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Trump considers waiving claim of executive privilege for Steve Bannon — A letter from Trump, which could be signed as soon as tonight or tomorrow morning, may clear the way for Bannon to testify before the House select committee probing the Jan. 6 attack — Gift Article
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Pat Cipollone meets for over 8 hours with Jan. 6 committee — Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone spent over eight hours meeting with the Jan. 6 select committee, emerging Friday without commenting on his cooperation. — Cipollone huddled with committee investigators …
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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Armed officers swarm Stephen K. Bannon's house after false report — Police were falsely told that a man with a gun was inside and had shot someone — Gift Article — Heavily armed police on Friday swarmed around the Capitol Hill rowhouse where former Trump White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon lives …
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CNN:
Trump considering waiving executive privilege claim for Bannon but prosecutors say he was never shielded
Trump considering waiving executive privilege claim for Bannon but prosecutors say he was never shielded
Chavi Mehta / Reuters:
Elon Musk terminates $44 bln Twitter deal — Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), saying that the social media company had failed to provide information about fake accounts on the platform.
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Elon Musk notifies Twitter he is terminating deal — Billionaire Elon Musk wants to end his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, according to a letter sent by a lawyer on his behalf to the company's chief legal officer Friday. — Twitter shares were down about 5% after hours on Friday.
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk files to back out of Twitter deal — It's unclear what happens next as Twitter's board vows to still complete the deal — Listen — Gift Article — Elon Musk is terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, according to a filing the billionaire made with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday.
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Associated Press:
Elon Musk says he's terminating Twitter deal, board to fight — Elon Musk announced he will walk away from his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, leaving the deal on the verge of collapse. The Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter's board Friday saying he is terminating the acquisition.
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Politico:
Elon Musk quits Twitter deal, roiling Trump world
Elon Musk quits Twitter deal, roiling Trump world
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Sorry, but the Constitution contains no right to eat dinner — Listen — Gift Article — “Politics, regardless of your side or views, should not trample the freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat dinner. There is a time and place for everything.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court upholds, but further narrows, House subpoena for Trump financial records — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a House committee is entitled to a wide array of records on former President Donald Trump's finances and business practices, but the court further narrowed aspects …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. appeals court upholds release of Trump financial records to House — The ruling narrowing House Democrats' demand for records from Mazars USA is likely to be appealed. — Listen — Gift Article — A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that House lawmakers can see years …
Juleanna Glover / Politico:
The (Fairly Serious) Case for Jon Stewart in 2024 — Walsh, a public affairs advisory firm based in D.C. She has advised a wide range of Republican candidates and officials, including Dick Cheney, Rudy Guiliani, Steve Forbes and John Ashcroft. — Joe Biden should run for president in 2024.
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CNN:
Oath Keeper members brought explosives to DC area around January 6 and had a ‘death list,’ prosecutors say — (CNN)The Justice Department released new details Friday evening of the alleged extensive planning by the Oath Keepers to prepare for violence in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021 …
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Emily Crane / New York Post:
Hunter Biden reportedly called Jill an ‘entitled c-t’ in texts — Hunter Biden called his step-mom Jill Biden a “vindictive moron” and “entitled c-t” in text messages after she urged him to go to rehab to kick his drug habit, according to a new report. — President Biden's 52-year-old druggie son …
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Barton Gellman / The Atlantic:
What Happened to Michael Flynn? — Michael Flynn faced the camera with brow creased and lips compressed. He hadn't been born yesterday, his expression said. He was not going to fall for trick questions. — “General Flynn, do you believe the violence on January 6 was justified?”
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Politico:
‘Operation Higher Court’: Inside the religious right's efforts to wine and dine Supreme Court justices — The former leader of a religious right organization said he recruited and coached wealthy volunteers including a prominent Dayton, Ohio, evangelical couple to wine …
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Julian Routh / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Fetterman to attack Oz's residency in ads — including with airplane banner over New Jersey beaches — A TV advertisement and an airplane. — That's what U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman will launch this weekend in an attempt to contrast his Pennsylvania roots — born and raised …
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David French / The Atlantic:
Tim Miller Asks the Question Every Conservative Must Answer — The No. 2 book on the New York Times nonfiction list is a searing personal reflection by a former Republican strategist named Tim Miller. It's called Why We Did It: A Travelogue From the Republican Road to Hell …
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Lis Smith / Politico:
‘This Is Disgusting’: An Insider's Account on the Fall of Cuomo — “Governor. Stop. It's over,” the voice broke through on the conference call line. — Six months earlier, it would have been inconceivable that anyone, let alone a mere political consultant, would cut off the most high-profile …
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Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Andrew Cuomo got advice from Bill Clinton on how to handle a sex scandal
Andrew Cuomo got advice from Bill Clinton on how to handle a sex scandal
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Fintan O'Toole / The Guardian:
Boris Johnson has vandalised the political architecture of Britain, Ireland and Europe — His political career has consisted of chucking rocks over the walls of the neighbours. We will live with the damage for years — t seems rather apt that Boris Johnson pocketed a huge advance …
Ezra Dyer / Car and Driver:
North Carolina Looks to Remove Public EV Chargers, Probably to the Trash — Politicians have to run on some kind of platform, and Ben Moss—my incoming state House representative here in North Carolina's District 52—decided that his animating principle is Being Mad at Electricity.
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The White House:
Executive Order on Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: — Section 1. Policy. Nearly 50 years ago, Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 …
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Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
The Far-Right Christian Quest for Power: ‘We Are Seeing Them Emboldened’ — Political candidates on the fringe mix religious fervor with conspiracy theories, even calling for the end of the separation of church and state. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Dave Lieber / Dallas Morning News:
Pregnant woman says her fetus should count as a passenger in HOV lanes. She got a ticket — The overturning of the Roe v. Wade ruling has one driver questioning HOV lane laws requiring two passengers in a car. — In economics, they call it the law of unintended consequences.
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The Daily Beast:
Parade Shooting Suspect Bobby Crimo Attempted Suicide Multiple Times, Family Friend Reveals — EXCLUSIVE: “I think his emotional instability was kind of brushed under the rug by his family,” the mother of two of Robert Crimo III's skatepark pals told The Daily Beast.
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Dean Mirshahi / WRIC-TV:
Over 300 Virginia state employees resign in wake of Gov. Youngkin's telework policy — RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — More than 300 employees from five state agencies have resigned since Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Virginia's new telework policy in early May, according to records obtained by 8News.
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Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Army cuts pay, benefits from more than 60,000 unvaccinated National Guard, Reserves — Army pledges to keep encouraging service members to get the vaccine
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CNBC:
Biden says Supreme Court is ‘out of control,’ orders HHS to protect abortion access — President Joe Biden blasted the Supreme Court on Friday as “out of control” in its decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. — Biden signed an executive order that aims to ensure …
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Mother Jones:
America's Top Anti-War Think Tank Is Fracturing Over Ukraine — Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. — Two prominent figures have resigned in protest from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft …
Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
ShutDownDC group offers bounties on Twitter for public sightings of conservative Supreme Court justices — Twitter's policies prohibit ‘behavior that encourages others to harass’ — Fox News Flash top headlines for July 8 — The left-wing activist group ShutDownDC on Friday offered …
U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
CBP Releases Findings of Investigation of Horse Patrol Activity in Del Rio, Texas — Findings show organizational failures, several Agents acted inappropriately CBP makes institutional changes while disciplinary process underway — WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection …
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