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The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies — After criticism from Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, the official course looks different: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics — like Black Lives Matter — is optional.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The GOP Is Just Obnoxious — This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. — Let's say you're a politician in a close race and your opponent suffers a stroke.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators rally to defend DeSantis from Trump attacks — Republican senators are rallying to defend Ron DeSantis from former President Trump's attempt to keep the popular Florida governor out of the 2024 presidential race. — At the same time, Trump is picking up more formal endorsements within …
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Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg:
Trump's Attacks on Early Voting Worry Some in GOP Over Turnout — When Donald Trump attacked early voting in New Hampshire Saturday, he was speaking to an audience who was excited to hear the message. Others aren't so sure. — Republican officials in the state, one of only four …
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Michigan Republicans are in turmoil as their leaders navigate tricky Trump terrain
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Are Republicans Ready to Move On from Donald Trump?
Are Republicans Ready to Move On from Donald Trump?
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Justice Department arrests former ABC News journalist on child pornography charges — The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the arrest of an award-winning investigative reporter on charges related to child pornography. — In a statement, the DOJ said that it was charging James Gordon Meek …
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Man Arrested for Transporting Images of Child Sexual Abuse — A Virginia man was arrested last night on criminal charges related to his alleged transportation of images depicting the sexual abuse of children. — According to court documents, the investigation into James Gordon Meek, 53 …
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Mother Jones:
George Santos Relative Says They Never Gave $5,800 Reported by the Campaign: “I'm Dumbfounded” — Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. — Last week, Mother Jones reported that more than a dozen top donors to Rep. George Santos …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump Org. controller to testify to Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments — A top executive of the Trump Organization is expected to appear Thursday before a Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's alleged role in a hush money payment scheme, people familiar with the matter said.
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Jacqueline Sweet / Politico:
Feds probing Santos' role in service dog charity scheme — NEW YORK — FBI agents are investigating Rep. George Santos' role in an alleged GoFundMe scheme involving a disabled U.S. Navy veteran's dying service dog. — Two agents contacted former service member Richard Osthoff Wednesday …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Trump Is Losing the Grifter Class to DeSantis — And they matter more than you might think. — 1. Hungry Dogs Have To Eat — There was bad news for the Trump 2024 campaign yesterday and it wasn't Nikki Haley's pre-announcement of her campaign to challenge the former president.1
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden and McCarthy meet as White House aides envision a debt ceiling off-ramp — President Joe Biden met Wednesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in search of a path to lifting the nation's debt ceiling — and averting the potential for an economic catastrophe.
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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Joe Manchin's Dumb Budget Idea Already Failed Before
Joe Manchin's Dumb Budget Idea Already Failed Before
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Lizzie Johnson / Washington Post:
An alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire. — In Las Vegas, a lawyer with huge gambling debts is accused of a financial fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake — LAS VEGAS — The FBI arrived at the only house on this stretch of Ruffian Road at 1:25 p.m. …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Fireworks in House after Democrat says ‘insurrectionists’ should be banned from leading Pledge of Allegiance — WASHINGTON — A routine House committee meeting erupted into a heated, nearly hourlong debate Wednesday over the Pledge of Allegiance, with one Democratic lawmaker saying that …
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Dominique Mosbergen / Wall Street Journal:
Dangerous Fungi Are Spreading Across U.S. as Temperatures Rise — Some fungi such as the type that causes Valley Fever might be adapting to endure more heat stress — Dangerous fungal infections are on the rise, and a growing body of research suggests warmer temperatures might be a culprit.
CNN:
FBI finds no classified documents at Biden's Delaware vacation home — The FBI has completed its search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home and no documents with classified markings were found, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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FBI searches Biden's beach house amid classified documents investigation
FBI searches Biden's beach house amid classified documents investigation
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Voter fraud at a GOP stronghold leads to another light sentence — Quite a few Republican voters were caught casting illegal ballots in the 2020 elections. In each case, judges didn't exactly throw the book at them. — To the extent that the United States has a retirement community known …
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Mike DeForest / WKMG:
4th resident of The Villages admits to voting twice in the 2020 election
4th resident of The Villages admits to voting twice in the 2020 election
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Senate Republicans pen letter asking DirecTV to explain decision ditching Newsmax — A group of leading Senate Republicans is requesting information from cable provider DirecTV surrounding its recent decision to drop conservative network Newsmax from its channel lineup.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The House GOP's sham hearings are fizzling before they even begin — The GOP's conspiracy theories and unhinged accusations work best when Republicans are in the minority, when they can throw out half-baked accusations and make leaps of logic with little consequence.
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New York Times:
Trump's Fund-Raising in First Weeks of '24 Race Is Relatively Weak — After announcing presidential runs, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush all raised more per day in their out-of-the-gates fund-raising periods. — Donald J. Trump's knack for generating millions of dollars simply …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Illegal border crossings fell sharply in January, U.S. figures show — Tighter restrictions applied by the Biden administration against migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti along the southern border last month led to a precipitous drop in the number of people from those countries crossing …
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Guns in the House? A raucous Natural Resources panel debate — House Natural Resources Committee Republicans on Wednesday defeated Rep. Jared Huffman's (D-Calif.) push to reinstate an explicit ban on carrying firearms to the committee room after a lengthy and occasionally heated debate.
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David Greenwald / Davis Vanguard:
Students Forced to Camp Out in Frigid Weather To Get Housing — Davis, CA - If the city council thought they had solved the problem of student housing with the approvals of multi-student housing projects over the last several years, those beliefs were dashed by a string of student commenters who told them otherwise.
Pat Eaton-Robb / Associated Press:
Democratic-backed Connecticut bill would ban ‘Latinx’ term — A group of Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut has proposed that the state follow Arkansas' lead and ban the term “Latinx” from official government documents, calling it offensive to Spanish speakers.
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Mortgage Bankers Scrambling Over Conservative Court Ruling — Faced with the potential invalidation of CFPB's funding structure, the top lobbyist for mortgage companies asks Congress to write the agency's rules into law. — The Mortgage Bankers Association, a trade group for mortgage companies …