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Alex Jones trial verdict: Jury awards $4.1 million in first phase of Sandy Hook case — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay the parents of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewis damage awards totaling $4.1 million, an Austin jury determined Thursday — far below the $150 million requested.
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Sandy Hook parents' lawyer says Alex Jones' phone leak contains ‘intimate messages with Roger Stone’ — Alex Jones' cellphone leak includes “intimate messages” with Roger Stone, a lawyer said. — The House committee investigating the Capitol riot wants the phone's contents, the attorney added.
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Lawyer Says He Intends to Give Alex Jones's Texts to House Jan. 6 Panel
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A Copy of Alex Jones' Cellphone Will Be Turned Over to the January 6 Committee ‘Immediately’
A Copy of Alex Jones' Cellphone Will Be Turned Over to the January 6 Committee ‘Immediately’
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Alex Jones' spontaneous cell death
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Mr. Jones and Me — Is the Alex Jones joke over? Or is it still on the rest of us?
Mr. Jones and Me — Is the Alex Jones joke over? Or is it still on the rest of us?
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Sinema Agrees to Climate and Tax Deal, Clearing the Way for Votes — The Arizona Democrat had been her party's last remaining holdout on the package, now slated to move forward on Saturday and pass the Senate within days. — WASHINGTON — Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat of Arizona …
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Exclusive: Trump lawyers in talks with Justice Department about January 6 criminal probe — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's legal team is in direct communication with Justice Department officials, the first sign of talks between the two sides as the criminal probe into January 6, 2021 …
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Cheney says DOJ not prosecuting Trump if there's evidence could call into question the US as ‘nation of laws’ — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said if the Justice Department does not prosecute former President Donald Trump for his role in the insurrection at the US Capitol and …
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Viktor Orbán's racism not a deal breaker for the right in the U.S. — Viktor Orbán's recent racism offered Republicans an opportunity to distance themselves from the authoritarian Hungarian. They've done the opposite. — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's anti …
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Orban at CPAC brings the ‘far-right international’ into focus — You're reading an excerpt from the Today's WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.
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Amid ‘mixed race’ speech blowback, Orban echoes Trump in Dallas
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Orbán urges Christian nationalists in Europe and US to ‘unite forces’ at CPAC
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Why are conservatives welcoming Hungary's divisive Viktor Orban at CPAC?
Why are conservatives welcoming Hungary's divisive Viktor Orban at CPAC?
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Scoop: Republicans' last-minute Cheney lifeline — A handful of Republican operatives are quietly mounting a last-ditch effort to rescue Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from a Trump-backed primary challenge, Axios has learned. … - Cheney — the vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee — could be the next casualty.
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Kari Lake, Trump-backed election denier, wins GOP primary in Arizona governor's race — Kari Lake, a 2020 election denier who was backed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Republican primary for governor in Arizona, beating Karrin Taylor Robson, a candidate endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence, NBC News projects.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney rips ‘coward’ Trump in election ad for daughter Liz
Former Vice President Dick Cheney rips ‘coward’ Trump in election ad for daughter Liz
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White House summons Chinese ambassador for rebuke on Taiwan response — Ambassador Qin Gang was called to the White House after China launched ballistic missiles in reaction to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan — The White House summoned China's ambassador on Thursday to condemn Beijing's escalating actions …
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Furious China fires missiles near Taiwan in drills after Pelosi visit
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U.S. orders aircraft carrier to remain in the region amid China-Taiwan tensions
U.S. orders aircraft carrier to remain in the region amid China-Taiwan tensions
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4,500 Tips About Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Were Punted to Trump White House, FBI Director Admits — Bama RushTok Is Back, Baby — Alex Jones Must Pay Sandy Hook Parents Over $4 Million, Jury Decides — Ron DeSantis Suspended a County Prosecutor Who Pledged Not to Go After Abortion Providers
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What Pro-Lifers Should Learn From Kansas — They asked for too much because they failed to prepare for the debate over abortion after — WSJ Opinion: Executive Beast Mode and the Democrats' Apocalyptic Politics … I found myself unshocked by the abortion vote in Kansas, and I don't understand the shock of others.
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Republicans Begin Adjusting to a Fierce Abortion Backlash
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
After Mississippi Killed Roe v. Wade, Kansas Voters Choose Abortion Rights
After Mississippi Killed Roe v. Wade, Kansas Voters Choose Abortion Rights
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Breaking: Ex-Black Panther Albert Woodfox Dies at 75; Survived 43 Years in Solitary Confinement — This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. — This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. — Albert Woodfox, who was held in solitary confinement longer …
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Four critically injured after lightning strike near the White House — The four adults were found at the center of the Lafayette Square just before 7 p.m. Thursday. — Four people were hospitalized with critical injuries Thursday evening after an apparent lightning strike in Lafayette Square …
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The Billionaire's Dilemma — Usually when rich people rage against the possibility that someone less wealthy might become their neighbor, nobody bats an eye. Why would they? NIMBYism is the dominant fact of American urban geography. But in recent years, a number of very rich people …
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Now is Not The Time to Let Putin Save Face — Why the West needs to keep supporting Ukraine. — Over five months into Russia's war in Ukraine, questions about the extent to which the West should continue to give Ukraine military support are growing more urgent.
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DOJ charges current, former police officers in connection with raid that killed Breonna Taylor — The department is investigating the Louisville Police Department. — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that the Department of Justice has filed charges against four former …
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CFTC Staff Withdraws No-Action Letter to Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Regarding a Not-For-Profit Market for Certain Event Contracts — Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced it is withdrawing CFTC Letter No. 14-130 effective immediately.
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Here's What School Covid Policies Should Look Like This Year — Dr. Allen is an associate professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He has written for Times Opinion previously about pandemic school closures and difficult outstanding questions about Covid.
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Wray: Allegations ‘troubling’ about FBI agent covering up Hunter Biden information — FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday that allegations of an FBI agent's partisan social media posts and efforts to suppress information in the investigation into Hunter Biden's business activities were “deeply troubling.”
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