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Kadia Goba / Axios:
Scoop: McCarthy trashes Cheney on hot mic — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he's “lost confidence” in Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) during a moment of candor caught on a hot mic, a tape reviewed by Axios shows. — What he's saying: “I think she's got real problems …
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney's biggest problem has nothing to do with Trump — Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) is purportedly again at risk of losing her position as House Republican Conference chair, the third-ranking member of the House GOP leadership. For most Republicans, the reason is that she crossed President Donald Trump …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Kevin McCarthy: Master of Strategery — Pushing our Liz McCarthy makes it easier to turn 2022 into another referendum on Trumpism. — Kevin McCarthy, apparently, thinks that if he can stop Liz Cheney from talking about former President Trump's promotion of the election lies that led to the January 6 riot …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Purging Liz Cheney for Opposing Trump's Insurrection — In the few days after January 6, it appeared the Republican establishment that had tolerated four years of naked corruption and frequently undisguised racism had finally lost its patience with Donald Trump.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
McCarthy confirms living arrangements with Luntz after tip to Tucker Carlson
McCarthy confirms living arrangements with Luntz after tip to Tucker Carlson
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump launches new communications platform months after Twitter, Facebook ban — The space will allow Trump to post comments, images, and videos
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders release of DOJ memo justifying not prosecuting Trump — A federal judge has ordered the release of a key Justice Department memo supporting former Attorney William Barr's conclusion that former President Donald Trump should not be prosecuted for obstruction of justice …
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Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel / CREW:
Judge orders DOJ release Trump obstruction memo
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
The Liberals Who Can't Quit Lockdown — Lurking among the jubilant Americans venturing back out to bars and planning their summer-wedding travel is a different group: liberals who aren't quite ready to let go of pandemic restrictions. For this subset, diligence against COVID-19 remains …
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Ariel Zilber / Associated Press:
Derek Chauvin juror LIED about protest: Cop's hope of appeal boosted after picture emerges of juror at BLM rally wearing ‘Get Your Knee Off Our Necks’ T-shirt despite telling court he'd never been on a march — Brandon Mitchell was one of 12 jurors who convicted Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin …
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New York Times:
Giuliani's Legal Bills Are Growing. His Allies Want Trump to Pay Them. — As Rudolph Giuliani faces an escalating federal investigation and defamation suits, his advisers believe he should benefit from a $250 million Trump campaign war chest. — As a federal investigation …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Rising Diversity Might Not Help Democrats as Much as They Hope — Voters of color make up an increasing percentage of the United States electorate, but that trend isn't hurting Republicans as much as conservatives fear. — The Census Bureau released two important sets of data last week …
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Mass Georgia voter cancellations begin using info from other states — Turnout helps reduce size of voter purge from record highs — Georgia election officials plan to start canceling voter registrations as soon as this week, on a smaller scale than in past years and, for the first time …
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David Zweig / New York Magazine:
Experts: CDC's Summer-Camp Rules Are ‘Cruel’ and ‘Irrational’ — From the peak on January 8 to today, following the trajectory of new COVID cases in the U.S. is like a descent on the Matterhorn. The mortality rate has taken a similar plunge over the past few months.
The Yeshiva World:
Former NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Has Been Released Early From Prison — Sources tell YWN that NY Assemblyman Sheldon Silver has been released from prison and is on his way home. He was released five years earlier than his six year sentence. His original release date was March 10, 2026.
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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
CNN's Don Lemon Slams Santorum's Non-Apology For Racist Comments: ‘It Was Horrible’ — CNN anchor Don Lemon raked former GOP senator-turned-CNN contributor Rick Santorum (R-PA) over the coals on Monday night after Santorum refused to apologize for his racist comments downplaying European settlers' genocide of Native Americans.
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Furious’ Don Lemon Loses His Cool After Chris Cuomo Has Rick Santorum On
‘Furious’ Don Lemon Loses His Cool After Chris Cuomo Has Rick Santorum On
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Washington Post:
Biden sets new vaccine goals as White House grapples with its message — President Biden declared a new goal Tuesday that 70 percent of adults will have at least one coronavirus vaccine shot by the Fourth of July, as the White House grappled with how to send Americans a complex message …
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Sarah Mucha / Axios:
Biden's new goal: 160 million Americans fully vaccinated by July 4th
Biden's new goal: 160 million Americans fully vaccinated by July 4th
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Yamiche Alcindor Is Named Host of ‘Washington Week’ on PBS — She succeeds Robert Costa at a program best known as the longtime home of the anchor Gwen Ifill. — Last month, when Yamiche Alcindor learned she would become the next moderator of the PBS current-affairs show “Washington Week …
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
'We're terrorized': LA sheriffs frequently harass families of people they kill, says report — Los Angeles sheriff's department has routinely retaliated against victims' relatives who speak out, NLG and ACLU say in report — Los Angeles sheriff deputies frequently harass the families …
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Are the Bidens giants? Are the Carters tiny? Or are our eyes failing us? — On first glance, the photograph seems typical enough. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden kneel beside their predecessors in the White House, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, during a trip to Georgia last week.
