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Trump workers moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before FBI came for documents — New details, including alleged ‘dress rehearsal’ for moving sensitive papers, show a focus on Donald Trump's instructions and intent — Two of Donald Trump's employees moved boxes of papers the day before FBI agents …
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Trump's Lawyers Warn Him: Get Ready to Be Indicted by the Feds — The former president has angrily complained in response to predictions that if the Justice Department is going to charge him, then “what about Joe Biden?” … The feds have also been probing whether or not Trump tried …
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DeSantis Campaign Says It Raised $8.2 Million in First 24 Hours — The cash haul points to the strengths Ron DeSantis will have in taking on Donald Trump. — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida raised $8.2 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, his campaign said on Thursday …
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Now's the time to think about just how bad a DeSantis presidency would be — Consider what the two-term governor has wrought in his home state and in his early forays into world affairs — olitical journalists and pundits spent much of Wednesday obsessing over the gimmicky way that the Florida governor …
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Ron DeSantis vs. the ‘Woke Mind Virus’ — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida could have made his presidential campaign announcement in some idyllic seaside park, surrounded by the wholesome families he's trying to defend from subversive books and the Walt Disney Company.
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It Was More Than a #DeSaster — Ron DeSantis's botched campaign launch suggests that he's no Trump killer. — I've long been of the view that Donald Trump is something akin to a horror-movie monster—a Godzilla or a T. Rex, say—for the American political system.
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Inside the Secret DeSantis Donor Briefing (Exclusive) — DeSantis pollster sees Trump's support in early primary states as ‘soft,’ even as the former president holds a big lead nationally. … Before he officially entered the presidential race Wednesday, Ron DeSantis was already barraged …
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DeSantis's Launch Was Not the Only Thing That Crashed
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Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case — Stewart Rhodes, who said after the Capitol attack that the rioters “should have brought rifles,” received the longest sentence of any Jan. 6 defendant to date. — WASHINGTON — The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers …
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DeSantis says, if elected president, he'd consider pardons for Jan. 6 offenders — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that, if elected president, he would consider pardoning some of those convicted on charges related to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Oath Keepers Leader Is Sentenced to 18 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case — The sentence for Stewart Rhodes was the longest so far in the federal investigation of the Capitol attack and the first issued to a defendant convicted of sedition. — Reporting from Washington
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Ron DeSantis says he would consider pardoning Trump for Jan. 6
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Oath Keepers leader sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy
Oath Keepers leader sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
DeSantis says he'll consider pardoning Jan. 6 defendants, including Trump
DeSantis says he'll consider pardoning Jan. 6 defendants, including Trump
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
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Texas Panel Recommends Impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton — The Republican-led House committee said Mr. Paxton's abuses of office rose to the level of possible crimes that warranted an impeachment vote. — Reporting from Austin — A Republican-led committee of the Texas House …
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Aide to Ken Paxton calls investigation into attorney general “illegal,” says Paxton can't be impeached for current allegations — Chris Hilton, head of litigation in the attorney general's office, told reporters that lawmakers can't oust Paxton. His comments came as a House committee met behind closed doors …
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Acacia Coronado / Associated Press:
Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after Republican investigation
Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after Republican investigation
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Republicans Report Progress in Debt Limit Talks as Negotiations Continue — Negotiators reconvened on Thursday after working through the night to strike a deal, as hard-right Republicans and some Democrats expressed concerns about the shape of an emerging compromise. — Reporting from Washington
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House conservatives blanch at leaked details of McCarthy-Biden debt talks — The group was already unlikely to support a final bipartisan deal, but lingering anger with Kevin McCarthy could have lasting implications on his speakership. — As details leak about an emerging bipartisan debt deal …
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Biden aides offer IRS cuts to GOP, hoping to spare other programs
Biden aides offer IRS cuts to GOP, hoping to spare other programs
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Republicans are hellbent on default because why not
Republicans are hellbent on default because why not
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Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.'s Power to Address Water Pollution — The justices ruled that discharges into some wetlands are not covered by the Clean Water Act. — Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency's authority …
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Samuel Alito's Colleagues Catch Him in a Judicial Contradiction — Three years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that a federal law banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sex also applies to gay and transgender workers. Justice Neil Gorsuch crafted a narrow ruling that drew upon …
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CPAC Is Rocked by a Resignation — A top leader in the organization that puts on CPAC, the highly influential conference of conservative leaders, resigned on Tuesday night citing financial mysteries surrounding the organization's leader. — Bob Beauprez, the longtime treasurer …
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Lauren Boebert's son called 911 in tears to report his father was ‘throwing’ him around the house. Then she took the phone. — In December, Lauren Boebert's teen son called 911 to report his dad was “throwing me” in the house. — The teen sobbed throughout the two-minute call, saying he didn't understand why his dad was mad.
