Fox News: Trump requested 10,000 National Guard troops at U.S. Capitol ahead of the January 6th rally -- the warning was passed along to leaders at the Capitol, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Vox: Amazon senior manager and former economic policy adviser to Sen. Cory Booker is suing the tech giant and two of its current executives for alleged race and gender discrimination, according to court filing in DC
Statement: NY Attorney General Letitia James formally gets referral from Cuomo's office to launch sexual harassment investigation
WSJ: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration retains veteran white-collar defense attorney Elkan Abramowitz amid probes into Covid-19 nursing-home deaths
BREAKING: Election reform bill passes the Georgia House of Representatives by a vote of 97-72. The bill requires a photo ID when applying for an absentee ballot and limits the times that ballot drop boxes can be accessed. The Bill has already passed the senate, and now will need to be signed by the Governor to go into law.
ICYMI: Andrew Cuomo now accused by 3rd woman following nursing home scandal still underway... and CNN does this https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1366570057430614016?s=21
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>> @ChrisCuomo at the top of @CuomoPrimeTime tonight: "Obviously I am aware of what is going on with my brother. And obviously I cannot cover it because he is my brother. Now, of course CNN has to cover it. They have covered it extensively and they will continue…
Detroit News: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration agreed to pay former state health department director Robert Gordon $155,506 in a separation deal that also required the two sides to maintain confidentiality about the circumstances that led to his abrupt departure
Fox News: Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sued over nursing home coronavirus data
Fox News: Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has joined Fox News as a contributor
Fox Business: Texas Governor Greg Abbott rescinds state mask mandate and says ALL businesses can open 100%
CBS LA: At least 15 people killed when an SUV and a semi-truck collided in Imperial County Tuesday morning, just north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The SUV was carrying 27 people, a local hospital official said
BREAKING: Gov. Reeves lifts all mask mandates in Mississippi and businesses can begin to operate at full capacity without any state-imposed restrictions
NBC NY: Legislators from New York's Assembly and state Senate have struck a deal to strip Governor Andrew Cuomo of his pandemic-linked emergency powers
NBC: A number of migrants seeking asylum and released by Border Patrol have tested positive with Covid-19 in Brownsville, Texas. A spokesperson for the city said that they do not have the authority to retain these migrants who plan to travel to dozens of states throughout the country
DC Examiner: The head of WHO's team which conducted a joint investigation w/ China into COVID-19's origins admits that "we didn't do an audit of any of these labs, so we don’t really have hard facts or detailed data on the work done" at the Wuhan lab
NTD News: at least 108 illegal aliens released by Border Patrol in Texas, tested positive for COVID-19
CBS News: Alabama Senate votes to make hormone therapy, surgery for trans youth a felony