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Former Special Agent In Charge Of The New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Charged With Violating U.S. Sanctions On Russia — A Russian Court and Government Interpreter Is Also Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia — Damian Williams, the United States Attorney …
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Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska — Oleg Deripaska has been sanctioned by the U.S. — A former top FBI official in New York has been arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday.
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Washington Post:
Former senior FBI official accused of working for Russian he investigated — Charles McGonigal, a former counterintelligence chief, is charged with money laundering and other counts connected to oligarch Oleg Deripaska — NEW YORK — The former head of the FBI's counterintelligence division …
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Former Top FBI Official in New York Charged in Money Laundering — Prosecutors say Charles McGonigal, who was chief of counterintelligence in the city, took payments from Oleg Deripaska to investigate a rival Russian oligarch. — A former high-level F.B.I. official has been indicted …
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CNN:
Man found dead after police standoff in Torrance was the Monterey Park shooting suspect, sheriff says — The man found dead inside a white cargo van after a standoff with police in Torrance, California, has been confirmed as the person suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in Monterey Park Saturday night, according to police.
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What we know about the suspect in the Monterey Park massacre
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New York Times:
How Kevin McCarthy Forged an Ironclad Bond With Marjorie Taylor Greene — The close alliance that has developed between the speaker and the hard-right Georgia Republican explains his rise, how he might govern and the heavy influence of the extremes on the new House G.O.P. majority.
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Jane Herz / New York Post:
Aretha Franklin song ‘Natural Woman’ blasted by transgender activists — They're saying a little prayer. — One activist group based in Norway is calling for Aretha Franklin's hit 1968 song “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” to be removed from both Apple Music and Spotify after they deemed its lyrics offensive.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Four Oath Keepers found guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy — The verdict is the the second of three seditious conspiracy cases charged in the U.S. Capitol breach — Four members of the far-right Oath Keepers group were convicted of seditious conspiracy Monday, joining founder Stewart Rhodes …
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Chris Brennan / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Former President Donald Trump posed for picture with former Philly mob boss Joey Merlino at South Florida golf club — They share an affinity for golf and an aversion to cooperating witnesses who “flip” to help federal investigators.But former president Donald Trump and former Philly mob boss Joseph …
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
A 23-Year-Old Mayor Tried Trump's Stolen Election Playbook. Only It Worked. — “I've... seldom seen a political takeover that was this sleazy, and yet this well-orchestrated,” one local columnist wrote. — A small Kansas town is reeling after a baby-faced 23-year-old manipulated procedural technicalities …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
In blocking an AP Black studies course, DeSantis tells us who he is — Florida's Republican governor and presidential aspirant Ron DeSantis has made a name for himself by harassing Black voters, setting up a system to sue teachers for teaching race in ways that might offend Whites …
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George Santos' lies are casting a harsh spotlight on a powerful Republican who endorsed and raised money for him — Cascading revelations about New York Rep. George Santos' pattern of lies and deception are putting increased scrutiny on powerful New York Rep. Elise Stefanik …
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NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who put feet on desk in Pelosi's office convicted on all counts — An Arkansas man who was photographed during the Jan. 6 riot with his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, was found guilty on all counts Monday after brief jury deliberations.
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Jeffries says GOP has “double standard” on committee assignments — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) nominated Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) to the Intelligence Committee in a letter to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday first obtained by Punchbowl News.
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Mike Pompeo criticizes journalist Jamal Khashoggi as an ‘activist’ who received too much media sympathy — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sharply criticizes murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in his new book, questioning his journalism credentials and lambasting …
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CBS News:
Evangelical leaders who supported Trump's presidency are waiting for other candidates in 2024 — Rev. Franklin Graham, one of the nation's most prominent evangelical leaders and high-profile supporters of former President Donald Trump, says he won't be endorsing anyone in the 2024 Republican primary race.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida teachers told to remove books from classroom libraries or risk felony prosecution — Teachers in Manatee County, Florida, are being told to make their classroom libraries — and any other “unvetted” book — inaccessible to students, or risk felony prosecution.
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Inflation Is Cooling, Leaving America Asking: What Comes Next? — After six months of declines, inflation seems to be turning a corner. But the road back to normal is an uncertain one. — Martin Bate, a 31-year-old transportation planner in Fort Worth, spent the middle of 2022 feeling that he was …
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Finally: A Bain Man Makes It To The White House … Zients will take over for Ron Klain in February. The former head of the White House's COVID response, Zients amassed a vast fortune working for Bain & Company and other management consulting firms. But at Bain, according to the Wall Street Journal …
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More Perfect Union:
Sinema's Private Equity Donations Keep Flowing After Saving Tax Loophole — Sinema has received at least $526,000 from donors in the private equity, hedge fund, and venture capital industries after killing proposed taxes last year. — Shortly after striking a deal to kill legislation …
Politico:
Borrow the opposition playbook? House GOP weighs the ultimate ‘tit for tat’ — Republicans are confronting a strategic dilemma as they prepare to unleash their new investigative powers on the Biden White House: Should they take a page from the Democrat-run Jan. 6 select committee?
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox News' defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims — Fox News' attorneys have set out the starkest defense yet against the accusation the network defamed an election-technology company when it broadcast false claims that the company had cheated then-President Donald Trump of victory in the 2020 election.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Majority in U.S. Still Say Gov't Should Ensure Healthcare — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 57% majority of U.S. adults believe that the federal government should ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage. Yet nearly as many, 53%, prefer that the U.S. healthcare system be based on private insurance rather than run by the government.
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Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont seeks to ban open carry as he cracks down on gun violence — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signaled a crackdown on gun violence Monday, seeking to place restrictions on open carry and gun purchases. — Lamont announced the first in what he calls “a series” …
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Washington Post:
Early rift over immigration exposes House GOP's tough path to consensus — Republicans won't bring an immigration bill to the floor this week after members raised concerns about its scope and the process — House Republicans' attempt to bring a border security bill to the floor as early …
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