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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable — Tucker Carlson burst through the doors of Charlie Palmer Steak, enfolded in an entourage of producers and assistants, cellphone pressed to his ear. On the other end was Lachlan Murdoch, chairman of the Fox empire and his de facto boss.
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New York Times:
Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ — A New York Times analysis of 1,150 episodes reveals how Tucker Carlson pushes extremist ideas and conspiracy theories into millions of households, five nights a week.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News — and Became Trump's Heir — Tucker Carlson had a problem. — After years in the cable wilderness, he had made a triumphant return to prime time. And his new show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” had leapfrogged to the heart of Fox News's evening lineup …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
What to Know About Tucker Carlson's Rise
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Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
White House Correspondents' Dinner returns with president in attendance — The show goes on despite COVID-19 concerns. — The White House Correspondents' Dinner makes its grand return Saturday night, two years after the pandemic shut it down and six years since the last time a commander-in-chief attended the event.
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Meadows says 1/6 panel has sought to publicly ‘vilify’ him — WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows accused the congressional committee investigating last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol of leaking all of the text messages he provided to the panel in what he says was an effort to vilify him publicly.
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Matthew Luxmoore / Wall Street Journal:
Nancy Pelosi Visits Ukraine's President Zelensky in Kyiv — Congressional trip comes as Russia's attempted military push into Ukraine's east is stalling — KYIV, Ukraine—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a delegation of U.S. lawmakers met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv …
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Washington Post:
Biden ticks up, but GOP holds advantage on economy, Post-ABC poll finds — Republicans lose ground when it comes to which party voters see themselves casting ballots for in November and the parties are now at rough parity. — President Biden's standing with Americans has improved slightly …
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Days after Robin Vos extended Wisconsin's election review, Michael Gableman stands with the Assembly speaker's critics in the GOP — MADISON - Michael Gableman got a reprieve a few days ago, when Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced the former state Supreme Court justice could continue …
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Washington Post:
How the ‘jack-in-the-box’ flaw dooms some Russian tanks — The sight of Russian tank turrets, blown off and lying in ruin along Ukrainian roads, points to a tank design issue known as the “jack-in-the-box” flaw. — The fault is related to the way many Russian tanks hold and load ammunition.
New York Times:
How Twitter's Board Went From Fighting Elon Musk to Accepting Him — It's highly unusual to move from a “poison pill” to a $44 billion deal in under two weeks. But Twitter's board ran out of options. — Twitter's board had reached the end of the road. — It was April 24.
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Axios, nationalinterest.org and The Daily Wire
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Bill Maher rips Twitter for flagging Babylon Bee amid Elon Musk takeover: ‘You do need a new sheriff’ — Maher says Twitter has ‘failed’ for banning the Hunter Biden laptop story, Wuhan lab-leak theory — The left's response to Musk's Twitter buyout says ‘we are power-hungry control-freaks’: Watters
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Al Jazeera:
Dutch dockers refuse to unload ship with Russian diesel cargo — Dutch dock workers are refusing to unload a tanker with a consignment of Russian diesel in the port of Amsterdam, a day after a similar action by dockers kept the ship from entering Rotterdam port.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
‘Chickenshit’ Move: Columbia Quietly Cuts Ties With Dr. Oz — Dr. Oz has long been tied to Columbia University. The school finally and quietly cut ties. — After years of criticism, Columbia University Medical Center has finally—quietly— cut public ties with celebrity doctor turned Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz.
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Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Conn. lawmakers pass bill to be ‘place of refuge’ for abortion patients — The governor has vowed to sign legislation approved Friday that was inspired by newly restrictive laws in GOP-led states — The Connecticut state Senate gave final approval late Friday to a novel plan to turn …
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