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New numbers ---> More than 30,000 of the people who were airlifted after Kabul fell are associated with paramilitary troops who worked closely with the CIA. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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This is the startling scene of a Ukrainian ambush that killed at least 400 Russian soldiers:
Blown up tanks, detritus of pontoon bridges, branches shorn off by explosions.
Bodies of Russian soldiers, some half buried in the mud.
By @AndrewKramerNYT
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Amerie Jo Garza, 10
She was killed in her Texas school hours after this photo was taken
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“the Russian military believed that they had a chance to win a conflict with the West…because the West…the United States, would never sustain heavy casualties like the Russian Army can sustain, because, to the leadership, the cost of life is different.” newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/p…
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Jan. 6 panel is told that Trump indicated support for hanging Pence during insurrection wapo.st/3PGISNU
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Former GOP Senate Majority Leader and surgeon at Mass General
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Critics of new gun laws -- such as Gov. Abbott -- often bring up Chicago. Well, we fact checked that in 2017 --> Does a city with the ‘toughest gun laws’ end up with ‘worst gun violence’? washingtonpost.com/news/fact…
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Author of "How to Murder Your Husband" book convicted for murdering her husband.
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This is the first, definitive reporting on the Afghanistan withdrawal about who the U.S. brought here and who was left behind. Read @GlennKesslerWP for the specifics: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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BREAKING: Pa. secretary of state orders recount in GOP primary between Oz, McCormick Via @feliciasonmez washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Brad Raffensperger defied Trump. Georgia voters rewarded him for it. wapo.st/3sXevZM
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buried in this: "The committee has also gathered testimony that Mr. Meadows used the fireplace in his office to burn documents, according to two people briefed on the panel’s questions."
NEWS: The Jan 6 committee has testimony that Meadows told colleagues Trump said something to the effect of maybe Pence should be hung nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/po…
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More than 30,000 of those evacuated from Afghanistan by the @DeptofDefense were "associated with the @CIA," reports @GlennKesslerWP, aka "The Fact Checker":
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Fox reporting this after devoting hours and hours of coverage to suggesting armed officers at schools is the most logical solution to preventing these massacres.
NEW: Texas DPS tells me there was in fact a school police officer on campus at Robb Elementary who exchanged gunfire with the shooter and the officer was shot & injured. That is when the shooter ran inside the school, barricaded himself in a class, & began killing. @FoxNews
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“The committee has also gathered testimony that Mr. Meadows used the fireplace in his office to burn documents, according to two people briefed on the panel’s questions.”
NEWS: The Jan 6 committee has testimony that Meadows told colleagues Trump said something to the effect of maybe Pence should be hung nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/po…
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Y'all know how close the WSJ's U.S. News team is to my heart and we are currently looking for someone amazing to lead it. Could that be you? Apply here: wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/us-news… And please come to me with any questions :)
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NEWS: The Jan 6 committee has testimony that Meadows told colleagues Trump said something to the effect of maybe Pence should be hung nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/po…
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As many of us wrestle with our emotions today, something a source said just smacked me in the face: 3 mostly Mexican-American communities in West Texas -- El Paso, Odessa and now Uvalde -- have experienced mass shootings in the last 4 years. 2 of those shootings were at schools.
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NEW: Texas DPS tells me there was in fact a school police officer on campus at Robb Elementary who exchanged gunfire with the shooter and the officer was shot & injured. That is when the shooter ran inside the school, barricaded himself in a class, & began killing. @FoxNews
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