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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.
Matthew Sheffield / TYT Network:
Republican Elites and Their Fox Counterparts Hate Trump, But They Can't Get Rid of Him
Republican Elites and Their Fox Counterparts Hate Trump, But They Can't Get Rid of Him
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Washington Post:
Inside the simmering feud between Donald Trump and Fox News
Inside the simmering feud between Donald Trump and Fox News
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away
The Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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Politico:
McCarthy's GOP tries to move on from Tucker Carlson-Jan. 6 drama
McCarthy's GOP tries to move on from Tucker Carlson-Jan. 6 drama
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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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Washington Post:
A violent night in D.C. as Senate votes to nix crime bill — There were five shootings in the city from Tuesday night through early Wednesday evening — A man was killed, and two others, including a 15-year-old boy, were injured in a shootout Tuesday night in Southeast Washington …
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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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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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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Associated Press:
Congress members warned of significant health data breach — Members of the House and Senate were informed Wednesday that hackers may have gained access to their sensitive personal data in a breach of a Washington, D.C., health insurance marketplace. Employees of the lawmakers and their families were also affected.
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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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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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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 …
ProPublica:
Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance” — Leonard Leo, a key architect of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority, is now the chairman of Teneo, a group that aims to influence all aspects of American politics and culture.
New York Times:
Newly Empowered Michigan Democrats Move on Labor, Gay Rights and Guns — Despite Republican objections, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to repeal a right-to-work law, codify L.G.B.T.Q. rights and expand gun background checks. — LANSING, Mich. — Democrats in Michigan pressed ahead …
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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.
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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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