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The Columbus Dispatch:
Arrest made in rape of Ohio girl that led to Indiana abortion drawing international attention — Bethany Bruner Monroe Trombly Tony CookThe Columbus Dispatch — A Columbus man has been charged with impregnating a 10-year-old Ohio girl, whose travel to Indiana to seek an abortion led …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Unimaginable abortion stories will become more common. Is American journalism ready? — In America after the end of Roe v. Wade, one brave source, on the record, is often the best we are going to get. Countless other stories will never be told. — As more states restrict or ban abortion …
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Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Ohio man charged with raping 10-year-old who later crossed state lines for abortion — An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later traveled to neighboring Indiana for an abortion, a case that President Joe Biden highlighted in criticizing a U.S. Supreme Court decision eliminating …
Laura A. Bischoff / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio AG Dave Yost cast doubt on 10-year-old rape victim case, now ‘rejoices’ at arrest — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost appeared on Fox News this week, casting doubt on the veracity of Dr. Caitlin Bernard's account that a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim needed to travel to Indiana for an abortion.
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The Indianapolis Star:
Ohio man charged in rape of 10-year-old that led to Indiana abortion — Tony Cook Bethany Bruner Monroe Trombly Dayeon EomIndianapolis Star — A man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old Ohio girl, whose travel to Indiana to seek an abortion attracted international attention following …
Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post:
This is what it means to rape a 10-year-old
This is what it means to rape a 10-year-old
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Fox News:
Ohio 10-year-old's alleged rapist is Guatemalan illegal immigrant: ICE source
Ohio 10-year-old's alleged rapist is Guatemalan illegal immigrant: ICE source
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Marty Schladen / Ohio Capital Journal:
Arrest confirms Indiana abortion for Ohio 10-year-old
Arrest confirms Indiana abortion for Ohio 10-year-old
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Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Trump's Lawyers Think Mark Meadows Is Going Down — The Jan. 6 Committee is probing the former chief of staff's finances, Rolling Stone has learned, adding to a long list of legal headaches — As she opened the House Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday, Republican …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
'It's Just Been Hell:' Life as the Victim of a Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory — Ray Epps became the unwitting face of an attempt by pro-Trump forces to promote the baseless idea that the F.B.I. was behind the attack on the Capitol. — IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS — Up a winding country road …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Seismic shift … - Democrats are becoming the party of upscale voters concerned more about issues like gun control and abortion rights. — Republicans are quietly building a multiracial coalition of working-class voters, with inflation as an accelerant.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
As Faith Flags in U.S. Government, Many Voters Want to Upend the System — Desire for structural changes cuts across both parties, a Times/Siena College poll found, but for starkly different reasons. Even Democrats now question if the government is a force for good. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Poll Shows Tight Race for Control of Congress as Class Divide Widens — Nonwhite and working-class Democrats worry more about the economy, while white college graduates focus more on cultural issues like abortion rights and guns. — With President Biden's approval rating mired in the 30s …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump discussing 2024 plans at secret donor dinners — Donald Trump has quietly convened some of his wealthiest and highest-profile supporters for intimate dinners in recent weeks, where the groups have talked about the former president's 2024 election plans — and debated when he should make his expected comeback bid official.
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CNN:
Lindsey Graham moving to quash subpoena from Georgia grand jury investigating Trump — (CNN)South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is aiming to quash a subpoena for his testimony before an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Judge tells Lindsey Graham he must testify in grand jury probe
Judge tells Lindsey Graham he must testify in grand jury probe
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Thomas Phippen / Fox News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham fights Georgia subpoena over 2020 election calls in federal court
Sen. Lindsey Graham fights Georgia subpoena over 2020 election calls in federal court
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CBS News:
Secret Service agent sent back to U.S. from Israel after alleged “physical encounter” — Jerusalem — A member of the U.S. Secret Service was sent back to the United States from Israel on Monday after he was allegedly involved in a “physical encounter” in Jerusalem and briefly detained by Israeli police, the agency said.
