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Former prosecutors say blockbuster January 6 testimony increases Trump's criminal exposure — (CNN)Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the House select committee this week increased the criminal exposure former President Donald Trump faces in the Justice Department's ongoing January 6, 2021, investigation.
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Cassidy Hutchinson's Jan. 6 testimony comes under increased scrutiny — WASHINGTON — Republicans and other sources are rebutting elements of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, handing Donald Trump and his allies ammunition as they seek …
New York Times:
Hutchinson Testimony Exposes Tensions Between Parallel Jan. 6 Inquiries — That the House panel did not provide the Justice Department with transcripts of Cassidy Hutchinson's interviews speaks to the panel's reluctance to turn over evidence. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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ABC News:
Rep. Liz Cheney ‘confident’ in Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony — Her interview will air in full Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney told “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview that she has full faith and confidence …
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Rolling Stone:
‘I Keep Waiting for the Feds to Come’: The Jan. 6 Investigations Have Trumpworld on Edge — A bombshell congressional hearing and aggressive Justice Department investigation have the former president's cronies wondering who'll be targeted next — After a jaw-dropping Jan. 6 committee hearing …
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former White House counsel Pat Cipollone — The panel has been ramping up the pressure, believing his testimony about former president Donald Trump could be explosive — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection issued a subpoena …
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CNN:
January 6 committee subpoenas Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone for testimony
January 6 committee subpoenas Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone for testimony
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Testimony Paints Mark Meadows as Unwilling to Act as Jan. 6 Unfolded
Testimony Paints Mark Meadows as Unwilling to Act as Jan. 6 Unfolded
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Jan. 6 Poll: 52% already say Trump should be prosecuted. How that number could grow after Cassidy Hutchinson's bombshells.
Jan. 6 Poll: 52% already say Trump should be prosecuted. How that number could grow after Cassidy Hutchinson's bombshells.
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Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
‘Trump tantrum’: Late-night hosts recap Cassidy Hutchinson's ‘wild’ Jan. 6 testimony
‘Trump tantrum’: Late-night hosts recap Cassidy Hutchinson's ‘wild’ Jan. 6 testimony
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel for Trump, subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee
Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel for Trump, subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee
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Politico:
Secret Service: Jan. 6 panel didn't reach out before Hutchinson's explosive Trump testimony
Secret Service: Jan. 6 panel didn't reach out before Hutchinson's explosive Trump testimony
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate Democrats see ‘major progress’ on Biden agenda bill, hope for July vote — Schumer and Manchin are close to a deal on prescription drug savings, new details obtained by NBC News show. They're also negotiating energy and tax provisions in the bill. — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats …
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Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Republican Party must choose between Trump and the Constitution, Liz Cheney says in California speech — Warning that America faces a “domestic threat we have never faced before,” GOP Rep. Liz Cheney on Wednesday accused Republicans who ignore former President Trump's efforts to overturn …
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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
Liz Cheney says US is ‘confronting a domestic threat’ in Donald Trump — (CNN)GOP Rep. Liz Cheney delivered a searing rebuke of former President Donald Trump and GOP leaders at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Wednesday night, recounting some of the damning details …
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Are we supposed to believe the Republicans didn't know?
Are we supposed to believe the Republicans didn't know?
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Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
Biden Reportedly Plans to Appoint Anti-Abortion Kentucky Judge to Lifetime Seat — Biden reportedly made a deal with Mitch McConnell to screw over pregnant people less than a week after Roe v. Wade was overturned. — Alerts — Less than a week after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade …
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
McConnell: Blocking Obama's SCOTUS pick led to overturning Roe v. Wade
McConnell: Blocking Obama's SCOTUS pick led to overturning Roe v. Wade
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Meena Venkataramanan / Washington Post:
Men rush to get vasectomies after Roe ruling
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The rot runs deeper — What the actions of an obscure Wisconsin political appointee tell us about GOP democratic backsliding — The January 6th hearings have illustrated the deep threats to American democracy such that only the most die-hard Trumpists can deny them.
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Associated Press:
Putin: Western leaders would look ‘disgusting’ topless — MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin shot back at Western leaders who mocked his athletic exploits, saying they would look “disgusting” if they tried to emulate his bare-torso appearances.
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Washington Examiner:
There's no foreign oil bailout for Joe Biden — Reporters were sitting a bit too close by when French President Emmanuel Macron broke the bad news to President Joe Biden. — “I had a call with [Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan],” Macron said to Biden, referring to the leader of the United Arab Emirates.
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‘Italygate’ Conspiracy Pusher Was Fired by CIA — SpyTalk's new ‘Live Drop’ feature highlights on Bradley Johnson and other intelligence items of interest — The Live Drop — Bradley Johnson, Agent 006 — The former CIA man at the heart of “Italygate,” the pro-Trump …
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Anna Peele / Washington Post:
The Pandemic Is Waning. Anthony Fauci Has a Few More Lessons to Share. — America's most famous doctor on mitigating covid, giving your adversaries the benefit of the doubt and working way too much — You gotta f—ing suck it up," Anthony Fauci tells me from the deck of his home in Washington …
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Arielle Mitropoulos / ABC News:
Fauci says he's taking 2nd course of Paxlovid after experiencing rebound with the antiviral treatment
Fauci says he's taking 2nd course of Paxlovid after experiencing rebound with the antiviral treatment
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
12-Year-Old Incest Victims Should Birth Dad's Child, House Speaker Gunn Says — Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says abortion should be illegal even for a 12-year-old rape victim carrying her father or uncle's child. He made the remark to reporters in the hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck …
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Associated Press:
Russia and China slam NATO after alliance raises alarm — MADRID (AP) — NATO faced rebukes from Moscow and Beijing on Thursday after it declared Russia a “direct threat” and said China posed “serious challenges ” to global stability. — The Western military alliance was wrapping up a summit in Madrid …
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Andy Meek / Forbes:
The Daily Wire, Which Now Boasts 890,000 Paid Subscribers, Signs Jordan Peterson To Its New DailyWire+ — Over the past three months, The Daily Wire has added tens of thousands of new paying subscribers — pushing the overall subscriber number for the conservative news and media empire founded …
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Lateshia Beachum / Washington Post:
Two workers fired for not attending company's prayers, lawsuit says — Two North Carolina workers allege they were fired for not participating in daily company prayer sessions, according to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday.
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Forensic News:
Multimillionaire American Podiatrist Co-Owns Pro-Kremlin Propaganda Website — The podiatrist, Dr. Vladimir Zeetser, owns a minority share of DRN Media, the company behind the Duran, a website promoting false conspiracy theories echoing Russian state messaging.
New York Times:
Behind the Scenes, McKinsey Guided Companies at the Center of the Opioid Crisis — The consulting firm offered clients “in-depth experience in narcotics,” from poppy fields to pills more powerful than Purdue's OxyContin. — In patches of rural Appalachia and the Rust Belt …
Washington Post:
Antiabortion lawmakers want to block patients from crossing state lines — Some advocacy groups and their allies are crafting legislative language that could be adopted in Republican-led state capitals. — Several national antiabortion groups and their allies in Republican-led state legislatures …
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Associated Press:
1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest — JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping …
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