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New York Times:
Trump Says Little on Gaza, and Nothing About What He'd Do Differently — Donald Trump's approach to the bloody Mideast conflict reflects the anti-interventionist shift he has brought about in Republican politics — and his personal feelings about the Israeli prime minister.
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Foreign Affairs, Middle East Monitor, Melanie Phillips and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden campaign, reproductive rights groups hit Trump after he raises 15-week abortion ban
Biden campaign, reproductive rights groups hit Trump after he raises 15-week abortion ban
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ABC News, Vanity Fair, New Republic, Washington Examiner and Political Wire
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Says Local Police Will Play Key Role In His Mass Deportation Plan
Donald Trump Says Local Police Will Play Key Role In His Mass Deportation Plan
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BizPac Review, Axios, The Hill and New York Times
Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
University of Florida eliminates all DEI positions due to new state rules — The memo cites recent state restrictions on the use of public funds. — University of Florida Century Tower and University Auditorium, Gainesville, Florida. — The University of Florida has eliminated all diversity …
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New Republic, Sun-Sentinel, UPI, RedState, Congressional Black Caucus, Florida Politics and IJR
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Lillian Lawson / USA Today:
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion employees will no longer have a job at University of Florida
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion employees will no longer have a job at University of Florida
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Raw Story, WCJB-TV, Breitbart, Wall Street Journal, Blaze Media, Townhall, Associated Press, Florida Politics and Fox News
Associated Press:
Appeals court ruling that vacates Capitol rioter's sentence could impact dozens of Jan. 6 cases — A federal appeals court in Washington has ordered a new sentence for a retired Air Force officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol dressed in combat gear, in a ruling issued Friday that could impact dozens …
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New York Post, JURIST, NBC News, ABC News, Townhall, WUSA, Daily Caller News Foundation, Fox News and Washington Times
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Washington Post:
Appeals court ruling means over 100 Jan. 6 rioters may be resentenced — More than 100 people convicted of participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol may have to be resentenced after a federal appeals court Friday overturned a sentencing enhancement used to help determine their punishments.
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HuffPost and National Review
Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Susan Collins backs Nikki Haley over Donald Trump in Maine's Republican primary — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins voted for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Tuesday's Republican presidential primary, becoming only the third member of Congress to back the longshot challenger to former President Donald Trump.
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NBC News, Washington Examiner, Fox News and Axios
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NBC News:
'I don't know' if Trump would follow the Constitution in a second term, Nikki Haley says
'I don't know' if Trump would follow the Constitution in a second term, Nikki Haley says
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Breitbart and Political Wire
Matthew Watkins / The Texas Tribune:
Donald Trump says Greg Abbott is “absolutely” on vice president short list
Donald Trump says Greg Abbott is “absolutely” on vice president short list
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New Republic, RedState, CBS News, KXAN-TV, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, Washington Times, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, New York Daily News, The Hill, New York Post, ABC News, Axios and Bloomberg
US Department of Justice:
Activists Charged in Red Powder Attack on U.S. Constitution at the U.S. Archives — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia — Defendants Caused More Than $50,000 in Damage Within the Rotunda — WASHINGTON - Donald Zepeda, 35, of Maryland, and Jackson Green …
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The Hill
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Protesters face $50,000 fine for red powder attack on the Constitution
Protesters face $50,000 fine for red powder attack on the Constitution
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IJR, The Post Millennial and Fox News
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
What “Project 2025” Would Do to America — What would a second Trump presidency look like? What happens if the Reactionary Right returns to power? — Over the past few months, different factions on the Right have presented detailed plans for what they want to do the next time they get back to the White House.
Michael Hill / Associated Press:
New York man who killed a woman after a wrong turn in his driveway gets 25 years to life — A man who fatally shot a 20-year-old woman after the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway in upstate New York was sentenced Friday to more than 25 years to life in prison.
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Raw Story, NBC News, Staten Island Advance, New York Daily News, UPI, The Daily Beast, The Hill, CBS News, WUSA and Los Angeles Times
Washington Post:
CDC officially drops five-day covid isolation guidelines — Americans who test positive for the coronavirus no longer need to routinely stay home from work and school for five days under new guidance released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Centers for Disease Control …, New York Post, WAGA-TV, PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, NPR, ABC News, Bridge Michigan, UPI, Fox News, Chicago Tribune, FOX13 News, Plain Dealer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Hill, CBS News, FOX31 Denver, New York Times, STAT, Washington Examiner and Wall Street Journal
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Brenda Goodman / CNN:
CDC drops 5-day isolation guidance for Covid-19, moving away from key strategy to quell infections
CDC drops 5-day isolation guidance for Covid-19, moving away from key strategy to quell infections
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NBC News, Ars Technica, New York Daily News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Biden announces U.S. will airdrop food aid into Gaza — The president reiterated that the U.S. is trying to push for an immediate cease-fire between Hamas and Israel in order to allow more aid into Gaza. — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the U.S. will drop food aid …
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NBC 7 San Diego, UPI, Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Political Wire and Power Line
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The Hill:
Biden tightens chemical safety rule loosened by Trump — The Big Story — EPA imposes stricter safety rules for chemical plants — Biden administration on Friday tightened a safety rule for chemical plants that was loosened under the Trump administration.
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New York Times and US EPA
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
“Like someone pulled the metaphorical plug”: Dr. John Gartner on Trump's “accelerating dementia” — “Trump looks blank, stops in mid-sentence (or mid-word), his jaw goes a little slack” — Since at least 2016, some of the world's leading mental health professionals have been sounding …
Wall Street Journal:
Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bribing Sen. Bob Menendez — It is the first plea obtained by prosecutors in case against New Jersey Democrat — A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe Sen. Bob Menendez and agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors …
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The Hill:
Menendez co-defendant pleads guilty to 7 counts
Menendez co-defendant pleads guilty to 7 counts
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New York Times, Blaze Media, RedState, NBC News, UPI and Mediaite
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Wisconsin high court rejects bid to revisit congressional maps — The Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected a bid Friday by Democrats to reconsider the state's congressional maps, delivering Republicans a win in the state. — The state's high court said it would not be revisiting …
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Associated Press, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Election Law Blog and Political Wire
CNN:
Fishermen delivering possible spy balloon to FBI in Alaska — Commercial fishermen off the coast of Alaska have found what officials are concerned could be another spy balloon and are bringing it to shore with them, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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ABC News, CBS News, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Hill and New York Post
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Joe Manchin confronted by climate protester at Harvard: ‘You sick f***’ — Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-WV) aide threw a climate protester to the ground after a tense interaction. — In an interaction filmed and released by the environmentalist group Climate Defiance, a protester surprised …
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Salon, New York Post, The Daily Beast, Daily Caller News Foundation, RedState, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Joe Biden got $40K from China funds, brother James admits in bombshell impeachment interview — WASHINGTON — First brother James Biden confirmed during his impeachment inquiry testimony that a $40,000 check made out to former Vice President Joe Biden in 2017 used funds James received …
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Supreme Court Picks Up Where the Jan. 6 Mob Left Off — Just like the Capitol rioters, SCOTUS' right-wing is actively trying to help Trump illegitimately get back into the White House. … I don't think most Americans realize how close we are to losing everything we most value about our system of government.
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ABC News and Resolute Square