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Bruce Golding / New York Post:
What's in here, Joe? Beat-up box of 'Important Doc's' was out in open at Joe Biden's house, laptop reveals — This can't really be where Joe Biden kept classified documents he took from the White House — or can it? — A box labeled “Important Doc's + Photos” was left unsealed …
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How a Hunter Biden conspiracy theory grew, from lone tweet to a big megaphone — It started with a tweet on Jan. 12 by an anonymous account — a photo of a rental application by Hunter Biden, plucked from the hard drive of his laptop left behind for repair in a Delaware shop in April 2019.
Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden classified files were sent to ANOTHER D.C. location before they were stored at think tank …
EXCLUSIVE: Biden classified files were sent to ANOTHER D.C. location before they were stored at think tank …
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: All in the family: Joe Biden is named in 2017 email discussing multi-million dollar gas deal with CHINA, with Louisiana lawyer writing to brother Jim …
EXCLUSIVE: All in the family: Joe Biden is named in 2017 email discussing multi-million dollar gas deal with CHINA, with Louisiana lawyer writing to brother Jim …
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Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
What the Supreme Court Left Out of Its Dobbs-Leak Report — The investigation failed to ID the leaker — and the justices got light treatment. — A surprise report from the Supreme Court on its investigation into who leaked a draft of the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade informs the public …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Supreme Court Justices Were Interviewed in Investigation of Leaked Abortion Opinion — The clarification by the court's marshal, who oversaw the investigation, followed widespread speculation about the scope of the interviews. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's internal investigation …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Justices were interviewed as part of leak investigation, Supreme Court official confirms
Justices were interviewed as part of leak investigation, Supreme Court official confirms
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Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Supreme Court Simply Can't Figure Out Who Leaked the Abortion Opinion
Supreme Court Simply Can't Figure Out Who Leaked the Abortion Opinion
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Ron Lieber / New York Times:
JPMorgan Paid $175 Million for a Business It Now Says Was a Scam — Charlie Javice promised to simplify the college financial aid process. It was a compelling pitch. Especially, as now seems likely, to those with little firsthand knowledge of financial aid.
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Biden aides want to force GOP to abandon debt limit threats — White House officials see enormous downsides to either negotiating with Republicans on spending limit or trying to resolve impasse unilaterally — Shortly after last year's midterm elections, a senior congressional Democrat …
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Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Witness Says Inside Information Helped Fox Win World Cup Rights — A marketing executive testified that a top FIFA official provided secret bidding information that allowed his company to acquire valuable television rights. — When the news broke a dozen years ago that Fox had been awarded …
Brad Lendon / CNN:
US pilot shot down four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes - and kept it a secret for 50 years — Royce Williams was a real-life “Top Gun” 10 years before Tom Cruise was even born. — On a cold November day in 1952, Williams shot down four Soviet fighter jets - and became a legend no one would hear about for more than 50 years.
Amy Schoenfeld Walker / New York Times:
Most Abortion Bans Include Exceptions. In Practice, Few Are Granted. — 'We don't do that here.' — Last summer, a Mississippi woman sought an abortion after, she said, a friend had raped her. Her state prohibits most abortions but allows them for rape victims. Yet she could not find a doctor to provide one.
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Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Faucets in McCarthy's district are running dry after years of drought. Constituents want him to do more — Shortly after Benjamin Cuevas and his family moved into their new home three years ago in Tooleville, California, he realized something was horribly wrong.
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New York Times:
Despite Red Flags, G.O.P. Backed Candidate Now Charged in Shootings — “We could have picked apart this guy,” one Republican leader in New Mexico said of Solomon Peña, who is accused of organizing attacks on the homes of four Democratic officials. — ALBUQUERQUE — The former …
Mia Galuppo / The Hollywood Reporter:
How Doug Liman Directed a Brett Kavanaugh FBI Investigation Doc in Secret — The filmmaker kept his project under wraps with the help of NDAs and a commitment to self-financing, with investigative doc vet Amy Herdy and Story Syndicate's Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus helping bring his vision home.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden tanked Jimmy Carter's nominee for CIA over mishandled classified docs — Special counsel Robert Hur is currently investigating Biden for his improper retention of classified records — Will Cain: Could the classified docs case be a ploy to get rid of Joe Biden?
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Jonathan Alter / New York Times:
Biden's Classified Documents Scandal Is Really Bad for 2024
Biden's Classified Documents Scandal Is Really Bad for 2024
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Patricia McCabe / Supreme Court of the United States:
For Immediate Release — For Further Information Contact: — Statement from Marshal Gail A. Curley: — During the course of the investigation, I spoke with each of the Justices, several on multiple occasions. The Justices actively cooperated in this iterative process, asking questions and answering mine.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
George Santos appears to admit drag queen past in Wiki post — Embattled Rep. George Santos has claimed that reports and videos documenting him performing in drag are both “outrageous” and “categorically false.” — But nearly a dozen years ago, Santos himself appears to have confirmed …
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Department of Justice:
Arrest and Criminal Charges Announced Against British and Russian Businessmen for Facilitating Sanctions Evasion of Russian Oligarch's $90 Million Yacht — Yacht Previously Seized and One Subject Arrested Today by Spain at Request of United States — Two businessmen, Vladislav Osipov …
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Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Arizona executions on hold amid review ordered by governor — Arizona's attorney general has put a hold on executions in the state until the completion of a review of death penalty protocols ordered by the new governor due to the state's history of mismanaging executions.
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Brian Fung / CNN:
FTC calls on federal court to hold ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli in contempt — The Federal Trade Commission on Friday called for a federal court to hold “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli in contempt after Shkreli allegedly flouted a recent FTC investigation into his business dealings and failed …
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
DOJ reserves right to not cooperate with certain House GOP requests — The Justice Department is signaling that it has the right to not cooperate with Hill Republicans' requests to peek into their ongoing investigations, a top official wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO.
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Jeremy Cliffe / New Statesman:
Germany has become the roadblock at the heart of Europe — Berlin is consciously and deliberately stalling on sending Kyiv battle tanks. — BERLIN - Olaf Scholz really, really does not want to send Ukraine battle tanks. That is the essence of Germany's policy on arms exports, once you prune back the limp excuses.
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Joseph Trevithick / The Drive:
Stryker Combat Vehicles Will Be Headed To Ukraine From U.S. — The Pentagon has announced a new tranche of military assistance for Ukraine, valued at $2.5 billion. It includes many 8x8 Stryker wheeled armored vehicles, something that hasn't been found in any previous U.S. aid packages for Ukraine …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Abbott under criminal investigation over baby formula crisis — The company at the center of lingering infant formula shortages in the U.S. is now under a criminal investigation by the Justice Department, according to a Biden administration official and another person familiar with the matter.
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