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Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Disney tells investors state can't dissolve special district without paying debt — As Florida legislators were rushing through passage of a bill to repeal the special district that governs Walt Disney World last week, they failed to notice an obscure provision in state law that says the state …
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Twitter's top lawyer reassures staff, cries during meeting about Musk takeover — Monday was an emotional day at Twitter — even for its executives. — Shortly after billionaire Elon Musk bought the powerful social media platform, top Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde called a virtual meeting …
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Susan Collins: Elon Musk Should Let Donald Trump Back On Twitter — Other Republican senators weren't so sure, saying it's a decision for the Tesla CEO to make. — WASHINGTON - Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was no fan of Donald Trump's incendiary tweets, repeatedly expressing concern …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Elon Musk Bought Twitter — The social network's freewheeling poster child will pay forty-four billion dollars to take it private. What does he have in store? — On Monday, Elon Musk bought Twitter for forty-four billion dollars. Musk, the C.E.O. of Tesla and the richest man on earth …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Twitter says mass deactivations after Musk news were ‘organic’
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Leela Stockley / Bangor Daily News:
Susan Collins thinks Elon Musk should let Donald Trump back on Twitter
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Billionaires' World — The world's richest person didn't like Twitter. So he's buying it.
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Meadows' texts reveal new details about the key role a little-known GOP congressman played in efforts to overturn election — Washington (CNN)Newly obtained text messages and recent court filings fill in significant gaps about the key role a little-known Pennsylvania Republican …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Can't Lie Her Way Out of the Fact That She Violated the 14th Amendment
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A top Democrat ties Pence's 'I'm not getting in the car' to Jan. 6 ‘coup’
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
‘Yes sir’: New texts show Hannity promising on-air Trump campaign push
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New York Times:
McCarthy Feared G.O.P. Lawmakers Put ‘People in Jeopardy’ After Jan. 6 — New audio recordings reveal Kevin McCarthy worried that comments by his far-right colleagues could incite violence. He said he would try to rein in the lawmakers, but has instead defended them. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Los Angeles Times:
In brazen attack on press, Villanueva investigates Times reporter who revealed cover-up — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Tuesday that his department is targeting a Times journalist in a criminal leak investigation for her reporting on the department's cover-up of an incident …
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Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Times protests sheriff's criminal leak investigation against reporter — This letter was sent Tuesday to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva by the general counsel of the Los Angeles Times. It protests a criminal leak investigation of Times reporter Alene Tchekmedyian …
Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times:
Claim alleges Sheriff Villanueva directed cover-up of deputy kneeling on inmate
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WSOC-TV:
Sources: Rep. Madison Cawthorn cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas — CHARLOTTE — Rep. Madison Cawthorn was cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday morning, three sources tell Channel 9. — According to the TSA, a 9 millimeter handgun was discovered …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Vance moves into top spot in Ohio GOP senate primary — Many primary voters remain undecided — Fox News Flash top headlines for April 26 — Support for author J.D. Vance has doubled in the Ohio Republican senate primary race, catapulting him ahead of earlier frontrunners …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A leading Trump sycophant may soon get the humiliation he deserves — When the history of the Donald Trump era is written, a special place in the whole saga should be reserved for David Perdue. The former senator has debased himself on Trump's behalf perhaps more thoroughly than anyone alive …
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CBS News:
Biden tells Congressional Hispanic Caucus he's looking at forgiving some federal student loan debt — President Biden is looking at different options to forgive an unspecified but substantial amount of federal student loan debt — a move that would thrill some of his most loyal supporters …
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Andrew Kerr / Washington Examiner:
Madison Cawthorn implicated in potential insider trading scheme, experts say — EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Madison Cawthorn may have violated federal insider trading laws as he hyped up an alleged pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme, multiple watchdog groups told the Washington Examiner.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Madison Cawthorn Is Trying to Commit Every Possible Scandal
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump judges audition for Supreme Court — A number of young and prominent Trump-appointed judges are writing their opinions with provocative language, diving into the culture wars in ways offering an audition for a future Supreme Court opening. … But with the specter …
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House panel to explore impeachment, judicial ethics in wake of Ginni Thomas texts
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NBC News:
U.S. intel helped Ukraine protect air defenses, shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds of troops — As Russia launched its invasion, the U.S. gave Ukrainian forces detailed intelligence about exactly when and where Russian missiles and bombs were intended to strike …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Most Americans have been infected with the coronavirus at least once, the C.D.C. says. — The common perception that nearly everyone in America seemed to have been infected with the Omicron variant last winter may not have been far from the truth. By February 2022, nearly 60 percent …
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Cdcmmwr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Seroprevalence of Infection-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies — United States, September 2021-February 2022
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Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:
Florida man asks schools to ban Bible following the state's efforts to remove books — A Florida activist known for his tongue-in-cheek petitions to local government agencies has asked school districts in Florida to ban the Bible. — In petitions sent to public school superintendents across the state …
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Joe's missing millions! Financial records reveal Biden had $5.2million in unexplained income - as emails show he paid Hunter's legal bills for one megabucks Chinese deal and was tapped as ‘big guy’ to get a 10% cut in another — Emails from Hunter's laptop reveal Joe Biden agreed …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Admits He Oversaw Pay for Executive Who Got Fishy Perks — Trump said in a just-released deposition that he personally oversaw the pay of the Trump Organization's chief operating officer. That could be a problem for him. — In a lawsuit's never-before-seen testimony …
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Politico:
Dems grow alarmed by lack of fear over Roe's future — For decades, Democrats insisted that Republicans would invite a major voter backlash if they took aggressive action to curtail abortion rights. — Now, as a growing number of GOP-led states do just that, passing a slew …
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Matt Binder / Mashable:
Libs of TikTok tweeted fake accusations about a school teaching second graders about furries — The school district was harassed by her followers as a result. — Second graders are learning about furries in school? — That's what the prominent right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok (@LibsofTikTok) said in a tweet on Monday.
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Leah Askarinam / New York Times:
Provocateur in Pearls: Kay Ivey Races to the Right — The Alabama governor has a conservative track record, but in the face of a primary challenge, she is increasingly wading into divisive cultural issues. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama was never a moderate Republican.
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Before the Moskva, there was the Kursk: The sunken submarine that helped Putin consolidate power over Russia — WASHINGTON — Twenty-two years ago, a Russian nuclear submarine sank after being rocked by two explosions during a torpedo test launch gone awry. There were 118 sailors on board the Kursk; most of them died at once.
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
'People's Convoy' truckers driven out after youths, residents egged them — Eggs. Many, many eggs. That is what greeted a trucker convoy protesting outside the home of a Democratic state lawmaker in Oakland, Calif., last week. — It turns out that residents of the East Bay neighborhood …
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Jonathan Oosting / Bridge Michigan:
Matt Maddock, a Trump favorite, ousted from Michigan GOP caucus — LANSING — State Rep. Matt Maddock, a Trump loyalist and husband of a top Michigan Republican Party official, was kicked out of the House GOP caucus on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the development.
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