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CNN:
Key takeaways from six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns — Six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns released on Friday show the former president paid very little in federal income taxes the first and last year of his presidency, claiming huge losses that helped limit his tax bill, among other revelations.
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New York Times:
Trump Tax Returns Released by House Democrats — The publication of former President Donald J. Trump's private tax documents comes amid questions about why the I.R.S. failed to fully audit him during his presidency. … WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday released six years …
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Noah Bookbinder / The Atlantic:
The IRS Really, Really Should Have Audited Trump — Six years after Donald Trump should have disclosed his tax returns to the public, they have finally been released. This took advocacy, congressional action, and litigation that went to the Supreme Court—all to obtain basic financial transparency from a president.
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Digby's Hullabaloo and New Republic
Associated Press:
Trump's tax returns released after long fight with Congress — Democrats in Congress released six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Friday, the culmination of a yearslong effort to learn more about the finances of a onetime business mogul who broke decades of political precedent …
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Washington Post:
What we've learned from Trump's tax returns
What we've learned from Trump's tax returns
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Los Angeles Times:
Trump's tax returns are out. Here's how he was able to pay so little — so often
Trump's tax returns are out. Here's how he was able to pay so little — so often
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The Looming GOP Crisis Over Ukraine
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Democrats release former President Donald Trump's tax returns
Democrats release former President Donald Trump's tax returns
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Ben Dreyfuss / Calm Down:
Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because Of His Greta Thunberg Video — This is a lesson in media failure and misinformation. — Romanian authorities detained far-right misogynist internet troll Andrew Tate today on allegations related to sex trafficking. — Who is Andrew Tate?
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Washington Post:
Andrew Tate, brother charged in Romania with human trafficking — Andrew Tate — the former kickboxing champion, internet personality and self-described misogynist — has been detained in Romania along with his brother, Tristan, and charged with human trafficking and forming an organized crime group.
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New York Times:
Andrew Tate Is Detained in Romania in Human Trafficking Investigation — Mr. Tate, an online personality known for making misogynistic comments about women, was being held for 24 hours, the authorities said. — Andrew Tate, a former professional kickboxer and online personality who frequently …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson's Defense of Andrew Tate Resurfaces After Influencer's Arrest in Sex Trafficking, Rape Case — Clips of Tucker Carlson defending Andrew Tate have resurfaced after the kickboxer turned controversial internet personality was detained in Romania on suspicion of human trafficking, rape, and organized crime.
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Fox News:
Idaho murders: Suspect arrested in killings of 4 university students, law enforcement source says — Suspect Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, now in custody in connection to deaths of Moscow, Idaho college students — Idaho murders: Suspect in custody, source reveals
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NBC News:
Idaho murders live updates: Suspect arrested in the killings of 4 college students — 28-year-old man arrested in connection with Idaho college killings — Police in Pennsylvania arrested a suspect Friday in the slayings of four University of Idaho students, law enforcement sources told NBC News.
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John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics — Western conservatives are at risk from generations of voters who are no longer moving to the right as they age — “If you are not a liberal at 25, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at 35 you have no brain.”
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The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Melanie Zanona / CNN:
McCarthy offers his critics a key concession in effort to clinch House speakership — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has offered a key concession to critics of his bid for the House speakership during private conversations this week: reducing the threshold that is required to force …
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The White House:
Clemency Recipient List — Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is granting full pardons to six individuals. — Gary Parks Davis - Yuma, Arizona — Gary Parks Davis is a 66-year-old man who pleaded guilty to use of a communication facility (a telephone) to facilitate an unlawful cocaine transaction at age 22.
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Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Harris ‘gamesmanship’ torments staff, stems from ‘deep, deep insecurity’: Book — Vice President Kamala Harris's “gamesmanship” against her staff has led to a long-standing pattern of dysfunction, prompting questions about her capabilities under pressure, a new book reports.
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House aides recall in new book Biden's fury over border: ‘You could hear the president cursing’
White House aides recall in new book Biden's fury over border: ‘You could hear the president cursing’
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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war falters — A new gulf is emerging between the president and much of the country's elite — When Vladimir Putin visited Minsk last week to discuss deepening cooperation, a sarcastic joke by his host, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, seemed to ring all too true.
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New York Times:
Santos, a Suburban House and $11,000 in Campaign Payments for ‘Rent’ — Representative-elect George Santos, under scrutiny after fabricating much of his résumé, also spent campaign funds on $40,000 worth of air travel. — The company was called Cleaner 123 …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
How Justice Kagan lost her battle as a consensus builder — Speaking at a small university in Rhode Island earlier this year, Justice Elena Kagan committed an act of Supreme Court heresy. — For years, justices have told the same anecdotes to assure the public that …
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Raw Story and Al Jazeera
The Intercept:
Hacked Russian Files Reveal Propaganda Agreement With China … Russian officials pushed the lies first. — Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, a Russian defense ministry spokesperson resuscitated debunked claims about a U.S.-funded bioweapons program in the region, accusing Ukrainian labs …
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Raw Story and Deborah L. Armstrong