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Associated Press:
Accused Libyan bombmaker in Pan Am downing now in US custody — A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington …
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ABC News, Breitbart and Metro.co.uk
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Libyan Operative Charged in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing Is in F.B.I. Custody — Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud, a Libyan bomb expert, is accused of building the explosive device used in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. — WASHINGTON — A Libyan intelligence operative charged in the 1988 bombing …
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Politico, Bloomberg, BBC, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Voice of America, USA Today, Forbes, Algemeiner.com, National Review, New York Post, NPR, NBC New York, Just The News and ABC7
Joshua Comins / Fox News:
Kevin McCarthy pledges subpoenas for 51 intel agents in wake of Hunter Biden ‘Twitter Files’ revelations — Elon Musk shows apparent government-tech collusion in the release of the ‘Twitter Files’ — Kevin McCarthy: We won the majority and fired Nancy Pelosi
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Daily Mail, Breitbart, New York Post, National Review and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Steps Up Attacks on Twitter's Former Safety Head — Elon Musk posted tweets including an excerpt of Yoel Roth's doctoral dissertation Saturday that suggested the former Twitter executive is an advocate for child sexualization — a baseless trope that leaves Roth susceptible to online abuse.
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New York Magazine, The Post Millennial, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and The Western Journal, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Congressional Republicans divided on attacking Trump investigations — The former president's closest allies are working to discredit a potential prosecution by raising claims of politicization at the FBI and Justice Department — Republicans in Congress are splintering over how aggressively …
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Raw Story and Newsbusters
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump was fresh and new during his 2016 campaign. Has his fame fizzled?
Trump was fresh and new during his 2016 campaign. Has his fame fizzled?
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High Plains Blogger, HuffPost and Raw Story
NBC News:
Why liberal Washington can't quit Twitter — They may hate Elon Musk, but they're not leaving Twitter yet. “You will have to pry my fingers from my phone.” — WASHINGTON — To tweet or not to tweet? That is the question many left-leaning and Elon Musk-loathing political influencers are debating — often on Twitter.
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Louder With Crowder and Twitter is Going Great!
Chloe Folmar / The Hill:
RNC chief: GOP can't ‘do an ostrich method’ on abortion and 'pretend that it doesn't exist' — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel addressed GOP midterm election performance on Sunday's Cats Roundtable radio show, attributing some losses to candidates ignoring the abortion argument.
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Washington Examiner and New York Post
Politico:
Wanted by McCarthy critics: 1 qualified alternative speaker — There's trouble brewing in the House GOP's anti-Kevin McCarthy ranks. — The group of conservatives wreaking havoc in the House GOP conference with their challenge to McCarthy's bid for speaker is facing internal indecision …
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Washington Press
New York Times:
J.R.O.T.C. Textbooks Offer an Alternative View of the World — Descriptions of civic life and some key historical events differ from the way they are taught in typical public school textbooks. — One textbook for high school military cadets says girls should wear lipstick when in uniform.
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Republicans struggle in the Southwest as Latino voters stick with Democrats — LAS VEGAS — There's plenty of evidence that over time, Republicans have gained ground with Latinos in parts of the country, including Florida. But in the Southwest, an inverse trend has taken hold that could have implications for 2024 and beyond.
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Washington Post
Eric Topol / Ground Truths:
The New Obesity Breakthrough Drugs — I'm not using the term breakthrough lightly — There are many holy grails in medicine, with failure after failure, like finding a way to prevent Alzheimer's disease or a non-invasive means of accurately measure ambulatory blood pressure.
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Freddie deBoer
Sam Karlin / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Davante Lewis ousts incumbent from PSC, becomes first openly LGBTQ state elected official — Lewis has promised to shake up the commission, which he has portrayed as a toothless regulator, — Progressive policy advocate Davante Lewis defeated three-term Public Service Commissioner Lambert Boissiere III …
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The Crucial Years
Derek Brower / Financial Times:
Biden adviser calls Wall Street opposition to shale drilling ‘un-American’ — Amos Hochstein's comments come as US tries to stem Russia's oil income while restraining petrol prices — The White House's chief energy adviser has described as “un-American” the refusal of US shale investors …
Associated Press:
Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at term's end — Work crews have steadily erected hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped by razor wire along Arizona's remote eastern boundary with Mexico in a bold show of border enforcement by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey even as he prepares to leave office.
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Insider and Just The News