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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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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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Top Democrats: ‘The votes will be there’ for Biden's embattled spending package
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POLITICO Playbook: Double trouble for Biden
POLITICO Playbook: Double trouble for Biden
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Pelosi tells House Democrats to prepare for “adjustments” to $3.5 trillion spending plan
Pelosi tells House Democrats to prepare for “adjustments” to $3.5 trillion spending plan
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
How Trump Planned to Overthrow the Election
How Trump Planned to Overthrow the Election
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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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Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
Trump lawyer offered six-point plan for Pence to overturn election: book
Trump lawyer offered six-point plan for Pence to overturn election: book
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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
Iowa Poll: Chuck Grassley leads Abby Finkenauer in test of possible U.S. Senate matchup
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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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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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A couple wore masks inside a Texas restaurant to protect their newborn son. The owner kicked them out. — Natalie Wester and her husband were waiting for their appetizer to arrive when the server came to their table, not with the fried jalapeños, but an ultimatum. — Take your masks off or get out.
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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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Texas governor signs more abortion restrictions into law
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Morgan O'Hanlon / Dallas Morning News:
Gov. Greg Abbott signs more Texas abortion restrictions, penalties into law
Gov. Greg Abbott signs more Texas abortion restrictions, penalties into law
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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 Begin Effort to Curb Post-Trump Presidential Powers — But to appeal to Republicans, a bill being introduced in the House to impose checks on executive authority may be broken into pieces in the Senate. — WASHINGTON — House Democrats are planning to introduce a package of proposed …
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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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Connor Radnovich / Statesman Journal:
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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Options shrink for Haitian migrants straddling Texas border — DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The options remaining for thousands of Haitian migrants straddling the Mexico-Texas border are narrowing as the United States government was ramping up expulsion flights to Haiti on Tuesday and Mexico began busing some away from the border.
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Mayorkas vows ‘dramatic results’ in coming days on Haitian migrants
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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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Biden challenges UN to act together on pandemic, climate change — He told the General Assembly the world was at “an inflection point in history.” — President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered his first speech as president to the United Nations General Assembly, telling diplomats …
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Nikki Haley says Biden ‘ignored’ threats in UN speech that did not mention Russia, China by name
Nikki Haley says Biden ‘ignored’ threats in UN speech that did not mention Russia, China by name
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two GOP operatives indicted for allegedly routing money from Russian national to support Trump campaign — A political strategist who was pardoned by the former president after being convicted in a 2012 campaign finance scheme is facing new charges related to an alleged 2016 plot …
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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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