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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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Wall Street Journal:
An Abortion Story Too Good to Confirm — Biden told a tale of a 10-year old rape victim that no one can identify. — 1x — All kinds of fanciful tales travel far on social media these days, but you don't expect them to get a hearing at the White House.
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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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Four takeaways from the latest hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee.
Four takeaways from the latest hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee.
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
The secret support system for former aides taking on Trump: The other women
The secret support system for former aides taking on Trump: The other women
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Insider, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Townhall
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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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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The White House:
President Biden Statement on CPI Inflation in June — While today's headline inflation reading is unacceptably high, it is also out-of-date. Energy alone comprised nearly half of the monthly increase in inflation. Today's data does not reflect the full impact of nearly 30 days of decreases in gas prices …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected, as price pressures intensify
Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected, as price pressures intensify
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Inflation continues to blow past expectations because interest rates are still negative
Inflation continues to blow past expectations because interest rates are still negative
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Politico and Associated Press
Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Inflation Reached Highest Rate in Nearly 41 Years in June
U.S. Inflation Reached Highest Rate in Nearly 41 Years in June
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
June inflation soared 9.1 percent amid high gas prices
June inflation soared 9.1 percent amid high gas prices
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Josh Gottheimer Is on a Mission to Destroy Joe Biden's Presidency — Joe Manchin has absorbed most of the heat from liberals angry that the Senate has often blocked President Biden's proposals. But Manchin represents an overwhelmingly Republican state, and he has been willing to negotiate a meaningful …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
House centrists mull Manchin counteroffer: No new taxes — Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) is gauging support among House centrists for a counteroffer to the emerging Senate reconciliation package, with one big clause: No new taxes. … That could deprive President Biden — and vulnerable lawmakers …
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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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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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Insider and National Review
Washington Post:
‘Unhinged’: The White House meeting that preceded Trump's ‘will be wild’ tweet — Gift Article — Late on a Friday night about six weeks after Donald Trump lost his reelection, a fistfight nearly broke out in the White House between the president's fired national security adviser and a top White House aide.
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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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Washington Post:
Dramatic moments from deprogrammed right-wingers indict the whole GOP — Listen — Gift Article — Amid the parade of awful revelations unearthed by the House select committee examining the Jan. 6 insurrection, one area of immense culpability still needs further fleshing out.
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David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
Introducing the 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠) — Now that all 50 states have finalized new lines for the 2022 elections, the Cook Political Report is pleased to introduce the 25th Anniversary edition of the Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠) …
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Bloomberg:
Biden's Fist Bump in Israel Muddles Bid to Avoid MBS Handshake — A glowing orb, a back-slapping embrace, a formal handshake, or a cool, Covid-appropriate fist bump? For all the talk of oil, the most pressing decision for President Joe Biden this week could come down to choosing …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Adopts ‘No Handshake’ Covid Policy, but Not For Long
Biden Adopts ‘No Handshake’ Covid Policy, but Not For Long
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Urges Pharmacists to Fill Prescriptions for Drugs That Can Be Used in Abortions — New federal health guidelines cite possible antidiscrimination violation if patient is refused drugs used for medication abortion and other medical conditions — The Biden administration is warning pharmacists …
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Politico
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 …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Allegations of Manosphere Pastor's Gay Past Roil Macho Men — Jesse Lee Peterson has emerged as one of the right's most vocal anti-gay figures, but his one-time friends now allege that the pastor has had many same-sex relationships. — In the hyper-masculine right-wing internet community known as the …
Whitney Wild / CNN:
Secret Service member returns to US following altercation in Israel — Washington (CNN)A member of the US Secret Service Counter Assault Team was detained by the Israeli national police in Jerusalem this week after he allegedly assaulted a woman outside of a bar, a source tells CNN …
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Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Whitmer's leads over GOP rivals raising doubts about red wave, poll finds — Lansing — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has leads over all five of her potential GOP challengers less than four months before Election Day, raising doubts about whether a Republican wave will make landfall in Michigan.
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: Just 18% of Americans say Biden should run for reelection in 2024 — a new low — 46th president of the United States since 2021 — Just 18% of Americans say President Biden should run for reelection in 2024, according to the latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll — the lowest number to date.
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CBS News:
Charges: Man lit his camper on fire, defaced own garage to appear targeted due to Trump flag — MINNEAPOLIS - A Brooklyn Center man faces federal charges after he lit his own camper on fire to make it look like a politically-motivated crime, and then allegedly filed several fraudulent insurance claims.
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Janelle Simmons / United States Department of State:
Russia's “Filtration” Operations, Forced Disappearances, and Mass Deportations of Ukrainian Citizens — On the eve of the Ukraine Accountability Conference, the United States calls on Russia to immediately halt its systematic “filtration” operations and forced deportations in Russian-controlled and held areas of Ukraine.
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Center for American Progress Action:
Guns and Political Violence Play Central Role in MAGA Republican Campaign Ads — At least 104 MAGA Republican ads this cycle display and feature firearms or weapons, blowtorches, and even “Tommy” gun auctions, with many including threats against opponents on both the left and right.