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New York Times:
McCarthy Feared G.O.P. Lawmakers Put ‘People in Jeopardy’ After Jan. 6  —  New audio recordings reveal Kevin McCarthy worried that comments by his far-right colleagues could incite violence.  He said he would try to rein in the lawmakers, but has instead defended them.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Meadows' texts reveal new details about the key role a little-known GOP congressman played in efforts to overturn election  —  Washington (CNN)Newly obtained text messages and recent court filings fill in significant gaps about the key role a little-known Pennsylvania Republican …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Fauci pulls out of WHCD.  Is Biden next?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Late Tuesday night, CNN's Oliver Darcy and Kaitlan Collins scooped that ANTHONY FAUCI is dropping out of this weekend's White House Correspondents' Association dinner over concerns about Covid-19.
Discussion: Twitchy and The Hill
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Kevin McCarthy keeps repeating false claim that attorney general called parents ‘terrorists’ for wanting to attend school board meetings
Discussion: Fox News
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Twitter says mass deactivations after Musk news were ‘organic’  —  How Elon Musk's Twitter takeover could change the platform  —  Twitter was flooded with user reports of high-profile accounts losing thousands of followers in the hours after news broke that Tesla CEO Elon Musk would purchase …
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Politico:
Twitter's top lawyer reassures staff, cries during meeting about Musk takeover  —  Monday was an emotional day at Twitter — even for its executives.  —  Shortly after billionaire Elon Musk bought the powerful social media platform, top Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde called a virtual meeting …
HuffPost:
Susan Collins: Elon Musk Should Let Donald Trump Back On Twitter
NBC News:
Under Musk, some fear Twitter's moderation progress could unravel
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Disney tells investors state can't dissolve special district without paying debt  —  As Florida legislators were rushing through passage of a bill to repeal the special district that governs Walt Disney World last week, they failed to notice an obscure provision in state law that says the state …
Associated Press:
Russia releases US Marine vet as part of prisoner exchange  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia and the United States carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange on Wednesday, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Return of Trevor Reed  —  Today, we welcome home Trevor Reed and celebrate his return to the family that missed him dearly.  Trevor, a former U.S. Marine, is free from Russian detention.  I heard in the voices of Trevor's parents how much they've worried …
Discussion: Fox News
J. Michael Luttig / CNN:
The Republican blueprint to steal the 2024 election  —  Ex-Judge who played key role in Trump-Pence feud speaks out for first time  —  J. Michael Luttig, appointed by President George H. W. Bush, formerly served on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for 15 years.
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Michigan Republican resigns from GOP committee citing ‘delusional lies’  —  Lansing — Tony Daunt, a longtime Michigan Republican insider, resigned Tuesday night from the GOP's state committee, saying party leaders had made the coming election a test of “who is most cravenly loyal” to former President Donald Trump.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Political Wire
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Los Angeles Times:
Villanueva backs off investigation of Times reporter who revealed cover-up  —  Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Tuesday that his department was targeting a Times journalist in a criminal leak investigation for her reporting on a departmental cover-up, but after a barrage …
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Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Times protests sheriff's criminal leak investigation against reporter
Discussion: Deadline
WSOC-TV:
Sources: Rep. Madison Cawthorn cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas  —  CHARLOTTE — Rep. Madison Cawthorn was cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday morning, three sources tell Channel 9.  —  According to the TSA, a 9 millimeter handgun was discovered …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Madison Cawthorn Is Trying to Commit Every Possible Scandal
Discussion: Rolling Stone and CNBC
Greg Myre / NPR:
How does Ukraine keep intercepting Russian military communications?  —  Russia is regarded as one of the world's most advanced countries when it comes to anything and everything related to spying, and that includes secretive, high-tech military communications.
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NBC News:
U.S. intel helped Ukraine protect air defenses, shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds of troops
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Before the Moskva, there was the Kursk: The sunken submarine that helped Putin consolidate power over Russia
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ohio Senate Race Pits Trump and Son Against Big G.O.P. Group  —  The Club for Growth has lined up behind Josh Mandel.  Donald J. Trump and his eldest son, Donald Jr., are backing J.D. Vance.  Tuesday's outcome will be a crucial test of the former president's sway.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Opinion Today
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Admits He Oversaw Pay for Executive Who Got Fishy Perks  —  Trump said in a just-released deposition that he personally oversaw the pay of the Trump Organization's chief operating officer.  That could be a problem for him.  —  In a lawsuit's never-before-seen testimony …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
NY attorney general's office says it's nearly done unraveling Trump's ‘Russian nesting doll’
Discussion: Raw Story and Reuters
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Opinion Does the exit ramp look more attractive to Putin now?  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin protested to Kremlin visitors Monday that his adversaries were trying to “win on the battlefield” and “destroy Russia from within.”  For once, he wasn't just being paranoid.
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Twitter Admits It Hid Tweets About HBO's QAnon Docuseries  —  Twitter told the director of “Q: Into the Storm” it had “made the decision not to allow promotion of this documentary” when he tried to advertise the film.  —  Alerts  —  For the past year, Twitter has censored tweets …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Warren tries to ‘light the fire of urgency’ for Democrats  —  As Elizabeth Warren surveys the landscape for her party, she does not like what she sees.  —  “We've got nearly 200 days.  If we don't deliver, if we don't get up off our rear ends and make it happen, we're in real trouble,” …
Discussion: The Hill
CBS News:
Biden tells Congressional Hispanic Caucus he's looking at forgiving some federal student loan debt  —  President Biden is looking at different options to forgive an unspecified but substantial amount of federal student loan debt — a move that would thrill some of his most loyal supporters …
Washington Post:
Trump's Georgia allies are running on 2020 grievance.  It may not work.  —  WATKINSVILLE, Ga. — David Perdue's quest to unseat a longtime friend and fellow Republican, Gov. Brian Kemp, drew some cheers Monday evening at a gathering of about 50 Republicans around a pickup truck …
Michelle Ruiz / Vogue:
How Female Correspondents Are Defining War Coverage in Ukraine  —  Isobel Yeung has maintained her composure while reporting on atrocities that some people can hardly stomach.  As a Vice News correspondent, the 35-year-old London-based Yeung has covered the child brides and domestic abuse victims …
 
