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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 …
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.
Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Wagner Group Chief Accuses Russian Military Command of Treason  —  The mercenary group's founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, operated for years in secrecy, but he has assumed an increasingly public role in the Ukraine conflict since last summer.  —  The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group accused …
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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.
New York Times:
Russia's shelling of a Kherson bus station kills at least six people, Ukrainian officials say.
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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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 …
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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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says his office made a criminal referral in East Palestine train derailment
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
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.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The right fans a repulsive campaign to racialize the Ohio train disaster  —  The fiery derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals in eastern Ohio is coming to represent bigger societal failures.  It's a story about profit-driven rail companies underinvesting in safety …
Discussion: Mother Jones and HERSAY
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Alex Henderson / Raw Story:
How ‘vile’ MAGA Republicans are painting Ohio's environmental nightmare as a ‘war on white people’
Discussion: The Western Journal
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 …
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.
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jen Psaki, Once the Voice of Biden, Moves to an Anchor Chair  —  The former White House press secretary will start hosting a weekly MSNBC talk show on March 19.  As for the president, “I am not going to gratuitously attack him.”  —  Rachel Maddow is teaching her to use a TelePrompTer, so far with mixed results.
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 …
Discussion: Semafor
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Party tells former RNC chair that he's no longer a Republican  —  Marc Racicot was a Republican governor and a former RNC chair.  That didn't stop the Montana GOP from approving a resolution kicking him out of the party.  —  On the surface, there doesn't appear to be any reason to question Marc Racicot's partisanship.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Ohio man's bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an Ohio man's claim that his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested and prosecuted for making satirical posts about his local police department on Facebook.
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 …
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 …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
GOP Elects QAnon Conspiracist Who Thinks Yoga Is Satanic as Party Chair in Michigan  —  Kristina Karamo became chair over Donald Trump's endorsed candidate—because she was more extreme.  —  Cameron Joseph  —  WASHINGTON, US  —  Former President Donald Trump wanted his election-denying campaign lawyer …
Bloomberg:
World's Largest Four-Day Work Week Trial Finds Few Are Going Back  —  The largest-ever trial of the four-day work week found that most UK companies participating are not returning to the five-day standard, and a third are ready to make that change permanent.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why Medicare and Social Security Are Sustainable  —  The G.O.P. response to President Biden's truthful statement that some Republicans want to sunset Medicare and Social Security has been highly gratifying.  In other words, the party has reacted with sheer panic — plus a startling lack …
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Wall Street Journal:
Virginia Holds Special Election to Fill Empty House Seat  —  Democrat Jennifer McClellan would be the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress if elected  —  WASHINGTON—Voters in southern Virginia are casting their ballots in a special election Tuesday that could elect …
Victoria Bisset / Washington Post:
George Santos admits: 'I've been a terrible liar'  —  After months of intense scrutiny of seemingly every aspect of his biography — from his education and work history to his heritage and religious background — Rep. George Santos has admitted he has been “a terrible liar.”
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Democratic Rep. Cicilline to leave Congress in June  —  Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) will leave Congress in June to take over as the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, his office announced on Tuesday.  —  “Serving the people of Rhode Island's First Congressional District …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Pentagon warning US military to avoid poppy seeds, citing effects on drug testing  —  The Department of Defense is warning service members to avoid poppy seeds due to concerns that it could affect drug testing.  —  In a memo published on Tuesday, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel …
Discussion: USA Today and KTSM-TV
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Barbara Lee kicks off Senate campaign to replace Feinstein  —  Rep. Barbara Lee, a longtime favorite of liberal Democrats, confirmed Tuesday that she will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein.  —  “For those who say my time has passed, well, when does making change go out of style?
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Republicans use ‘wokeism’ to attack left — but struggle to define it  —  Conservatives attach the term to a host of policies they oppose, from transgender rights to climate change measures to socially responsible investing  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a likely 2024 presidential candidate …
 
 
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James Pogue / Vanity Fair:
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David Siders / Politico:
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Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas Democrat Colin Allred ponders Senate bid against Ted Cruz
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Williamson tells Democrats it's ‘time to move on’ from Biden as she plans trips to NH and early primary states
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
America's afternoon afterthought
Jenna Russell / New York Times:
In Vermont, a School and Artist Fight Over Murals of Slavery
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Mara Gay / New York Times:
The Era of Shutting Others Out of New York's Suburbs Is Ending
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Pro-Choice Views Up Over Past Decade
Discussion: New Jersey Online and VTDigger
Rachel Treisman / NPR:
The maker of Enfamil recalls 145,000 cans of infant formula over bacteria risks
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Project Veritas claimed James O'Keefe risked group's nonprofit status
Greg B. Smith / The City:
More than $200 Million in City-Purchased COVID Gear Auctioned Off For Just $500,000
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Vivian Nereim / New York Times:
‘Equality of Injustice for All’: Saudi Arabia Expands Crackdown on Dissent
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida teacher fired for video of empty bookshelves after DeSantis complaint
Discussion: Fox News
 

 
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics
 
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