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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump team descends into infighting over Jan. 6 — We've seen just two relatively brief hearings of the House Jan. 6 committee. Yet already members of Donald Trump's inner circle are accusing one another of lying under oath, taking bribes from Democrats, shilling for Marxists and being past their primes.
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Publix heiress paid Kimberly Guilfoyle's $60,000 speaking fee on Jan. 6 — The funds were directed to Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancee through Turning Point Action, a nonprofit run by Charlie Kirk — Kimberly Guilfoyle, a fundraiser for former president Donald Trump and the fiancee of his eldest son …
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CNN, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Deadline, Raw Story, Daily Kos and YouTube
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
The Future Criminal Case Against Donald Trump — Congress and the Justice Department now find themselves in a complex dance, set to the tempo of the Jan. 6 hearings. The House select committee has already uncovered evidence suggesting that former President Donald Trump committed serious federal crimes.
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Election Law Blog, Washington Post, Axios, Washington Post, The Hill, Daily Kos, Raw Story, UPI, ABC News, Forbes, Truthout and The New Neo
HuffPost:
Despite Testimony, Bill Stepien Is Still Making Lots Of Money Spreading Trump's Election Lie
Despite Testimony, Bill Stepien Is Still Making Lots Of Money Spreading Trump's Election Lie
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New York Times, Mediaite, Raw Story, Breitbart, Washington Post, Election Law Blog and The Guardian
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
New details emerge of Oval Office confrontation three days before Jan. 6
New details emerge of Oval Office confrontation three days before Jan. 6
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Insider, HotAir, Russia's War on Democracy, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Two-Pronged Test That Could Put Trump in Prison
The Two-Pronged Test That Could Put Trump in Prison
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The Political Insider, Wall Street Journal, Justin Trouble, New York Post, Uniic Media, World Socialist Web Site and HotAir
New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Puts Trump Fund-Raising Tactics Under Scrutiny
Jan. 6 Panel Puts Trump Fund-Raising Tactics Under Scrutiny
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CBS News, Associated Press, Raw Story, Idaho Capital Sun and Townhall
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The ugly truth about the right-wing grift machine has been revealed
The ugly truth about the right-wing grift machine has been revealed
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Raw Story, The Mahablog, HuffPost, CNN, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Rolling Stone and Daily Kos
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Trump's choices prove he knew the truth about the Big Lie
Trump's choices prove he knew the truth about the Big Lie
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Election Law Blog, Newsweek, Breitbart and Washington Post
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Republicans collide in key primaries as Trump's pull tested in S.C. — Tuesday's vote across four states serving as the latest checkpoint of attitudes in the Republican Party and the ability of the former president to steer its direction. — Competing wings of the Republican Party collided across …
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Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace Defeats Trump-Backed Primary Challenger, Per Projection — Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) will defeat her Trump-backed primary challenger Katie Arrington, according to a projection. — Dave Wasserman of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report called the race at 10:55 p.m. ET.
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RedState, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In South Carolina, a Republican congressman who voted to impeach Trump loses his primary to a Trump-backed rival.
In South Carolina, a Republican congressman who voted to impeach Trump loses his primary to a Trump-backed rival.
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
GOP's Rice loses House seat after voting to impeach Trump
GOP's Rice loses House seat after voting to impeach Trump
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Roll Call, CBS News, NewsNation, Politico, CNN, Insider and Albuquerque Journal
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Cotton gathers big donors to talk 2024 presidential race
Cotton gathers big donors to talk 2024 presidential race
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker Says He's a Model Dad. He Has a Secret Son. — The GOP Senate hopeful, who has bemoaned “fatherless households,” was named in a paternity case. … For years, former football star turned Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker has expressed an enormous pride …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Keisha Lance Bottoms to join White House — President Biden is tapping former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to replace Cedric Richmond as one of his most senior aides, bringing a Democratic rising star and former VP contender into the White House at a critical juncture, Axios has learned.
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NBC News, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, The Hill and New York Post
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Leave Joe Biden Alone — Biden's been a good president, but Republicans want to impeach him and some Democrats want to replace him. — Every administration has its ups and downs; today I examine why the Biden White House is taking more than its fair share of hits.
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Mediaite, New York Post, CNN and Washington Post
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Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Republican Mayra Flores wins South Texas House seat long a Democratic stronghold — Rising Republican star Mayra Flores beat out Democratic challenger Dan Sanchez on Tuesday in a special election to finish Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela's current term in South Texas, a competitive congressional seat …
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Mayra Flores / New York Times:
Texas 34th Congressional District Special Election Results — In a special election to replace former Representative Filemon Vela, a Democrat who resigned from Congress in March, Republicans are trying to flip the South Texas seat. If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, there will be a runoff election in August.
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Power Line, The Daily Caller, RedState and Media Right News
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote — SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not counting after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines.
