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Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers' Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows — Days before lawyers allied with Donald Trump gave a news conference promoting election conspiracy theories, his campaign had determined that many of those claims were false, court filings reveal.
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Iowa Poll: 62% of Iowans disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as president — Fewer than one third of Iowans approve of the job Joe Biden is doing as president, a steep drop from earlier this year. — Thirty-one percent of Iowans approve of how Biden is handling his job …
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Iowa Poll: Chuck Grassley leads Abby Finkenauer in test of possible U.S. Senate matchup — Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley leads Democrat Abby Finkenauer by 18 percentage points among likely voters in an early test of what could be a marquee matchup in the 2022 midterms.
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Dems fear Biden's domestic agenda could implode — Internal Democratic discord has wounded President Joe Biden's massive social spending plan, raising the prospect that the package could stall out, shrink dramatically — or even fail altogether. — Myriad problems have arisen.
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Biden's agenda is in trouble. It's absolutely clear who is to blame.
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Top Democrats: ‘The votes will be there’ for Biden's embattled spending package
Top Democrats: ‘The votes will be there’ for Biden's embattled spending package
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New FL surgeon general opposes mask, vaccine mandates — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a new surgeon general for Florida on Tuesday, a Harvard-trained doctor who advocated for an approach to the coronavirus pandemic that emphasizes protecting individual rights over community-based precautions.
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DeSantis' new surgeon general questions masks, vaccines, other COVID-19 measures — TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a new state surgeon general Tuesday who has written essays questioning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, the effectiveness of masks and favoring hydroxychloroquine …
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READ: Trump lawyer's memo on six-step plan for Pence to overturn the election — (CNN)John Eastman, a conservative lawyer working with then-President Donald Trump's legal team, outlined in a two-page memo a scheme to try to persuade then-Vice President Mike Pence to subvert the Constitution …
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Initial Reaction to Eastman Memo
Initial Reaction to Eastman Memo
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No More Apologies: Inside Facebook's Push to Defend Its Image — Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, has signed off on an effort to show users pro-Facebook stories and to distance himself from scandals. — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, signed off last month on a new initiative code-named Project Amplify.
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Angelo Codevilla, RIP — Terrible news out this morning of the death of Angelo Codevilla, at age 78, reportedly the victim of a drunk driver. — It is hard to overstate the importance and brilliance of Angelo. If you only knew him by his many books and columns (including this 2015 piece …
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Angelo Codevilla, R.I.P.
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Texas couple asked to leave restaurant for wearing face masks to protect their immunocompromised infant — (CNN)A Texas couple who landed themselves a rare night out with friends says it was cut short when the restaurant kicked them out for wearing face masks, which they say they wore to protect their immunocompromised 4-month-old son.
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POLITICO Playbook PM: Sinema, House mods get their way — House Democratic leaders confirmed this morning that they won't be delaying the Sept. 27 vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill — even though the party's larger $3.5 trillion reconciliation package won't likely be ready to go by then.
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Democrats Begin Effort to Curb Post-Trump Presidential Powers
Democrats Begin Effort to Curb Post-Trump Presidential Powers
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Their Baby Died in the Hospital. Then Came the $257,000 Bill. — A New York family had good health insurance. But the bills for their daughter's care started showing up and kept coming. — Brittany Giroux Lane gave birth to her daughter, Alexandra, a few days before Christmas in 2018.
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Boris Johnson admits he has six children — London (CNN)Boris Johnson has finally admitted that he has six children, a question he has previously dodged in numerous interviews and press conferences. — The British Prime Minister, speaking to NBC's Today show on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly …
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Boris Johnson admits he has six children
Boris Johnson admits he has six children
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Sinema Cueing Up To Go Indy (Must Read) — Absolutely fascinating look at Kyrsten Sinema's efforts to position herself as an independent in Arizona, possibly formally but definitely in effect. It makes pretty clear she's not done with politics or angling for a high dollar lobbying gig, as some speculate.
