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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
CDC mask mandate for travelers no longer in effect following judge's ruling, official says  —  (CNN)A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods, and a Biden administration official says the order …
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Julia Shapero / Axios:
TSA stops enforcing traveler mask mandate  —  The Transportation Security Administration will stop enforcing the Biden administration's rule mandating masks on planes, trains and other forms of public transportation, an administration official said on Monday.
Discussion: The Hill, NPR, Power Line and Political Wire
Michael Laris / Washington Post:
Federal judge voids mask mandate for airplanes, in other transportation settings
Discussion: Rolling Stone
NBC News:
Florida court overturns CDC mask mandate for planes and trains, calling it ‘unlawful’
Heather Murphy / New York Times:
A federal judge strikes down the mask mandate on planes and public transit.
Discussion: Twitchy
Cory Vaillancourt / Smoky Mountain News:
Complaint filed against Cawthorn by fired staffer  —  Saying in a leaked recording that “we all want the ultimate goal of him never serving again,” Lisa Wiggins, a former caseworker and campaign aide to Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-Henderson) has filed an employment-related campaign against the embattled congressman.
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Trump attempt at a coup to be a focus of U.S. House hearings, lawmaker Raskin says  —  Then-President Donald Trump attempted a coup on Jan. 6, 2021, and that will be a centerpiece of committee hearings in Congress next month, said Democrat Jamie Raskin, a committee member who led the prosecution of Trump's second impeachment.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Former Army colonel sues to block Jan. 6 committee subpoena for phone records
CNN:
Kimberly Guilfoyle meets with January 6 committee
Reuters:
Alex Jones' InfoWars files for bankruptcy in U.S. court  —  Far-right wing website InfoWars on Sunday filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits.
New York Times:
Trump Allies Are Still Feeding the False 2020 Election Narrative  —  Fifteen months after they tried and failed to overturn the 2020 election, the same group of lawyers and associates is continuing efforts to decertify the vote, feeding a false narrative.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Raw Story
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump-Endorsed Candidate JD Vance Once Said Trump Might Be 'America's Hitler'  —  In a private Facebook message from 2016, Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance said Trump is either a “cynical asshole” or “America's Hitler.”  —  Former President Donald Trump's newest Senate endorsee was even less of a Trump fan than he publicly let on.
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Trump Jr. to campaign with J.D. Vance in Ohio following father's endorsement  —  CLEVELAND — Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance — fresh off an endorsement from Donald Trump — is scheduled to campaign this week with the former president's namesake son.  —  Donald Trump Jr. will headline …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Peltz draws GOP megadonors to $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin  — Billionaire and Wall Street veteran Nelson Peltz hosted a fundraiser for conservative Democrat Joe Manchin at his massive Florida estate last month.  — Peltz hosted Manchin along …
Politico:
More Dem Senate hopefuls split with Biden on border  —  PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. — John Fetterman says he's “100 percent” behind the Biden agenda.  Well, with one exception.  —  The Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and front-runner for the state's Democratic Senate nomination is distancing himself …
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Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Psaki Tells Travelers to Continue Masking but Defends Ending Title 42
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Beto flips and flops on elimination of Title 42 in election year politics
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Florida's vile ‘groomer’ law may soon blow up in DeSantis's face  —  One of the more repulsive features of Florida's new law restricting classroom discussion of sex and gender is its vagueness.  This may be a feature, not a bug: It could encourage conservative parents to sniff …
Discussion: Raw Story
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Mike Lee's Role in Trump's Attempted Coup  —  What would have happened if his plan worked?  —  Senator Mike Lee's defenders insist his repeated texts to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows offering his guidance on the proper constitutional process to overturn the 2020 election results prove his honor.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mike Lee has some explaining to do
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
In Defense of Tucker Carlson Touting ‘Testicle Tanning’  —  Here's a sentence I did not expect I would ever type: I'm excited about “testicle tanning.”  Or, more specifically, I'm excited about Tucker Carlson getting excited about “testicle tanning.”  —  For the past few days …
Discussion: HotAir, Washington Post and Althouse
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Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Jared Kushner Flaunted His Influence With Saudi Arabia, Russia in Pitch to Investors … Jared Kushner's new investment fund, Affinity Partners, nakedly touts the former Trump adviser's work with Saudi Arabia and his links to several Trump-era deals in hoping to raise money from Wall Street …
Discussion: Diane Francis
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rules Against Airman Who Refused Vaccine  —  The justices said the Pentagon need not accommodate Lt. Col. Jonathan Dunn, who said he had a religious objection to the coronavirus vaccine.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Lethal darts were fired into a Ukrainian neighborhood by the thousands  —  BUCHA, Ukraine — At Svitlana Chmut's house outside Kyiv, there are carrots in her garden and deadly Russian mini-arrows in her yard.  —  A pile of the sharp, finned projectiles rounded up by Chmut are now gathering rust in the spring's fine mist.
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Russian Offensive in East Has Started, Ukraine Says  —  Ukraine says Russia has started its assault in the east, after raining missiles nationwide.  —  LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said Monday that Russian forces had launched a ground assault along a nearly 300-mile front …
David Cruz / Gothamist:
Mayor moving ahead on metal detectors in subway system  —  Mayor Eric Adams on Monday said he is considering three types of metal detectors to be used in the subway system in the wake of last week's mass shooting on board a Manhattan-bound N train in Sunset Park.
Gizmodo:
We're Publishing the Facebook Papers.  Here's What They Say About Donald Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6.  —  Gizmodo has reviewed, redacted, and published more than two dozen leaked Facebook documents, the first of hundreds to come.  —  Alerts  —  In the hours following the Jan. 6 attack …
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Jon Stewart's new show on AppleTV+ is reportedly a flop  —  Jon Stewart is struggling to gain traction on his new talk show, according to a report.  —  “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” which launched on AppleTV+ in September, appears to be a flop, as it trails far behind its competitors …
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
Redistricting Scorecard: A Partisan Wash, With Far Fewer Competitive Districts  —  In February, Democrats were on pace to come out modestly ahead in redistricting, defying initial expectations.  But in the final stretch, the plot has twisted once again: Ohio's GOP ran out the clock …
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Marjorie Taylor Greene outraised by Democratic challenger in 2022  —  News and analysis from the politics team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  Friday's deadline to report fundraising for the first three months of 2022 has given us more information to sift through in some of Georgia's most contested federal races.
Sarah Longwell / The Atlantic:
Trump Supporters Explain Why They Believe the Big Lie  —  Some 35 percent of Americans—including 68 percent of Republicans—believe the Big Lie, pushed relentlessly by former President Donald Trump and amplified by conservative media, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
 
 
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Ayana Archie / NPR:
Florida rejects 54 math books, claiming critical race theory appeared in some
Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump Jr's fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle arrives in DC to be grilled by January 6 committee after abruptly ending her initial interview …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
Twitter Has a Poison Pill Now
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pa. Senate candidate David McCormick made a whopping $22.5 million last year
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
City Won't Pay $6 Million Awarded to Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Decades
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Think Capitol rioters were “ordinary people”? New research connects many to far-right groups
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