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DeSantis appointee to new Disney oversight board suggested tap water could turn people gay — An appointee to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' new oversight board in control of Disney's special tax district called homosexuality “evil” last year and shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay.
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Doctor: Lesion removed from Biden's chest was cancerous — A skin lesion removed from President Joe Biden's chest last month was a basal cell carcinoma — a common form of skin cancer — his doctor said Friday, adding that no further treatment was required.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Biden puts reelection over principles with his decision on D.C. law — Democratic presidents in the past have done troubling and at times truly terrible things to appease centrist White voters and win elections. President Biden shouldn't continue that legacy — and I am becoming increasingly worried that he will.
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Joe Jacquez / The Hill:
Pelosi on DC crime bill: I wish Biden 'would've told us first'
Pelosi on DC crime bill: I wish Biden 'would've told us first'
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Biden Stabbed D.C. in the Back
Why Biden Stabbed D.C. in the Back
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Dems fear Biden FCC nominee Sohn won't be confirmed
Scoop: Dems fear Biden FCC nominee Sohn won't be confirmed
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Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
House Dems feel betrayed after apparent Biden flip-flop on DC crime bill: ‘F— Amateur Hour’
House Dems feel betrayed after apparent Biden flip-flop on DC crime bill: ‘F— Amateur Hour’
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Politico:
The Trump world-Fox News war gets nasty — In his first minute onstage at CPAC on Friday, Steve Bannon identified one of his top targets of the moment, an entity he claimed is opposing Donald Trump's presidential campaign at its own peril: Fox News. — The host of the popular War Room podcast …
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Page Six:
Kellyanne Conway and George Conway to divorce after 22 years of marriage — D.C's weirdest marriage is over. — Page Six hears that Kellyanne Conway, the longtime advisor to President Donald Trump, and George Conway, the longtime tormentor of President Trump, have decided to divorce after 22 years of marriage.
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Washington Post:
As 2024 race begins, special counsel advances with focus on Trump lawyers — Prosecutors have sought information from multiple attorneys and senior aides to the former president, triggering new legal battles — Federal prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election …
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Attorney General Merrick Garland makes unannounced trip to Ukraine — Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Friday, according to a Justice Department official, his second trip to the country after Russia invaded a little more than a year ago.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
The U.S. attorney general meets with Zelensky during a surprise visit to Ukraine.
The U.S. attorney general meets with Zelensky during a surprise visit to Ukraine.
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Reuters:
70 years after death, Stalin's polarising legacy looms large — On the eve of the 70th anniversary of Josef Stalin's death, attitudes to the Soviet Union's wartime leader remain mixed in the nations he once ruled with an iron fist. — During three decades of dictatorial rule …
Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Attempting for Murder Fellow Service Members in Deadly Ambush — A Kentucky man was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for attempting to murder U.S. service members, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists …
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Ex-Army private gets 45 years for plot against his unit
Ex-Army private gets 45 years for plot against his unit
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fox Corp. and the Trump campaign hit with FEC complaint over Dominion revelations — A progressive group wants the Federal Election Commission to investigate Fox Corp. and former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign for breaking campaign finance laws. — On Friday, End Citizens United PAC filed …
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Capitol Police confiscate assault-style ‘ghost gun’ and handgun capable of automatic fire during arrests — The U.S. Capitol Police confiscated an assault-style “ghost gun” and a handgun capable of automatic fire during the arrests of two people near the Capitol, police said Friday.
Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair:
Walgreens Caves To Antiabortion Republicans — Including In States Where Abortion Remains Legal — Walgreens says they won't distribute abortion pills in states where Republican officials are opposed. — Abortion remains legal right now in states like Alaska, Iowa, Montana, and Kansas …
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New York Times:
Conservative Media Pay Little Attention to Revelations About Fox News — Even in today's highly partisan media world, experts said, the lack of coverage about the private comments of Fox's top executives and hosts stands out. — Fox News and its sister network, Fox Business, have avoided the story.
