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Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Secret Service Deleted Jan. 6 Text Messages After Oversight Officials Requested Them … The Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and January 6, 2021, according to a letter given to the January 6 committee and reviewed by The Intercept. The letter was originally sent …
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First on CNN: DC police officer in Trump Jan. 6 motorcade corroborates details of heated Secret Service exchange to committee — (CNN)A Washington, DC, police officer has corroborated to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, details regarding a heated exchange former President Donald Trump …
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United States Secret Service:
U.S. Secret Service Media Relations — The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false. In fact, the Secret Service has been fully cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) in every respect …
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CNN:
Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021 — after oversight officials asked for them, watchdog says — (CNN)The US Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, shortly after they were requested by oversight officials investigating the agency's response …
Washington Post:
Secret Service erased texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, official says — Listen — Gift Article — A government watchdog accused the U.S. Secret Service of erasing texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after his office requested them as part of an inquiry into the U.S. Capitol attack, according to a letter sent to lawmakers this week.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jan. 6 panel aims to “reconstruct” deleted Secret Service texts … - They could shed light on reported efforts to remove former Vice President Mike Pence from the Capitol, and former President Trump's alleged attempts to travel to the Capitol to join his supporters on that day.
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Matt Christy / Fox 59:
Abortion report confirms Indiana doctor followed law after AG vowed investigation — INDIANAPOLIS — After Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita threatened to go after the license of an Indiana physician who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio, documents obtained …
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Politico:
National Right to Life official: 10-year-old should have had baby — The 10-year-old Ohio girl who crossed state lines to receive an abortion in Indiana should have carried her pregnancy to term and would be required to do so under a model law written for state legislatures considering …
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Tony Cook / The Indianapolis Star:
Indiana Dr. Caitlin Bernard reported 10-year-old Ohio girl's abortion, records show
Indiana Dr. Caitlin Bernard reported 10-year-old Ohio girl's abortion, records show
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Republicans shocked a 10-year-old can get pregnant after Ohio rape victim abortion story proves true
Republicans shocked a 10-year-old can get pregnant after Ohio rape victim abortion story proves true
New York Times:
Doctor Informed State of 10-Year-Old Girl's Abortion
Doctor Informed State of 10-Year-Old Girl's Abortion
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Ohio rape shows how a story can spread faster than facts
Ohio rape shows how a story can spread faster than facts
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
10-Year-Old Ohio Girl Became Flash Point in Abortion Debate
10-Year-Old Ohio Girl Became Flash Point in Abortion Debate
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Indiana AG eyes criminal prosecution of 10-year-old rape victim's abortion doc
Indiana AG eyes criminal prosecution of 10-year-old rape victim's abortion doc
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
A 10-Year-Old Endures the Predictable Result of an Abortion Ban
A 10-Year-Old Endures the Predictable Result of an Abortion Ban
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
What Ohio abortion law says about a 10-year-old rape victim
What Ohio abortion law says about a 10-year-old rape victim
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Yes, Fox News: This is the post-Roe world you wanted!
Yes, Fox News: This is the post-Roe world you wanted!
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Washington Post:
Manchin says he won't support any new climate spending or tax hikes — The West Virginia senator informed Democratic leaders on Thursday as negotiations over economic legislation continue — Listen — Gift Article — Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) informed Democratic leaders on Thursday …
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NBC News:
Manchin balks at climate and tax pieces of Biden agenda bill but backs health care provisions — WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his staff told Democratic leadership on Thursday that he's not willing to support major climate and tax provisions in a sweeping Biden agenda bill …
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The Dworkin Report:
Michael Cohen just explained how Trump set up a GOP Congressman seeking a pardon — Scott interviews friend and former political opponent, Michael Cohen in part one of this two-part interview. He provided key insight into the unsavory way that the disgraced ex-president handled …
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ABC News:
Ivana Trump, ex-wife of former President Trump, dies at age 73 — Ivana Trump is survived by three children: Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump. — Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, has died at age 73, the family told ABC News. — “Our mother was an incredible woman …
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
Ivana Trump, Ex-Wife of Donald Trump and Businesswoman, Dies at 73
Ivana Trump, Ex-Wife of Donald Trump and Businesswoman, Dies at 73
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Judge issues arrest warrant for Colorado county clerk Tina Peters — A judge in Colorado issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Tina Peters, the Mesa County clerk who was barred from overseeing elections after she was indicted on charges of tampering with election equipment and official misconduct.
