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Congressman George Santos Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering, Theft of Public Funds, and False Statements — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York — Santos Allegedly Embezzled Contributions from Supporters, Fraudulently Obtained Unemployment Benefits …
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George Santos Is in Custody After Turning Himself In — The scandal-plagued congressman, who ran on a life story littered with lies, faces federal charges. — Santos had been under investigation for his campaign finances and other activities. — CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Representative George Santos …
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Kevin McCarthy Mocked For ‘Spineless’ Response To George Santos Indictment — “How the hell does he even stand up straight without a backbone?!” one Twitter user remarked. — Wednesday's indictment of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) gave House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
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Washington Post:
Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to 13 counts of financial crimes — Freshman lawmaker accused of money laundering, misleading donors, falsely claiming unemployment benefits — CENTRAL ISLIP, New York — Rep. George Santos, the freshman Republican congressman whose myriad falsehoods became …
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Associated Press:
US Rep. George Santos arrested on federal criminal charges
US Rep. George Santos arrested on federal criminal charges
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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
The Wild Backstory to George Santos' Arrest
The Wild Backstory to George Santos' Arrest
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Michael Fanone / Rolling Stone:
CNN Is Hosting a Town Hall for a Guy Who Tried to Get Me Killed — Donald Trump tried to end American democracy. Why is CNN throwing him a rehabilitation party? — I WOKE UP last week to a text from my mother. Its contents hit me like a sucker punch. “CNN is hosting a town hall with Trump; Kaitlin Collins is moderating.
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Trump Camp Sees CNN Town Hall as Calculated Risk — Advisers are expecting tough questions, on abortion and various investigations, but counting on the broader audience that CNN brings. — No questions will be off-limits on Wednesday night at the CNN town hall with Donald J. Trump.
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Politico:
Trump world booked CNN hoping for a big audience. Now, they're in the thick of it.
Trump world booked CNN hoping for a big audience. Now, they're in the thick of it.
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The Daily Beast:
Terrible Timing of Trump's Town Hall Has Allies Freaking Out
Terrible Timing of Trump's Town Hall Has Allies Freaking Out
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
MAGA court dates begin, but don't end, with Trump
MAGA court dates begin, but don't end, with Trump
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Paul Gattis / al.com:
Tuberville on white nationalists in the military: ‘I call them Americans’ — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said there should be no efforts to block different ideological groups, including white nationalists, from serving in the military and criticized President Joe Biden for taking steps …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sen. Tuberville rises to the defense of racists in the armed forces
Sen. Tuberville rises to the defense of racists in the armed forces
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Richard Banks / WBHM 90.3:
Tuberville defends hold on defense nominations, says Pentagon wrong to screen out white nationalists
Tuberville defends hold on defense nominations, says Pentagon wrong to screen out white nationalists
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell breaks with Tuberville over blanket hold on military nominees
McConnell breaks with Tuberville over blanket hold on military nominees
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Comer releases Biden family probe update without showing link to president — The Oversight panel chair revealed that Biden family members, business associates or related companies received more than $10 million from companies run by foreign nationals. — House Republicans on Wednesday showed …
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House Republicans allege Biden family members received millions in payments from foreign entities in new bank records report — House Oversight Chairman James Comer laid out new details to support allegations that members of Joe Biden's family including his son Hunter received millions …
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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Reveals New Evidence in Biden Family's Influence Peddling Schemes
Comer Reveals New Evidence in Biden Family's Influence Peddling Schemes
Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Bidens Used Web of Shell Companies to Conceal Foreign Cash, Bank Records Obtained by House GOP Reveal
Bidens Used Web of Shell Companies to Conceal Foreign Cash, Bank Records Obtained by House GOP Reveal
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New York Times:
New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat — The suit, brought by a specialist in Russian disinformation, cites parallels with the recently settled Dominion Voting Systems case against Fox. — Fox News was hit on Wednesday with another defamation lawsuit …
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Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
MLK's famous criticism of Malcolm X was a ‘fraud’, author finds — Jonathan Eig was deep in the Duke University archives researching his new biography of Martin Luther King Jr. when he made an alarming discovery: King's harshest and most famous criticism of Malcolm X, in which he accused …
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
The Kaitlin Era Begins Tonight — Kaitlan is Licht's answer at 9 p.m.—the great conservative hope upon which his legacy will likely hang. — Tonight, for about 90 minutes, CNN may be the most-watched news channel in America—a rare and probably fleeting distinction it has not enjoyed since January 2021 …
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Semafor:
RFK Jr.: Ron DeSantis invited me to breakfast, said he wanted to burn the NIH “to the ground” — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that he wanted to “burn” the National Institutes of Health “to the ground,” according to a new interview with the Democratic presidential candidate.
