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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee  —  WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday formally blocked an attempt by former President Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, setting up a legal showdown between …
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Washington Post:
Biden rejects Trump's request to withhold documents from House committee investigating Jan. 6 attack  —  President Biden rejected former president Donald Trump's request to block documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the White House said on Friday …
Politico:
Biden White House waives executive privilege for initial set of Trump-era documents sought by Jan. 6 panel
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Trump's D.C. hotel made millions from foreign governments but still struggled, federal documents show  —  Hundreds of pages of the hotel's financial documents show that the federally leased hotel lost $71 million while Trump was in office  —  Donald Trump's luxury Washington hotel lost …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump misled about D.C. hotel finances, House panel says
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Literally Teaching a Course on Fundraising … All students hope to learn from the top experts in their field.  Graduate students at Arizona State University have an unusual opportunity this fall to do just that, where Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is teaching a course on getting rich people to give you money.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Manchin to Schumer: Your speech was “f*****g stupid”  —  Just how badly has Senate control undermined Democratic unity?  And how far will it go?  Punchbowl reports this morning that four different sources say that Joe Manchin confronted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …
Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats likely to throw billions in tax hikes overboard as spending plans shrink
Discussion: Washington Post and HotAir
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
De Blasio to Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted and Talented Program  —  The mayor unveiled a plan to replace the highly selective program, which has become a glaring symbol of segregation in New York City public schools, for incoming students.  It will be up to his successor to implement it.
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Philip Caldwell / Washington Free Beacon:
De Blasio Moves To End NYC's ‘Gifted and Talented’ School Programs
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
I Interviewed Trump For 5 Hours.  Here's What He Told Me About ‘Stupid F—er’ McConnell, McCarthy's Bromance With Luntz, And The Fake News That Bothered Him The Most  —  In multiple interviews, Former President Donald Trump unloads on the rigged 2020 election, Republicans who screwed him …
Discussion: Washington Post and Truthout
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
September's jobs creation comes up short with gain of just 194,000  — Nonfarm payrolls increased by 194,000 in September, compared with the Dow Jones estimate for 500,000.  — The unemployment rate dropped to 4.8%, better than the expected 5.1%.  — Leisure and hospitality along …
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Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Delta variant and worker shortage keep a lid on job growth
Discussion: Denver Post and WGN-TV
New York Times:
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  —  Seeking to bolster press freedoms as journalists find themselves under increasing pressure from authoritarian governments and other hostile forces, the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Peace Prize …
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Washington Post:
Journalists known for taking on governments of Philippines and Russia win Nobel Peace Prize
NobelPrize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize 2021
James McClain / Yahoo Lifestyle:
Son of Afghanistan's Former Defense Minister Buys $20.9 Million Beverly Hills Mansion  —  He already owns a $5.2 million Miami Beach condo at the prestigious St. Regis Bal Harbour resort, but Daoud Wardak apparently also wants a West Coast outpost.  To that end, he's heading for Beverly Hills …
Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Dave Chappelle Gets Standing Ovation Amid Netflix Special Controversy: “If This Is What Being Canceled Is, I Love It”  —  After being called out for transphobic jokes in ‘The Closer,’ the comedian performed at the Hollywood Bowl in front of Brad Pitt, Tiffany Haddish and Stevie Wonder and dismissed the outcry: “F— Twitter.
Insider:
Billionaire Peter Thiel has a Republican US Senate candidate on his corporate payroll who is earning more than $1 million, documents show  — Blake Masters made seven figures in salary and royalties from his work with Thiel Capital.  — Peter Thiel has given $10 million to a super PAC backing Masters' challenge of Sen. Mark Kelly.
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Isabella Grullón Paz / New York Times:
California Makes ‘Stealthing,’ or Removing Condom Without Consent, Illegal
Discussion: CBS News and Sacramento Bee
ProPublica:
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn't Exist.  Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.  —  Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children.  She said kids must face consequences …
Associated Press:
Taliban official: At least 100 dead, wounded in Afghan blast  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A blast went off Friday at a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan, killing or wounding at least 100 people, a Taliban police official said.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Truth According to Kari Lake  —  The MAGA candidate for governor of Arizona believes some strange things.  —  The candidate Donald Trump endorsed to be the next governor of Arizona made a big show of quitting the job she held for decades as the face of Phoenix's Fox 10 news because …
Politico:
U.S. investigators increasingly confident directed-energy attacks behind Havana Syndrome  —  The CIA is calling BS on the State Department's brain-scrambling crickets theory.  And lawmakers aren't keeping quiet about it.  —  “Hopefully we'll make some headway because it's a problem that's escalating …
Discussion: ABC News
Josh Israel / The American Independent:
Ron Johnson says top 1% pay ‘fair share’ in taxes  —  A recent report showed that many billionaires pay a lower tax rate than the average person making $45,000.  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told a constituent on Wednesday that the very richest Americans already pay their fair share in taxes.
Emma Newburger / CNBC:
Defense Department warns climate change will increase conflicts over water and food  — Climate change poses a serious threat to U.S. military operations and will lead to new sources of global political conflict, the Department of Defense wrote in its new climate plan.
Politico:
Murphy targets gun control  —  Presented by the Consumer Action Network  —  Good Friday morning!  —  Gov. Phil Murphy wants to talk about gun control.  —  Yesterday, Murphy announced he's entering a pact with New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania to share gun crime data across state lines.
BuzzFeed News:
He Belongs To A Right-Wing Extremist Group — And Is Running To Represent Ultra-Liberal Park Slope, Brooklyn  —  Brett Wynkoop embodies many of the traits that have made his neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn, a stereotype of a liberal enclave.  He lives in a century-old brownstone on a leafy street …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Candice Chau / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
University of Hong Kong orders removal of Tiananmen Massacre statue after 24 years, artist ‘shocked’
Washington Post:
China warns U.S. over reports that American forces are stationed in Taiwan
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Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
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Discussion: Dallas Morning News and The Hill
Andrew Klavan / City Journal:
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Pence and Haley Aren't the Future of the GOP—They're Roadkill
Discussion: Raw Story