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Republican hopes fade as Warnock momentum picks up in Georgia — ATHENS, Ga — Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker barnstormed Georgia in a final plea for votes amid signs of growing momentum for the Democratic incumbent — and fading GOP hopes — ahead of Tuesday's runoff.
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As Senate runoff nears, Herschel Walker's ex-girlfriend details abuse — Woman Accuses Herschel Walker of Domestic Violence in Exclusive Interview — As the U.S. Senate runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock and football legend Herschel Walker reaches its final hours, an ex-girlfriend of Walker …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Six looming lessons from the Georgia runoff — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — THE WEEK — Monday: President JOE BIDEN hosts congressional ball at the White House ... Tuesday: Election Day in the Georgia Senate runoff between …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Elon Musk and Matt Taibbi Set Off Debate Over Release of Twitter Files — A release of internal documents from Twitter set off intense debates in the intersecting worlds of media, politics and tech. — It was, on the surface, a typical example of reporting the news: a journalist obtains internal documents …
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
FBI warned Twitter during ‘weekly’ meetings of Hunter Biden ‘hack-and-leak operation’ before censoring The Post — MORE FROM: — The FBI warned Twitter during “weekly” meetings before the 2020 election to expect “hack-and-leak operations” by “state actors” involving Hunter Biden, and …
Dean Obeidallah / CNN:
Elon Musk's Twitter is helping to normalize a neo-Nazi — Editor's Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio's daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him @DeanObeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
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Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
Blasts Hit Russian Air Bases as Moscow Launches Missile Barrage on Ukraine — Intense fighting continues in eastern Ukraine as Russia presses its offensive on Bakhmut — Explosions hit two Russian air bases on Monday, while Ukrainian officials hinted at a capability to strike deeper within …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Altered Himars Rocket Launchers to Keep Ukraine From Firing Missiles Into Russia
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Associated Press
Brian Everstine / Aviation Week Network:
U.S. Has Sent Threat-Emitters To Ukraine To Confuse Russian Aircraft
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Balloon Juice and Voice of America
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Putin Cronies Resort to Begging on Live TV Over War Failures
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Raw Story and New York Post
CNN:
FBI joins investigation into North Carolina power outage caused by ‘intentional’ attacks on substations — With no suspects or motive announced, the FBI is joining the investigation into power outages in a North Carolina county believed to have been caused by “intentional” and “targeted” …
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New York Times:
North Carolina Power Outages Caused by Gunfire at Substations, Officials Say
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NBC News:
Hackers linked to Chinese government stole millions in Covid benefits, Secret Service says — Hackers linked to the Chinese government stole at least $20 million in U.S. Covid relief benefits, including Small Business Administration loans and unemployment insurance funds in over a dozen states, according to the Secret Service.
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CNN:
Exclusive: China operating over 100 police stations across the world with the help of some host nations, report claims — Beijing has set up more than 100 so-called overseas police stations across the globe to monitor, harass and in some cases repatriate Chinese citizens living in exile …
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The Guardian, Politico and Daily Mail
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A New Clash Between Faith and Gay Rights Arrives at a Changed Supreme Court — A Colorado graphic designer says she has a First Amendment right to refuse to create websites for same-sex weddings despite a state anti-discrimination law. — Follow our live coverage of the Supreme Court hearings …
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David Cole / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Is About to Ask the Wrong Question About the First Amendment
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
White House responds to Trump demanding to terminate parts of the Constitution after ‘Twitter files’ release — The ‘Twitter Files’ detailed how and why Twitter censored Hunter Biden's laptop — Jonathan Swan hits Trump for dining with Ye, Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago: ‘Two is worse than one’
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's call for suspending the Constitution is too dangerous to ignore
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
GOP lawmakers largely silent after Trump suggests ‘termination’ of Constitution
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Social Security offices critical to disability benefits hit breaking point — State operations that review claims face massive backlogs, leaving disabled Americans waiting months and even years for judgments — The Disability Determination Division in Austin was at a breaking point.
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The Hill
Washington Post:
Fearing scandal, Air Force blocked generals' foreign consulting deals … During the height of the war in Afghanistan, U.S. military leaders flocked to the Caspian Sea nation of Azerbaijan to embrace its president, Ilham Aliyev, despite a report from the U.S. Embassy comparing the mustachioed strongman …
Wall Street Journal:
Billions in Covid Aid Went to Hospitals That Didn't Need It — The federal funds benefited some well-off medical systems but weren't enough for many that were struggling to provide pandemic care — When Covid-19 struck, the U.S. government gave hospitals tens of billions of dollars to help them cope with the strains of the pandemic.
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Fox News
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Rudy Giuliani: Ethics charges for election fraud claims take major step forward with trial-like hearing in DC — The efforts to discipline attorneys who aided former President Donald Trump's legal gambits to undermine the 2020 election take a major step forward Monday with the start …
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Law & Crime and Raw Story
Katharine Houreld / Washington Post:
Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say — The deadliest killings occurred at the Mirab Abaya prison camp, where current and retired Tigrayan soldiers were detained — NAIROBI — The scent of coffee and cigarettes hung in the hot afternoon air …
Faiz Shakir / New York Times:
Biden Is Putting South Carolina First. I Won't Vote for That. — President Biden's three-part plan to reform the Democratic presidential primary calendar was almost a home run — save for one flaw that dooms it entirely. — Our party's lineup of states that nominate …
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Washington Examiner and Breitbart
David Byler / Washington Post:
Did uncontested races cost the Democrats the House popular vote? — In last month's midterms, Republican House candidates have won about 54 million votes and Democrats have taken about 51 million — translating into a three percentage point advantage for the GOP.
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