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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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Meadows Was Warned Jan. 6 Could Turn Violent, House Panel Says
Meadows Was Warned Jan. 6 Could Turn Violent, House Panel Says
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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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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Meadows was warned of violence before Jan. 6, new court filings show
Meadows was warned of violence before Jan. 6, new court filings show
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy and the intoxication of power — Caught in a lie after denying he talked about urging Trump to resign after the Jan. 6 insurrection, the GOP House leader seeks the former president's forgiveness to keep his speakership hopes alive — Power is intoxicating …
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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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Politico:
Trump heads to Ohio amid backlash against Vance
Trump heads to Ohio amid backlash against Vance
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
McCarthy to lead GOP lawmakers, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, to southern border
Claudia Grisales / NPR:
Republicans face a new reckoning over what GOP House leader McCarthy said about Trump
Republicans face a new reckoning over what GOP House leader McCarthy said about Trump
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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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Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Local election chief threatened by Republican leader seeking illegal access to voting equipment — A local Republican Party leader in North Carolina threatened to get a county elections director fired or have her pay cut unless she helped him gain illegal access to voting equipment, the state elections board told Reuters.
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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
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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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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.
Washington Post:
Lloyd Austin presses hard on Ukraine — but quietly — The U.S. defense secretary has taken on a major, behind-the-scenes role in countering the Russian invasion, officials say — Six days before the invasion of Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a final crack at getting …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Zelensky Says U.S. Secretary of State Will Visit Kyiv; Missiles Hit Odesa — The American secretaries of state and defense will make a trip to the embattled Ukrainian capital, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Russian missiles killed at least six people in a residential area of Odesa.
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.
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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Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change — BERLIN (AP) — Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change, echoing a policy already in place at Google. — “Ads shouldn't detract from important conversations …
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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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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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Felicia Schwartz / Financial Times:
‘A profound shift’: US boosts supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine — Zelensky says he will meet top US officials as Biden administration increases arms shipments to Kyiv — Before Russian forces began withdrawing from territory around Kyiv at the start of the month, US war policy appeared aimed …
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Washington Post:
Some Republicans fear party overreach on LGBT measures — A spate of GOP bills targeting the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity issues has been accompanied by anti-gay rhetoric — Republican lawmakers around the country are pushing an array of bills that limit the discussion …
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