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Democrats' dwindling 2022 map — Democrats are trying to unseat only about half as many Republican House members next year as they did in 2020, trimming their target list from 39 to 21. — Why it matters: The narrowing map — which reflects where Democrats see their best chance of flipping seats …
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Oregon House Republicans furious after redistricting committee changes during special session
Oregon House Republicans furious after redistricting committee changes during special session
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Huge hack reveals embarrassing details of who's behind Proud Boys and other far-right websites — Researchers say it will allow them to gain important new insights into how extremists operate online — Epik long has been the favorite Internet company of the far-right …
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Haitian migrants revolt in custody and seize control of privately contracted bus — DEL RIO, Texas — Haitian migrants who were being transported on a federally contracted private bus away from the border revolted during the ride and overtook control of the commercial vehicle before escaping, according to two law enforcement officials.
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Where are the tests? — Your daughter wakes up with a scratchy throat, and you can't decide whether she should go to school. — You can't shake a runny nose and start wondering whether it's really because of allergies. — You're planning a family gathering, but you are nervous about your aging parents being there.
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U.S. default this fall would cost 6 million jobs, wipe out $15 trillion in wealth, study says — GOP refuses to help Democrats raise debt ceiling as study spells out devastating consequences of inaction — America could plunge into an immediate recession if Congress fails to raise …
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Ohio Senate candidate who compared refugees to alligators is the grandson of refugees aided by resettlement organizations — (CNN)An Ohio Senate candidate who has pushed strong anti-refugee messages against Afghans and others is the grandson of refugees from Europe who settled in the Cleveland area …
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Google to Buy New York City Office Building for $2.1 Billion — Manhattan deal is priciest sale of a U.S. office building since pandemic began — Google said it is buying a Manhattan office building for $2.1 billion, one of the clearest signals yet of Big Tech's growing appetite for office space …
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Secret recording captures gubernatorial candidate James Craig taking extreme position on abortion — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig was swarmed by protesters at his campaign launch at Belle Isle. — Republican gubernatorial candidate James Craig said if elected he would block …
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Herschel Walker will speak at Trump rally in Georgia — Herschel Walker, the NFL-star-turned-Senate-hopeful, will speak at former President Donald Trump's rally in Georgia on Saturday. — Walker will be joined by two other Georgia Republicans running for statewide office, Rep. Jody Hice …
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Politico Playbook: Hey, the Hunter-laptop story was legit after all — The deuce you say. Maybe the rest of the national media shouldn't have rushed to bury the story of Hunter Biden's laptop in the first place, huh? A new book from a Politico reporter belatedly clears the decks …
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Eric Trump's Lawyer In New York State Attorney General's Suit Quits — Alawyer representing Eric Trump in the New York Attorney General's civil suit alleging the Trump Organization committed fraud has quit, according to a court filing he submitted last week.
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US: Treatment of Haitian Migrants Discriminatory — Chased by Border Agents on Horseback; Returned to Danger in Haiti — (Washington, DC) - The US deployment of border agents on horseback against Haitian migrants on September 19, 2021, stems from abusive and racially discriminatory immigration policies …
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Texas Abortion Law Faces Pushback From Some Companies — Lyft, Box, Stitch Fix among dozens of companies to sign statement; some large Texas employers declined to sign — Dozens of businesses are going public with their opposition to a new Texas law that bars abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy …
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Mnuchin's $2.5 Billion Fund Shows a Need for Tougher Ethics Rules — Did the former Treasury secretary lay the groundwork for his new venture while traveling to Saudi Arabia on government business? That's a question we shouldn't have to ask. — Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's …
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GOP Senate candidates back Trump on almost everything. But only Greitens has joined him in publicly attacking McConnell. — Former Missouri governor Eric Greitens (R), who is running for Senate, said Tuesday that if he wins next year, he will not support Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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After Altercation at Restaurant, Black Lives Matter Claims NYC Vaccine Mandate Is Being Weaponized — After a skirmish involving NYC's vaccine mandate and African-American patrons erupted at Carmine's restaurant in the Upper West Side last week, Black Lives Matter of Greater New York …
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Amazon is supporting the effort to reform the nation's cannabis policy — An update on our advocacy for equitable workplaces. — In June 2021, we announced that Amazon would exclude marijuana from our comprehensive pre-employment drug screening program for unregulated positions (e.g. …
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Remarks by President Biden Before the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly — THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, my fellow delegates, to all those who dedicate themselves to this noble mission of this institution: It's my honor to speak to you for the first time as President of the United States.
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