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Noah Lanard / Mother Jones:
We Tried to Call the Top Donors To George Santos' 2020 Campaign. Many Don't Seem To Exist. — In September 2020, George Santos' congressional campaign reported that Victoria and Jonathan Regor had each contributed $2,800—the maximum amount—to his first bid for a House seat.
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Justice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos — The request is the clearest sign to date of an active criminal investigation examining the congressman's campaign finances — The Justice Department has asked the Federal Election Commission to hold off …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
George Santos' Campaign Might Face a New Criminal Probe
George Santos' Campaign Might Face a New Criminal Probe
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Trump makes his first big move in New Hampshire — SALEM, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump is tapping outgoing New Hampshire GOP Chair Stephen Stepanek to help oversee his campaign in the first-in-the-nation primary state as he pushes back against criticism that his operation has been slow to ramp up.
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump Tries a New Campaign Tack: Small-Scale — At two events on Saturday, Donald J. Trump is embracing more traditional campaigning as he struggles to maintain support for his third White House bid. — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald J. Trump campaigned during his first presidential race …
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
DeSantis advisers prepare for potential presidential run, explore staff options — The private activity is the latest indication the second-term Republican governor is laying a foundation for a potential White House bid — Advisers to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are actively preparing …
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Michael Graham / NH Journal:
EXCLUSIVE: NHJournal Poll Finds NHGOP Divided on Trump '24 — If Republicans want to win New Hampshire's electoral votes for just the second time since 1988, there is a GOP candidate who handily beats President Joe Biden in Granite State polling. — Gov. Chris Sununu.
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Van Jones / CNN:
The police who killed Tyre Nichols were Black. But they might still have been driven by racism — Editor's Note: Van Jones is a CNN host, political commentator and the founder of Dream.org, a national nonprofit dedicated to criminal justice reform. The views expressed in this commentary are his own.
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NBC News:
Video shows Memphis officers kick, punch and tase Tyre Nichols during fatal encounter
Video shows Memphis officers kick, punch and tase Tyre Nichols during fatal encounter
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Tyre Nichols video live updates: Memphis police release bodycam video
Tyre Nichols video live updates: Memphis police release bodycam video
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
From Sacramento to Memphis, Tyre Nichols Cut His Own Path
From Sacramento to Memphis, Tyre Nichols Cut His Own Path
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Social media reacts to gruesome videos of Tyre Nichols beating
Social media reacts to gruesome videos of Tyre Nichols beating
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Hones Policy Themes, Campaign Plans for Re-election Effort — President assembles a campaign staff and prepares for fundraising ahead of expected formal announcement in March or April — How Presidential Documents Are Supposed to Be Archived — Created with sketchtool.
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NBC News:
Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to prep by firing ‘a clip’ at a target, and ‘aim for the head’ — “I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025,” said Gen. Mike Minihan in a memo sent to the officers he commands and obtained by NBC News.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. general warns troops that war with China is possible in two years — Gen. Michael A. Minihan, who oversees the Air Force's fleet of transport and refueling aircraft, cited the 2024 presidential elections in Taiwan and the United States as part of his rationale
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Pfizer:
Pfizer Responds to Research Claims — New York, N.Y., January 27, 2023 - Allegations have recently been made related to gain of function and directed evolution research at Pfizer and the company would like to set the record straight. — In the ongoing development of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine …
Courier-Journal:
Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to remember more than one atrocity — International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 is not just a reminder of the six million Eastern European Jews who were rounded up and murdered between 1941 to 1945. As one Louisville rabbi recently said …
Washington Post:
Retired Gen. Pavel defeats billionaire Babis in Czech election — PRAGUE — A former general defeated a billionaire former prime minister on Saturday in the Czech Republic's presidential election — seen by some as a contest between constitutional democracy and populism, with Russia's war in Ukraine in the background.
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Associated Press:
New York should pay Cuomo's legal fees in suit, judge rules — New York state should pay former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's legal bills as he defends himself against a lawsuit accusing him of sexually harassing a state trooper, a judge ruled Friday. Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 amid sexual harassment allegations …
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Priscilla DeGregory / New York Post:
Andrew Cuomo gets NY-funded defense in trooper sex harass suit, judge rules
Andrew Cuomo gets NY-funded defense in trooper sex harass suit, judge rules
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Amber Lee / KTVU-TV:
DePape in bizarre phone call to KTVU says he should have been ‘more prepared’ — David DePape called the KTVU newsroom Friday, the same day a superior court judge ordered video of the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi to be released. He told our reporter he had an important message.
David M. Drucker / The Dispatch:
Nikki Haley's Campaign-in-Waiting Starts Its Engines … Nikki Haley is planning to challenge Donald Trump for supremacy atop the Republican Party—and she could make her 2024 presidential bid official as soon as next month. — Haley possesses the architecture of a robust White House …
MSN:
A leaked internal message appears to show Elon Musk ordered Twitter staff to suspend a left-wing activist's account — Anti-fascist activist Chad Loder's Twitter account was suspended in November 2022. — A leaked internal Twitter message suggests Elon Musk directly ordered the suspension.
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CBS News:
Jan. 6 rioter who admitted to spraying Officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to more than 6 years in prison — Washington - The New Jersey man who admitted to spraying U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was sentenced to 80 months …
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