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Steele dossier source acquitted, in loss for special counsel Durham — A jury on Tuesday found Igor Danchenko — a private researcher who was a primary source for a 2016 dossier of allegations about former president Donald Trump's ties to Russia — not guilty of lying to the FBI about where he got his information.
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Russian Analyst for Trump Dossier Acquitted of Lying to the FBI — John H. Durham, the special counsel who investigated the Russia inquiry for more than three years, failed to develop any cases that resulted in convictions. — WASHINGTON — Igor Danchenko, an analyst who provided …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Primary source for Trump-Russia dossier acquitted, handing special counsel Durham another trial loss
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
John Durham Failed Because the ‘Russiagate’ Conspiracy Never Happened
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Durham Faces Total Loss In Likely Final Prosecution
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Durham loses again in court, but trial airs FBI flaws
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Tatiana Siegel / Rolling Stone:
FBI Raids Star ABC News Producer's Home — Emmy-winning producer James Gordon Meek had his home raided by the FBI. His colleagues say they haven't seen him since. — AT A MINUTE before 5 a.m. on April 27, ABC News' James Gordon Meek fired off a tweet with a single word: “FACTS.”
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats ready for midterm blame game — Three weeks out from a midterm election that is beginning to look more and more like a big victory for Republicans, Democrats are starting to play the blame game. — Former President Obama stepped into the spotlight over the weekend …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Freedom Caucus chair floats potential Ukraine peace talks probe — Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the chair of the right-wing Freedom Caucus, floated to colleagues the idea of laying the groundwork for an investigation into the Biden administration's approach to Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Axios has learned.
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Republican Michels walks back abortion pledge — The Republican running for governor in Wisconsin suggested Tuesday that he did not support enforcing the swing state's near-total ban on abortions, saying “I will never arrest a doctor” before his campaign walked back his comment.
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Molly Beck / Journal Sentinel:
Tim Michels suggests he wouldn't enforce the 1849 abortion law, but his campaign quickly walked the statement back — Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels suggested Tuesday he would not enforce the state's abortion law that makes the procedure a felony, pledging not to arrest any doctors …
NBC News:
Oath Keeper testifies he was ready to die on Jan. 6 to keep Trump in office — WASHINGTON — A member of the far-right Oath Keepers who stormed the U.S. Capitol testified that he was ready to fight to keep former President Donald Trump in office and was preparing himself in the weeks …
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In Documents Review, Special Master Tells Trump Team to Back Up Privilege Claims — “What's the expression — 'Where's the beef?' I need some beef,” Judge Raymond Dearie, the independent arbiter, said during a conference call. — WASHINGTON — The special master reviewing materials seized …
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Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Florida father and son shoot at innocent woman they thought tried to break in home, sheriff says — “You don't shoot at people. You don't leave the security of your home and go out and chase people down,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a harsh rebuke.
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Stephen Whyno / Associated Press:
NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity — The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams, and the results show that hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity at all levels. The report released Tuesday found …
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
Why a Botched Story About Facebook Is a Huge Blow to Indian Journalism — The state of journalism in India, the “world's largest democracy,” has never been so dire. And recently, it just got much worse—this time not because of the government or its acolytes, but because of a once-dependable …
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Stephanie Emma Pfeffer / People.com:
Texas Woman Nearly Loses Her Life After Doctors Can't Legally Perform an Abortion: ‘Their Hands Were Tied’ — “I never in my wildest dreams thought that the laws I was so angry about would pose a threat to my life and prevent me from accessing safe healthcare in 2022 in the United States of America,” says Amanda Zurawski
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Dave Manning / Reform Austin:
Texas School District Distributes DNA And Fingerprint Kits To K-8 Schools — This month Texas public school systems are distributing DNA and fingerprint identification kits to K-8 level campuses for parents who wish to store their child's DNA. The kits provide identification if law enforcement …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg takes different approach to funding Democrats this year — The billionaire former presidential candidate plans to spend more than $60 million on this year's elections — Top Democratic donor Mike Bloomberg, a billionaire former candidate for president …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump scheduled to appear Wednesday for deposition in E. Jean Carroll lawsuit — Former President Donald Trump is set to answer questions under oath Wednesday as part of the defamation lawsuit brought by former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. — Last week, a federal judge cleared …
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
White House taking every step possible to avoid direct Biden-Putin encounter at G-20 — President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin are slated to attend next month's G-20 summit in Indonesia, setting up the possibility of a high-stakes face off in the midst of an increasingly deadly Moscow invasion of Ukraine.
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Jim Jordan plots ‘big moments’ for GOP influence in the majority — Jim Jordan made his name on Capitol Hill by nudging his own party from the right while pushing Democrats even harder. He may well return to that dynamic next year in a GOP-controlled House.
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Ansley Skipper / The Bulwark:
Glenn Youngkin Believes in “Parents' Rights”—But Only for the “Right” Kinds of Parents — The Virginia governor has some interesting ideas about who gets rights and who doesn't when it comes to parents, kids, and schools. — Last month Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed …
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Hallie Jackson / MSNBC:
Record breaking early voter turnout could be wake up call for Republicans — Georgia is experiencing record breaking voter turnout on the first days of early voting. NBC News' Sahil Kapur explains what this could mean for Republicans.
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
‘What are they hiding?’: Group sues Biden and National Archives over JFK assassination records — The country's largest online source of JFK assassination records is suing President Joe Biden and the National Archives to force the federal government to release all remaining documents related …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Mastriano's Time at War College Draws Scrutiny in Governor's Race — Doug Mastriano, a Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, earned a Ph.D in 2013 and taught at the Army War College. Fellow academics have assailed his scholarship and questioned his fitness for office.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Election Forecast: Slate of races tilt toward GOP — The GOP is tantalizingly close to its goal of taking the House majority in three weeks, after an at-times-uneven, two-year campaign to flip the chamber. — POLITICO's Election Forecast still rates the race to control the House as …
CNN:
Iran has sent military trainers to Crimea to train Russian forces to use drones — Iran has sent military personnel to Russian-occupied territory inside Crimea to train and advise the Russian military on the use of Iranian-built drones that Moscow has used to devastating effect in its war in Ukraine …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Oz closing in on Fetterman in Pennsylvania Senate race — Republican Mehmet Oz has narrowed Democrat John Fetterman's lead in Pennsylvania's bare-knuckle Senate election, and the two candidates are now polling inside the margin of error, according to a new survey shared exclusively with POLITICO.
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris / Idaho Capital Sun:
Bill prohibiting public drag performances to be introduced in upcoming Idaho legislative session — The Idaho House of Representatives conducts its business from the House chambers at the Statehouse in Boise on April 6, 2021. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)
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