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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Jury in Georgia Trump Inquiry Recommended Multiple Indictments, Forewoman Says — She would not discuss specific indictments in the special grand jury's report but noted that its recommendations are “not going to be some giant plot twist.” — A special grand jury that investigated election interference …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Spent $10 Million From His PAC on His Legal Bills Last Year — Now that the former president is a declared candidate again, there are questions about whether he can continue using donor funds to pay his lawyers. — Former President Donald J. Trump, who throughout his business career …
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Rolling Stone
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Inside the Trump grand jury that probed election meddling — 1 of 7 — They were led down a staircase into a garage beneath a downtown Atlanta courthouse, where officers with big guns were waiting. From there, they were ushered into vans with heavily tinted windows and driven to their cars under police escort.
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NBC News:
Georgia grand jury recommended indictments for more than a dozen people in Trump probe, foreperson says — Emily Kohrs told NBC News the panel's recommendations include “some names you expect.” Asked if it included Trump, she said “potentially, it might.”
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WGN-TV and Just The News
CNN:
Foreperson on Georgia grand jury investigating Trump and 2020 election: 'I don't think you will be shocked' by indictments — The foreperson of the Atlanta-based grand jury that investigated former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election told CNN on Tuesday that the panel …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
'It's Not a Short List': Trump Probe Grand Jury to Recommend Slew of Indictments
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton grand juror: Multiple indictments recommended
Fulton grand juror: Multiple indictments recommended
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PoliticusUSA
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Dozens of ‘New York Times’ Journalists Hit Staff Union for Its Defense of Trans Coverage Criticism — Some of the paper's top reporters signed a letter objecting to the Guild's response to newsroom leaders. “We ask that our union work to advance, not erode, our journalistic independence,” they wrote.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up Ohio train derailment site and pay all costs — The Environmental Protection Agency announced a sweeping enforcement action against Norfolk Southern on Tuesday, compelling the rail company to conduct and pay for cleanup actions associated …
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Alex Henderson / Raw Story:
How ‘vile’ MAGA Republicans are painting Ohio's environmental nightmare as a ‘war on white people’ — In East Palestine, Ohio, residents have complained of headaches, nausea, skin rashes and other symptoms following the early February derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals.
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CBS News, CNN and The Western Journal
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The right fans a repulsive campaign to racialize the Ohio train disaster
The right fans a repulsive campaign to racialize the Ohio train disaster
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New York Post, HERSAY and Mother Jones
CNN:
US believes Russia had failed intercontinental ballistic missile test while Biden was in Ukraine — " data-check-event-based-preview= "" data-network-id="" data-details=""> — Russia carried out a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears to have failed while President Joe Biden …
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Defense One
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson exclusive access to Jan. 6 riot video — By Meryl Kornfield and Jacqueline Alemany — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has provided exclusive access to a trove of U.S. Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to Fox News host Tucker Carlson …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why it matters that Kevin McCarthy gave Jan. 6 tapes to Fox News — Kevin McCarthy gave 41,000 hours of sensitive Jan. 6 footage to a controversial television personality. What could possibly go wrong? — Just a few days after getting his gavel, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters …
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Politico:
Kevin McCarthy's apparent deal with Tucker Carlson to share Jan. 6 footage surprised some top Capitol security officials.
Kevin McCarthy's apparent deal with Tucker Carlson to share Jan. 6 footage surprised some top Capitol security officials.
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Washington Post:
Putin says Russia will suspend role in New START nuclear accord with U.S. — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in a state of the nation address Tuesday that Moscow is “suspending” its participation in the New START nuclear nonproliferation agreement, the last remaining arms control treaty between the United States and Russia.
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Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Wagner Group Chief Accuses Russian Military Command of Treason
Wagner Group Chief Accuses Russian Military Command of Treason
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Pyotr Kozlov / The Moscow Times:
'Everyone's Tired': Acceptance and Exasperation in Russian Elite as Invasion Anniversary Looms
'Everyone's Tired': Acceptance and Exasperation in Russian Elite as Invasion Anniversary Looms
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Polls close in Virginia's 4th Congressional District special election — Polls have closed in Virginia's 4th Congressional District for the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the late Rep. Donald McEachin. — Democratic state Sen. Jennifer McClellan could make history if she wins Tuesday …
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Rob Wile / NBC News:
Feds fine Mormon church for illicitly hiding $32 billion investment fund behind shell companies — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a nonprofit entity that it controlled have been fined $5 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission over accusations …
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Politico:
How Biden found gold in junk — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — Even in a divided country, it's not all that surprising there is broad, bipartisan support for a new push …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jen Psaki, Once the Voice of Biden, Moves to an Anchor Chair
Jen Psaki, Once the Voice of Biden, Moves to an Anchor Chair
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Mike Pompeo's PAC Spent $42,000 On Books The Day His Memoir Was Published. It Became A Bestseller. — Mike Pompeo's political action committee shelled out $42,000 on books the day his memoir hit bookshelves, according to a filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Monday.
