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New York Times:
U.S. Commando Raid in Syria Targets a Senior Jihadist Figure — Helicopter-borne Special Operations troops carried out the risky predawn assault. Rescue workers on the ground say women and children were among at least 13 people killed in the raid. — U.S. Special Operations forces carried …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Special Forces Raid Syrian Site in Search of Terrorist Leader — The operation was carried out in northwest Syria near the Turkish border — WASHINGTON—U.S. special operations forces carried out a combat operation to kill or capture a high-level terrorist in northwest Syria along the Turkish border …
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Associated Press:
US forces launch raid in Syria, civilians also reported dead — ATMEH, Syria (AP) — U.S. special forces carried out what the Pentagon said was a large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria early Thursday. First responders at the scene reported 13 people were killed, including six children and four women.
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Suleiman Al-Khalidi / Reuters:
U.S. forces conduct ‘successful’ raid in Syria, sources believe jihadist was target
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN insider says network ‘needs to step up and fire Brian Stelter’ for not exposing Jeff Zucker affair: report — The network employee said Stelter's 'been sitting on his moral high horse doing Jeff's biddling' — Zucker's actions an ‘embarrassment’ for CNN: Kurtz
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Kayla Brantley / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Brian Stelter should start looking for another job.’ Attention turns to the CNN anchor following Jeff Zucker's ousting for his failure to report on the open secret affair while bashing other news networks — Insiders are calling for Brian Stelter to be fired after failing …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns, Citing Relationship With Colleague
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
The Mystery Behind the Zucker Shocker
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Unmasking Of Rudy Giuliani On Fox's ‘The Masked Singer’ Prompts Judges Ken Jeong & Robin Thicke To Walk Off In Protest — EXCLUSIVE, SPOILER ALERT: Rudy Giuliani was last week unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in the taping of the first episode of Fox's popular prime time show The Masked Singer.
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New York Times:
Memos Show Roots of Trump's Focus on Jan. 6 and Alternate Electors — Just over two weeks after Election Day, lawyers working with the Trump campaign set out a rationale for creating alternate slates of electors as part of an effort to buy time to overturn the results.
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Storer H. / Washington Monthly:
The Curious Timing of Putin's Aggression Toward Ukraine  — The Russian president may see a chance to further divide America and create a political liability for Biden during an election year. — With 130,000 Russian troops stationed along the Ukrainian border …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
America is in Europe to stay — thanks to Putin — By threatening Ukraine's sovereignty, Moscow has achieved something Biden could not do on his own: unite the west — So much for America's shift from the Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific. By demanding concessions that have shocked a divided …
Tom Tapp / Deadline:
L.A. Mayor Garcetti Says He Held His Breath For Maskless Photo With Magic Johnson — Los Angeles Mayor — and Biden Administration ambassadorial nominee — Eric Garcetti today defended his actions after maskless photos surfaced of him and Lakers great Magic Johnson, along …
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Washington Post:
Labor groups wary of potential Supreme Court pick backed by top House Democrat — Union leaders are increasingly wary of President Biden's potential selection of Judge J. Michelle Childs as a Supreme Court justice, citing her time working on behalf of employers against worker claims.
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Cameron Cawthorne / Fox Business:
Nasdaq bell-ringing ceremony featured Chinese official who called genocide of Uyghur Muslims ‘lies’ — Chinese state-run media outlets quickly exploited Nasdaq's invitation for Huang Ping to speak at bell ringing ceremony — A Chinese government official who claimed reports …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Olympic athletes are getting ready to boycott the opening ceremony in Beijing
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Insider:
3 more women say Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy filmed them without asking during sex … In November 2021, three young women came forward about sexual encounters they had with Barstool Sports' founder, Dave Portnoy. These women told Insider the experiences with Portnoy turned frightening …
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Washington Post:
Memo circulated among Trump allies advocated using NSA data in attempt to prove stolen election — The proposal to seize and analyze “NSA unprocessed raw signals data” raises legal and ethical concerns that set it apart from other attempts that have come to light.
Cayla Harris / Houston Chronicle:
National Butterfly Center on Texas border closing indefinitely after attacks from right-wing conspiracy theorists — The National Butterfly Center on the Texas border is closing “for the immediate future” after conspiracy-fueled attacks against the center on social media escalated in recent days.
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Outside the Beltway, National Zero, Insider and Talking Points Memo
Justin Glawe / The Daily Beast:
He's Head of a Georgia Election Board—and Fixated on QAnon — Ben Johnson of Spalding County dabbles in election conspiracies even as he holds power over voting. … The Republican chair of a rural Georgia election board—which has the power to restrict or expand access to voting …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Take The Hint, John Roberts — It's Time For You To Retire, Too — “Judges are like umpires,” John Roberts famously said at his confirmation hearing as Chief Justice. “Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them ... They make sure everybody plays by the rules, but it is a limited role.
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Raw Story
Stephen Gutowski / The Reload:
Exclusive: NRA Revenues Cut in Half Since 2018, Legal Spending Spiked in 2021 — The National Rifle Association of America shrank significantly through the first eight months of 2021, according to detailed financial records obtained by The Reload. — The contraction came in membership …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
So long, Omicron: White House eyes next phase of pandemic — Biden and his top health officials have already begun hinting at an impending “new normal.” — The White House is preparing to move on from Omicron. — Emboldened by falling case counts, the Biden administration is plotting …
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Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
A ‘Master Class’ in Gerrymandering, This Time Led by N.Y. Democrats — The maps approved by Democrats in the New York State Legislature could lead their party to seize as many as three House seats from Republicans. — Democrats across the nation have spent years railing against partisan gerrymandering …
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Angela Swartz / AlmanacNews.com:
Woodside freezes SB 9 projects, citing an exemption for mountain lion habitats — New housing law allows up to four residential units per lot — Mountain lions and housing policy aren't often uttered in the same sentence, but that was the case last week in Woodside.
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The Daily Beast
Rebecca Mansour / Breitbart:
Peter Schweizer's ‘Red-Handed’ Hits #1 on New York Times Bestseller List — Peter Schweizer's blockbuster new book Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list, one week after its release by HarperCollins.
Darragh Roche / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's Old ‘Grudge’ Helped Propel Ron DeSantis to GOP Stardom: Lev Parnas — Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas has said that former President Donald Trump's boosted Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' political career because of a “grudge” against former Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump considered blanket pardons for Jan. 6 rioters before he left office — In the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump seriously considered issuing a blanket pardon for all participants in the Jan. 6 riot, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Phil Rosen / Insider:
Metaverse mortgages are being issued to buy virtual land — and one of the first ever was just signed for a property in Decentraland — TerraZero Technologies facilitated one of the first ever “metaverse mortgages” for a client buying virtual property in Decentraland.
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Senate moves to confirm new D.C. judges amid vacancy crisis — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed three D.C. judicial nominees after the city's courts warned in December about the severity of its long-standing crisis of judicial vacancies. — The D.C. Superior Court and D.C. Court of Appeals …
Washington Post:
Virginia judge declines to act immediately on school boards' suit seeking to halt Youngkin's mask-optional order — An Arlington County Circuit Court judge is weighing how to act on a request from seven Virginia school boards to halt implementation of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's order making masks optional in schools.
Justice News:
Four Defendants Arrested In Connection With The Overdose Death Of Michael K. Williams — Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced that IRVIN CARTAGENA …
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