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Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count — Inside Twitter 2.0, turmoil leaves employees stretched to the max — For weeks now, Elon Musk has been preoccupied with worries about how many people are seeing his tweets. Last week, the Twitter CEO took …
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Jacqueline Sweet / Politico:
Santos was charged with theft in 2017 case tied to Amish dog breeders — NEW YORK - Rep. George Santos was charged with theft in Pennsylvania's Amish Country in 2017 after a series of bad checks were written in his name to dog breeders, according to the court and a lawyer friend who helped him address the charge.
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Ron DeSantis once expressed support for privatizing Social Security and Medicare giving his rivals an opening — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed support for privatizing Medicare and Social Security during his first campaign for Congress in 2012, giving political rivals who have pledged …
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David Freedlander / Politico:
The GOP Is Starting to Plot Against Donald Trump — “It is,” he said, “A five-alarm fire. And there is nobody coming to put it out.” — “It,” in this case, is the possibility that once again Donald Trump will prevail over a splintered Republican field, getting the same 30-40 percent …
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Trump Put Nearly $1 Million Of Donor Money Into His Own Pockets Since Leaving Office — He failed to spend money on the things he promised to do but did spend it at properties he owned, with the profits flowing to him personally — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump failed to spend much of the money …
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Tim Miller / The Triad:
The DeSantis Soft Bois Can Dish It, But Can't Take It — Groomer slander for thee, but not for me. — You are not going to believe what happened, dear reader. — In a shocking breach of decorum, the former president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, issued a social media post slandering …
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Chinese Balloon Had Tools to Collect Communications Signals, U.S. Says — China's surveillance balloons have flown over more than 40 countries and are directed by the Chinese military, the State Department said. — WASHINGTON — The Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. military …
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U.S. exposes China's sprawling balloon surveillance program — The State Department on Thursday released several data points on China's high-altitude balloon surveillance program, declassifying information collected by U.S. U-2 spy planes and other sources to expose what it's calling …
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Steve Bannon's Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says — A large podcast study found that Mr. Bannon's “War Room” had more falsehoods and unsubstantiated claims than other political talk shows. — When Stephen K. Bannon, the White House strategist turned podcaster …
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Valerie Wirtschafter / Brookings:
Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims — IIn February 2021, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and his co-host Michael Knowles, a Daily Wire commentator, recorded a live episode of the Verdict With Ted Cruz podcast.1 In conversation about his former …
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Jamie Reed / The Free Press:
I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I'm Blowing the Whistle. — There are more than 100 pediatric gender clinics across the U.S. I worked at one. What's happening to children is morally and medically appalling. — I am a 42-year-old St. Louis native, a queer woman, and politically to the left of Bernie Sanders.
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Man who used Confederate flag against Capitol Police officer on January 6 sentenced to 3 years in prison — A Delaware man who carried a large Confederate flag inside the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot and was part of the mob that chased a US Capitol Police officer has been sentenced to three years in prison.
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Daniel Barnes / NBC News:
Man who carried a Confederate flag in the Capitol on Jan. 6 is sentenced to 3 years
Man who carried a Confederate flag in the Capitol on Jan. 6 is sentenced to 3 years
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Biden's State of the Union draws audience of 27.3 million — 1 of 2 — An estimated 27.3 million people watched President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on television, the second smallest audience for the annual event in at least 30 years, the Nielsen company said on Wednesday.
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Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders's State of the Union Response Proves the GOP Has Nothing New to Offer
Sarah Huckabee Sanders's State of the Union Response Proves the GOP Has Nothing New to Offer
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Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies — In a recent letter to the College Board, state officials list a series of emails and meetings over the last year, often discussing course material about race that state regulations might bar.
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Mollie Reilly / HuffPost:
Congresswoman Assaulted In Her D.C. Apartment Building — Rep. Angie Craig, a Democrat representing Minnesota, was not severely injured in the attack. — Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) was assaulted in her Washington, D.C., apartment building Thursday, her office said in a statement.
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Wyatte Grantham-Philips / USA Today:
19,300 dead in Turkey, Syria earthquake: Death toll among worst in recent history, surpassing 2011 Japan disaster … The powerful earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria this week are among the most devastating and deadliest quakes in recent history. — The death toll continued to climb …
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
NJ councilman Russell Heller shot dead just a week after slaying of Eunice Dwumfour — A New Jersey municipal council member was shot dead in his car Wednesday, exactly a week after the unsolved slaying of Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour. — Russell Heller, 51, was found dead just after 7 …
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CNN:
First on CNN: Trump's former national security adviser subpoenaed in special counsel probes of classified documents, January 6 — Former national security adviser Robert O'Brien has been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith in both his investigation into classified documents found …
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Omari Daniels / Washington Post:
Residents seek action as tire and rim thefts increase — Police in D.C. and Maryland say they saw a rise in the thefts in 2022, while numbers decreased in Virginia — When a neighbor knocked on Marquise Chapman's Temple Hills door one morning in early December to alert her to mischief involving …
Joey Roulette / Reuters:
SpaceX curbed Ukraine's use of Starlink internet for drones -company president — SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones in the region during the country's war with Russia, SpaceX's president said Wednesday.
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Who Is @Catturd2, the Sh-tposting King of MAGA Twitter? — How one cranky Florida man caught the ear of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson — with fart jokes — ON A RECENT “Weekend Update” segment for Saturday Night Live, Michael Che relayed the news that Ronna McDaniel had just won …
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Biden weighs border deal that would deport non-Mexicans to Mexico — The Biden administration is negotiating an agreement with Mexico that could allow U.S. authorities to carry out large-scale deportations of non-Mexicans back across the border for the first time, according to four current …
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Ukraine's rocket campaign reliant on U.S. precision targeting, officials say — Ukrainian officials say that they almost never launch HIMARS rounds without detailed coordinates provided by U.S. military personnel situated elsewhere in Europe — KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials …
William Westhoven / Daily Record:
Mayor and entire council change party affiliation from Democrats to GOP in East Hanover — 3-minute read. — East Hanover's elected leaders dropped a political bombshell on Tuesday, announcing that longtime Mayor Joseph Pannullo and the entire township council had switched their party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
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Shinzo Abe Book Criticizes Trump as Weak on North Korea — Late Japanese leader wanted more-hawkish policy, but then-president thought he was helping prevent war — TOKYO—In a posthumously published book, former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe said he pushed then-President Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
See how many all-cash buyers snagged houses in your neighborhood — Rising interest rates, soaring home prices and decreasing inventory aren't the only things making it difficult to buy a home these days. — Last year, nearly a third of U.S. homes were purchased with cash, according to data provided by the realty company Redfin.
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Missouri Republicans block proposed ban on kids carrying guns in public — The Republican-controlled Missouri House of Representatives rejected a proposal Wednesday that would have banned children from being able to openly carry firearms on public land without adult supervision.
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Angela Andaloro / People.com:
FOX News' Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy Welcome Baby Girl: 'Best Assignment I've Ever Had' — Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy are first-time parents after welcoming daughter Bridget, they share with PEOPLE — Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy are officially parents!
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Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
FBI Retracts Memo on ‘Radical Traditionalist Catholic Ideology,’ Says It Failed to Meet Bureau Standards — The FBI said Thursday that an internal memo released by its Richmond field office last month warning against “radical traditionalist Catholic ideology” does not meet the bureau's standards.
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