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Exclusive: Elon Musk orders removal of Twitter suicide prevention feature, sources say — Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter …
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CNN:
Trump White House drafted statement attacking Barr after he publicly refuted Trump's voter fraud claims, transcript reveals — In December 2020, after then-Attorney General William Barr publicly refuted President Donald Trump's claims that the election was rigged, White House staffers drafted …
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Diana Glebova / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Con Job And A Disgrace’: Donald Trump Issues Video Response To Jan. 6 Report — Former President Donald Trump issued a video response to the release of the Jan. 6 report Friday, claiming the committee investigating the riot omitted evidence, made false statements and …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Jan. 6 report's most important finding: Trump enabled extremist groups — It will take weeks to absorb the massive, 845-page report from the House Jan. 6 select committee. No doubt, certain sections will receive more attention than others, such as Chapter 1, about Donald Trump's role …
David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Devastating New History of the January 6th Insurrection
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
The F.D.A. Now Says It Plainly: Morning-After Pills Are Not Abortion Pills — Labels of Plan B One-Step had previously said, without scientific evidence, that the pill might block fertilized eggs from implanting in the womb. — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday significantly changed …
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Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
FDA changes Plan B label, clarifies it won't cause abortion
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Guillermo / Foreign Policy Research Institute:
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts How the Battle for the Donbas Shaped Ukraine's Success — A nation must think before it acts. — BOTTOM LINE — As the Russian-Ukrainian War enters the winter, Ukrainians have reason to be cautiously optimistic about the course of the war.
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Tory Lanez Found Guilty of Shooting Megan Thee Stallion — Mr. Lanez, a Canadian rapper, was convicted of firing at the Houston hip-hop star after an argument in 2020. The matter became the subject of speculation and gossip on social media and in songs. — LOS ANGELES …
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Release of Select Committee Materials — Washington—Today, the Select Committee made public additional transcripts of witness testimony that was gathered over the course of the Select Committee's investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Peter Sterne / City & State New York:
'It's on life support.' Hochul's chief judge pick faces existential opposition — A growing number of Democrats have expressed publicly that they will vote against Hector LaSalle, possibly pressuring the governor to appeal to Republicans. — Gov. Kathy Hochul has so far stuck by her choice.
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Elon Musk's Twitter Antics Are Hurting Tesla's Brand — Not long ago, Tesla's electric vehicles were far and away the best on the market. If you wanted a stylish, long-range, easy-to-charge and feature-packed E.V., Elon Musk would be your most likely supplier — even if you hated his guts.
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
House Clears $1.7 Trillion Spending Package, Averting Shutdown — The bill, which passed the Senate on Thursday, now heads to President Biden's desk for his signature. — WASHINGTON — Congress on Friday cleared a roughly $1.7 trillion government funding package that would provide significant increases …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House approves $1.7 trillion omnibus bill amid GOP objections, sending it to Biden
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Wall Street Journal:
Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers — Russia's president built a power structure designed to deliver him the information he wants to hear, feeding into his miscalculation on the Ukraine war — MOSCOW—Russian troops were losing the battle for Lyman …
James Fallows / Breaking the News:
The Skill Involved in Zelensky's Congressional Address — The words of the speech were ‘left brain,’ with careful writerly eloquence. The in-person performance was ‘right brain,’ with emotional power beyond the words. The combination was remarkable. — This post starts with some major …
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The Post Millennial:
SCOOP: National Guard informs troops last paycheck before Christmas will be late as Biden admin sends billions to Ukraine — The National Guard Bureau “is currently working the issue with DFAS time now,” the letter read, “we would hope the issue is rectified today or tomorrow.” — Minute Read
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Michael Barajas / Bolts:
Ten Questions that Will Shape Democracy and Voting Rights in 2023 — The ubiquitous pronouncement that “democracy itself” was on the ballot in 2022 felt true across much of the country. Nearly every state saw candidates for governor, Congress, or secretary of state who subscribed …
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica during one of the most consequential legislative weeks of the year — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica this week. — That's despite the House voting on a major government spending bill that she's dubbed the “omnimonster.”
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Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Orders an End to Illegal Mastercard Business Tactics and Requires it to Stop Blocking Competing Debit Card Payment Networks — Company violated the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act and Fed regulations, agency alleges — The Federal Trade Commission is ordering an end …
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Bidens read to children at Children's National Hospital ahead of Christmas weekend — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with patients at Children's National Hospital in Washington on Friday, carrying on a longstanding tradition during the holiday season.
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Bidens visit patients at Children's National Hospital
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