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Jim Saunders / Miami Herald:
South Florida synagogue sues over Florida's new 15-week abortion ban — BY JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA — A South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged a new state law that blocks abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, contending the measure violates privacy and religious-freedom rights.
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Reuters and Religion News Service
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Photos capture election-night tension at White House as Trump family, aides watch lead fade away — They reflect what advisers told the Jan. 6 committee despite Trump's claims. — A series of photos taken on election night 2020 inside the Trump White House captures the tension as Trump's family …
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Politico, Raw Story, Truthout and The Dispatch
Phillip W. Magness / Reason:
Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist? — When former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke intimated in early 2017 that he would be joining Donald Trump's nascent administration, CNN obtained a copy of Clarke's master's thesis from the Naval Postgraduate School and revealed …
Politico:
How a centrist, a liberal and two conservatives achieved 4-part harmony on guns — One day after the mass shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Texas, Kyrsten Sinema held a rare off-the-cuff press gaggle where she vowed to talk to Republicans about a gun safety deal.
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Wow: McConnell says he'll support Senate gun deal
Wow: McConnell says he'll support Senate gun deal
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump's pick for Pa. governor says he sees ‘parallels’ to Hitler's power grab in Capitol riot — WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for governor in Pennsylvania compared the Jan. 6 attack to historical events staged by the Nazis, saying that he saw “parallels” …
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The American Independent
Ian James / Los Angeles Times:
Major water cutbacks loom as shrinking Colorado River nears ‘moment of reckoning’ — As the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River's reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks …
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Colorado Newsline
Washington Post:
White House has security concerns about any deal for NSO hacking tools — The Biden administration is warning that a potential deal between a major American defense firm and NSO Group, a blacklisted Israeli spyware company, to buy the Israeli firm's hacking tools would raise “serious” …
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Intelligence Online, Common Dreams and The Hill, more at Techmeme »
CNN:
War in Ukraine reaches pivotal moment that could determine long-term outcome, intelligence officials say — Ukraine's military is burning through Soviet-era ammunition that fits older systems as the country pleads with the West to send more heavy weaponry and Russia amasses …
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SpyTalk, Bloomberg, pjmedia.com, American Greatness, New York Times, Slate and The Daily Beast
Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Bass pulls ahead of Caruso in latest vote count for L.A. mayor — Mail-in votes are helping Rep. Karen Bass pull ahead of developer Rick Caruso in the primary election for Los Angeles mayor. — Bass leads Caruso, 41% to 38%, respectively, according to results released Tuesday …
Madison Muller / TIME:
WHO Will Rename Monkeypox Virus to Minimize Stigma and Racism — The World Health Organization will officially rename monkeypox, in light of concerns about stigma and racism surrounding the virus that has infected over 1,600 people in more than two dozen countries.
Charles R. Davis / Insider:
Trump might have to be prosecuted to save American democracy, an expert on authoritarianism argues — Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a history professor and expert on fascism at New York University. — In 2020, she warned that authoritarian leaders, including Donald Trump, do not give up power easily.
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WRAL-TV:
Beasley, Budd in close race for US Senate seat, WRAL News poll shows — Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd are locked in a tight race for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat, according to a WRAL News poll. And stances on gun control in the wake of a deadly school shooting …
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Far-Right Influencers Hyped Coeur d'Alene Pride Before Patriot Front Showed Up — Right-wing influencers, including the pseudonymous, viral Twitter account “Libs of TikTok,” repeatedly drew negative attention to the Pride event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in its runup, setting the stage for white supremacists to target it.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Joe Kahn is now editing the New York Times. Don't expect a revolution. — In an interview, the new executive editor holds forth on labels, social media bubbles, threats to democracy and why not to expect big changes at the Times — Joe Kahn took over as executive editor of the New York Times on Tuesday …
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Police in the Dallas area kill a gunman who entered a summer camp for kids — A gunman opened fire inside a building where more than 250 kids and staff were starting a day of summer camp on Monday, setting off a panic that ended with a gunfight with police in Duncanville, Texas.
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New York Times:
How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own — The nation's fourth-largest city hasn't solved homelessness, but its remarkable progress can suggest a way forward. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Written by Michael KimmelmanReported by Michael Kimmelman …
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Substack
Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Why an energy crisis and $5 gas aren't spurring a green revolution — As high prices move consumers to rethink their attachment to oil and gas, America is struggling to meet the moment — Big solar projects are facing major delays. Plans to adapt the grid to clean energy are confronting mountains of red tape.
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The Equation
Austen Hufford / Wall Street Journal:
Caterpillar to Move Global Headquarters to Texas From Illinois — Construction equipment maker's move comes as companies assess hiring and costs, and seek to be closer to customers — Caterpillar Inc. CAT -0.09%▼ is decamping to Texas from its longtime Illinois base …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Former FBI official had numerous unauthorized contacts with media during 2016 campaign, watchdog says — A former senior FBI official who oversaw the bureau's politically sensitive investigations in 2016 into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and Donald Trump's ties to Russia had …