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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Manchin proposed $1.5T top-line number to Schumer this summer — Joe Manchin proposed a deal to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer this summer to limit the total cost of Democrats' sweeping spending bill to $1.5 trillion, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by POLITICO.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Katie Porter's epic beatdown of Kyrsten Sinema reveals an important truth — However the battle over President Biden's agenda turns out, this ugly saga will accomplish something crucial: It will separate Democrats who take their role as public servants seriously from those who are operating …
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Washington Examiner, Insider, NBC News, Vanity Fair, Daily Kos, TheBlaze and Power Line
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Manchin Just Might Finally Be Onto Something Glimmers of hope in his quasi-plan. — Joe Manchin attracted a great deal of press attention last night by issuing a long statement expressing his list of mostly familiar grievances with Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda.
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The Left Coaster and Balloon Juice
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Manchin Seeks Big Cuts to Safety Net Plan; Congress Passes Spending Bill
Manchin Seeks Big Cuts to Safety Net Plan; Congress Passes Spending Bill
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Manchin Sets $1.5 Trillion Ceiling For Democrats' Reconciliation Bill
Manchin Sets $1.5 Trillion Ceiling For Democrats' Reconciliation Bill
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The Hill, RealClearPolitics, Insider, Washington Times, OpenSecrets.org and New York Post
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
White House ‘working toward’ successful Thursday vote on infrastructure
White House ‘working toward’ successful Thursday vote on infrastructure
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Washington Examiner, Common Dreams and NBC Los Angeles
Politico:
‘Pass-fail test’: Pelosi barrels ahead on infrastructure vote
‘Pass-fail test’: Pelosi barrels ahead on infrastructure vote
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Politico:
Congress averts shutdown, sends 9-week funding patch to Biden's desk
Congress averts shutdown, sends 9-week funding patch to Biden's desk
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Senate narrowly turns back GOP amendment to curtail assistance to Afghan refugees
Senate narrowly turns back GOP amendment to curtail assistance to Afghan refugees
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One America News Network
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Congress approves a short-term spending bill to keep the government open, sending it to Biden's desk.
Congress approves a short-term spending bill to keep the government open, sending it to Biden's desk.
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Roll Call and Human Events
CNN:
Durham issues fresh round of subpoenas in his continuing probe of FBI investigation into Trump, Russia — Washington (CNN)Special Counsel John Durham has issued a new set of subpoenas, including to a law firm with close ties to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, an indication that Durham …
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New York Times:
Trump Server Mystery Produces Fresh Conflict — A recent indictment suggested that researchers who found strange internet links between a Russian bank and the Trump Organization did not really believe their own work. They are pushing back. — Read in app
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New York Magazine, Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story and National Review
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Leader of Prestigious Yale Program Resigns, Citing Donor Pressure — The historian Beverly Gage, who has run the Grand Strategy course since 2017, says the university failed to stand up for academic freedom amid inappropriate efforts to influence the curriculum.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
Harris' office does damage control over student's Israel ‘ethnic genocide’ comment — Vice President Kamala Harris' office is working behind the scenes to mend relationships with pro-Israel Democrats after not pushing back on a student who, in asking her a question, accused Israel of “ethnic genocide.”
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Senate to vote this week on Rohit Chopra, Biden pick to lead CFPB — The Senate is expected to vote this week on the nomination of Rohit Chopra, President Joe Biden's choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. — This week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed cloture …
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Politico, Bloomberg, New York Times and WTOP
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Congress approves funding bill hours before shutdown deadline, Biden expected to sign
Congress approves funding bill hours before shutdown deadline, Biden expected to sign
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HuffPost, The Hill, Bloomberg and Associated Press
Gordon Klein / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Why I Am Suing UCLA — I refused to discriminate against my students. Then the problems began. — Recently, I was suspended from my job for refusing to treat my black students as lesser than their non-black peers. — Let me back up: I teach at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, and I've been doing this for 40 years.
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HotAir, The Lid and JONATHAN TURLEY
Task & Purpose:
US Marine who says he rescued baby at Kabul airport investigated for appearing at Trump rally [Updated] — A Marine who says he saved a baby in Kabul by lifting the infant over the walls outside Hamid Karzai International Airport is now under investigation for appearing on stage …
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The Daily Wire, RedState, Raw Story, Todd Starnes, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall and Twitchy
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
IG Horowitz discovers more FBI abuses of FISA process — A bad day for FBI Director Wray — Today, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz issued a damning new report on the FBI's “Execution of its Woods Procedures for Applications Filed with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Relating to US Persons.”
