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Gunman in Deadly C.D.C. Shooting Fixated on Covid Vaccine, Officials Say

The shooting in Atlanta, which killed a police officer, followed the spread of false information around Covid vaccines and animosity directed at the agency, public health workers say.

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Buildings in the Center of Disease Control and Prevention campus were pocked with bullet holes after a deadly shooting in Atlanta.
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Trump Just Shrugs as Kennedy Undermines His Vaccine Legacy

President Trump’s laissez-faire approach is notable, given that the development of the Covid vaccine was seen as one of his first term’s most notable achievements.

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President Trump’s willingness to give the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the space to impose his views leaves room for Mr. Trump to position himself with the portion of his base that has grown deeply skeptical about the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
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Trump Fires Official Over Jobs Report, Echoing an Authoritarian Playbook

In firing the head of the agency that collects employment statistics, the president underscored his tendency to suppress facts he doesn’t like and promote his own version of reality.

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On Friday, President Trump fired the Labor Department official in charge of compiling statistics on employment in America because he did not like the latest jobs report.
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Laura Loomer Attack on West Point Appointee Reflects Larger Fight Over Trump

Jen Easterly, who had served in Republican and Democratic administrations, was headed to the academy. Then a right-wing activist stepped in.

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The Army secretary announced that Ms. Easterly would no longer serve as the Robert F. McDermott Distinguished Chair in the department of social sciences at West Point.
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‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows

An annex to a report by the special counsel John H. Durham was the latest in a series of disclosures about the Russia inquiry, as the Trump team seeks to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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The release of the annex to a report by the special counsel John H. Durham, right, adds new details to the public’s understanding of a complex trove of 2016 Russian intelligence reports analyzing purported emails that Russian hackers stole from Americans.
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No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say

Israel has long restricted aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population. On Saturday, the Israeli military announced new airdrops of aid.

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Palestinians with food handouts northwest of Gaza City last month.
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Gabbard’s Attacks on Obama Put the Attorney General in a Tough Spot

The director of national intelligence gave the Justice Department little warning before she demanded an investigation.

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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, spoke to reporters at the White House on Wednesday.
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Idaho Murders Case Investigators Dispel Baseless Rumors and Theories About Bryan Kohberger

In an interview, the lead prosecutor, Bill Thompson, decried how some of the wild speculations surrounding the case made life “hell” for innocent people.

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Bryan Kohberger at the Ada County Courthouse after his sentencing hearing, in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday.
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In Epstein, Democrats Find Weapon Against Trump and Republicans

Working to exploit a G.O.P. rift, Democrats are aggressively pushing charges of a coverup in the case of the accused pedophile, which many of them once dismissed as a conspiracy theory.

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, and Representative Katherine Clark, Democrat of Massachusetts, arriving for a news conference on Wednesday.
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Macrons Sue Candace Owens, Accusing Her of Defamation

The suit seeks damages after the podcaster claimed Brigitte Macron is a man. The French president and his wife said the statement caused “pain to us and our families.”

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President Emmanuel Macron of France and his wife, Brigitte Macron, have sued Candace Owens, a right-wing podcaster.
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Trump Baselessly Accuses Obama of ‘Treason’ as Questions Swirl About Epstein

President Trump deflected questions about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein by lashing out at his perceived enemies.

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An extended digression by President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday was a stark example of his campaign of retribution against an ever-growing list of enemies.
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