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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Loses It Over Murdoch's Admission About Fox Hosts Endorsing Big Lie — ‘KILLING HIS CASE’ — Donald Trump is furious with his former ally Rupert Murdoch after the media mogul made astonishing admissions that some of his Fox News hosts “endorsed” lies that the 2020 election had been “stolen.”
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The other way Rupert Murdoch tried to tip the scales for Trump — Donald Trump couldn't have asked for much more from Fox News over the course of the 2020 presidential election — or, really, over the course of his presidency. From start to finish, Fox News-viewing Republicans …
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Paul Ryan, Fox News, and the Future of the GOP — My conversation with the former speaker. — David French (quite accurately) calls it “one of the worst media scandals of my lifetime.” And, indeed, Monday was a helluva day for Fox News, and a certain member of its corporate board.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Feds Inadvertently Reveal They're Looking Into Trump's Shady ‘Recount’ Campaign
Feds Inadvertently Reveal They're Looking Into Trump's Shady ‘Recount’ Campaign
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rupert Murdoch's big admission about Fox News
Rupert Murdoch's big admission about Fox News
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Politico:
Supreme Court appears skeptical of Biden's student debt relief plan — President Joe Biden's plan to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans seems to be in danger based on oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. — A majority of justices appeared dubious …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Skeptical of Biden's Student Loan Cancellation Plan — The Biden administration wants to wipe out $400 billion in student debt by forgiving up to $20,000 per borrower. Six Republican-dominated states — Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
You probably won't get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court
You probably won't get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Conservative Supreme Court justices seem skeptical of Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
Conservative Supreme Court justices seem skeptical of Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
CNN:
Takeaways from the Supreme Court oral arguments in cases challenging Biden's student debt relief plan
Takeaways from the Supreme Court oral arguments in cases challenging Biden's student debt relief plan
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions
Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions
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Politico:
Biden to tap Julie Su as next Labor secretary — President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he would nominate Julie Su to be his next Labor secretary, moving swiftly to fill a coming vacancy within his cabinet. — “It is my honor to nominate Julie Su to be our country's next Secretary of Labor,” Biden said in a statement.
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Politico:
House GOP moving to let Jan. 6 defendants access Capitol security footage — House Republicans are moving to provide defendants in Jan. 6-related cases access to thousands of hours of internal Capitol security footage, a move that could influence many of the ongoing prosecutions stemming from 2021's violent attack.
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Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
DeSantis' new memoir skips juicy details about his life that could emerge in a presidential bid. Here's what he left out. — DeSantis published his first memoir, “The Courage to Be Free,” on Tuesday — The book is widely viewed as laying the groundwork for a presidential run.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
DeSantis to Visit Early Primary States, Selling His Florida Record
DeSantis to Visit Early Primary States, Selling His Florida Record
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Jonathan Capehart quits WaPo editorial board, leaving no people of color — Jonathan Capehart quit the Washington Post editorial board after a dispute over an editorial about 2024 politics, leaving the paper with an all-white editorial board, Axios has learned.
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Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Tennessee governor appears to have dressed in drag, an art form he wants to restrict — By the time Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee confirmed Monday that he would sign a recently passed bill criminalizing drag performances in public and in front of children, a photo that appears to show him dressed …
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
As CPAC's head faces sexual assault claim, other leadership concerns emerge — Matt Schlapp, who runs the Conservative Political Action Conference, has been backed by prominent Republicans but some staffers complain of a ‘toxic’ culture — For nearly a decade, Matt Schlapp has captained …
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Mother Jones:
Another Santos Scandal? He Diverted Voter Registration Money to a GOP-Allied Gay Rights Site — Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. — During Rep. George Santos' second run for a congressional seat on Long Island …
Juliana Kim / NPR:
Cartoonists say a rebuke of ‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams is long overdue — Cartoonists across the country are applauding editors and publishers for condemning Scott Adams, the creator of the comic strip Dilbert, after his recent tirade against Black Americans.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Exposed: Fox's Pander-for-Profit Business Model — The Dominion lawsuit reveals how the network truckles for ratings. — Fox News loves to project bravado, but the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit shows how deeply threatened the network is by flimsy, fringe competitors …
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Danielle Allen / Washington Post:
The House was supposed to grow with population. It didn't. Let's fix that. — What if we increased the size of the House? — Given that most of us are pretty frustrated with Congress, this might sound crazy. But growing the House of Representatives is the key to unlocking …
Associated Press:
Justice Jackson writes 1st Supreme Court majority opinion — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has written her first majority opinion for the Supreme Court. The opinion released Tuesday in a dispute between states over unclaimed money is one of roughly a half dozen she is expected to write …
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
NYC Mayor Adams dismisses separation of church and state principle, declares himself ‘a servant of God’ — Mayor Adams dismissed the notion that there should be a separation between church and state in U.S. society on Tuesday, drawing ire from fellow Democrats who contended that line …
Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Judge overseeing Trump Georgia grand jury speaks after foreperson's controversial interviews — The jurors “can talk about” their final report, the judge told ABC News. — After the foreperson of the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury — investigating former President Donald Trump
Mack Lamoureux / VICE:
Smith and Wesson Forced to Clarify It's Not Advertising With the Proud Boys — The gun manufacturer came under fire for tweeting out a photo of a man wearing a black T-shirt with the letters “PB” in yellow. — Mack Lamoureux — Gun manufacturer Smith and Wesson is under fire for promoting …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Underrecognized: Extremist murders are usually from right-wing actors — Even before the attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, even further back than the Trump administration, federal authorities have been fretting about the threat of violence committed by domestic extremists.
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
The Bidens ordered the same dish at a restaurant. Who does that? — Where and what presidents eat is an enduring fascination. We love to scrutinize former president Donald Trump's ketchup-doused steaks or the Obamas' penchant for culinary hot spots. — And so when President Biden and his wife …
Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Flurry of drone strikes hits Russia as TV, radio are hacked — 1 of 2 — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered officials to tighten control of the border with Ukraine after a spate of drone attacks that Russian authorities blamed on Kyiv delivered a new challenge to Moscow …
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Maryam Afshang / BBC:
Iran investigates poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls with toxic gas — Almost 700 girls have been poisoned by toxic gas in Iran since November, in what many believe is a deliberate attempt to force their schools to shut. — No girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue.
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Center for Strategic and International Studies:
Ukrainian Innovation in a War of Attrition … The Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote that war is filled with unpredictability and that “in war more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected.”
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Jon Victor / The Information:
Fighting ‘Woke AI,’ Musk Recruits Team to Develop OpenAI Rival — Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT, the high-profile chatbot made by the startup OpenAI, according to two people …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Calling the Police: Lightfoot Needs A Lifeline — CHICAGO — In grave danger of becoming the first Chicago mayor defeated in 40 years, Lori Lightfoot stood before an audience of mostly her fellow Black women at a union hall here Saturday and issued a warning about the left-wing challenger who's threatening …
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Ayana Archie / NPR:
People who think they're attractive are less likely to wear masks, a study shows — People are less likely to wear masks to prevent COVID-19 if they see themselves as good-looking, according to a study published earlier this year. — Researchers asked 1,030 participants to self-evaluate …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
National Poll: 71% of Democratic Voters Think Biden Should Be 2024 Nominee — Home Polls National Poll: 71% of Democratic Voters Think Biden Should Be 2024 Nominee — Trump Maintains Lead While DeSantis Makes Inroads In the Midwest & with Hispanics in GOP Primary
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