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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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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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Washington Post:
Rep. George Santos charged with 13 counts of fraud, financial crimes — Money laundering, theft of public funds are among the charges against freshman lawmaker with a history of lies — Rep. George Santos, the freshman Republican congressman whose myriad falsehoods became both a scandal …
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CNN:
First on CNN: Rep. George Santos charged by Justice Department in federal probe — Editor's Note: This story originally published on May 9, 2023. For the latest on Santos, read here. — CNN — Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos …
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Associated Press:
US Rep. George Santos arrested on federal criminal charges
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Mother Jones:
Santos Indictment Leaves Many Lies, Mysteries, and Scandals Unaddressed
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Speaker McCarthy is not calling on Santos to resign.
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HuffPost:
George Santos Charged With Unemployment Fraud As Republicans Push Crackdown On Unemployment Fraud
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
How do you fill a vacancy in the House?
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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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Politico:
Trump world booked CNN hoping for a big audience. Now, they're in the thick of it. — The former president will fundraise off the E. Jean Carroll verdict. But he also has to get through a televised town hall where it will come up. — Former President Donald Trump's appearance …
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The Daily Beast:
Terrible Timing of Trump's Town Hall Has Allies Freaking Out — Trump allies say if the former president feels “attacked” on Wednesday night, expect fireworks to fly—as the ex-prez faces off against CNN, a longtime MAGAworld arch-nemesis. … For Donald Trump, the initial plan seemed simple.
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New York Times:
For Trump, a Verdict That's Harder to Spin — After an indictment in Manhattan, Donald Trump's supporters fell in line behind him. A jury's decision in a sexual abuse and defamation case may yet carry a political price. — When Alvin L. Bragg secured the indictment of former President Donald J. Trump …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Donald Trump ... on CNN? A Live Town Hall Reignites a Debate. — Wednesday's town hall has already proved divisive — and it could be an unsettling preview for the TV news industry as it prepares to cover a presidential contest that is likely to feature Mr. Trump.
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Siva Vaidhyanathan / The Guardian:
Dear CNN, giving Trump a town-hall platform is the height of irresponsibility
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Mitt Romney Gives Republicans Urgent 2024 Warning About Trump After Verdict
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New York Times:
Trump Camp Sees CNN Town Hall as Calculated Risk
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
E Jean Carroll won. And Trump can be now portrayed as a sexual abuser
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
At last, a measure of justice for Donald Trump
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CNN:
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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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden family received millions from foreign nationals, tried to conceal source of funds: House Oversight — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is investigating the Biden family's ‘influence peddling and business schemes’ — The House Oversight and Accountability Committee …
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Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Bidens Used Web of Shell Companies to Conceal Foreign Cash, Bank Records Obtained by House GOP Reveal
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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 …
Jolie McCullough / The Texas Tribune:
Daniel Perry is sentenced to 25 years for killing an Austin protester. Gov. Greg Abbott has pledged to pardon him. — Perry's case has become an explosive political stew of arguments over gun rights, self defense and racist social media posts. The governor dived in early …
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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.
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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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
How Might the Government Avoid Default? Biden Offers Clues. — After making little progress with Republican leaders at the White House on Tuesday, the president previewed two possible endgames to resolve a debt-limit standoff. — Reporting from Washington
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 9, 2023 (Tuesday) — President Biden spoke to reporters today after his meeting …
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Price Increases Slow as High Interest Rates Take Effect — Inflation moderated to 4.9 percent in the year through April, the 10th straight month of declines in inflation. — Inflation Cools for 10th Straight Month — Inflation slowed for a 10th straight month in April …
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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 …
Josh Siegel / Politico:
Manchin vows to oppose all Biden's EPA nominees over climate plan — The EPA is expected to unveil a sweeping proposal Thursday to slash greenhouse gas pollution from the nation's thousands of power plants. — Sen. Joe Manchin, chair of the Senate Energy Committee, said Wednesday …
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Matt Gaetz Scolds ‘Childish’ Greg Gutfeld for ‘Over-sexualizing’ AOC: 'They Wouldn't Do That to Men' — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) fired back at Greg Gutfeld over a “romantic comedy” involving Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) that the Fox News host cooked up on The Five last week.
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Stephanie Grisham: I regularly had to keep Trump away from staffer for fear of sexual harassment — Following the verdict holding former President Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the E. Jean Carroll case, one-time White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham opened up on CNN's …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Proposes Armed Grandparents Guarding Schools To Kayleigh McEnany — The Republican senator touted dubious GOP responses to mass shootings on Fox News. — Granny, get your gun. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) told a rapt Kayleigh McEnany Tuesday on Fox News …
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