Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell criticized the Republican National Committee for censuring lawmakers participating in the January 6 investigation. USA Today reports on a growing divide in the GOP. The Justice Department seized more than $3.6 billion in bitcoin last week that had been stolen by hackers — its biggest financial seizure ever. The Wall Street Journal looks at the couple who were arrested for attempting to launder the cryptocurrency haul. Convoy protests in Ottawa are putting the city at the center of the far-right movement against vaccine mandates. As the demonstrations stretch into their second week, Politico explores how they’re disrupting trade along the U.S–Canada border. Charles Dickens was a great writer, but one with terrible penmanship. The Guardian highlights the Dickens Code, a contest that asks people around the world to help decipher the Victorian-era author’s handwriting.

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