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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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Raw Story, Washington Examiner and Rolling Stone
NBC News:
Georgia grand jury recommended indictments for more than a dozen people in Trump probe, foreperson says
Georgia grand jury recommended indictments for more than a dozen people in Trump probe, foreperson says
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
'It's Not a Short List': Trump Probe Grand Jury to Recommend Slew of Indictments
CNN:
Foreperson on Georgia grand jury investigating Trump and 2020 election: 'I don't think you will be shocked' by indictments
Foreperson on Georgia grand jury investigating Trump and 2020 election: 'I don't think you will be shocked' by indictments
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Just The News
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton grand juror: Multiple indictments recommended
Fulton grand juror: Multiple indictments recommended
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Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
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 …
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David Badash / Raw Story:
‘Egregious security breach’: Top House Dem blasts McCarthy over Jan. 6 footage
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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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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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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Eric Bazail-Eimil / Wall Street Journal:
Virginia Holds Special Election to Fill Empty House Seat
Virginia Holds Special Election to Fill Empty House Seat
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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’
How ‘vile’ MAGA Republicans are painting Ohio's environmental nightmare as a ‘war on white people’
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CBS News, The Western Journal and CNN
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, Mother Jones and HERSAY
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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The Daily Caller and Defense One
Pyotr Kozlov / The Moscow Times:
'Everyone's Tired': Acceptance and Exasperation in Russian Elite as Invasion Anniversary Looms — While most members of Russia's political and business elite have come to terms with the invasion of Ukraine one year in, some are frustrated by the Kremlin's apparent inability to act more forcefully …
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Washington Post:
Putin says Russia will suspend role in New START nuclear accord with U.S.
Putin says Russia will suspend role in New START nuclear accord with U.S.
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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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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 …
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.
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
DeSantis About To Defuse $1.2 Billion Tax Bomb He Activated A Year Ago To Punish Disney — The Republican governor's 2022 law would have increased tax bills on Central Florida property owners by thousands of dollars each for a decade and a half. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one signature away …
Alec Karam / The Daily Beast:
Southern Baptist Convention Ousts Second-Largest Church Over Women Pastors — WWJD? — The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted its second-largest congregation. The convention voted Tuesday to oust Saddleback Church, the California high-profile megachurch started by celebrity pastor Rick Warren, because it has women pastors.
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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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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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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 …
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Racial Gerrymandering Case Dismissed in U.S. Supreme Court — The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Buck v. Reeves, a case alleging that the state's congressional maps are racially gerrymandered. The decision affirms that Mississippi is no longer required to get federal preclearance for its congressional maps.
CNN:
Fact check: George Santos tells new lies in interview about his old lies — " data-check-event-based-preview= "" data-network-id="" data-details=""> — Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican who fabricated a large portion of his biography, sat down for an extended interview with Piers Morgan - and lied about his lies.
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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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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.
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
State official inheriting Florida migrant relocation program has questions about vendor — The head of the state agency now tasked with handling Gov. Ron DeSantis' migrant relocation program told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he was not sure whether he will continue the state's arrangement …
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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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 …
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 …
Leor Sapir / Tablet Magazine:
Finland Takes Another Look at Youth Gender Medicine — A recent interview with the country's top gender expert shows how out of step the American medical establishment is with its European counterparts — Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala knows gender medicine. She is the top expert …
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Gender Critical Social Work
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 …
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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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.