence on people's views — atching Fox News can be like entering an alternative universe.
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Trump and Ukraine: Former Advisers Revisit What Happened — Amid the current crisis, Fiona Hill and other former advisers are connecting President Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine to Jan. 6. And they're ready to talk. — To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
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Steve Contorno / CNN:
Florida lawmakers cave to DeSantis on redistricting and will defer to him with new map — (CNN)Republican legislative leaders in Florida have given up trying to draw new congressional boundaries that can win Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature and, in an unprecedented move, announced Monday …
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Ana Ceballos / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida Legislature won't draft new redistricting map, deferring to DeSantis
Florida Legislature won't draft new redistricting map, deferring to DeSantis
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David French / The Atlantic:
Free Speech for Me but Not for Thee — Sign up for David's newsletter, The Third Rail, here. — The American right has lost the plot on free speech. The passage of Florida's House Bill 1557, which bans “classroom instruction” on “sexual orientation and gender identity” …
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
The city of Philadelphia will reinstate an indoor mask mandate, the first major U.S. city to do so this spring. — With new coronavirus cases low but rising sharply in recent days, the city of Philadelphia announced on Monday that it will reinstate an indoor mask mandate a little more than a month …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
The Lerner family will explore selling the Washington Nationals — The family of real estate magnate Ted Lerner, which 16 years ago purchased the Washington Nationals from Major League Baseball and oversaw a rebuilding process that eventually resulted in a World Series championship …
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Wall Street Journal:
Moscow's Central Banker Dismantles What She Built — Elvira Nabiullina, who strove to integrate Russia into the world economy, has dropped that mission for a new one—shielding the populace from the fallout of sanctions — Elvira Nabiullina spent eight years modernizing Russian monetary policy and forging bonds with global markets.
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Airs Its Ultimate ‘Revenge Plan’ for America — Battered and infuriated by sanctions over the war in Ukraine, Putin's henchmen are plotting their master plan for revenge on live television. — As Russia's war of aggression continues to ravage its neighbor, the Kremlin's propaganda apparatus …
Paul Blest / VICE:
Starbucks Just Fired a Union Organizer for Allegedly Breaking a Sink — Starbucks fired the 20-year-old barista and organizer just days before employees begin voting on whether to unionize. — PB — Starbucks fired a barista and organizing committee member at a store in Raleigh …
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New York Times:
As Remote Work Becomes Permanent, Can Manhattan Adapt? — With more companies adopting hybrid work, New York City's economy, which relies on commuters and full office buildings, faces an uncertain future. — PwC, a global consulting firm with its American headquarters in New York City …
New York Times:
Bucha's Month of Terror — ‘They shot my son. I was next to him. It would be better if it had been me.’ — As the Russian advance on Kyiv stalled, a campaign of terror and revenge against civilians nearby in Bucha began, survivors and investigators say. — Russian soldiers set up in this school.
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Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
I Commanded U.S. Army Europe. Here's What I Saw in the Russian and Ukrainian Armies. — The two armies at war today couldn't be more different. — In March 2011, I began a new posting as the Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, in command of all U.S. Army forces stationed in various countries throughout Europe.
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
The January 6 Committee Prepares to Go Public — Representative Elaine Luria was sipping sweet peach tea in her office last week while C-SPAN on mute aired the House debate over holding two of Donald Trump's former aides in contempt of Congress. Days earlier, the Virginia Democrat had voted …
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Distraught over orders to investigate trans kids' families, Texas child welfare workers are resigning — Other investigators don't want to follow an order they believe harms families but worry about the impact of a mass employee exodus on the state's most vulnerable children. — Copy link
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Matt Katz / Gothamist:
Anti-Semitic incidents are surging in post-pandemic NYC — After a pandemic lull, anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City are at historic highs. — The NYPD says there were 86 anti-Jewish hate crimes in the city in the first three months of this year. At this rate, annual totals …
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
Black Lives' Matters needs to get its (real expensive) house in order — Ever since Black Lives Matter became a rallying cry in 2014, Black people knew that the movement could not afford to slip up. Eight years and more than $90 million in donations later, BLM's national leadership has made a $6 million stumble.
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New York Times:
China's Echoes of Russia's Alternate Reality Intensify Around the World — China's officials and state media are increasingly parroting Russian propaganda organs on the war in Ukraine, undercutting U.S. and European diplomatic efforts, even after the killings in Bucha. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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NBC News:
Former cop who stormed Capitol guilty on all six counts in second Jan. 6 jury trial — WASHINGTON — A former police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was found guilty on all six charges at trial in a verdict reached Monday. — Thomas Robertson, who was an officer in Rocky Mount …
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