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Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens had Russian intelligence contacts, prosecutors say — A former FBI informant charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company had contacts …
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DOJ: FBI informant said Russian intelligence involved in Hunter Biden story … - Smirnov was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Central District of California after being arrested at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. — Prosecutors alleged Smirnov falsely told FBI agents …
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Playbook: The Biden impeachment's latest big blow — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — A RACE TO WATCH — JOHN AVLON, the former CNN anchor, is officially jumping into the race for New York's 1st Congressional District.
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Raw Story and The Federalist
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Man accused of lying to FBI about Hunter Biden claimed he got fake information from Russian intelligence
Dan Morrison / USA Today:
Indicted Biden accuser had ‘extensive’ contacts with Russian intel, prosecutors say
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Indicted ex-FBI informant told investigators he got Hunter Biden dirt from Russian intelligence officials
Indicted ex-FBI informant told investigators he got Hunter Biden dirt from Russian intelligence officials
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Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
GOP's Biden Impeachment Witness Told Feds He Got Stories From Russian Officials
GOP's Biden Impeachment Witness Told Feds He Got Stories From Russian Officials
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Donald Trump says he doesn't know if he could work with Mitch McConnell if re-elected — The Senate GOP leader and the former president, once allies, split after the Jan. 6 attack. — GREENVILLE, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was uncertain if he could work …
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Trump says long VP shortlist includes Tim Scott, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy
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Trump calls his civil fraud verdict a ‘form of Navalny’
Trump calls his civil fraud verdict a ‘form of Navalny’
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Melanie Mason / Politico:
Trump backs McCarthy's chosen successor for House seat
Trump backs McCarthy's chosen successor for House seat
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Letitia James says she's prepared to seize Trump's buildings if he can't pay his $354M civil fraud fine — The New York attorney general made the remarks in an interview with ABC News. — Attorney General Letitia James arrives for a press conference following a verdict …
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Alito renews criticism of Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling in rejecting Missouri jury case — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito renewed his criticism Tuesday of the high court's landmark same-sex marriage ruling, addressing it in a five-page statement as part of an order explaining …
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Justice Alito Renews Criticism of Landmark Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
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Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Alito says he was right to fear that opponents of gay marriage would be treated as bigots
Alito says he was right to fear that opponents of gay marriage would be treated as bigots
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Scoop: GOP privately expects government shutdown … - “People are predicting a shutdown even if it's just for a few days,” a GOP lawmaker recently told Axios. — They're either “close to reaching a deal or it's about to blow up,” one subcommittee chair recently told a fellow House Republican.
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Nex Benedict matters — Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby — Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Oklahoma sophomore, died on February 8. Nex, who was non-binary, was attacked in an Owasso High School bathroom the previous day, sustaining serious head injuries.
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bats, we're bats … and Los Angeles Blade
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Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead after a fight — Nex Benedict died one day after a fight in a school bathroom. Their mother Sue Benedict tells Bevan Hurley that the gender fluid teenager endured more than a year of abuse simply for being who they were
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Trump's G.O.P. Is a Confederacy of Fakers — I've got a suggestion for the next Trump-G.O.P. fund-raising scheme. You know how sports memorabilia stores sometimes sell basketballs autographed by an entire N.B.A. team? Well, I was imagining that Donald Trump could sell white flags at $1,000 …
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Donald Trump's Cash Crunch Just Got Much, Much Worse — New federal campaign finance filings reveal that Trump is burning through donors' funds as he struggles to fund his legal defense and his 2024 campaign. — As Donald Trump's legal troubles consume more and more of his time …
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Trump faces some half a billion dollars in legal penalties. How will he pay them?
Trump faces some half a billion dollars in legal penalties. How will he pay them?
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Aileen Cannon Might Actually Get Herself Kicked Off the Trump Classified Docs Case — The recent news about possible Russian space nukes reminds us that we live in a very insecure world. That is why perhaps none of Donald Trump's four criminal cases is more troubling than the federal prosecution brought …
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Trump and allies plotting militarized mass deportations, detention camps — As president, Trump sought to use military planes and bases for deportation. Now, he and his allies are talking about a new effort that current and former officials warn could be impractical and dangerous.
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West Virginia Republicans Want to Throw Librarians in Jail — The Mountain State's House overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make schools, libraries, and museums criminally liable if books have too much sexy stuff in them. … We've got to do something about these sexy, sexy libraries.
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Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos — Alabama doctors are puzzled over whether they will have to make changes to in vitro fertilization procedures. Couples have crammed into online support groups wondering if they should transfer frozen embryos out of state.
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More Republicans now want climate action. But Trump could derail everything. — “We're not dependent on a standard-bearer outside of the House,” insists Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah), who founded the 82-member Conservative Climate Caucus. — Former President Donald Trump's hard-line positions …
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Is the New York Times neutral on the future of democracy? — Does the New York Times care if democracy survives? — I ask this question sincerely, because the Times' political coverage sometimes makes me wonder. — On most subjects, the Times' values are transparent.
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Georgia Gov. Kemp reveals he was interviewed by special counsel in 2020 election interference case — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted intense pressure from former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, revealed Tuesday that he has been interviewed …
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‘Exhibit A for term limits’: Some Democrats question Rep. David Scott's reelection bid — The decision by the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee to seek a 12th term sets up a clash over who will oversee farm and anti-hunger policy for the party next Congress.
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Iran accuses Israel of sabotage attack that saw explosions strike natural gas pipeline — An Israeli sabotage attack on an Iranian natural gas pipeline caused the multiple explosions that struck it a week ago, Iran's oil minister alleged Wednesday, further raising tensions between …
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