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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 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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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.
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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Fox News:
Ohio 10-year-old's alleged rapist is Guatemalan illegal immigrant: ICE source — Gerson Fuentes is accused of raping a 10-year-old Ohio girl, who later got an abortion — Abortion doctor that leaked Ohio rape case faces HIPAA violation — The man charged with the rape of a 10-year-old girl …
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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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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Former Trump aide Steve Bannon cites Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearing in seeking delay of criminal contempt trial — Former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon again asked a judge to delay his upcoming trial on criminal contempt charges. — Bannon's lawyer this time cited repeated references …
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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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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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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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Jacqueline Feldscher / Defense One:
Biden's Trip to ‘Stabilize’ US-Mideast Ties Kicks Off in Israel
Biden's Trip to ‘Stabilize’ US-Mideast Ties Kicks Off in Israel
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Biden in Israel: You don't need to be a Jew to be a Zionist
Biden in Israel: You don't need to be a Jew to be a Zionist
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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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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Judge tells Lindsey Graham he must testify in grand jury probe — Lindsey Graham said he had no intention of honoring a subpoena from a special grand jury in Georgia. A judge has now told him he doesn't have a choice. — Last week, a special grand jury hearing evidence in an investigation …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected, as price pressures intensify — Shoppers paid sharply higher prices for a variety of goods in June as inflation kept its hold on a slowing U.S. economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.
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The White House:
President Biden Statement on CPI Inflation in June
President Biden Statement on CPI Inflation in June
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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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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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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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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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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Sen. Hawley accused of transphobic questioning at abortion hearing
Sen. Hawley accused of transphobic questioning at abortion hearing
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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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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 …
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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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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Christopher McKeon / London Evening Standard:
Public still ‘unfamiliar’ with most Tory leadership candidates - poll — An Ipsos survey found some candidates were barely more well known than a fake MP created by the pollster — R — ishi Sunak remains the most popular potential Tory leader among the public, but most other candidates lack “name recognition”, a poll has found.
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.
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.”
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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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Newsom says ‘education is under assault’ over banning books, suppressing speech — California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said on Wednesday that “education is under assault,” criticizing the banning of books across the country, efforts to suppress speech and “the othering of our students, teachers, parents.”
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Jonathan M. Katz / The Racket:
‘As somebody who has helped plan coups ...’ — Today's hearing of the Jan. 6 committee was another revelatory affair, added damning details to the already comprehensive picture of how high-level strategists, motivated paramilitaries, and ordinary partisans worked together to try …
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