New audio shows Kevin McCarthy's gutless depths.
SUSAN COLLINS: ELON MUSK SHOULD LET DONALD TRUMP BACK ON TWITTER Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was no fan of Donald Trump's incendiary tweets and even called one post "appalling." But now that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is buying Twitter, the moderate Republican says Trump's Twitter account should be reinstated. "To me, it's ironic that we allow Russian government sites to be on Twitter, but we don't allow President Trump," she said. [HuffPost] KAMALA HARRIS TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19. She has no symptoms and has not been in recent close contact with President Joe Biden. Harris has been fully vaccinated and then boosted twice. She is taking Paxlovid, Pfizer's antiviral medicine. [HuffPost] UN CHIEF, PUTIN AGREE ON KEY UKRAINE EVACUATION U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin met one-on-one for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the United Nations said they agreed on arranging evacuations from a besieged steel complex in Mariupol. Guterres is due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Thursday. [AP] KEVIN MCCARTHY FEARED GOP LAWMAKERS WERE INCITING VIOLENCE AFTER JAN. 6 A leaked audio recording shows House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was concerned that his GOP colleagues' rhetoric before and after the Capitol riot would inspire violence. "He's putting people in jeopardy," McCarthy said of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on a Jan. 10, 2021, conference call with House GOP leaders. [HuffPost] |
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POTENTIAL JUROR MOUTHS THREATS AT PARKLAND SHOOTER Deputies protecting Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz had to pull him aside and surround him after a member of a jury pool mouthed possible threats toward him and caused others to become "excited." Cops said they feared a potential brawl. [AP] OKLAHOMA GOV SIGNS BAN ON NONBINARY BIRTH CERTIFICATES Oklahoma GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill explicitly prohibiting the use of nonbinary gender markers on state birth certificates, a ban experts say is the first of its kind in the U.S. The bill followed a flap last year over the state Health Department's agreement in a civil case allowing a nonbinary option. [AP] CHLOE KIM SAYS SHE'S TAKING A MENTAL HEALTH BREAK FROM SNOWBOARDING Winter Olympics superstar Chloe Kim said she's taking a break from snowboarding "just for my mental health," months after her second straight halfpipe gold medal. Kim said she will take an entire competitive year off. She also took a long hiatus after the 2018 Games. [HuffPost] KIDS FLEE AS GUNFIRE ERUPTS AT SOUTH CAROLINA LITTLE LEAGUE GAME As many as 50 gunshots were fired outside a South Carolina baseball field while several Little League games were underway, forcing panicked children to flee and drop to the ground mid-game. No injuries were reported. [HuffPost] WORLD LEADERS, D.C. ELITE PAY TRIBUTE TO MADELEINE ALBRIGHT World leaders and a bevy of U.S. political and foreign policy heavys are preparing to pay their respects to the late Madeleine Albright, America's first female secretary of state. Led by President Joe Biden and predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, some 1,400 mourners will gather to celebrate her life and accomplishments at Washington National Cathedral. [AP] |
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