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10:50 PM ET, July 17, 2022

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Zach Despart / The Texas Tribune:
“Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details  —  The most extensive account of the shooting to date says that after the Uvalde schools police chief failed to take charge, better-equipped departments should have stepped up to fill the leadership void.
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Washington Post:
Texas House report on Uvalde shooting blames all agencies at the scene  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  The most exhaustive report yet on the May 24 mass shooting inside a Uvalde, Tex., elementary school spread blame across every law enforcement agency responding to the attack …
CNN:
First on CNN: Uvalde video shows children scrambling for safety and a chief fumbling with door keys  —  Editor's Note: CNN was informed that the families of those killed and injured at Robb Elementary were offered an opportunity to watch the video privately before this story was published.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Chasnoff / San Antonio Express-News:
Report: Police took ‘lackadaisical approach’ in responding to Uvalde mass shooting
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
9/11 Families Call on Trump to Cancel Saudi-Backed Golf Event  —  The LIV Golf tournament is set for the end of July at Donald Trump's Bedminster course in New Jersey.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Relatives of people killed on Sept. 11 are urging former President Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: The Hill
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Cut Biden some slack.  U.S. presidents have to deal with dictators.  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  It was the fist bump that sent shock waves around the world.  —  On Friday, Biden was photographed — by the Saudis, naturally — engaging in that greeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, popularly known as MBS.
CBS News:
Transcript: Amos Hochstein on “Face the Nation,” July 17, 2022
Discussion: Insider
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
Contradicting Biden, Saudis deny opening of airspace is step toward ties with Israel
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
Biden's fist bump with MBS was a crass betrayal
New York Times:
4 Killed in Indiana Mall Shooting, Officials Say  —  The attack unfolded at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Ind., on Sunday before another armed individual fatally shot the assailant, the city's mayor said.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Three people were killed at a mall …
Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Moms for Liberty's conservative activists are planning their next move: Taking over school boards  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Eighteen months after a pair of former school board members in Florida founded Moms for Liberty, the group's first national gathering drew 500 people, including major Republican figures …
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Laura Cassels / Florida Phoenix:
Betsy DeVos calls for abolition of federal Education Department she once led  —  Former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, appointed by former president Donald Trump, told conservative activists in Tampa Saturday that the federal Education Department should be abolished, leaving education decisions to state and local boards.
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Trump won't blunt January 6 inquiry by entering 2024 race, panel member says  —  ‘No one is above the law,’ says Elaine Luria in response to whether Trump could shield himself from threat of prosecution by simply announcing run  —  Donald Trump won't blunt the investigation …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Tells Team He Needs to Be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes  —  The former president is planning on running for the White House — and away from the law  —  When Donald Trump formally declares his 2024 candidacy, he won't just be running for another term in the White House.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds  —  ATLANTA (AP) — The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
For Wyoming Democrats, voting for Cheney is another chance to vote against Trump … Tanner Ewalt and his friends have a saying.  —  “We all have to vote for Liz Cheney.  I'm so sorry.”  —  Ewalt is a 20-year-old University of Wyoming student from Casper majoring in political science.
Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:
DC homeless shelters are filling up with migrants from Arizona and Texas Mayor Muriel Bowser claims as she hits back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for shipping migrants to nation's capital rather than their final destinations  — Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser slammed Texas and Arizona's governors …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus groups: Wisconsin swing voters say Trump guilty for Jan. 6  —  The House select committee's Jan. 6 hearings are cementing the views of some voters who once backed former Predident Trump and now believe he should face criminal prosecution, according to our latest Axios Engagious/Schlesinger focus groups.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Gottlieb says window for containing monkeypox ‘probably has closed’  —  Former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said on Sunday he wouldn't be surprised if there are thousands of monkeypox cases in the United States, warning that the window to get control of the virus may be closed.
Discussion: CNN and Axios
Jordan Uhl / I Hate It Here And Never Want To Leave:
Alabama Wants To Use $400 Million In Covid Funds To Build New Prisons  —  A portion of monthly subscriptions goes to groups supporting our unhoused friends and neighbors.  Please consider subscribing.  —  The state of Alabama is trying to use Covid relief funds to construct new prisons …
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Workers are picking up extra jobs just to pay for gas and food  —  Prices are rising faster than wages, and more Americans than ever are working two full-time jobs simultaneously  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Albert Elliott has been fueling up his Kia Soul in increments of $15 …
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Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Gas prices may surge again ahead of midterm elections
Discussion: The Hill
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Sanders says Manchin 'sabotaged the president's agenda'  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday blasted Sen. Joe Manchin for what he called “sabotaging” President Joe Biden's agenda by rejecting Democrats' party-line spending bill last week.  —  “He has sabotaged the president's agenda,” Sanders (I-Vt.) said on ABC's “This Week.”
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters say the economy is bad, and they expect it will get worse
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Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is under fire from Arizona Republicans hoping to defeat his Trump-backed protégé Blake Masters in Senate primary
Ruth Brown / Idaho Reports:
Day 3: GOP platform focuses on abortion restriction, primary elections
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David Smith / The Guardian:
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 Earlier Items: 
Tom Bell / Politico:
When Ivana Trump Met Sarah Palin
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Sen. Ted Cruz says Supreme Court ‘clearly wrong’ in decision legalizing same-sex marriage
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Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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