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Politico:
GOP lawmakers were deeply involved in Trump plans to overturn election, new evidence suggests — Republican members of Congress were heavily involved in calls and meetings with former President Donald Trump and his top aides as they devised a strategy to overturn the election in December 2020 …
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Axios:
New book: V.P. political decline called “slow-rolling Greek tragedy” — A senator close to Vice President Harris lamented her political decline as a “slow-rolling Greek tragedy,” New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns write in “This Will Not Pass,” their book out May 3.
New York Post:
Joe Biden met with Hunter Biden business partner at the White House — Hunter Biden's closest business partner made at least 19 visits to the White House and other official locations between 2009 and 2015, including a sitdown with then-Vice President Joe Biden in the West Wing.
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Meadows was warned of violence before Jan. 6, new court filings show — White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was warned before Jan. 6, 2021, about the threat of violence that day as supporters of President Donald Trump planned to mass at the U.S. Capitol, according to new testimony released late Friday …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Jan. 6 panel gets inconsistent testimony on key Trump family conversation
Jan. 6 panel gets inconsistent testimony on key Trump family conversation
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Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
'It's Time to Head for the Lifeboats': Democratic Fatalism Intensifies
'It's Time to Head for the Lifeboats': Democratic Fatalism Intensifies
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The Hill, Roll Call, Outside the Beltway, Breitbart and Townhall
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Biden Tries to Sell an Embattled Domestic Agenda During His West Coast Trip
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
White House readies for tough probes that would follow a GOP takeover
White House readies for tough probes that would follow a GOP takeover
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
Exclusive: Madison Cawthorn photos reveal him wearing women's lingerie in public setting — Photographs obtained by POLITICO appear to show Madison Cawthorn, the embattled Republican congressman from North Carolina who recently accused his GOP colleagues of inviting him to orgies, wearing lingerie in what appears to be a party setting.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
For Trump's G.O.P., Crossing Lines Has Few Consequences — A dizzying week featured Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, caught lying and another lawmaker, Marjorie Taylor Greene, grilled under oath about her role in the Jan. 6 attack. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Madison Cawthorn's Blunders Open Door to Primary Challengers — Some voters in rural district say lawmaker is too focused on national profile — Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R., N.C.) speaking before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at an April rally in Selma, N.C. Chris Seward/Associated Press
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Ariana Garcia / Laredo Morning News:
Gov. Greg Abbott truck inspections turned up zero drugs, migrants but cost Texas $4.2 billion — The costly policy, which experts estimate cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of a single week, did not result in any migrant detentions or illegal substance seizures.
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Washington Post:
Person of interest in shooting that injured 4 found dead, officials say — A man identified as a person of interest in a shooting Friday in which four people were injured by what appeared to be indiscriminate gunfire was found dead hours later in an apartment near the scene, two officials with knowledge of the investigation said.
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Washington Post:
Commander hints at Russian ambitions beyond Ukraine — RIGA, Latvia — A Russian commander said Friday that Moscow wants to take “full control” of eastern and southern Ukraine, in part so it could have a path to neighboring Moldova — raising fears that the nearly two-month war could spill outside of Ukrainian borders.
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
McCarthy to lead GOP lawmakers, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, to southern border — (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is set to lead a group of fellow Republican lawmakers to the southern border in Texas on Monday, amid debate over the Biden administration's decision to end …
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Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
The Former Chancellor Who Became Putin's Man in Germany — Gerhard Schröder, who is paid almost $1 million a year by Russian-controlled energy companies, has become a pariah. But he is also a symbol of Germany's Russia policy. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Wikipedia deletes entry for Hunter Biden investment firm Rosemont Seneca Partners — Wikipedia editors removed the entry for Rosemont Seneca Partners earlier this week on the ground that it was “not notable,” archived comments from its Talk Page reveal. — The deletion happened Wednesday.
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Steve Rosenberg / BBC:
Ukraine war: The Russia I knew no longer exists — There are no shells exploding in Moscow. There are no foreign forces encircling the city. What Muscovites are experiencing now is nothing compared to the horrors in Ukraine. — At first glance life here even looks normal.
Claudia Grisales / NPR:
Republicans face a new reckoning over what GOP House leader McCarthy said about Trump — The Republican Party is facing a new moment of reckoning tied to its top leaders and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. — It follows the release of two private audio conversations involving House …
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Associated Press:
Trump's Oz, Vance endorsements bring cash windfall, backlash — INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's late endorsements in hypercompetitive Republican Senate primaries in Ohio and Pennsylvania have unlocked a flood of support for his chosen candidates, including millions in cash.
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Timothy Snyder / New York Times:
The War in Ukraine Has Unleashed a New Word — In a creative play on three different languages, Ukrainians identify an enemy: ‘ruscism.’ — The City Council of Mariupol, Ukraine, was trying to make a point about mass death. Their city had been hit hardest by the Russian invasion …
Chris Smyth / The Times:
Sajid Javid inquiry into gender treatment for children … Vulnerable children are wrongly being given gender hormone treatment by the NHS, Sajid Javid believes, as he prepares to launch an urgent inquiry. — The health secretary thinks the system is “failing children” …
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The Guardian
New York Times:
What Happened on Day 58 of the War in Ukraine — Here's the latest on the war in Ukraine. — Ukrainian officials acknowledged Friday that Russian forces had taken more than three dozen small towns in their initial drive this week to seize eastern Ukraine, offering the first glimpse …
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California Dems are eyeing Feinstein's seat — but they're not talking about it — Sen. Dianne Feinstein's potential successors don't want to talk about it. — Ambitious Democrats are preparing for what happens when the 88-year-old California senator's seat becomes available …
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