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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Murdoch, exposed  —  It's not a secret that Fox News is a political operation seeking to bolster the prospects of Republicans.  Jeanne Pirro, co-host of Fox News' The Five, regularly appears at Republican fundraisers.  Mark Levin, who hosts a weekly Fox News program, appeared at a rally …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fox Leaders Wanted to Break From Trump but Struggled to Make It Happen  —  Executives and top hosts found themselves in a bind after Donald Trump began pushing unfounded claims about election fraud, court filings show.  —  Five days after a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Former FBI general counsel says more lawsuits are probably coming for Fox News over election lies  —  In a conversation with Stephanie Ruhle on Monday, former FBI general counsel, Andrew Weissmann, suggested that “more” charges might be coming “on the criminal side” for Fox News.
Discussion: CBS News
Adam Sabes / Fox News:
FBI director says COVID pandemic ‘most likely’ originated from Chinese lab … Christopher Wray: COVID-19 origins most likely caused by Chinese lab ‘incident’  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the COVID-19 pandemic was likely caused by a lab leak in Wuhan, China.
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
FBI Director Wray acknowledges bureau assessment that Covid-19 likely resulted from lab incident  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday acknowledged that the bureau believes the Covid-19 pandemic was likely the result of a lab accident in Wuhan, China.
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Trump's February bump  —  Four new polls show former President Trump has received a boost in Republican support — with one survey showing him hitting 50% support in a crowded GOP field. … - His visit to the derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio — ahead of President Biden …
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
2024 poll: DeSantis slides as Trump surges to 1st head-to-head lead in months  —  The Florida governor's lead over the former president has evaporated, with Trump now leading DeSantis 47% to 39%.  —  Read full article … 45th President of the United States  —  American politician
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Lori Lightfoot becomes the first Chicago mayor in 40 years to lose re-election  —  CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for re-election Tuesday, ending her historic run as the city's first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve in the position.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Matt Gaetz Called Out for Citing Chinese Propaganda in Hearing
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Washington Post:
Showdown before the raid: FBI agents and prosecutors argued over Trump  —  An exclusive look at behind-the-scenes deliberations as both sides wrestled with a national security case that has potentially far-reaching political consequences  —  Months of disputes between Justice Department prosecutors …
Discussion: emptywheel
Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Adams, Discussing Faith, Dismisses Idea of Separating Church and State  —  Mayor Eric Adams also suggested that banning organized public school prayer was a mistake, saying, “When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools.”  —  The annual interfaith breakfast hosted on Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams began normally enough.
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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’
Discussion: HuffPost, New York Post and PIX11
Ruth Maclean / New York Times:
Nigeria Declares Bola Tinubu Winner of Presidential Election: Live Updates  —  Here's the latest on the election in Nigeria.  —  Bola Tinubu, the governing party candidate and a perennial political kingmaker who campaigned on the slogan “It's my turn,” was named by election officials …
Politico:
Trump ties GOP in knots over Medicare and Social Security  —  Donald Trump is driving a wedge through the GOP over one of American politics' thorniest issues: the future of Medicare and Social Security.  —  The former president's attacks on potential GOP primary opponents …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
You probably won't get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court  —  At the end of the day, the most important question in US law is which political party controls the Supreme Court.  —  If you were hoping that your student loans would be forgiven under a program …
New York Times:
Abbe Lowell Built Ties to Trump World.  Now He's One of Hunter Biden's Lawyers.  —  The shift by Mr. Lowell, one of Washington's best-known scandal lawyers, highlights the blurry lines between self-promotion, access to power and the right to legal representation.
Discussion: Fox News
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Dark money and special deals: How Leonard Leo and his friends benefited from his judicial activism  —  A network of political non-profits formed by judicial activist Leonard Leo moved at least $43 million to a new firm he is leading, raising questions about how his conservative legal movement is funded.
