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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 takeaways from the bombshell Fox News legal filing — We still don't know whether Fox News and the Fox Corporation will ultimately have to pay up for their promotion of the false claim that Dominion Voting Systems machines helped rig the 2020 election. — But Dominion's defamation lawsuit …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled — In the days and weeks after the 2020 elections, the Fox News Channel repeatedly broadcast false claims that then-President Donald Trump had been cheated of victory. — Off the air, the network's stars …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
What Fox News Says When You're Not Listening — People who remember Fox News host Tucker Carlson as a bow-tied creature of establishment Washington often wonder what happened to him. Twenty years ago, he was a preppy Beltway habitue and impishly libertarian magazine writer …
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Wall Street Journal:
Fox News Hosts, Executives Raised Concerns About 2020 Election-Fraud Claims Made on the Air, Filing Shows — Communications from top Fox anchors and executives were made public as part of Dominion lawsuit — Top Fox News anchors and executives privately raised concerns about false claims …
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Fair and Balanced?! Rupert Murdoch Told Fox News CEO the Network Should Help GOP Win Senate ‘Any Way We Can’ in Newly-Released Email
Fair and Balanced?! Rupert Murdoch Told Fox News CEO the Network Should Help GOP Win Senate ‘Any Way We Can’ in Newly-Released Email
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New York Times:
CNN's Chairman Rebukes Don Lemon Over His Nikki Haley Comments — Mr. Lemon's assertion that the presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not “in her prime” roiled the network and put a harsh spotlight on its struggling morning show. — Don Lemon, the CNN morning-show anchor …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Women's rights group UltraViolet calls on CNN to suspend Don Lemon from talking politics after Nikki Haley insult
Women's rights group UltraViolet calls on CNN to suspend Don Lemon from talking politics after Nikki Haley insult
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Dschiff / The Onion:
It Is Journalism's Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible — The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention …
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Haley says DeSantis didn't go ‘far enough’ with 'Don't Say Gay' — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) on Thursday criticized the so-called Don't Say Gay measure signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last year, saying it doesn't go “far enough.”
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Scott Walker says Ron DeSantis is in a ‘better’ spot to take on Trump than he was
Scott Walker says Ron DeSantis is in a ‘better’ spot to take on Trump than he was
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Politico:
Republican losers look to run again in '24 — and the party's at odds over how to stop them — House and Senate Republicans widely acknowledge that bad candidates cost them seats in the 2022 election. They just don't agree on what to do about it in 2024. — After a midterm cycle …
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CNN:
Key senators torn over retirement decisions as party leaders try to fortify 2024 standing — Sen. Joe Manchin, torn over whether to run for reelection, says he's “given everything I possibly can” over four decades of holding public office. Sen. Jon Tester is close to making his final decision …
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Matt O'brien / Associated Press:
Is Bing too belligerent? Microsoft looks to tame AI chatbot — Microsoft's newly revamped Bing search engine can write recipes and songs and quickly explain just about anything it can find on the internet. — But if you cross its artificially intelligent chatbot, it might also insult your looks …
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Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley to ‘go back to your own country’ in racist rant against new GOP presidential candidate — “What's with the worshipping of the cows? They're all starving over there,” Coulter also said. — Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is under fire for a racist tirade …
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Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley ‘go back to your own country’ in racist attack — Ann Coulter went on a racist tirade earlier this week in which she suggested that Nikki Haley “go back to [her] own country” where people are “starving” while “worshipping cows and rats.”
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Sen. Rick Scott / Washington Examiner:
Inconvenient truths for Joe Biden, Democrats, and the Washington establishment — Joe Biden, Democrats, and some leaders of the Washington establishment have made a lot of claims about me over the last few weeks. — Here's the truth about my Rescue America plan: I proposed …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Scott Drops Social Security From Plan as G.O.P. Retreats From Entitlement Cuts
Scott Drops Social Security From Plan as G.O.P. Retreats From Entitlement Cuts
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Republicans to adopt loyalty pledge for debate participants — 1 of 3 — Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
GOP wants candidates to pledge support for nominee — but some resist
GOP wants candidates to pledge support for nominee — but some resist
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Busted: Yet another Republican congressman's resume has Santos-like gaps — Congressman George Santos (R-NY) has been facing a blizzard of scandals after he was discovered to have lied about nearly every detail of his personal history on the campaign trail, from his education to his work background …
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Paul Blest / VICE:
Tesla Workers Say Twitter Shadowbanned Their Union Account: NLRB Charge — Workers alleged in an NLRB filing that Twitter intentionally made the Tesla union account to be “less accessible and functionally hidden.” — PB — Tesla workers are claiming that their new union's Twitter account …
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Department of Justice:
Political Consultant Sentenced for Scheme Involving Illegal Foreign Campaign Contribution to 2016 Presidential Campaign — A Texas man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in funneling illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national to a 2016 presidential campaign.
Matt Berg / Politico:
‘That could be one of our balloons’: Hobbyist says downed object may belong to amateur club — It's possible that the object shot down by American forces over the Yukon last weekend “could have been our balloon,” a member of an Illinois hobbyist group said Friday.
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Washington Post:
‘Unfathomable’: Florida parents, students blast DeSantis idea to nix APs — Families may pay more for college without the classes and fall short when they seek admission to competitive schools — As news zipped across Florida that the governor had threatened to eliminate Advanced Placement classes …
NBC News:
Biden campaign struggles to fill top job with a complicated set of duties — WASHINGTON — Finding a campaign manager for President Joe Biden's re-election remains a problem for his top aides, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions, underscoring the difficulty …
Alice Speri / The Intercept:
Progressive Group Roiled by Accusations Diversity Leader Misrepresented Her Ethnic Background … Members of the American Friends Service Committee, a prominent Quaker organization known for its progressive values and social justice advocacy in the U.S. and abroad, have raised an alarm …
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Washington Post:
In wake of Ukraine war, U.S. and allies are hunting down Russian spies — Officials caution that Russia retains significant capabilities despite exposure of multiple operatives in Europe — Among the slumbering passengers on an overnight flight from Miami to Munich last month were two travelers …
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Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump lawyer hires own attorney in classified documents probe — A lawyer for former President Donald Trump retained an attorney to represent himself as prosecutors step up their inquiry into the handling of sensitive documents at Trump's Florida residence, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
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Associated Press:
6 fatally shot in small Mississippi town, suspect in custody — Six people were fatally shot Friday in a small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, and authorities said they had taken a suspect into custody. Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bailey Martin confirmed …
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Mike Wendling / BBC:
Bankrupt Alex Jones spends nearly $100,000 a month — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has filed for bankruptcy but has nearly $10m (£8.3m) in assets and spends almost $100,000 (£83,000) a month, according to court filings. — He owes almost $1.5bn in court-awarded damages …
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce for Unlawfully Touting and Making Misleading Statements about Crypto Security — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against former NBA player Paul Pierce for touting EMAX tokens, crypto asset securities offered and sold by EthereumMax …
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