Bloomberg reports that “selfie-snapping rioters” at the U.S. Capitol last week left the FBI a trail of over 140,000 images.
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Sturgeon Sets Out Plan for Scottish Independence Vote
“Scotland’s leader Nicola Sturgeon laid out plans to hold a fresh independence referendum in October 2023, attempting to break a legal logjam on any potential secession by referring the legality…
Fed More Concerned About Inflation Than Recession
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said he’s “more concerned about the risk of failing to stamp out high inflation than he was about the possibility of raising interest rates too high…
The Vanishing Moderate Democrat
New York Times: “The bigger, more consequential question — not just for the moderates but for all Democrats — is whether this projected midterm wipeout is merely a cyclical occurrence…
Newspapers Keep Failing
“Over 360 newspapers in the United States have gone out of business since just before the start of the pandemic,“ the New York Times reports. “Overall, 2,500 newspapers in the…
Iran Nuclear Talks Stall Again
Indirect negotiations between Iran and the U.S. over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers will end Wednesday in Qatar, the AP reports. Save to Favorites
John Wood Launches Independent Missouri Senate Bid
John Wood, a former senior investigator for the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, launched a Senate campaign in Missouri as an independent, calling…
Masters Leads by Double Digits in Arizona Primary
A new Public Policy Polling survey finds Blake Masters leading the GOP Senate field with 29%, followed by Mark Brnovich at 15%, Jim Lamon at 10%, and Michael McGuire at…
Warnock Jumps to Big Lead Over Walker
A new Quinnipiac poll in Georgia shows Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) jumping out to a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Herschel Walker (R), 54% to 44%. In the matchup for…
Harris Creates Uncertainty About Biden’s 2024 Plans
“Vice President Kamala Harris created new uncertainty Wednesday about President Biden’s intentions to run for reelection in 2024, pulling back from a definitive statement she had made earlier in the…
Cassidy Hutchinson Stands By Her Testimony
“Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, released a new statement standing by her blockbuster testimony revealed in a hearing with the House…
Justice Stephen Breyer Will Retire on Thursday
“Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will officially retire on Thursday, paving the way for President Joe Biden’s appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in to the lifetime…
Quote of the Day
“Listen, I think that we need to focus on keeping a democracy for anybody to be president in the next couple of years.” — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), quoted by…
U.S. Military to Expand in Europe to Counter Russia
“The U.S. will make its biggest military expansion in Europe in decades, including a permanent troop presence in Poland, as NATO prepares for two more members to join the alliance…
Cheney Calls on Trump Counsel to Testify
“Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) reinvigorated her call for former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify before the House Jan. 6 committee in the wake of damning testimony from…
Election Denier Loses Her Election and Denies She Lost
Daily Beast: “Tina Peters, the Colorado county clerk who flogged election conspiracy theories and was then indicted for allegedly breaching her own voting machines, lost her primary bid to become…
Pelosi Received Communion at the Vatican
Speaker Nancy Pelosi received communion during a papal mass — a notable break between the Vatican and the San Francisco archbishop who denied her the sacrament due to her stance…
FBI Opens Sweeping Probe of Clergy Sex Abuse
“The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, a rare federal foray into such cases looking specifically…
Supreme Court Narrows Ruling for Tribes in Oklahoma
“The Supreme Court on Wednesday narrowed the sweep of its landmark 2020 decision declaring that much of eastern Oklahoma falls within Indian reservation lands, allowing state authorities to prosecute non-Indians…
Trump Aides Brace for Damage
New York Times: “Current and former aides to Mr. Trump sent one another messages as the hearing took place, describing a series of disclosures that they conceded were potentially quite…
Secret Service Says Trump Didn’t Assault Agents
Washington Post: “Secret Service agents dispute that Donald Trump assaulted any agent or tried to grab the steering wheel on Jan 6. They agree Trump was furious about not being…
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