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Associated Press:
Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap — Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American and Russian officials said.
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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Exclusive: Paul Whelan tells CNN he is ‘disappointed’ that more has not been done to secure his release — Detained American Paul Whelan expressed his frustration that more has not been done to secure his release in an exclusive CNN interview hours after another detained American, Brittney Griner, was freed.
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Politico:
Biden had a ‘painful’ decision to make to secure Griner's release. He made it. — In the last few weeks, President Joe Biden was presented with a one-or-none choice: Bring Brittney Griner home now, or risk leaving both her and fellow American Paul Whelan in Russian custody.
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon concerned Bout could return to arms trafficking after Griner exchange
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NBC News:
Family of Paul Whelan, American imprisoned in Russia, says they were warned about Brittney Griner's release
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CBS News:
Brittney Griner released by Russia in 1-for-1 prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout
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Peter Kasperowicz / Fox News:
GOP rips Brittney Griner deal for stranding Paul Whelan in Russia: ‘Celebrities over veterans?’
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Washington Post:
Who is Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner?
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Turnout by Republicans Was Great. It's Just That Many of Them Didn't Vote for Republicans. — No, the main G.O.P. problem wasn't prioritizing Election Day voting over early voting. — After yet another disappointing showing for Republicans in Georgia's Senate runoff on Tuesday …
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Kurt Bardella / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Democrats should use their Senate majority to expose Republican corruption — With Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia winning reelection, Democrats now have a 51-49 majority heading into the next Congress. Under a 50-50 Senate, each party seats the name number of members on committees.
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Republicans have a post-election epiphany on mail voting — As Republicans come to terms with their lackluster midterm performance, top GOP officials and conservative luminaries are acknowledging voters were led astray with calls to reject early and absentee voting.
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
A narrow GOP majority is forcing moderates to find their voice
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage, sending it to Biden's desk
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Hannity Calls on Republicans to Embrace Mail-In Voting: ‘They Need to Accept the Rules as They Are’
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Senate report details Trump's most surreal decision of pandemic — A leaked copy of the report a United States Senate committee is about to release slams the Trump Administration's response in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. — It also reveals that a chaotic …
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Sasha Pezenik / ABC News:
Democratic report details Trump administration's COVID failings: Suffering was ‘not inevitable’ — “We could have handled this ... a whole lot differently,” Sen. Gary Peters said. — President Donald Trump, right, reacts as Dr. Deborah Birx speaks about her granddaughter's fever as she speaks …
Washington Post:
Rollback of covid vaccine mandate met with furor at Pentagon — Military officials warned that the Republican-led initiative risks harming troops' readiness and endangering national security — The Biden administration fumed Wednesday at the near-certainty that Congress will strip away …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Two top Times reporters are skipping the walkout — Two of The New York Times's top White House reporters are opting out of a labor action Thursday as tensions continue to grow over contract negotiations at the news organization. — Chief White House reporter Peter Baker …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
New York Times journalists stage historic 24-hour strike after management and union fail to reach deal — New York CNN Business — A 24-hour strike at The New York Times, a historic demonstration in which more than 1,100 employees are expected to participate, began Thursday at midnight …
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Alexandra Olson / Associated Press:
New York Times journalists, other workers on 24-hour strike — Hundreds of journalists and other employees at The New York Times began a 24-hour walkout Thursday, the first strike of its kind at the newspaper in more than 40 years. Newsroom employees and other members of The NewsGuild …
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Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.'s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. — Agency alleges that maker of Xbox would gain control of top video game franchises, enabling it to harm competition in high-performance gaming consoles and subscription services by denying or degrading rivals' access to its popular content
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: DeSantis surges to 5-point lead over weakened Trump in 2024 primary matchup … A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis now leads former President Donald Trump by 5 percentage points in the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
COVID could be DeSantis' secret weapon in 2024
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Inside the turbulent, doomed campaign of Herschel Walker — Georgia's Senate runoff was less than a day old and, already, there was a shouting match at a staff meeting. — Republican candidate Herschel Walker's campaign was starved for cash as it faced Sen. Raphael Warnock and his deep-pocketed Democratic allies.
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Aliza Astrow / Third Way:
The Dangerous Illusion of a Presidential Third Party in 2024 — It isn't the first time and it certainly won't be the last, but American voters are frustrated with the state of our politics, and approval ratings for both the Democratic and Republican parties are low.
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Washington Post:
Daniel Snyder gave evasive, ‘misleading’ testimony, House committee says — Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder evaded questions by saying more than 100 times that he did not know or could not recall information and gave “misleading” answers when he testified remotely in July as part …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Climate Hawks Should Have Given Joe Manchin His Pipeline — America's green transition has a red-tape problem. — The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 directed hundreds of billions of dollars toward renewable energy and green infrastructure. But money isn't everything.
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump's isolation deepens as Georgia loss adds to 2024 bid's rocky start — The former president's three-week-old campaign is reeling from a string of controversies and setbacks — Since announcing his 2024 presidential bid three weeks ago at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump has barely left …
Maxwell Adler / Bloomberg:
Gen Z's First Member of Congress Can't Find Housing in Tough DC Rental Market — The first Gen-Z member of Congress is heading to DC — if he can find somewhere to live. — Maxwell Alejandro Frost had his apartment rental application denied by a Washington, DC, landlord, the representative-elect said in a tweet.
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New York Times:
The number of Americans ‘wrongfully detained’ by other nations has risen. — WEBVTT 00:00:00.620 —> 00:00:03.440 Moments ago, standing together with her wife, 00:00:03.440 —> 00:00:07.280 Cherelle, in the Oval office, I spoke with Brittney Griner. 00:00:07.280 —> 00:00:08.630 She's safe.
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Dolly Butz / Sioux City Journal:
Sioux City emails detail struggle to get payments for Trump rally; over $11,000 left unpaid — SIOUX CITY — The day before former President Donald Trump appeared at a political rally at Sioux Gateway Airport, a city attorney was engaged in a back and forth exchange with event organizers …
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The Guardian:
Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say — Exclusive: Men and women coming in with shotgun wounds to different parts of bodies, doctors say — Iranian security forces are targeting women at anti-regime protests with shotgun fire to their faces …
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