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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Meadows Pressed Justice Dept. to Investigate Election Fraud Claims — Emails show the increasingly urgent efforts by President Trump and his allies during his last days in office to find some way to undermine, or even nullify, the election results. — WASHINGTON — In Donald J. Trump's final weeks …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Obtained Gag Order on Times Executives in Secret Fight Over Email Logs — A push by prosecutors to secretly seize data about four Times reporters' emails began in the Trump administration and continued under Biden. — WASHINGTON — In the last weeks of the Trump administration …
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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department to End Pursuit of Reporters' Phone Records Over Leaks — The change reverses a longstanding practice after President Biden said it was wrong — The Justice Department said it would no longer seek reporters' phone records when investigating government leaks of sensitive information …
New York Times:
White House Disavows Knowledge of Gag Order on Times Leaders in Leak Inquiry
White House Disavows Knowledge of Gag Order on Times Leaders in Leak Inquiry
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Insider
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Justice Dept. says it'll no longer seize reporters' records
Justice Dept. says it'll no longer seize reporters' records
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Dept. vows to end court orders seeking journalists' data in leak probes
Justice Dept. vows to end court orders seeking journalists' data in leak probes
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New York Times:
At Once Diminished and Dominating, Trump Prepares for His Next Act — The former president speaks on Saturday to the North Carolina Republican convention, as he resumes political speeches and rallies. — WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump, the former president of the United States …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Is America heading to a place where it can no longer call itself a democracy?
Is America heading to a place where it can no longer call itself a democracy?
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, American Oversight, The Moderate Voice, NBC News, The Atlantic and Raw Story
Matthew Brown / USA Today:
‘His presence is dominating’: How state and local Republican parties are turning ever more toward Trump
‘His presence is dominating’: How state and local Republican parties are turning ever more toward Trump
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The Hill
Mike Ives / New York Times:
Federal Judge Overturns California's 3-Decade-Old Assault Weapons Ban — The judge said the ban was a “failed experiment.” California's governor called the ruling “a direct threat to public safety.” — A federal judge in California on Friday overturned the state's three-decade-old ban …
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Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
AOC Set To Back Maya Wiley In The NYC Mayor's Race — This is a special breaking news issue of The Uprising, a daily politics newsletter. If you enjoyed this story and want to read more like it, please sign up! — Rep, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), one if the most influential progressives …
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Eric Lach / New Yorker:
Is There Any Time Left for Maya Wiley?
Is There Any Time Left for Maya Wiley?
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NBC New York, Forbes and Gothamist
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Maya Wiley for N.Y.C. Mayor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Maya Wiley for N.Y.C. Mayor
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Insider, The Guardian and New York Post
Dan Vergano / BuzzFeed News:
COVID-19 Vaccines Keep Showing They're Truly Spectacular At Fighting The Coronavirus — Amid a global tragedy, the striking effectiveness of vaccines against the coronavirus stands out as one of the pandemic's few good news stories for humanity. — And the vaccines are the success story that, so far, has kept on going.
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Marco Rubio / Fox News:
If Biden believes in science, he must fire Fauci
If Biden believes in science, he must fire Fauci
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Media continues to lionize Anthony Fauci, despite his damning emails
Media continues to lionize Anthony Fauci, despite his damning emails
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Fox News, New York Post, TheBlaze, The Western Journal and Instapundit
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
G-7 countries reach agreement on 15 percent minimum global tax rate — The accord announced by finance ministers could reshape tax obligations of multinational corporations — Finance ministers for the G-7 advanced economies announced an accord that could reshape the tax obligations of multinational corporations around the world.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Global Tax Deal Reached Among G7 Nations
Global Tax Deal Reached Among G7 Nations
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Wyatt Olson / Stars & Stripes:
Gen. Charles Flynn, brother of former national security adviser, takes reins of US Army Pacific — FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Gen. Charles Flynn took command of U.S. Army Pacific on Friday, vowing to continue transforming the 90,000-soldier force into one that can meet the challenge of a rising China.
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Why the Pentagon isn't heeding calls to prosecute Michael Flynn under military law — When Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general, appeared to back calls for a coup last week, critics accused him of defying military deference to civilian authority, a tenet that is central to the ethos of the armed forces.
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Outside the Beltway
Phil Keren / Akron Beacon Journal:
Memorial Day mic cut: Hudson American Legion Post's charter suspended, leader resigns — The charter of Hudson's American Legion post was suspended as its leader resigned Friday after a veteran's mic got cut while he spoke about Black Americans' role in the history of Memorial Day.
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Washington Post and BizPac Review
Eoin Higgins / The Flashpoint:
Massachusetts Furniture Store Offers 10% Off If You're Vaccinated—60% Off If You're Not — The Funky Phoenix, a salvage art furniture store in Pittsfield, also offers 40% off to those who had to get a vaccine for work or school — A Pittsfield, Massachusetts salvaged art and furniture store …
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The Western Journal
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Taylor Dolven / Miami Herald:
Royal Caribbean reverses, won't require passengers on U.S. cruises to be vaccinated — Royal Caribbean International will no longer require any of its cruise passengers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as it had previously planned to. — In a press release Friday announcing cruises for sale …
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Joshua Zitser / Insider:
Trump on idea to run for House seat in 2022 in a bid to become Speaker and launch an impeachment inquiry against Biden: 'It's very interesting' — A radio host suggested to Trump that he should run for a House seat in 2022 and become Speaker. — Trump responded that it was a …
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
‘So interesting’: Trump pitched on idea to run for House, become Speaker
‘So interesting’: Trump pitched on idea to run for House, become Speaker
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Instapundit, Snopes.com, Twitchy and Axios
NBC News:
The health insurance public option might be fizzling. The left is OK with that. … WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama abandoned a public insurance option to win moderate support for the Affordable Care Act in 2009, progressives were enraged. — A decade later, Joe Biden campaigned …
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Joyce Vance / MSNBC:
Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump and why obstruction of justice matters … Elected officials don't have the right to break the laws the rest of us have to follow. And they also shouldn't be able to obstruct justice when they're under investigation. If anything, the bar should be higher for our elected officials.
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Raw Story
Betsy Hammond / Oregonian:
Days before Rep. Mike Nearman helped protesters breach Capitol, he coached constituents just how he'd help them do it — Just days before Rep. Mike Nearman helped armed protesters enter the closed Oregon Capitol building in December, endangering fellow lawmakers and Capitol employees …
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