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Cathy Young:
“Political Correctness” Déjà Vu — Do concerns about “wokeness” and “cancel culture” recycle a 1990s panic over “political correctness,” or are we dealing with same problem of far-left illiberalism? — One trope used to dismiss concerns about overzealous “wokeness,” …
Tom Krattenmaker / USA Today:
Corporations aren't ‘woke,’ they just know their customers. Watch and learn, Republicans. — Why are corporations for democracy, against racism and invested in fighting climate change? They're trying to please people and turn profits. — Have corporations been absorbed by the “woke mob …
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Lynn Vavreck / New York Times:
$100 as an Incentive to Get a Shot? Experiment Suggests It Can Pay Off. — A cash reward works best with Democrats, and relaxing safety guidelines seems to motivate Republicans, a survey study shows. — What's the best way to persuade the millions of Americans who are still unvaccinated against Covid-19 to get their shots?
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Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
Fauci warns against discarding trade rules on Covid vaccines — Biden senior adviser says move would spark legal disputes and delay inoculation campaigns — One of Joe Biden's top coronavirus advisers has warned that forcing drug companies to abandon intellectual property rights …
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Vermont Senate okays noncitizens voting in capital city's elections — Democrats in two Vermont towns are pushing for noncitizens to be allowed to vote — Fox News Flash top headlines for May 4 — Noncitizens who reside in Vermont's capital city Montpelier are now one step closer …
Kirsten Grind / Wall Street Journal:
Inside ‘Facebook Jail’: The Secret Rules That Put Users in the Doghouse — The site's Oversight Board is expected to rule on Donald Trump's case Wednesday. Breaking Facebook's rules can mean removed posts and blocked privileges, but a vast number of guidelines aren't made public.
Will Carless / USA Today:
Proud Boys saw wave of contributions from Chinese diaspora before Capitol attack — The donations started coming in about 10 p.m. on Dec. 17. — A donor named Li Zhang gave $100. A few minutes later, someone named Jun Li donated $100. Then Hao Xu gave $20, followed shortly by $25 from a Ying Pei.
Ian Haworth / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘People Are Going To Be Very, Very Happy When I Make A Certain Announcement!’ Donald Trump Hints At 2024 Run — One question at the forefront of the minds of supporters and critics alike of former President Donald Trump is whether he will return to the campaign trail and run for president once more in 2024.
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
How Democrats can get a voting rights bill through the Senate — Senate Democrats have their marching orders: The caucus leadership has vowed to pass a national voting rights bill that will curb changes Republicans have made in the states that will make it harder to vote for too many Americans.
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Elaina Plott / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself. — The Republican Party trounced the Democrats at every level in Texas in November, only to see its politicians turn on one another over the pandemic and voter-fraud conspiracy theories. — To hear more audio stories from publications …
The Intercept:
Claims by Scott Stringer Accuser Unravel as Progressives Flee New York Mayoral Candidate … In the wake of the allegations made by Tara Reade against then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2020, Maya Wiley co-authored a thoughtful essay framing how to respond to such claims in a fraught time.
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The Guardian:
‘Out-of-control’ Chinese rocket falling to Earth could partially survive re-entry — Long March 5B is doing 27,600km/h in failing orbit, with eventual crash site unknown, after launching space station hub — Part of a huge rocket that launched China's first module for its Tianhe space station …
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The Intercept:
DOJ Threatened MIT Researchers With Subpoena in Collaboration With Bolivian Coup Regime … A Justice Department trial attorney repeatedly contacted Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers asking, eventually under threat of subpoena, about research they had conducted …
Reuters:
Senior Swiss diplomat in Iran found dead after fall from high-rise — The first secretary at the Swiss embassy in Tehran was found dead on Tuesday after falling from a high-rise building where she lived in the north of the city, a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies.
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
In the face of most Democrats' opposition, US Steel cancels a billion-dollar investment — BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania — Exactly two years ago, U.S. Steel Corporation announced that the company would turn its Mon Valley operations into a key source of lightweight steel for the automotive industry.