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Julia Rock / The Lever:
Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family Payments — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas changed his position on one of America's most significant regulatory doctrines after his wife reportedly accepted secret payments from a shadowy conservative network pushing for the change.
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Alexandra E. Petri / Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein casts her first Senate vote in months, finally shedding light on health issues — California Politics — Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to cast her first vote in the Senate since taking an extended absence because of an illness that threatened Democrats' slim majority …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Vivek Ramaswamy wants to raise the voting age. Even his staff doesn't like the idea. — The youngest candidate in the Republican presidential field is preparing to announce a proposal to raise the voting age to 25 for most people. — Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest candidate …
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David French / New York Times:
A Guilty Ex-President — From the beginning of the #MeToo movement both its advocates and good-faith critics have made a series of powerful, necessary points. The courageous women who blew the whistle on powerful men exposed a culture of impunity that still exists, decades after the development …
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Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial — Using mRNA tailored to each patient's tumor, the vaccine may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest forms of cancer in half of those who received it. — Five years ago, a small group of cancer scientists meeting …
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Peter Caterina / Fox News:
Chris Christie: Donald Trump Must Be The Unluckiest S.O.B. In The World (Video) — Chris Christie spoke to Brian Kilmeade about a Manhattan jury finding former President Donald Trump liable of sexual abuse, defamation against E Jean Carroll. Christie also discussed how President Trump failed …
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Essi Lehto / Reuters:
Finland prime minister divorces husband — Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin has filed for divorce jointly with her husband of three years Markus Raikkonen, they said on Instagram on Wednesday. — “We are grateful for the 19 years together and our beloved daughter.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Taiwan is urging the U.S. not to abandon Ukraine — Some Republicans want to scale back U.S. military support for Ukraine, insisting that Taiwan's defense should take priority. But those who claim to be for protecting Taiwan ought to listen to its leaders.
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News poll shows Biden still leads Trump for 2024 — Despite significant vulnerabilities, the president holds steady against his Republican rival in a rematch of the 2020 election. — As Democrats coalesce around him as their inevitable nominee, President Biden still narrowly …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Biden admin plans to order release of migrants into U.S. with no way to track them — “We're already breaking and we haven't hit the starting line,” one DHS official said, referring to the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions set to take place Thursday. — After more than 11,000 migrants crossed …
Marc Rod / Jewish Insider:
Aguilar: McCarthy's cancellation of Tlaib's ‘Nakba’ event is ‘unfortunate’ — 'People should be allowed to congregate, to have discussions, to express their viewpoints and ideas. That's who we are,' the No. 3 House Democrat told JI today — Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), the No. 3 House Democratic leader …
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
The Right's Assault on Divorce Will Put More Women at Risk — Roe wasn't the culmination of Republican attempts to control women's autonomy, but perhaps just the beginning. — What if Roe was just an opening salvo in the war against women's autonomy? We often think of Roe's fall …
Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
Prosecutors want 25-year sentence in Texas protest killing — A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday for fatally shooting an armed man during a Black Lives Matter protest in Texas, even after the state's Republican governor said he wanted to pardon the man.
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Wall Street Journal:
‘Stop Printing Money.’ How Voters Would Solve the Debt-Ceiling Standoff — Nearly half of Americans oppose raising the borrowing limit, a new Wall Street Journal poll finds — John Houck, a 63-year-old Republican who lives near Phoenix, doesn't want the U.S. to ruin its credit by failing to pay its bills.
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Ambassador Nikki Haley On The Verdict In Carroll v. Trump, Wokeism, the CCP's New Threat To The U.S., Plus Pakistan, India, Turkey and Israel — Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley joined me this morning: — Audio: — 05-10hhs-haley — Transcript:
Joe Anuta / Politico:
Adams no longer Biden surrogate after blasting White House on migrants — New York City Mayor Eric Adams had said the president “failed” the city by mishandling the asylum-seeker crisis. — NEW YORK — President Joe Biden's reelection campaign has dropped New York City Mayor Eric Adams …
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Justin R. Garcia / Washington Post:
In Indiana, the culture wars aim at Kinsey — the heart of sex research — Justin R. Garcia is executive director of the Kinsey Institute and Ruth N. Halls professor of gender studies at Indiana University. His next book is titled “The Intimate Animal.” — At the entrance to the Kinsey Institute …
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