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Washington Post:
Trump demands major changes to childhood vaccine recommendations — The president signed an order instructing states to revise their rules. He also called for narrowing which vaccines are administered to children and splitting shots into multiple appointments.
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The White House:
Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum of December 5 …
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Roll Call, Rolling Stone, One America News Network, The Hill, JURIST, The Independent, MS NOW and NOTUS
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Cassidy blasts vaccine order, saying Trump has no ‘expertise to make these changes’ — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) blasted an executive order signed by President Trump Monday that splits the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot across three separate visits. — “I'm a doctor. This executive order is wrong.
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Washington Post:
Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat — The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel. — Summary
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Mark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence — “The future is for everyone,” Zuckerberg says, describing future that is primarily good for Meta. — Mark Zuckerberg, whose superyacht apparently spent the weekend ignoring or missing the distress signal …
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Mark Zuckerberg / Meta:
The Future is for Everyone — We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history. In the next few years, people will be able to use superintelligence beyond human capacity to create and discover extraordinary new things, build new businesses, express new ideas, learn new concepts, and advance our health and quality of life.
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Politico:
White House officials tamped down efforts to oust Max Miller in final days — Members of President Donald Trump's political team asked Ohio Republicans last week not to wage a public pressure campaign against embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller, after they became increasingly convinced he wouldn't end his reelection bid.
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Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts Max Miller seat to toss-up — The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted Rep. Max Miller's (R-Ohio) seat from “Likely Republican” to “Toss Up” on Monday, underscoring the growing political fallout from allegations of domestic violence against the incumbent.
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Associated Press, Washington Examiner and Popular Information
Adele White / U.S. Senator Ron Johnson:
Senators Johnson, Paul Release Initial Texts from Dr. Fauci's Government iPhone — Dr. Fauci in Jan. 2021: second dose of covid vaccine “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester” — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) …
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Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Senators Release Fauci Texts Discussing Covid Vaccine Risk to Pregnant Women
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Fox News, NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
GOP lawmakers release Fauci texts discussing covid vaccine and pregnancy
GOP lawmakers release Fauci texts discussing covid vaccine and pregnancy
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The Gateway Pundit
Denver Post:
Lauren Boebert's son arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, court records show — Tyler Boebert faces 5 felony charges and was released from jail Sunday, records show — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's son was arrested last week on three felony charges related to sexual exploitation of a child, court records show.
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TMZ.com, Axios, The Colorado Sun, The Independent, Colorado Politics, Newsweek, LGBTQ Nation and The Gateway Pundit
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Erum Salam / MS NOW:
Rep. Lauren Boebert's adult son charged with child sexual exploitation — The MAGA lawmaker who has crusaded against sexual misconduct said she loves her son, and that she takes the allegations “very seriously.” — The adult son of Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert was arrested last weekend …
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Garfield County Sheriff … and Colorado Politics
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him — You'd be forgiven for thinking the saga involving Donald Trump's vile prosecutions of innocent people over his Reflecting Pool fiasco has finally come to an ignominious end. On Thursday, a judge officially threw …
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The Guardian, Truthout, New York Magazine and Forbes
Eli Okun / Politico:
Trump fumes over latest Iran demands — BREAKING: President Donald Trump plans to sign a childhood vaccines executive order today, CBS' Richard Escobedo and Jennifer Jacobs report. — WAR REPORT: Oil has Trump over a political barrel ahead of the midterms.
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Bloomberg, Reuters, The Hill, Breitbart, Fox News, One America News Network, RedState, NewsMax.com, New York Post, Human Events, Truthout, The Independent and Middle East Monitor
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Oil in U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls below 300 million barrels, lowest since 1983
Oil in U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls below 300 million barrels, lowest since 1983
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New York Post, Semafor, The Hill, Quartz, Washington Examiner and The Independent
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Recount puts Trump-backed challenger in the lead of Indiana state Senate primary — State Sen. Spencer Deery, who now trails Republican Paula Copenhaver by three votes, said he will appeal the decision. — A recount in a contested May Indiana state Senate primary has put Republican Paula Copenhaver …
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The Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
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Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:
Indiana recount commission finds Trump-backed challenger victorious
Indiana recount commission finds Trump-backed challenger victorious
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The Gateway Pundit
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Trump's Russia Ties Was Derailed — Documents released by the White House shed new light on the demise of an often-overlooked 2017 F.B.I. investigation. — For the last year, the Trump administration's efforts to seek retribution against intelligence officials …
Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:
25 must-follow people in pro-democracy media — Negativity is a trap we can fall into during times like these. But we need to stay optimistic and motivated if we're going to defeat the criminals who are trying to steal our country. — Here's my subjective list of 25 bright stars of pro-democracy media …
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Move On From the Middle East. It's Not Letting Him. — President Trump is eager to declare success in Iran and Gaza, but he is struggling to impose his will in either conflict. — President Trump may want to let go of the Middle East. But it won't let go of him.
