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David Cohen / Politico:
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's final leader, dies  —  Mikhail Gorbachev, who enabled the Cold War to come to a peaceful end during his astonishing tenure as the leader of the Soviet Union, has died.  —  He was 91 and reportedly died after a long illness, Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital said.
David E. Hoffman / Washington Post:
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91
Discussion: Reuters and Balloon Juice
Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91
New York Times:
Frustrations Mount at Washington Post as Its Business Struggles  —  With digital subscriptions and digital advertising revenue stagnating, the company is on pace to lose money this year.  —  In the years after Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, business boomed.
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Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Digital Revenue Dies in Drumpfness  —  How the Washington Post tripped over the Trump trap (and the New York Times did not)  —  When Wordle was for sale earlier this year, I figured the buyer would be the Washington Post or the Wall Street Journal.  My reasoning was that the Times already …
New York Times:
Documents at Mar-a-Lago Were Moved and Hidden as U.S. Sought Them, Filing Suggests  —  The filing by the Justice Department paints the clearest picture to date of its efforts to retrieve documents from the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department sought …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. says Trump team may have hidden or moved classified papers  —  Prosecutors' filing suggests Trump advisers misled officials trying to recover sensitive papers; photo shows papers marked “Top Secret” spread out on the floor.  —  Former president Donald Trump and his advisers repeatedly failed …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Trump team likely sought to conceal classified docs at Mar-a-Lago, DOJ tells judge
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Records Moved Likely to Obstruct Investigation, DOJ Says
Discussion: NBC News and CBS News
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Woke Up and Went on a 60-Post, QAnon-Fueled Social Media Spree  —  You can take the man off of Twitter, but you can't take the urge to post out of the man  —  FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump spent Tuesday morning feverishly sharing content from supporters on his social media platform Truth Social …
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Helen Coster / Reuters:
Truth Social Android app not approved on Google Play Store
Discussion: Newsbusters
NBC News:
Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and MSNBC
Jack Stebbins / CNBC:
Trump's Truth Social barred from Google Play store over content moderation concerns
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Truth Social's Google Play Store holdup
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Maria Bartiromo will be deposed in defamation case against Fox News  —  Maria Bartiromo will be the next Fox News star to appear for a deposition in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against the network over its airing of false claims made about the company during 2020 presidential election coverage.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:   Fox News stars questioned by election tech company in defamation case
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four  —  Home Polls Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Four  —  The latest Emerson College Polling survey of the Georgia general …
Chaya Raichik / Human Events:
LIBS OF TIKTOK: Mainstream media isn't mad about gender surgeries on teens, they're mad you found out  —  Two weeks ago you may have seen a lot of news segments surrounding Boston Children's Hospital.  Deleted videos and archived web pages pointed to the fact that they were providing …
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Republicans in key races scrap online references to Trump, abortion  —  Attempts by GOP candidates in competitive contests to pivot away from these issues have emboldened Democrats to mount an aggressive offense  —  Yesli Vega, a Republican running for the U.S. House in a competitive Virginia district …
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Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
Allegations of political bias, widespread misconduct prompt FBI agents to call for Wray resignation  —  Rank-and-file FBI agents say they cannot see how FBI Director Christopher A. Wray stays in his position after The Washington Times' exclusive report about a senior bureau official stepping …
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CBS News:
Top-level FBI agent under fire for role in Hunter Biden investigation resigns
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Overview: GOP Control No Longer a Foregone Conclusion  —  Three months ago, it looked like a category five hurricane was heading for President Biden and House Democrats clinging to a flimsy 221-214 seat edge.  Today, not only has it weakened to a tropical depression …
Discussion: New York Post
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Can Thiel and McConnell Strike a Deal?  —  As Republicans unexpectedly labor to retake the Senate, the standoff between Thiel, the consummate contrarian, and McConnell, the consummate pragmatist, has suddenly become one of the most important relationships in the G.O.P. financial universe.
Discussion: Just The News
Howard Fischer / Arizona Daily Star:
Kelli Ward: Arizona GOP at risk if personal phone records released  —  PHOENIX — If a federal judge lets the Jan. 6 Committee access Kelli Ward's phone records it will endanger not only her rights, but those of the entire Arizona Republican Party, her lawyer says.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Mississippi capital: Water everywhere, not a drop to drink  —  Mississippi's capital city is grappling with multiple water problems — too much on the ground after heavy rainfall in the past week, and not enough safe water coming through the pipes for people to use.
Discussion: New York Magazine and KTVZ-TV
Dr. David Taylor / Roanoke College:
Roanoke College Poll looks at Youngkin, Supreme Court favorability and more  —  Virginians Feel Somewhat Better; Supreme Court Favorability Declines; Abortion, Ukraine and More  —  The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research (IPOR) at Roanoke College interviewed 640 adult residents …
Uri Berliner / NPR:
Why even environmentalists are supporting nuclear power today  —  Resistance to nuclear power is starting to ebb around the world with support from a surprising group: environmentalists.  —  This change of heart spans the globe, and is being prompted by climate change …
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / The Daily Beast:
Homophobic Creep Threatens to Kill Eric Swalwell at His Office  —  PHONED IN  —  A staffer for California Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) fielded a threatening call Tuesday when a man claimed he was en route to the lawmaker's office with an assault rifle to kill him.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Army Grounds Entire Fleet of Chinook Helicopters  —  Flights of the workhorse choppers are halted due to engine fires, U.S. officials say  —  The U.S. Army has grounded its entire fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters due to a risk of engine fires, U.S. officials said.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Is Sedition Now A Policy of the GOP?  —  It's not just mean tweets.  —  1. Hard Truths  —  The former president of the United States has made a new pronouncement.  He now demands that the federal government either:  — Declare him the winner of the 2020 election and install him as president.
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Elian Peltier / New York Times:
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
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Washington Times:
Does Mitch McConnell even want to win in November?
Discussion: Just The News
Josh Baker / BBC:
Shamima Begum: Spy for Canada smuggled schoolgirl to Syria
Discussion: The Sun
Chris Farrell / Washington Times:
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