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Republicans take the rare step of censuring Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-era probes — Schiff, D-Calif., will be required to stand on the House floor and receive a formal reprimand. The resolution also directs the Ethics Committee to launch an investigation into Schiff.
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Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Adam Schiff censured: 6 Republican lawmakers break with party to vote ‘present’ — Schiff told Republicans that they ‘honor’ him with their ‘enmity’ — Six Republicans voted present on Wednesday before the House narrowly censured Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., 213-209 along party lines.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Pelosi Knocks Republicans Pushing Schiff Censure: ‘You Look Miserable!’
Pelosi Knocks Republicans Pushing Schiff Censure: ‘You Look Miserable!’
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ABC News:
House Republicans are poised to censure Adam Schiff
House Republicans are poised to censure Adam Schiff
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
House GOP votes to censure Schiff over role in Trump investigations
House GOP votes to censure Schiff over role in Trump investigations
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The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Boebert a ‘Little Bitch’ on the House Floor — A feud has been boiling between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert for months. It finally reached a new level on Wednesday. … The messy feud between two of MAGA world's biggest stars burst into public view on Wednesday …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Alito's Reply in a Rival Publication Surprises ProPublica — The Wall Street Journal made the unusual decision to let Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. pre-empt ProPublica's article about him in its opinion pages. — The Wall Street Journal faced criticism on Wednesday after its highly unusual decision …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Alito Defends Private Jet Travel to Luxury Fishing Trip — In an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal, the justice disputed a ProPublica report, saying he was not required to disclose the trip or recuse himself from his benefactor's cases. — Reporting from Washington
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Sam Alito and his fishy Alaskan getaway
Sam Alito and his fishy Alaskan getaway
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US Department of Justice:
Former FBI Analyst Sentenced for Retaining Classified Documents — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri — Kept Hundreds of National Defense Documents at Her Home in Violation of the Espionage Act — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former analyst …
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Jonathan Shorman / Kansas City Star:
Ex-FBI analyst who kept classified info in bathroom like Trump going to prison in KC case — A former FBI intelligence analyst from Dodge City, Kansas, who kept hundreds of classified documents at her home, including in her bathroom, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison by a federal judge …
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Former FBI analyst sentenced to nearly 4 years for illegally retaining classified docs
Former FBI analyst sentenced to nearly 4 years for illegally retaining classified docs
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Mother Jones:
John Durham Just Made False Statements to Congress — The former special counsel denied two essential facts of the Trump-Russia scandal. — John Durham—the special counsel who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the FBI's investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Special Counsel Who Hunted for a Deep-State Conspiracy Presents Muted Findings
Special Counsel Who Hunted for a Deep-State Conspiracy Presents Muted Findings
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's confession on Fox News should prompt Democrats to step up — On Monday night, Donald Trump went on Fox News and made numerous confessions about his hoarding of classified documents. The next morning, news broke that Hunter Biden reached a tentative deal with prosecutors to plead guilty …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Did Hunter Biden get off easy? We asked the experts.
Did Hunter Biden get off easy? We asked the experts.
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: VP Harris gets campaign chief of staff — Longtime Democratic operative and Biden aide Sheila Nix will be joining the Biden campaign to serve as Vice President Kamala Harris' chief of staff, Axios has learned. … - Harris has been vocal on reproductive rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Kamala Harris: Our One-on-One With the Vice President
Kamala Harris: Our One-on-One With the Vice President
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
What the New, Low Test Scores for 13-Year-Olds Say About U.S. Education Now — What's New — The math and reading performance of 13-year-olds in the United States has hit the lowest level in decades, according to test scores released today from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the gold-standard federal exam.
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CNN:
Trump receives first batch of evidence against him in classified documents case, including audio tapes — Special counsel Jack Smith has begun producing evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to Donald Trump, according to a Wednesday court filing that hints that investigators collected …
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Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
OceanGate CEO Missing in Titanic Sub Had History of Donating to GOP Candidates … Public campaign finance records indicate that Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate currently stuck on the missing Titan submersible that was running a tourist expedition of the Titanic wreck, has been a consistent Republican donor over the years.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Television veteran Geraldo Rivera says he's quitting Fox News' political combat show ‘The Five’ — Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News' popular political combat show “The Five,” saying Wednesday that “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” made it no longer worth it to him.
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match … Here we go. — After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk's tweet with the caption “send me location.”
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Reuters:
Donor bought pricey golf simulator for Ron DeSantis, raising ethics questions — After Ron DeSantis, an avid golfer, moved into the Florida governor's mansion in 2019, workers installed a golf simulator worth tens of thousands of dollars in the private pool cabana so he could practice his game.
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Rewiring America:
Electrifying everything at the rate required to meet our climate goals — The story of new technology emerging in the marketplace, proving itself to be the better option, and becoming the standard is an inevitable one. Refrigerators. The car. Electricity itself.
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Ben Cost / New York Post:
I went on the Titanic submarine — it was a suicide mission — Amid frantic international efforts to locate the lost Titanic-exploring submersible, experts point out that this isn't the first time the deep-diving vessel has raised flags. — A German adventurer who explored the Titanic wreckage …
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Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani / New Republic:
RFK Jr. Gives Away the Game With Decision to Speak at Moms for Liberty Summit — Democratic presidential candidate and rabid anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has decided to take his 2024 campaign to new, extremist levels. — Kennedy will be a guest speaker at a Moms for Liberty gathering …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Missing Titanic Sub Is Already a Culture War Battlefield — It's never too soon to turn a tragedy into an opportunity to dunk on the other political tribe. … Of course the missing Titanic sub discourse devolved into a culture war shit show in under two minutes flat. Everything is part of the culture war now.
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Pentagon leaks suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges — Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents on social media, pleaded not guilty in a Massachusetts court Wednesday to six federal charges.
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Lauren Tousignant / Jezebel:
So, Kari Lake Has Basically Moved In With Donald Trump — “Kari Lake is there every night,” a source told People of her frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago. “There's a suite there that she practically lives in.” — There's no bond more delusional than the bond between two people who both believe …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Agencies May Never Find Covid's Origins, Officials Say — The agencies are expected to release declassified material on what they have learned about Covid's origins. People briefed on the material say there is no smoking gun. — Julian Barnes, a Washington-based intelligence reporter …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who electroshocked D.C. Officer Michael Fanone sentenced to 12.5 years — Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez, who was wearing a MAGA hat when he drove a stun gun into the officer's neck at the Capitol, was arrested after the online “Sedition Hunters” community helped identify him.
Elida Moreno / Reuters:
Drought-hit Panama Canal further restricts maximum ship depth — The Panama Canal will expand restrictions on the largest ships crossing the waterway, one of the world's busiest trade passages, the canal authority's administrator said on Wednesday, citing shallower waters due to drought.
Bolts:
Reform Prosecutors Sweep Three Northern Virginia Primaries — “If this election was a referendum on reform, our voters emphatically responded that they will not go backward,” said one of the victors after defeating her police-backed challenger. — Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
DOJ fires Black immigration judge in the ongoing purge of Trump hires — Pieters says Trump ties irked ‘sick’ liberals, made him a target — FRONT PAGE PODCAST — QUESTION OF THE DAY — Do you support using the U.S. military to help fight Mexican cartels? — Question of the Day