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Jordan Davidson / The Federalist:
Inspector General Finds Damning ‘Widespread’ FISA Failure After FBI Director Dismissed Concerns
Inspector General Finds Damning ‘Widespread’ FISA Failure After FBI Director Dismissed Concerns
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Washington Examiner, Fox News and Human Events
Matthew Miller / Washington Examiner:
Psaki snipes at claims Biden has been acting Trump-like — White House press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back against claims that President Joe Biden is acting Trump-like. — “There have been a number of issues in the last several weeks in which advocates, allies of the president …
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New York Times, Crooks and Liars, Raw Story, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
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Lauren Weber / NBC News:
Covid is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of people in urban areas — Unvaccinated Covid patients still overwhelming health care workers — Rural Americans are dying of Covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely …
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Daily Montanan
Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
A border crisis Biden is comfortable with — Americans are watching in horror as towns like Del Rio, Texas, continue to be overrun with a historic wave of preventable illegal immigration. Drone images recently captured by Fox News shocked the nation as 12,000 illegal immigrants from Haiti built …
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
A Border Town's Democratic Mayor Has Had Enough
A Border Town's Democratic Mayor Has Had Enough
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Kristi Noem cuts ties with adviser Corey Lewandowski after donor alleged unwanted sexual advances — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has severed ties with political strategist Corey Lewandowski, following allegations reported by POLITICO that Lewandowski made unwanted sexual advances toward a woman at a recent fundraising event.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Sharon Osbourne says Carlos Watson lied when he claimed the Osbournes invested in Ozy Media after court fight — Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson boasted on CNBC in 2019 that Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne had invested in his company. It was a lie, according to Sharon Osbourne.
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Rep. Dan Crenshaw bypassed Capitol security, police say. He's the latest lawmaker to be hit with a $5,000 fine. — Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Tex.) must pay a $5,000 fine for skipping security procedures as he entered the Republican cloakroom inside the U.S. Capitol last week …
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Washington Examiner, Daily Kos, National Review and Raw Story
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Alito speaks out on Texas abortion case and ‘shadow docket’ — Justice Samuel Alito leapt into a political fray over the Supreme Court on Thursday, lashing back at critics who have accused the justices of increasingly issuing momentous decisions on its emergency docket without the benefit of a full briefing or oral arguments.
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Washington Free Beacon
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor: ‘There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount’
Justice Sonia Sotomayor: ‘There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount’
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Above the Law, HotAir, LifeNews.com, Reason, Washington Post, Insider and Associated Press
Mark Harris / Wired:
How a Secret Google Geofence Warrant Helped Catch the Capitol Riot Mob — A WIRED investigation has found 45 federal criminal cases that cite Google geolocation data to place suspects inside the US Capitol during the January 6 riot. — COURT DOCUMENTS SUGGEST the FBI has been using …
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Raw Story
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Biden's Approval Rating Recovers Some From Last Month's Low, An NPR Poll Finds — Since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a month ago, President Biden's approval rating has recovered some in the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. — Last month, just 43% of survey respondents approved …
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
New Initiative Explores Deep, Persistent Divides Between Biden and Trump Voters — The University of Virginia Center for Politics has partnered with Project Home Fire, a new initiative dedicated to finding common ground in American politics, on an innovative new data analytics and polling project …
Gothamist:
Hack Of Oath Keepers Militia Group Includes Names Of Active NYPD Officers, De Blasio Launches Investigation — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office said it will scrutinize NYPD ranks following a WNYC/Gothamist investigation of online records that appears to tie several …
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The Hill, Daily Kos, Joe.My.God. and abc7NY
Adam Wren / Insider:
I just rode the bus with Biden's education chief. You should hear what he said about Trump supporters, critical race theory, and mask mandates. — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona toured the Midwest last week. — He's touting a safe return to school amid the pandemic.
Zach Despart / Houston Chronicle:
Houston, epicenter of Harvey damage, still would get $0 under Texas' latest disaster aid plan — Harris County and the city of Houston this week blasted the Texas General Land Office's revised plan for distributing billions in federal Hurricane Harvey aid, saying that while it is an improvement …
Yahoo News:
Pompeo: Sources for Yahoo News WikiLeaks report ‘should all be prosecuted’ — Former CIA Director and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called for the criminal prosecution of sources who spoke to Yahoo News — for a story detailing proposals by the intelligence agency …
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Jacobin and Shadowproof
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Top Republicans rub shoulders with extremists in secretive rightwing group, leak reveals — Wealthy entrepreneurs and media moguls also named on membership list for influential Council for National Policy — A leaked document has revealed the membership list of the secretive Council for National Policy …
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The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Dan Vergano / BuzzFeed News:
A Declassified State Department Report Says Microwaves Didn't Cause “Havana Syndrome” — Noises linked to mysterious injuries among US diplomats in Cuba were most likely caused by crickets — not microwave weapons — according to a declassified scientific review commissioned by the US State Department and obtained by BuzzFeed News.
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Gizmodo, Rolling Stone and Mediaite
KMVT-TV:
Idaho Secretary of State refutes Mike Lindell's statewide election manipulation claims — BOISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Staff from the Idaho Secretary of State's office visited two Idaho counties last week following receipt of information that alleged statewide manipulation of Idaho's election results.
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