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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Says It Has New Evidence of Trump's Pressure on Justice Dept. — A hearing at 3 p.m. Thursday will feature the former acting attorney general and other top officials at the department during the Trump era as witnesses. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
Federal Authorities Search Home of Trump Justice Dept. Official — Federal investigators descended on the home of Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official, on Wednesday in connection with the department's sprawling inquiry into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Feds search home of Jeffrey Clark, former DOJ official who pushed Trump's false election fraud claims — Federal investigators conducted a search Wednesday of the home of Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department lawyer who former President Donald Trump sought to install as attorney general …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Documentary Filmmaker Emerges as Potentially Key Jan. 6 Witness — Alex Holder is testifying behind closed doors to the House committee about hours of footage he shot before and after the 2020 election with President Donald J. Trump and his family. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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ABC News:
Feds search home of former DOJ official tied to Trump's efforts to overturn election — Jeffrey Clark backed Donald Trump's efforts to contest the 2020 election. — Federal agents searched the Virginia home of former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark on Wednesday morning …
NBC News:
Jan. 6 hearings live updates: What to expect on Day 5 with focus on Justice Department — The Jan. 6 committee returns Thursday for its fifth public hearing, this one focused on then-President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure the Justice Department to aid in his campaign to overturn the 2020 election.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Who is Jeffrey Clark? Jan. 6 panel seeks to make Trump's man at DOJ famous.
Who is Jeffrey Clark? Jan. 6 panel seeks to make Trump's man at DOJ famous.
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Politico, USA Today, Los Angeles Times and Vox
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Law on Concealed Weapons — In the widest expansion of gun rights in a decade, the decision puts in question similar laws in at least eight other states and the District of Columbia — The Supreme Court struck down New York state's system …
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
What the Supreme Court's big gun case could mean for blue state reforms
What the Supreme Court's big gun case could mean for blue state reforms
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court finds N.Y. law violates right to carry guns outside home
Supreme Court finds N.Y. law violates right to carry guns outside home
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Senate bill would imprison Supreme Court leakers and impose $10K fine
Senate bill would imprison Supreme Court leakers and impose $10K fine
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Supreme Court shoots down NY rule that set high bar for concealed handgun licenses
Supreme Court shoots down NY rule that set high bar for concealed handgun licenses
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court says Second Amendment guarantees right to carry guns in public
Supreme Court says Second Amendment guarantees right to carry guns in public
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Washington Post:
As Jan. 6 committee targets Trump, his consternation at McCarthy grows — The former president has grown increasingly irate with what he views as the lack of defense by his Capitol Hill allies. — On the morning the House Jan. 6 committee held its second public hearing …
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NBC News:
Trump fumes as Republicans ignore Jan. 6 panel — WASHINGTON — Republicans in Washington are betting that the televised Jan. 6 hearings aren't breaking through, that voters are more worried about gas prices and inflation and that — basically — no one cares. — But one man is paying attention: Donald Trump.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
A Year Later, Some Republicans Second-Guess Boycotting the Jan. 6 Panel
A Year Later, Some Republicans Second-Guess Boycotting the Jan. 6 Panel
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Trump-McCarthy tension still climbing as Jan. 6 hearings draw out
Trump-McCarthy tension still climbing as Jan. 6 hearings draw out
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
New Biden Rules Would Bar Discrimination Against Transgender Students — The proposed rules would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity, among other things; they set up a clash with state lawmakers and conservative groups. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Education Department releases long-expected rollback of DeVos-era Title IX regulation
Education Department releases long-expected rollback of DeVos-era Title IX regulation
ED News:
The U.S. Department of Education Releases Proposed Changes to Title IX Regulations, Invites Public Comment
The U.S. Department of Education Releases Proposed Changes to Title IX Regulations, Invites Public Comment
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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Biden administration moves to expand Title IX protections
Biden administration moves to expand Title IX protections
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Politico:
Book bombs: Trump aide tell-alls fail to sell — A year after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows released a tell-all book about his 10 months in the White House that promised to be a “frank, candid account” of running Trump's chaotic West Wing.
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Kyle Stewart / NBC News:
Covid task force members worried about ‘misinformation’ being shared with Trump — WASHINGTON — Members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force during the Trump administration expressed concerns with each other about “misinformation” being shared with the president, according to emails obtained …
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New York Times, The Hill and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
David Charns / KLAS:
I-Team sources: FBI seizes Nevada GOP chairman's phone as part of fake elector investigation — LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — FBI agents served a search warrant Wednesday on Nevada's top GOP official, sources told the 8 News Now I-Team's George Knapp. — Agents seized the cell phone …
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Wall Street Journal:
Ken Griffin Moving Citadel From Chicago to Miami Following Crime Complaints — Hedge-fund founder has had long-running feud with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker over crime, other issues — Billionaire Ken Griffin is relocating his big hedge-fund firm Citadel from Chicago to Miami …
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US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Denies Authorization to Market JUUL Products — Currently Marketed JUUL Products Must Be Removed from the US Market — For Immediate Release: — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to JUUL Labs Inc. for all of their products currently marketed in the United States.
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Newly elected GOP congresswoman spread Capitol riot conspiracies and QAnon hashtags in now-deleted tweets — Newly elected Republican Congresswoman Mayra Flores spread conspiracies on social media that the January 6 riot at the US Capitol was caused by members of the far-left group Antifa …
Wall Street Journal:
Germany Looks at Potential Rationing of Natural Gas After Russia Cuts Supply — The potential move could push Europe's biggest economy into a recession — BERLIN—The German government moved closer to rationing natural gas on Thursday after Russia cut deliveries to the country last week …
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Politico:
Gavin Newsom jumps onto the national stage and Bidenworld takes notice — For weeks, an exasperated Gavin Newsom warned Democrats they need to more aggressively confront Republicans in the national culture wars he's convinced his party is losing. — In recent days, the California governor signaled …
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Maura Healey's Democratic rival drops out of Massachusetts governor race — BOSTON — The Massachusetts Democratic primary for governor is over. — State Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz, the last remaining Democrat running against frontrunner and state Attorney General Maura Healey …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Ron DeSantis Can Beat Trump in 2024 … If you want to get a sense of which way the Republican Party is headed in 2024, here are two straws in the wind. First, Gary Fineout reported that Ron DeSantis might not seek Donald Trump's endorsement in his reelection contest for governor …
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