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Reason, Semafor, Ace of Spades HQ and NewsMax.com
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David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
Chris Murphy says he'd ‘support a bad deal’ to end Iran war: ‘Trump has lost’
Chris Murphy says he'd ‘support a bad deal’ to end Iran war: ‘Trump has lost’
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The Hill, PBS NewsHour, Middle East Monitor, Breitbart, HuffPost and Washington Times
Helen Brown / Telegraph:
Harry Potter TV star: 'I strongly disagree with JK Rowling's views' — Possession actress Bel Powley on anti-Semitism, scenes of sexual violence and her feelings on playing Petunia Dursley in the new HBO series — Bel Powley has made a career of putting herself through the wringer.
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Judge grants DOJ's request to dismiss charges against billionaire Adani, but sharply criticizes DOJ officials — Add CBS News on Google — A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and several of his co-defendants …
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
US judge dismisses criminal case against Indian billionaire Adani
US judge dismisses criminal case against Indian billionaire Adani
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NewsMax.com
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Stokes Islamophobia by Calling Democratic Candidates ‘Jihadists’ — Along with his comments about Muslim candidates, Mr. Trump spoke disparagingly of Somalis in the United States, saying “they're not smart.” — President Trump on Monday described Democratic candidates in the midterm elections as …
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New York Post:
Mamdani forced to pause pied-à-terre tax roll-out — and pull down ‘shame the rich’ list in win for NYC homeowners — The reign of pied-à-terror is on pause. — Big Apple homeowners fighting the controversial pied-à-terre tax notched an early victory Monday …
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Wall Street Journal, HotAir, Politico, Business Insider, New York Times, The Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, The Post Millennial, RedState, Gothamist and New York Sun
New York Times:
Ukrainian Drone Attack Deep Into Russia Is Among Its Deadliest of the War — The strike, on an industrial center in Tatarstan, killed at least 13 people. — A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on an industrial city about 550 miles east of Moscow was among the deadliest on Russian territory since …
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19FortyFive, Washington Examiner, HotAir, CNN, CBS News, Euronews, Associated Press and Reuters
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. brokers secret deal on clandestine Syrian nuclear site — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will soon remove nuclear material stored at a clandestine site in Syria after the Trump administration reached understandings with Syria and Israel, according to Israeli and U.S. officials.
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Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and Jewish Insider
Lauren McGaughy / New York Times:
One Source of Paxton's Wealth: A Cell Tower at a Hospital He Knew Well — Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, makes six-figure income from a cellphone tower on the grounds of a hospital where he was a board member. — Over the course of Ken Paxton's decade-long rise to prominence …
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LGBTQ Nation
Media Matters for America:
Megyn Kelly rages at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “This bitch thinks she's going to be president” — How Fox News is trying to cover up the Rep. Max Miller alleged domestic abuse scandal — Newsmax's Michael Savage: “ICE is not going after the worst of the worst. ... They're going after innocent people.”
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Megyn Kelly and National Review
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
How Fox News is trying to cover up the Rep. Max Miller alleged domestic abuse scandal
How Fox News is trying to cover up the Rep. Max Miller alleged domestic abuse scandal
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NOTUS, Staff Stories, UPI and CNBC
Maureen Farrell / New York Times:
Private Equity Is Stuck With 33,575 Unsold Businesses — Even amid a booming deal-making environment, private equity firms are unable to exit a growing number of investments at values their investors require. — The long-awaited deal-making boom has finally arrived.
Reuters:
Taylor Farms recalls salsa, guacamole on salmonella outbreak, intensifying food-safety fears — Taylor Farms is recalling prepared foods containing jalapenos from retailers including Walmart and Whole Foods in several states over potential salmonella contamination, the second major foodborne illness linked …
Tyler Austin Harper / The Atlantic:
Why I Quit the Tenure Track — The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia — As you cross the Androscoggin River into Lewiston, you pass on your left the waterfalls that once set the mills to humming. On your right, affixed to a pockmarked brick mill—now defunct …
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The Hill
Oriana González / NOTUS:
N.C. Republicans Pick State Lawmaker to Replace Chuck Edwards on Ballot — State Rep. Jennifer Balkcom will be the Republican nominee after Edwards dropped out over a sexual harassment scandal. — Copy — North Carolina Republican Party officials have selected state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom …
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NBC News and New York Times
Politico:
A record Trump shouldn't want to beat — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
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The Hill
Rhian Lubin / The Independent:
Trump posted touched-up version of his golf photo to look younger and slimmer — Trump appears to have undergone an computer-generated glow-up — President Donald Trump posted a touched-up photograph of himself from his weekend golf trip, where he appeared much more youthful, instead of sharing the original image.
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New York Magazine, New Republic and The Daily Beast