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Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Judge orders arrest of indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters for bond violations — A judge Thursday ordered i ndicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to be arrested for violating the conditions of her bond by traveling to Las Vegas this week without first notifying the court and prosecutors.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
A judge issues an arrest warrant for Tina Peters, the Colorado county clerk under indictment.
A judge issues an arrest warrant for Tina Peters, the Colorado county clerk under indictment.
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
A Berkeley professor's Senate testimony didn't go how the left thinks it did — Listen — Gift Article — Everyone agrees it was an epic own. There's much less agreement about who got owned. — In Tuesday's Senate hearing on the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe vs. Wade …
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Axios:
GOP fears Senate debacle — Top Republicans, once confident about winning control of the Senate in the midterms, fear they'll blow it after nominating several deeply flawed candidates in winnable states, according to conversations with GOP strategists, pollsters and other officials.
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb: ‘Big Lie has been good only for Trump’ — The adviser who helped lead Trump's response to the Mueller report now says the former president is a “disaster” for the GOP. — Ty Cobb is no stranger to former President Donald Trump.
Washington Post:
Trump called member of White House support staff amid Jan. 6 probe — The phone call was disclosed by committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney, who said the matter had been referred to the Justice Department — Gift Article — Former president Donald Trump attempted to call a member …
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Scott Patterson / Wall Street Journal:
Jan. 6 Panel Considers Seeking Testimony From Donald Trump, Mike Pence
Jan. 6 Panel Considers Seeking Testimony From Donald Trump, Mike Pence
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Graham Gremore / Queerty:
Amy Coney Barrett is having a really crappy summer — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has been having a rough go at it since becoming the sole woman justice to side with her conservative male colleagues in the decision to upend nearly 50 years of precedent and overturn Roe v. Wade.
U.S. Mission to the OSCE:
Response to Moscow Mechanism Report on Ukraine — As delivered by Ambassador Michael Carpenter — Professors Bilkova, Guercio, and Sancin: welcome to the Permanent Council and thank you for presenting us with your comprehensive experts' report. We appreciate the amount of work that has gone …
Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
House Passes Crew Mandate Called ‘Gut Punch’ to Offshore Wind — The House passed legislation Thursday that offshore wind developers say poses an existential threat to the nascent industry in the US. — The measure, folded into a defense authorization bill, would impose new nationality requirements …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnon Fan Is Resurrecting JFK Jr.'s Magazine in Creepy Twist — A Times Square billboard announced the magazine's supposed return this week with a cover bearing the George logo and a painting portraying Donald Trump as Paul Revere. — In the world of QAnon conspiracy theorists …
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Chinese drone maker lobbies to defeat US national security ban — DJI's share of the commercial market has fallen after Trump placed it on the ‘entities list’ — China's blacklisted DJI is battling to maintain its dominance of the US drone market by lobbying Congress to block a bill barring …
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Axios:
Stacey Abrams' blockbuster fundraising driven by out-of-state money — In one of the highest-profile gubernatorial battles in the country, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is leveraging a vast pool of out-of-state money. … - Incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's campaign and leadership committee …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump on 2024: 'I've Already Made That Decision' … Donald Trump was impeached twice, lost the 2020 election by 7,052,770 votes, is entangled in investigations by federal prosecutors (over the Capitol insurrection and over the mishandling of classified White House documents …
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
With Few Able and Fewer Willing, U.S. Military Can't Find Recruits — Fighting headwinds from the pandemic, the tight labor market and demographic shifts, the armed forces may fall further short of enlistment quotas this year than they have in decades. — FOUNTAIN, Colo. — The local Army recruiting station was empty.