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Investigation launched after 11-year-old who called 911 for help is shot by officer in Mississippi — Aderrien Murry called for help for his mom during a domestic disturbance and was shot in the chest by an Indianola officer, a lawyer for his family said. — Calls are growing for an officer …
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A Black 11-year-old called 911. Police arrived and shot him, his mom says.
A Black 11-year-old called 911. Police arrived and shot him, his mom says.
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University program linking Christians, Republicans to Nazis granted DHS funds under ‘anti-terror’ initiative — Biden admin funding controversial efforts to treat conservative groups as radical, watchdog warns — FIRST ON FOX: The Biden administration is doling out taxpayer money through …
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Republicans triggered by Homeland Security chart showing right-wing extremism begins with GOP activism
Republicans triggered by Homeland Security chart showing right-wing extremism begins with GOP activism
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DeSantis PAC adds fake fighter jets to launch video — The super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign altered footage to include the sound and sight of fighter jets flying over the Florida governor in its video promoting his campaign launch. — The video by Never Back Down …
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School That Allegedly Had ‘Black’ Classrooms Now in More Trouble — An expanded federal probe is underway after a parent blew the whistle on apparent segregation at an Atlanta elementary school. — A federal department has expanded its probe into an Atlanta school district after a parent …
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The County Sold Her Home Over Unpaid Taxes and Kept the Profit. SCOTUS Wasn't Having It. — When local bureaucrats in Hennepin County, Minnesota, seized an elderly woman's home over a small tax debt, sold it, and kept the profit, they likely had no idea they would set in motion a series …
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Twitter to pull back from Europe's disinformation crusade — EU commissioner Thierry Breton has said he would personally hold site owner Elon Musk to account for complying with the bloc's content rules. — Twitter is on the verge of withdrawing from one of the Europe Union's efforts to stamp out disinformation.
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Exclusive: Slimmed-down US debt ceiling deal takes shape — U.S. President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmaker Kevin McCarthy are edging close to a deal on the U.S. debt ceiling, with the parties just $70 billion apart on discretionary spending, according to a person familiar with the talks.
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Left-behind polling memo shows abortion hurting outlook for GOP — Generic support for Democratic House and Senate increased — One party's trash is another party's treasure. — In the latest chapter of what seems to be a long-running series about Roll Call getting ahold of things people …
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Twitter is making researchers delete data it gave them unless they pay $42,000 — EXCLUSIVEMove to hike price of academic access compared to ‘book burning’ amid fears it will harm fight against misinformation online — Academic researchers have been set a deadline of the end of the month …
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The Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman's poem says she's sorry for promoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion — (JTA) - Months before a Miami-area mother persuaded a local school to restrict access to an Amanda Gorman poem, she was posting antisemitic memes on her Facebook page.
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Target's surrender to MAGA rage shows how anti-wokeness really works — It is sometimes said that corporate America is a battleground in the culture wars. This has taken on ugly new meaning in the case of Target, which just announced that it will pull some LBGTQ-friendly merchandise …
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