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The Daily Beast:
Fox News Journalists Sound Off on ‘Soul-Crushing’ Dominion Filings — “It's just a really bad time to be working here,” one news producer told The Daily Beast in the wake of bombshell legal filings on the network's inner machinations. … “I think no regular person could read this and look …
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Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
“We're All Embarrassed”: Inside Fox News as Dominion Revelations Rattle the Network — Fox producers are getting libel law training and staffers are (cautiously) gossiping about filings exposing the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson. “We're very careful when we're miked up,” one on-air personality tells Vanity Fair.
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Washington Post:
Inside the simmering feud between Donald Trump and Fox News — The network has dramatically reduced its coverage of Trump while often prominently featuring one of his chief potential rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — Donald Trump got a tip-off on Saturday that the Fox News Channel …
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Matthew Sheffield / TYT Network:
Republican Elites and Their Fox Counterparts Hate Trump, But They Can't Get Rid of Him — Former president Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a rally in Florence, Arizona. — The ongoing legal battle between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox Corporation has yielded a treasure trove …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away
The Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away
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Bloomberg:
Biden to Urge 25% Billionaire Tax, Big Levies on Rich Investors — President Joe Biden is proposing a series of new tax increases on billionaires, rich investors and corporations in his latest proposal for how Congress should prioritize taxes and spending. — Biden's budget request to Congress …
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Washington Post:
Biden to lay out his budget proposal in Philadelphia union hall
Biden to lay out his budget proposal in Philadelphia union hall
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Biden lays down first marker in fiscal talks with McCarthy
Biden lays down first marker in fiscal talks with McCarthy
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Biden is using his budget as a cudgel in the debt ceiling fight — and for 2024
Biden is using his budget as a cudgel in the debt ceiling fight — and for 2024
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Roll Call, Washington Examiner, Washington Times and USA Today
Quentin Young / Colorado Newsline:
Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis censured in Colorado for false election claims — Jenna Ellis, the Colorado attorney who was former President Donald Trump's senior legal advisor as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss, has been censured by a Colorado judge for misconduct.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Ex-Trump attorney admits statements about 2020 election were false and is censured by judge — Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump's 2020 election reversal gambits.
NBC News:
Republicans launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 committee that examined the riot — WASHINGTON — A Republican-controlled House committee launched an inquiry Wednesday into the Democratic-controlled Jan. 6 committee, which a staff member said will review whether pertinent information …
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CNN:
House GOP plots new January 6 probes despite internal backlash over McCarthy giving Carlson footage
House GOP plots new January 6 probes despite internal backlash over McCarthy giving Carlson footage
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Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Georgia Plans to Withdraw Foreign Agents Bill After Protests — Opposition lawmakers had said the legislation mimicked a similar one in Russia that has been used to clamp down on dissent. — Facing mounting pressure from protesters, Georgia's governing party said in a statement on Thursday …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump publishing private letters from Oprah, other celebrities — Former President Trump, in a new book, plans to reveal 150 private letters sent to him — including one from Oprah Winfrey in 2000 in which she says: “Too bad we're not running for office. What a team!”
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Washington Post:
Senate votes to reject D.C. criminal code bill — Congress on Wednesday voted to overturn local D.C. legislation for the first time in more than 30 years, as some Senate Democrats joined Republicans in blocking a major overhaul of the city's criminal sentencing laws. — Fast, informative and written just for locals.
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Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell hospitalized after falling at hotel — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been hospitalized following a fall at a hotel in Washington, his spokesperson said late Wednesday. — The 81-year-old Senator was attending a private dinner at a local hotel when he tripped …
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NBC News:
Data breach hits ‘hundreds’ of lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill — House Chief Administrative Officer Catherine L. Szpindor said the breach at the DC Health Exchange did not appear to target members of Congress. The Senate was also affected. — WASHINGTON — A top House official said that a …
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Associated Press:
Russian missiles target cities across Ukraine, officials say — Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian officials and media said. Air raid sirens wailed all over Ukraine, including the capital …
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
In race to arm Ukraine, U.S. faces cracks in its manufacturing might
In race to arm Ukraine, U.S. faces cracks in its manufacturing might
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Justin Kanew / THE TENNESSEE HOLLER:
Anti-LGBTQ Tennessee Lt. Gov. McNally Comments On Racy Instagram Pics of Young Gay Male — UPDATE TO THIS STORY: Lt. Governor Randy Mcnally has issued a statement blaming us for calling out his hypocrisy - but, importantly, not denying he's the one who made these comments, not claiming he was hacked, and not blaming an underling.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Right-wing hoaxers' robocalls targeting Black voters violated Voting Rights Act and KKK Act, federal judge rules — Right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman's robocalls targeting Black voters violated the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act — and the question isn't close enough to require a jury, a federal judge ruled.
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Caitlin Gibson / Washington Post:
The fear and fury of these Florida parents — The state has introduced new laws that affect nearly every stage of parenting. Some families are choosing between fight and flight. — One afternoon a few weeks ago, Alicea Hotchkiss's 14-year-old son, Eli, came home from his high school …
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
6-year-old who shot teacher won't face charges, prosecutor says — The city prosecutor in Newport News, Virginia, said Wednesday that he would not seek charges against the 6-year-old boy who shot his elementary school teacher in January but has yet to decide whether any adults associated with the case could be held criminally liable.
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Feds looking into Norfolk Southern's handling of additional reported hazmat concern weeks after East Palestine — The alleged incident took place Feb. 27 in North Carolina. — Federal regulators are looking into a previously unreported incident involving Norfolk Southern potentially mishandling …
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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college — When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good student at a good high school. He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher. Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
WWE in talks with state gambling regulators to legalize betting on scripted match results — WWE has held discussions with state gambling regulators in Colorado and Michigan to legalize betting on scripted match results, sources said. — WWE is working with EY, commonly known as Ernst & Young …
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump-backed candidate pleads guilty to accepting illegal campaign contribution — A former Trump-endorsed candidate for a North Carolina congressional seat pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting an illegal campaign contribution. — Lynda Bennett of Maggie Valley, North Carolina …
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Tracy Connor / The Daily Beast:
Video Shows Indicted Ohio Cops Whaling on Helpless Suspects — So many officers have been charged, the city had to ask the state for reinforcements. — Eleven former and current officers from an Ohio police department riddled with corruption and brutality were indicted Wednesday on charges …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
A Startling Document Predicted Jan. 6. Democrats Are Missing Its Other Warnings. — Weeks before the 2020 election, a secret 87-page document outlined in matter-of-fact language the threat posed by Donald Trump's still-to-come campaign of election denial.
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Political Wire and Axios
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Prosecutor's lawsuit against DeSantis gets fast-tracked on appeal — A U.S. appeals court said on Wednesday it will fast-track its consideration of a lawsuit filed against Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis over his ouster of an elected state prosecutor who pledged to not pursue criminal cases involving abortion rights.
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Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
To see Russia's secret antiwar art: Meet at a bus stop. At dark. Phones off. — ST. PETERSBURG — The meeting place to visit the exhibition is an anonymous bus stop opposite a snowy park in the northern Russian city of St. Petersburg at nightfall. There are no tickets and no website promoting …