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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Dean Phillips hits Biden over handling of Hamas hostages: ‘Absurd, shocking and dismaying’ — Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) bashed President Biden Tuesday for the recently negotiated hostage deal between the militant group Hamas and Israel. — “No, because we have nine Americans held hostage right …
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Statement from President Joe Biden on the Hostage Release in Gaza — I welcome the deal to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist group Hamas during its brutal assault against Israel on October 7th. — Jill and I have been keeping all those held hostage and their loved ones close …
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The Times of Israel:
Cabinet okays deal for release of 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for 4-day Gaza truce
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Politico:
Biden admin officials see proof their strategy is working in hostage deal
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Associated Press:
Israel approves cease-fire for hostages deal with Hamas
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Ben Samuels / Reuters:
Israel-Hamas War Day 46 | Israeli Cabinet Okays Deal for Release of 50 Hostages Held by Hamas, Temporary Cease-fire
The Times of Israel:
Israel set to approve Gaza hostage deal slated to see release of 50 Israelis
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Why Trump Represents a ‘Trifecta of Danger’ — Brian Klaas, a political scientist at University College London, captures the remarkable nature of the 2024 presidential election in an Oct. 1 essay, “The Case for Amplifying Trump's Insanity.” — Klaas argues that the presidential contest now pits
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
‘Openly authoritarian campaign’: Trump's threats of revenge fuel alarm — Trump's talk of seeking to ‘weaponize’ the DoJ and ‘retribution’ for opponents poses a direct threat to the rule of law and democracy in the US should he win a second term, experts say
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Have You Listened Lately to What Trump Is Saying? — He is becoming frighteningly clear about what he wants. — In 2019, Kennedy Ndahiro, the editor of the Rwandan daily newspaper The New Times, explained to readers of The Atlantic how years of cultivated had hatred led to death on a horrifying scale.
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Sheila Brummer / Iowa Public Radio:
Woodbury County supervisor's wife found guilty of 52 counts of voter fraud — Prosecutors say Kim Phuong Taylor wanted her husband to win elections in 2020 “by any means necessary.” — A jury spent about five hours deliberating before convicting Kim Phuong Taylor on 52 counts of voter fraud in federal court Tuesday in Sioux City.
Politico:
Nikki Haley is consolidating the ‘Never Trump’ vote — The former South Carolina governor is drawing support from Trump-skeptical donors and activists in early nominating states. — Two years after Nikki Haley vowed not to challenge Donald Trump for the presidential nomination …
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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis' team was going after Nikki Haley. They turned on each other instead.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Record percentage says they or someone in household owns a gun: Survey — More than half of American voters, a record-high number, say they or someone in their household owns a gun, a new NBC News poll found. — According to the survey, which has polled voters since 1999 …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Poll: Gun ownership reaches record high with American electorate
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
November 2023 National Poll: Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden — A new Emerson College Polling national survey of registered voters finds former President Donald Trump with a four-point lead over President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup, 47% to 43%, within the poll's margin of error.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
How one judge is slowing down one of Trump's biggest criminal cases — The May 2024 trial in Trump's classified documents case appears headed for a politically precarious postponement. — Judge Aileen Cannon seems to be in no hurry. — On paper, she has scheduled a trial to open next …
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist on American soil — Washington warned India over concerns of government involvement in assassination conspiracy — US authorities thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil and issued a warning to India's government …
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Spyglass Says Melissa Barrera Was Fired From ‘Scream’ Due to Rhetoric That ‘Flagrantly Crosses the Line Into Hate Speech’ (EXCLUSIVE) … But now the production banner behind the hit horror franchise's revival is pushing back on a narrative that has quickly coalesced around the decision …
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Helen Holmes / The Daily Beast:
‘Scream VII’ Star Axed Over Pro-Palestine Posts
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New York Times:
How Many Abortions Did the Post-Roe Bans Prevent? — The first estimate of births since Dobbs found that almost a quarter of women who would have gotten abortions carried their pregnancies to term. — The first data on births since Roe v. Wade was overturned shows how much abortion bans …
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Craig Simpson / Telegraph:
Roman emperor was trans, says museum — Elagabalus will be referred to as she after claims in classical texts that the emperor asked to be called ‘lady’ — A Roman emperor has been declared transgender by a UK museum, The Telegraph can reveal. — The North Hertfordshire Museum has said it will be …
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Luke Funk / The Messenger:
UK Museum Determines Roman Emperor Was Trans, Changes Pronouns to She/Her
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Claire McCaskill Argues Trump ‘Even More Dangerous’ Than Hitler: ‘The Only Philosophy He Has’ is Self-Interest — MSNBC political analyst Claire McCaskill posited that Donald Trump is “even more dangerous” than Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler because the only thing he cares about is himself …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Abortion rights groups seek ballot measures in 9 more states in 2024 — Despite an unbroken winning streak since Roe v. Wade was overturned, some of the efforts to enshrine abortion rights in state constitutions face substantial challenges. — Seeking to extend their unbroken winning streak …
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Sara Nathan / Page Six:
Susan Sarandon dumped by Hollywood agency UTA over anti-Jewish rant — Oscar winner Susan Sarandon has been dropped by top Hollywood agency UTA after saying frightened Jews are “getting a taste of how it feels to be Muslim in America,” Page Six can reveal. — The 77-year-old actress …
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Timothy Noah / New Republic:
The Red State Brain Drain Isn't Coming. It's Happening Right Now. — On Memorial Day weekend in 2022, Kate Arnold and her wife, Caroline Flint, flew from Oklahoma City to Cabo San Lucas for a little R&R. They had five kids, the youngest of them five-year-old twin girls, and demanding jobs as obstetrician-gynecologists.
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
75% of New Yorkers Think Santos Should Resign From Congress: Poll — Only 22% of respondents say they want to see the Republican finish out his freshman term — Three-quarters of New Yorkers want Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., to step down from his Congressional seat, according to a new survey.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Lee get Jan. 6 footage — but trying to blame the FBI could backfire — No surprise from a guy who took the lead defending Donald Trump's attempted coup, but the newly appointed Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., moved quickly to abuse his power …
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Biden admin quietly developing settlement with groups seeking to tear down key power source — ‘Congress alone has the authority’ to breach federal dams, lawmakers write in letter to White House — The Biden administration is quietly discussing a potentially far-reaching settlement …
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