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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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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.
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  —  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 …
Wall Street Journal:
China's Xi Jinping Plans Russia Visit as Putin Wages War in Ukraine  —  Chinese leader is expected to use Moscow trip to push for multiparty peace talks  —  Putin Suspends Russian Participation in Nuclear-Arms Treaty With U.S.  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
New York Times:
Russia's shelling of a Kherson bus station kills at least six people, Ukrainian officials say.
NBC News:
Biden's visit to Ukraine draws criticism from conservative House Republicans
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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
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 …
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.
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Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
US military investigating leak of emails from Pentagon server
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
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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 …
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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
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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
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 …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Project Veritas claimed James O'Keefe risked group's nonprofit status  —  The board of directors issued a memo before O'Keefe's departure arguing that his actions had put the sting group at odds with the IRS  —  James O'Keefe's departure from Project Veritas, the right-wing organization known …
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 …
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.
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 …
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
America's afternoon afterthought  —  The hours between school dismissal and the end of the workday are a mess.  They don't have to be.  —  The after-school registration date — May 9, 2022 — was long marked on Liz Baltaro's calendar.  A family medicine doctor in Durham, North Carolina …
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 …
Greg B. Smith / The City:
More than $200 Million in City-Purchased COVID Gear Auctioned Off For Just $500,000  —  Thousands of ventilators de Blasio commissioned for $12 million sell as scrap metal for less than $25K.  —  Over the last few weeks, 18-wheelers pulled up again and again to the City of New York's huge supply warehouse …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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?
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 …
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.”
 
 
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Pentagon warning US military to avoid poppy seeds, citing effects on drug testing
Discussion: USA Today and KTSM-TV
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
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court seems likely to move cautiously in Gonzalez v. Google
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
We're zooming into the 2024 race with the same bad crime
Discussion: HotAir and BizPac Review
Kayode Crown / Mississippi Free Press:
Ban On Care For Young Trans Mississippians Heads to Gov. Reeves Desk
Discussion: Associated Press
Jenna Russell / New York Times:
In Vermont, a School and Artist Fight Over Murals of Slavery
Discussion: Althouse
Mara Gay / New York Times:
The Era of Shutting Others Out of New York's Suburbs Is Ending
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Pro-Choice Views Up Over Past Decade
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 Earlier Items: 
Rachel Treisman / NPR:
The maker of Enfamil recalls 145,000 cans of infant formula over bacteria risks
Vivian Nereim / New York Times:
‘Equality of Injustice for All’: Saudi Arabia Expands Crackdown on Dissent
Rebecca Leber / Vox:
What Europe showed the world about renewable energy
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida teacher fired for video of empty bookshelves after DeSantis complaint
Discussion: Fox News
Zach Schoenfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court declines to hear defeated Maryland gubernatorial candidate's election lawsuit
Discussion: Political Wire
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Could Nikki Haley take down the Confederate flag today?
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video

Bloomberg:
DirecTV plans to terminate its planned acquisition of Dish by midnight on November 22, 2024, if bondholders don't agree to a debt exchange

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

 
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