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Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Amazon Pauses Construction on Second Headquarters in Virginia as It Cuts Jobs — Amazon.com Inc. is pausing construction on its sprawling second headquarters near Washington, a decision that coincides with the company's deepest ever job cuts and a reassessment of office needs to account for remote work.
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NBC News:
White nationalist Nick Fuentes is ‘removed’ from CPAC, chair of ultraconservative conference says — Nick Fuentes, the antisemitic white nationalist provocateur who dined with former President Donald Trump last year, was “removed” from the premises of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland …
Washington Post:
A cleaning company illegally employed a 13-year-old. Her family is paying the price. — One of 27 minors hired to clean a Nebraska slaughterhouse, the middle-schooler and her family now fear deportation and more. — By Maria Sacchetti and Lauren Kaori Gurley — GRAND ISLAND, Neb. —
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats Present Damning Info On Jim Jordan's FBI ‘Whistleblowers’ — Jordan's subcommittee interviewed FBI agents who espoused conspiracy theories and received cash payments from a Donald Trump associate. — WASHINGTON — Since last year, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has spoken of the dozens …
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Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
Democrats challenge credibility of GOP witnesses who embrace false Jan. 6 claims
Democrats challenge credibility of GOP witnesses who embrace false Jan. 6 claims
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Employment commission sues ExxonMobil, alleging discrimination after nooses found at facility — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing ExxonMobil over racial discrimination after multiple nooses were found at one of the company's facilities.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Pompeo's personal dig at Trump — This year's Conservative Political Action Conference has been a much lower profile affair than usual, as many big names opted to skip the festivities. But it's still a significant stage on which ambitious Republicans can test their message in front of the right wing of the right wing.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump courts early-state Republicans at Mar-a-Lago — Former President Donald Trump is intensifying his courtship of influential GOP figures in key primary states - this time, over steaks and ice cream at his Mar-a-Lago club. — Trump spent Thursday night wooing over a dozen leaders …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
F.B.I. Queries for U.S. Messages Collected Without Warrants Are Said to Drop ‘Dramatically’ — A report about a warrantless surveillance program detailed new limits imposed since 2021, but it did not provide a number for how often the F.B.I. searched it for Americans' information in 2022.
Bloomberg:
California Weighs $360,000 in Reparations to Eligible Black Residents. Will Others Follow? — California is moving closer to determining what eligible Black residents are owed for generations of discriminatory practices, a key step toward potentially becoming the largest US jurisdiction to pay out billions of dollars in reparations.
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Lindsay Beyerstein / The Editorial Board:
Lab can't leak what it never had — A “lab accident” is not a conspiracy. However, in 2023, all versions of the lab leak theory presuppose a conspiracy, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. … Proponents of the covid lab leak theory proclaimed themselves vindicated this week after the Wall Street Journal reported …
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Brian Zhang / Yale Daily News:
“Professor Robin Fierce”: RuPaul's Drag Race contestant visits Yale Law School — Drag queen Robin Fierce came to the Yale Law School on Tuesday evening for a children's book reading and discussion with students about the current political animosity against drag culture.
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
California nurses slam state decision to roll back COVID-19 requirements in health care settings — A prominent group of nurses in California slammed a state plan to rollback masking and COVID-19 vaccine requirements in health care settings starting in April, arguing that the decision puts health care workers at risk.
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Two Suspected Illegal Immigrants Killed a Bald Eagle for Dinner. Federal Authorities Don't Seem To Care. … Two suspected illegal immigrants shot and killed a bald eagle with the intention of cooking it for dinner, and the town's sheriff whose department arrested them says federal authorities …
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Washington Post:
Russia's Lavrov elicits cheers and groans at Indian political dialogue — NEW DELHI — A boisterous international audience of academics, diplomats and business executives both cheered and groaned as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov presented Moscow's view of the war in Ukraine, reflecting global splits on the crisis.
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Not so fast: CA NOT going to shutter nasty old Diablo Canyon nuke plant — What a difference falling flat on your renewable face time after time after time and again makes. — Eventually, attitudes come around a teensy weensy bit. … Not without a significant bit of CYA tapdancing …
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