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Raw Story and New York Times
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
‘I Was So F*cking Freaked Out’: Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed — Embarrassing details about the extent of the 2020 staff revolt at the New York Times have been revealed in a new book featuring an interview with former Times staffer Shawn McCreesh.
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New York Post, HotAir, Fox News and The Daily Caller
David Siders / Politico:
What It Looks Like When the Far Right Takes Control of Local Government — WEST OLIVE, Mich. — The agenda for the Ottawa County governing board's most recent meeting here last week listed, among other issues, a roof repair and resurfacing contract, a budget calendar that needed setting and …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Nikki Haley defended right to secession, Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in 2010 talk — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley defended states' rights to secede from the United States, South Carolina's Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in a 2010 interview …
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Semafor
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'If Don doesn't go, we will!': Angry female staffers at CNN issue ultimatum over Lemon's sexist Nikki Haley comments and threaten to quit if he stays on-air — CNN staffers have threatened to quit if Don Lemon is not fired from the network — It comes days after he said women older …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Sensitive US military emails spill online — A government cloud email server was connected to the internet without a password — The U.S. Department of Defense secured an exposed server on Monday that was spilling internal U.S. military emails to the open internet for the past two weeks.
James Pogue / Vanity Fair:
Inside the New Right's Next Frontier: The American West — Preppers, techies, hippies, and yuppies are converging on the American West, the safest place to “exit” a society gone haywire. — The buffalo were grazing by the highway on the outskirts of the richest county in the richest country in the history of the world.
Jacqueline Thomsen / Reuters:
Lawyers for Trump aide Steve Bannon sue over legal bills — A law firm is suing Steve Bannon, former U.S. President Donald Trump's onetime top strategist, for more than $480,000 in fees for its legal work on high-profile cases. Law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron said in a lawsuit filed Friday …
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The Guardian:
In Wisconsin's supreme court race, a super-rich beer family calls the shots — Members of the Uihlein dynasty are pouring millions into opposite sides of one of this year's most important elections — hen Wisconsinites vote on Tuesday in primary elections for a justice's seat on the state's supreme court …
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CBS News, Washington Monthly, New York Times, Media Matters for America and Washington Examiner
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
GOP lawmakers seek investigation of ‘unauthorized’ disclosure of their Air Force records — Two Republican lawmakers say the Air Force alerted them that their military records were improperly released during the midterm campaign. — Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) was informed of the …
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Politico:
Older voters balk at Nikki Haley's competency test — URBANDALE, Iowa — Older Republicans say they aren't opposed to Nikki Haley's call for a new generation of politicians leading their party. — But when she calls for mental competency tests for politicians over the age of 75, some of them start to feel insulted.
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Will Sommer / Rolling Stone:
Why QAnon Targeted the Creator of Hollywood's ‘Black List’ — This excerpt from Will Sommer's new book ‘Trust the Plan’ tells the story behind QAnon's twisted fixation on Franklin Leonard. — ON OCTOBER 18, 2018, film executive Franklin Leonard's phone started vibrating and would not stop.
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Raw Story
Brianna Dimas / American Immigration Council:
Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security Release Details of Dangerous New Asylum Transit Ban — Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that will implement a new asylum transit ban …
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Avery Schmitz / bellingcat:
Borderless Vigilantism: The Nativist US Militias Entering Mexico — Run all the way back!" shouts Jeremiah ‘Jay’ Shivers to a terrified, unarmed man whom he threatens at gunpoint. Shivers is an affiliate of a nationalist militia, and “back” means Mexico. But a geolocation indicates that …
Department of Transportation:
U.S. Department of Transportation Fact Sheet: Steps Forward on Freight Rail Industry Safety & Accountability — For well over a century, railroads have been an indispensable part of America's economy, society, and way of life. Our rail system must be kept safe—safe for the workers who operate it …
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court won't upset Arkansas anti-Israel boycott law — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to step into a legal fight over state laws that require contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel. The justices rejected an appeal on behalf of an alternative weekly newspaper in Little Rock …
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Al Jazeera, The Gateway Pundit, National Review, The Forward, ArkansasTimes and The Daily Caller
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Eric Trump is touring with another antisemite who shares pro-Hitler propaganda — Ward also pushed conspiracy theory that President Joe Biden and Justice Amy Coney Barrett are “reptilian humanoid hybrids” — Eric Trump is touring with far-right commentator Charlie Ward …