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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Cory Booker Aside, Democrats Stranded Ketanji Brown Jackson — The third day of hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court came to a close on Wednesday following another 10-plus hours filled with character smears about child pornography from Republican senators …
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TMZ.com:
Justice Breyer Says Clarence Thomas is Fine, Jackson Confirmation Not My Business — JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER CLARENCE THOMAS IS FINE ... And I Got No Dog In Confirmation Fight — EXCLUSIVE — 106 … Justice Stephen Breyer is reassuring folks, his colleague, Justice Clarence Thomas …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP shoots down Supreme Court boycott — Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are shooting down the idea of boycotting the panel's vote on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. — “There's not going to be any boycott. There's zero, not one iota chance that we would boycott,” …
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Washington Post:
Confirmation hearings for Jackson conclude after testimony from outside witnesses … The fourth and final day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded Thursday after the Senate Judiciary Committee heard from an array of outside witnesses …
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Joyce Vance / MSNBC:
Why Josh Hawley's sensationalism was no match for Ketanji Brown Jackson
Why Josh Hawley's sensationalism was no match for Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Andrea Widburg / American Thinker:
Tucker savages Ketanji Brown Jackson, transgenderism, and tech tyranny
Tucker savages Ketanji Brown Jackson, transgenderism, and tech tyranny
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Reuters:
Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton, others over Russian collusion allegations — Donald Trump on Thursday sued Hillary Clinton and several other Democrats, alleging they tried to rig the 2016 U.S. presidential election by tying his campaign to Russia. — “Acting in concert …
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Politico:
Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton and allies over Russia claims — Former President Donald Trump is suing 2016 Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a sprawling case that accuses her of conspiring with dozens of other actors — frequent targets of Trump's conspiracy theories and rage — to topple his presidency.
The Hill:
Trump sues Hillary Clinton, DNC over Russian collusion allegations — Former President Trump on Thursday filed a sprawling civil lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and more than a dozen others alleging …
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden holds news conference following meeting with European leaders, Zelenskyy's plea — “We would respond,” if Putin used chemical weapons, Biden said. — President Joe Biden took questions at a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, addressing warnings of a possible chemical weapons attack …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden: 'I'd be very fortunate' to run against Trump in 2024
Biden: 'I'd be very fortunate' to run against Trump in 2024
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
Can Anyone Unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene? — Whatever hope remains for the Georgia congresswoman's many detractors seems to depend on either a new lawsuit or a candidate who's been called “Marjorie with a brain.” — A year ago, I met John Cowan for lunch in Rome, a small city …
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics — The ingredients are there for an upset. — If the worst thing Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) did this month was call Ukraine's President “a thug,” or get caught speeding multiple times with a revoked license …
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court endorses pastor's laying on of hands at moment of inmate's execution — The justices ruled 8-1 in the case of a Texas death-row prisoner. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, in an 8-1 decision, has endorsed a pastor's audible prayer and laying of hands on an inmate …
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Supreme Court silent on Thomas health status
New York Times:
Trump Is Guilty of ‘Numerous’ Felonies, Prosecutor Who Resigned Says — Mark F. Pomerantz, who had investigated the former president, left after the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, halted an effort to seek an indictment. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
Cities Lost Population in 2021, Leading to the Slowest Year of Growth in U.S. History — Although some of the fastest growing regions in the country continued to grow, the gains were nearly erased by stark losses in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. — Substantial population loss …
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Associated Press:
Ukraine says Moscow is forcibly taking civilians to Russia — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine accused Moscow on Thursday of forcibly taking hundreds of thousands of civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia, where some may be used as “hostages” to pressure Kyiv to give up.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Why Trump Is Losing His Grip on the GOP — It strains memory now to recall that when Donald Trump first shoved his way into presidential politics seven years ago this spring, and soon after humiliated a long parade of establishment Republicans, his appeal to voters had a coherent dimension.
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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
My State's Texas-Style Abortion Ban Is Terrible, Idaho GOP Guv Declares As He Signs Ban Into Law — On Wednesday, Idaho became the first state to follow Texas' lead on banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy with a private lawsuit enforcement mechanism that awards thousands of dollars …
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Holger Roonemaa / New Lines Magazine:
Exclusive: Russia Backs Europe's Far Right — Emails and documents show just how closely Italian, French, German and Austrian politicians coordinate with Moscow … So wrote Mikhail Yakushev, a Russian national, in a Microsoft Word document he emailed to himself on June 18, 2019.
CNN:
North Korea fires first suspected ICBM since 2017 — Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea has fired what is believed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in more than four years as Western leaders gather in Brussels for a security summit.
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Austin Franklin / CBS 42:
WATCH: Senate candidate Mo Brooks sits down for a one-on-one interview — You can watch the whole interview in the video player above.
Julia Johnson / Washington Examiner:
Photographer ‘surprised and disappointed’ at Today's edited Lia Thomas photos — EXCLUSIVE — Photographer and University of Pennsylvania graduate Erica Denhoff was shocked to see her work significantly altered on the Today show last week, adding that at first, she thought “something was honestly wrong with the video.”
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The Intercept:
Biden Administration Drafting Order to Invoke Defense Production Act for Green Energy Storage Technology … The Biden administration is drafting an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to alleviate shortages of key minerals needed for the technology to store clean energy.
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GOV.UK:
Foreign Secretary announces 65 new Russian sanctions to cut off vital industries fuelling Putin's war machine — New sanctions target strategic industries, banks and business elites. — From: — Liz Truss has announced 65 sanctions, targeting strategic industries, banks and business elites
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Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
Microplastics found in human blood for first time — Exclusive: The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs — Microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood for the first time, with scientists finding the tiny particles in almost 80% of the people tested.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Biden in Europe: 'I'd be very fortunate' if Trump ran again — Trump has yet to declare whether he will seek a rematch against Biden — President Biden's full NATO press conference on Ukraine war response — President Biden was not concerned about the 2024 election when asked …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A ‘fixer’ was killed in Ukraine. She was doing one of journalism's most thankless jobs. … Miguel Angel Vega became a “fixer” for journalists visiting his native Mexico in 2010 to raise money for a film project. Like most starting out in this specialized branch of journalism …
New York Times:
U.S. Makes Contingency Plans in Case Russia Uses Its Most Powerful Weapons — A team of national security officials has been assigned to sketch out responses if President Vladimir V. Putin unleashes chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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