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Whitney Wild / CNN:
Secret Service member returns to US following altercation in Israel
Secret Service member returns to US following altercation in Israel
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Kate Ahlborn / Fox News:
Exclusive: Read the private email Obama sent his former doc after he questioned Biden's cognitive health — Obama told Jackson, who was the doctor for three presidents, that criticizing Biden's mental state was ‘unprofessional’ — Hegseth on media, Democrats turning on President Biden: He is ‘persona non grata’
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NBC News:
Trump-backed Kari Lake gets a hand from an unlikely source in Arizona: Democrats — TUCSON, Ariz. — Kari Lake watched her lead narrow in the polls and big players in Arizona's Republican establishment coalesce around her top rival weeks before the state's Aug. 2 primary for governor.
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Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: U.S. government warns that Iran may try to kill American officials as revenge for killing top general — The U.S. government believes that Iran may try to assassinate current or former senior American officials to avenge the death more than two years ago of its top military …
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Michael Schwirtz / Associated Press:
Live Updates: Ukraine Uses Western Weapons to Counter Russians With Deeper Strikes — Here's what you need to know: — Ukraine is using weapons from the West to strike deep within Russian-controlled areas. — KYIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces continue pounding civilian areas across …
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Kansas City Star:
Johnson County sheriff tells Las Vegas crowd his election fraud investigation continues — Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden told a “constitutional sheriffs” group in Las Vegas on Tuesday that he is continuing to investigate the county's election results to determine whether any fraud occurred …
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Starbucks Went Woke and Now It's Paying the Price for Allowing Its Stores to Become Drug Dens — Just how bad are America's cities doing under the watch of their Democrat leaders? Even ultra-woke Starbucks is pulling up stakes in Democrat-run cities where drug use, homelessness, and crime have made staying in business untenable.
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Hillman Foundation:
ProPublica wins July Sidney for Exposing Right Wing Witch Hunt Based On “Critical Race Theory” Lie — Nicole Carr of ProPublica wins the July Sidney Award for “White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One,” a deeply reported story about Cecelia Lewis …
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Trump lashes out at Elon Musk, says he could have made the billionaire ‘beg’ — Musk previously said the former president should ‘sail into the sunset’ — Coming up on Wednesday, July 13 edition of ‘Special Report’ — Former President Donald Trump continued his war of words …
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Ed Shanahan / New York Times:
Ex-C.I.A. Engineer Convicted in Biggest Theft Ever of Agency Secrets — The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan said Joshua Schulte had engaged in “one of the most brazen and damaging acts of espionage in American history.” — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Alexander Shur / madison.com:
Who can get pregnant? Ron Johnson says women; his Democratic opponents won't say — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson waded into gender politics Wednesday, rejecting the notion that anyone besides women can get pregnant and adding that they need to get pregnant to “populate our earth.”
U.S. Department of Justice:
Baltimore Police Officer Facing Federal Charges for Drug Conspiracy and Distribution Charges and for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime — Defendant Allegedly Sold Oxycodone, a Ghost Gun, Ammunition, and Firearm Parts to a Co-Conspirator and Provided Sensitive …
Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Free Range — A Film Club Q&A goes off the rails, and we end up discussing........everything — A couple weeks ago, Alex Didion emailed me with a request. Didion runs a Substack called Lack of Taste, which bills itself as “a newsletter about movies for people who don't like movies.”
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
FDA greenlights fourth COVID-19 vaccine option, from Novavax — The Food and Drug Administration has authorized use of the two-dose Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adults 18 and over, making it the fourth vaccine to be made available since the pandemic began nearly two years ago.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Election officials fear copycat attacks as ‘insider threats’ loom — BATON ROUGE, La. — Election officials are confronting a wave of threats and security challenges coming from a troubling source: inside the election system itself. — In interviews on the sidelines of the National Association …
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Kim Severson / New York Times:
Owner of Sweet & Vicious Bar Will Pay $500,000 for Worker Harassment — The state attorney general says employees at the Manhattan bar were subjected to repeated slurs and sexual harassment. — Sweet & Vicious, a downtown Manhattan bar and restaurant popular for its “jargaritas” …
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Republican Josh Hawley accused of transphobia at Senate hearing — Berkeley professor Khiara Bridges says Missouri senator's line of questioning ‘opens trans people up to violence’ — Josh Hawley, a Republican senator from Missouri, was accused of being transphobic by a law professor on Tuesday …
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Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet:
7th Fleet Destroyer conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea — 13JUL22 1645 JST UPDATE: — The PRC's statement about this mission is false. USS Benfold conducted this FONOP in accordance with international law and then continued on to conduct normal operations in international waters.
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