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Editorial: Follow Mitch’s lead: McConnell shows some backbone, a rarity in the Republican Party

Properly translating the Republican National Committee’s Orwellian statement that the Jan. 6 Capitol marauders and rioters were “ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dropped the Newspeak and said in plain English: “We all were here. We saw what happened. It was a violent insurrection…

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Rand Paul: ‘We can be respectful and adults’ on Biden’s Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden hasn’t yet settled on a nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘We’re applauding Republicans willing to admit that what happened, happened’

Late-night hosts discuss Mitch McConnell’s rebuke of the RNC and the racist foundations of America’s highway system

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Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him

A rift over the Republican National Committee's symbolic vote to censure former President Donald Trump’s House GOP critics has exposed the competing forces fighting to control the party

The Independent UK

Republicans: Biden forcing ‘woke’ agenda in infrastructure law

WASHINGTON — Republicans are ramping up complaints that the Biden administration is injecting its agenda into its implementation of the bipartisan infrastructure law despite agreements reached by Republicans and Democrats to pass it last year.

Tribune News Service

GOP chaos: Senate chances in danger?

Larry Hogan is the third governor to reject Mitch McConnell's pleas, while Trump backs slew of MAGA diehards

Salon

Republicans: Biden forcing 'woke' agenda in infrastructure law - Roll Call

Republicans are ramping up complaints that the White House is injecting its agenda into implementing the bipartisan infrastructure law.

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GOP leaders: Trapped by Trump

McConnell and McCarthy, though spineless and soulless, would love to move on. But a Certain Someone won't let them

Salon

The Jan. 6 Capitol attacks offer a reminder – distrust in government has long been part of Republicans' playbook

The Republican National Committee has legitimized the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attacks. The RNC declared on Feb. 4, 2022, that the insurrection and preceding events were “legitimate political discourse” — an assertion that Sen. Mitch McConnell soon after countered, saying that it was a “violent insurrection.”

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First Thing: Macron claims Putin gave him personal assurances on Ukraine

French president’s statement that Russian leader vowed not to escalate crisis met with scepticism in Kyiv. Plus, A-ha moments could trigger fast climate action

The Guardian - UK

Mitch McConnell rebukes RNC for censuring party members investigating ‘violent insurrection’

The Republican National Committee chastised Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, irking the Senate minority leader

The Guardian - US

"No doubt" Mitch wants Trump indicted

There's "absolutely no doubt" McConnell wants to see former President Donald Trump get indicted, George Conway says

Salon

Sen. Mitch McConnell denounces censure of 2 House Republicans; Rep. Kevin McCarthy dodges the question

WASHINGTON — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said it was “not the job” of the Republican National Committee to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the House investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, which he described as a “violent insurrection” in contrast to…

Los Angeles Times

Sen. Mitch McConnell slams GOP whitewash of Jan. 6 attack: ‘A violent insurrection’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell denounced the Republican National Committee for suggesting the attack on the Capitol was “legitimate political discourse” and said it was wrong to censure lawmakers who joined the congressional probe of the insurrection.

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Al Jazeera

Republican leader rebukes RNC for censure of Jan 6 investigators

Senior US senator rejects RNC claim January 6 was ‘legitimate political discourse’; calls it ‘a violent insurrection’.

Axios

McConnell: It is "not the job" of the RNC to single out GOP lawmakers

"Traditionally, the view of the national party committee is that we support all members of our party."

The Independent UK

McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 'violent insurrection'

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers investigating the “violent insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it’s not the party’s job to decide whom to support

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff evacuated from DC school over bomb threat – as it happened

Second gentleman escorted by security from Dunbar high school in Washington

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Congress Wants Biden to Increase Pressure on Iran

The US Senate warned President Joe Biden about the increasing Houthi attacks on US allies, and lawmakers intensified their pressure on the administration to re-designate the militias on the list of terrorism. In a rare move, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell dedicated his daily inaugural statement to address Iran's proxies…

Roll Call

‘Nauseously woke,’ lunch in the Capitol and unicorn poop - Congressional Hits & Misses - Roll Call

Sen. James Lankford prolonged the Senate adjourning for snacks while Sen. Richard J. Durbin rattled off the weirdest possible vape flavors. Rep. Jim McGovern threatened to lower the temperature in the House Rules Committee if members didn’t speed up comments. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden outed Sen. Mitch McConnell, saying that…

The Independent UK

‘He wants him out’: Morning Joe host says McConnell wants the ‘dirty truth’ about Trump to emerge

Remarks come amid disagreement on pardons for accused Capitol rioters

The Independent UK

Mitch McConnell ridiculed as he admits he ‘doesn’t know’ if any Black women work for him: ‘I haven’t checked’

‘We don’t have a racial quota in my office’

The Guardian - US

Russia is the ‘aggressor’, says White House, but Biden open to more talks with Putin – as it happened

White House dismisses Putin’s criticism of US and allies while Blinken urges Russia to pursue diplomatic path in Ukraine

Salon

Are Black people real "Americans"?

McConnell's "gaffe" was nothing of the kind — it reflected a core belief driving the Republican attack on democracy

Axios

Trump helps launch GOP Senate campaign arm podcast

It shows how crucial the GOP considers Trump to its chances of taking back the majority.

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