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Inside the Panic at Fox News After the 2020 Election — “If we hadn't called Arizona,” said Suzanne Scott, the network's chief executive, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times, “our ratings would have been bigger.” — WASHINGTON — A little more than a week …
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Fox News Is Trapped by Its Own Zealotry — The HBO drama “Succession” might be a fictional corollary to the machinations of Rupert Murdoch's Fox empire. But when it comes specifically to Fox News, “The Righteous Gemstones,” an HBO show about a family managing its skeevy, sprawling, megachurch business may be a more apt model.
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Dems want to cut Fox off after lawsuit revelations
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The Sad, Desolate Scenes of CPAC 2023 — “It's so great to see everyone here, and it's so great to see a packed house, too!” — It is approximately 11:15 AM in Washington DC, and investigative reporter Sara Carter is lying. The house is never crowded this early on the first day of CPAC …
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Eyeing DeSantis, Trump Readies for a Long Primary Battle — Donald Trump will be basking in affection from activists at CPAC on Saturday. But his campaign is preparing for an ugly, protracted primary fight for the nomination. — OXON HILL, Md. — Inside the MAGA-clad corridors …


At CPAC, A Call For Trans People To Be ‘Eradicated’ Gets Big Cheers — The conservative movement's annual confab was creepily obsessed with trans kids and showcased the GOP's alarming and intensifying anti-trans rhetoric. — NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Thousands of conservatives …
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Mother Jones, RedState, Washington Examiner and Just The News


Trump Promises to Continue Presidential Campaign if Indicted, Then Delivers a Snoozy CPAC Speech — “I wouldn't even think of leaving,” Trump said when asked whether he would drop out of the presidential race if he is charged criminally … “I wouldn't even think of leaving [the race],” Trump responded.
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Trump easily wins CPAC straw poll — Former President Donald Trump easily won the Conservative Political Action Conference's (CPAC) closely watched straw poll on Saturday, notching a symbolic win among the Republican grassroots as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.


Trump Says He Would Stay in 2024 Race if Indicted — Donald Trump says he “wouldn't even think about” dropping out of the race for the White House if he's indicted. The former president has increasingly used his campaign as a cudgel against investigators.
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Trump Asks Judge to Block Pence's Testimony to Grand Jury — The former president's lawyers cited executive privilege, a tactic they have used with other ex-Trump aides. — Former President Donald J. Trump has filed a motion asking a federal judge to prevent his former vice president …
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Trump To His Followers: ‘I Am Your Retribution’
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Trump seeks to block Pence's grand jury testimony in 2020 election interference probe
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Trump says an indictment would not end presidential campaign
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Between Rounds of Golf, Trump's Searching for the Perfect DeSantis Diss
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Residents told to shelter in place after Norfolk Southern train derails in Springfield — Editor's Note: The intersection of the road closed has been corrected. We apologize for the error. — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Clark County on Saturday …
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Democratic socialists swept out of power in Nevada — Nevada Democrats have ousted a slate of democratic socialists who took over the state party two years ago, ending a troubled reign marked by divisions and infighting. — Judith Whitmer was booted from her position as chair in a Saturday vote …
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Former Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway and George Conway Are Planning to Divorce — The political odd couple had bewildered Washington when Ms. Conway was serving as an adviser to President Donald J. Trump and her husband was one of his fiercest critics. — WASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway …
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‘Good Evening, Anarchists and Terrorists’ | Record Number of Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu's Judicial Coup — Despite the force used by police against protesters on Wednesday, up to 150,000 people arrived to the central Tel Aviv demonstration ■ Police use water cannons against Tel Aviv protesters who blocked highway
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Israeli Pro-democracy Protests Enter Ninth Week as Police Ramp Up Forces in Tel Aviv
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How Has Fox News Infected Your World? — You have a chat with a friend, a family member, a neighbor, a co-worker, maybe a guy sitting next to you at a bar. You hear their love for Donald Trump and their hatred for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. You learn they think Biden should be impeached …
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The World Mourns the Passing of Judy Heumann, Disability Rights Activist — Judith “Judy” Heumann (1947-2023) — Judith “Judy” Heumann—widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement—passed away in Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of March 4, 2023.


Musk Delayed Paying Twitter's Amazon Cloud Bill, Sparking Ad Threat — Elon Musk is running into an obstacle in his relentless drive to cut costs at Twitter: some of the same vendors that Twitter is squeezing to save money are also its advertising clients. — As recently as last month …
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Michael Knowles Says Transgenderism Must Be ‘Eradicated’ at CPAC — The transphobic tirade at the Conservative Political Action Conference prompted horror from a variety of people, with many calling the comment ‘genocidal.’ — Michael Knowles—right-wing political commentator associated …
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Florida courts could take ‘emergency’ custody of kids with trans parents or siblings — even if they live in another state — Florida Senate Bill 254 would grant courts emergency custody of kids who receive gender-affirming care. — The bill, introduced Friday, would also allow …


Russian minister's claim Ukraine war ‘launched against us’ met with laughter — Sergei Lavrov says Moscow ‘trying to stop’ war in remarks at India's Raisina Dialogue conference — Comments by Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, were met with laughter at an international conference in India …
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Texas GOP censures Republican congressman for ‘lack of fidelity’ to party principles and priorities — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday by the state GOP for “for lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities,” the party announced.


The last New Jersey reporter on Capitol Hill just got laid off — Jonathan Salant covered Washington on behalf of Newark's Star-Ledger for a decade. Now, the same elected officials he scrutinized are protesting the decision to eliminate his job. — Anyone elected to Congress from New Jersey …


Syria mission worth the risk, top U.S. general says after rare visit — The nearly eight-year-old U.S. deployment to Syria to combat Islamic State is still worth the risk, the top U.S. military officer said on Saturday, after a rare, unannounced visit to a dusty base in the country's northeast to meet U.S. troops.
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Joint Statement by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — Video Video of (2023-03-04) Press Conference with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi — IAEA Director General H. E. Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi visited the Islamic Republic of Iran on 3 and 4 March 2023.
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