 
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Before Washington's ‘Nerd Prom,’ Lots of Risk-Benefit Calculation
Discussion: Axios
Matt Egan / CNN:
A major recession is coming, Deutsche Bank warns
Discussion: The Hill and Prediction Markets
Eli Clifton / Responsible Statecraft:
Surprise: Ex-general pushing for NATO troops in Ukraine has weapons industry ties
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and The Barricade
Washington Post:
Opinion Biden shows once again why he is a huge upgrade from Trump
Discussion: HuffPost and Daily Kos
Jack Crosbie / Rolling Stone:
Republican Lawmaker Resigns After Texting Alleged Pedophile 72 Times
Discussion: Fox News, Daily Kos and The Daily Beast
Rebecca Jones / BBC:
Viola Davis responds to critics of her Michelle Obama portrayal
CT Insider:
Lamont confirms forthcoming book on Trump
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 Earlier Items: 
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump judges audition for Supreme Court
Alex Burness / Denver Post:
Matt Gray, Colorado lawmaker arrested on DUI suspicion, will not seek reelection
Discussion: The Colorado Sun
Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:
Florida man asks schools to ban Bible following the state's efforts to remove books
Leah Askarinam / New York Times:
Provocateur in Pearls: Kay Ivey Races to the Right
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
Dems grow alarmed by lack of fear over Roe's future
William Turton / Bloomberg:
Tech Giants Duped Into Giving Up Data Used to Sexually Extort Minors
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Most Americans have been infected with the coronavirus at least once, the C.D.C. says.
 

 
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Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: WBD continues to hold talks with the NBA about keeping the rights, but it's more likely the league signs papers with NBCUniversal, forcing WBD to match

New York Times:
Sources: Sony and Apollo sign NDAs but back away from their $26B offer for Paramount's assets, partly due to Sony shareholders' concerns over streaming costs
 
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