Washington Post:
Hundreds massacred in Ethiopia even as peace deal was being reached  —  Soldiers from neighboring Eritrea went house to house killing villagers in Ethiopia's Tigray region, witnesses say  —  NAIROBI — Just days before a deal to end the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region …
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Georgia Republicans want to make it easier to challenge voters' eligibility  —  Georgia Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday making it easier to kick voters off the rolls through mass challenges, according to a copy of the bill sent to lawmakers and shared with NBC News by an aide to two of the bill's sponsors.
Discussion: WTOP News
Mike Wright / Florida Politics:
Blaise Ingoglia bill would ‘cancel’ Democratic Party … Mike Wright  —  Mike Wright is a former reporter with the Citrus County Chronicle, where he had covered county government and politics since 1987.  Mike's skills as an investigative reporter earned him first-place awards in investigative writing.
Bloomberg:
Deadly Collision of Passenger, Freight Trains Kills Dozens in Greece  —  TEMPE, Greece (AP) — A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing 32 and injuring at least 85, officials said Wednesday.
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender health care for minors  —  Mississippi on Tuesday became the seventh state to enact a restriction on certain transition-related health care for minors.  —  Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, said he signed the bill, which bars puberty blockers …
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Lawmakers Question Pentagon on Ukraine Funds, Signaling Fresh Concerns  —  Some Republicans and Democrats quizzed military officials about the money that has been sent to Kyiv so far and what is still to come, threatening a consensus in favor of aid.  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans …
Agence France-Presse:
Finland starts building fence on Russian border as MPs prepare to vote on Nato bid  —  Construction begins on fence along part of 1,340km boundary amid fears Moscow could weaponise mass migration against Helsinki  —  Finland has started construction of a fence along parts of its 1,340km …
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
In an Epic Battle of Tanks, Russia Was Routed, Repeating Earlier Mistakes  —  A three-week fight in the town of Vuhledar in southern Ukraine produced what Ukrainian officials say was the biggest tank battle of the war so far, and a stinging setback for the Russians.
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Iowa lawmakers propose a ban on same-sex marriage  —  Nearly eight years after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage and several months after Congress codified gay nuptials, Iowa lawmakers proposed banning such unions in their state constitution.  —  “In accordance with the laws …
Discussion: WTOP News
Alec Karam / The Daily Beast:
GOP Congressman Claimed He's an Economist.  He Took One Class—and Got a C.  —  ‘I WAS MISTAKEN’  —  Freshman Republican Rep. Andy Ogles (TN) says he's a trained economist, but in reality, he only took one community college course on the subject—and he got a C, a transcript obtained by NewsChannel 5 in Nashville revealed.
Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal:
As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office  —  Return-to-office rates in Paris and Tokyo have climbed to over 75%, while U.S. often sits around half  —  While U.S. offices are half empty three years into the Covid-19 pandemic, workplaces in Europe and Asia are bustling again.
Alex Burness / Bolts:
West Virginia Adds to Election Deniers' Ongoing Takeover of State Politics  —  In January 2021, days after rallying outside the U.S. Capitol against legitimate presidential election results, West Virginia state Senator Mike Azinger said he hoped for an encore.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
House Oversight Chair Laments That Joe Biden's Dead Son Was Never Prosecuted  —  Fuming that the Trump-appointed attorney probing Hunter Biden hasn't yet brought up charges, Comer then invoked Beau Biden and wondered why he wasn't indicted at some point.  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman …
 
 
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Prem Thakker / New Republic:
The Republicans Who Like Talking About Ohio but Not How Much Money They Received From Rail Companies
Discussion: Raw Story
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
To safeguard healthy twin in utero, she had to ‘escape’ Texas for abortion procedure
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Axel Springer to Restructure Its German Business as It Shifts Focus to U.S.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis shows how not to run an education system
Discussion: The Florida Standard
New York Times:
‘Sometimes Things Break’: Twitter Outages Are on the Rise
David Edwards / Alternet.org:
'That's weaponization': Dem smacks down Jim Jordan for ignoring Trump DOJ corruption
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
The Bidens ordered the same dish at a restaurant. Who does that?
Politico:
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