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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senators announce bipartisan bills to stop candidates from stealing elections — WASHINGTON — After months of negotiating, a group of senators announced two proposals Wednesday designed to close gaps in federal law and prevent future candidates from stealing elections.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Bipartisan Senate Group Strikes Deal to Rewrite Electoral Count Act — The changes outlined by the senators are intended to prevent a repeat of the effort on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the presidential election in Congress. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Ned Foley / Election Law Blog:
Why Congress should swiftly enact the Senate's bipartisan ECA reform bill
Why Congress should swiftly enact the Senate's bipartisan ECA reform bill
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Senators finalize bipartisan proposal designed to prevent another Jan. 6
Senators finalize bipartisan proposal designed to prevent another Jan. 6
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / Washington Post:
Trump wanted Pence to reject votes for Biden. A new bill would prevent that.
Trump wanted Pence to reject votes for Biden. A new bill would prevent that.
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CNN:
Federal investigation of Hunter Biden reaches critical juncture, sources say — The federal investigation into Hunter Biden's business activities is nearing a critical juncture as investigators weigh possible charges and prosecutors confront Justice Department guidelines …
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NBC News:
In Harvard study of Jan. 6 rioters, top motivation is clear: Trump — Researchers at Harvard University who conducted the largest study yet of what motivated Jan. 6 rioters say the data is clear: The most common responses focused on former President Donald Trump and his lies about the election.
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Merrick Garland: Nothing to prevent investigating Trump or anyone else for Jan. 6 attack
Merrick Garland: Nothing to prevent investigating Trump or anyone else for Jan. 6 attack
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
In Defense of the Justice Department
In Defense of the Justice Department
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David Siders / Politico:
'It's the accumulation': The Jan. 6 hearings are wounding Trump, after all
'It's the accumulation': The Jan. 6 hearings are wounding Trump, after all
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Biden Approval Hits New Low Amid Public Discontent With Both Parties, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly Half Of Americans Worry About Being Mass Shooting Victim — mail_outline — One and a half years since President Joe Biden took office, Americans give President Biden …
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Washington Post:
Secret Service watchdog knew in February that texts had been purged — Listen — Gift Article — A watchdog agency learned in February that the Secret Service had purged nearly all cellphone texts from around the time of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but chose not to alert Congress …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Secret Service was told at least once before Jan. 6, 2021, to preserve texts
Secret Service was told at least once before Jan. 6, 2021, to preserve texts
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CNN:
Former Trump White House aide who met with January 6 panel attacks witnesses, lawmakers in profane and sexist rant — (CNN)A former Trump White House aide who met with the January 6 committee earlier this week went on a profane and sexist rant on a livestream after his testimony …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP freezes up on same-sex marriage — Mitt Romney doesn't think it's necessary. Richard Burr hasn't read it. And Todd Young is “fixated” on microchips. — Those are some of the answers Republicans gave Wednesday on whether they'd back legislation writing same-sex marriage into law.
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Ari Hawkins / Politico:
Larry Hogan snubs Republican victor in Maryland, escalating Trump proxy war — Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland signaled on Wednesday that he opposed the gubernatorial candidate backed by Donald Trump, the latest escalation of a proxy war between the term-limited Republican governor and the former president.
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
The GOP Just Nominated a ‘QAnon Whackjob’ and a ‘True Confederate’ in Maryland
The GOP Just Nominated a ‘QAnon Whackjob’ and a ‘True Confederate’ in Maryland
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Joe Biden says he has cancer in possible gaffe — President Biden said Wednesday that he has cancer — making either a gaffe or a stunningly casual health announcement during a speech about global warming in Massachusetts. — Biden was describing the health effects of emissions …
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Julian Routh / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
John Fetterman, in first interview since stroke, talks recovery and return to U.S. Senate campaign trail — This story will be updated. — In his first media interview since suffering a stroke days before the May primary election, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman …
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C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
Steve Bannon's offer to testify in the House January 6 inquiry might have backfired at his criminal trial — Steve Bannon's lawyers told jurors about his recent offer to testify in the House January 6 inquiry. — Prosecutors called the offer “sudden” and underscored that it cost the House panel precious time.
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Documents detail the secret strategy behind Trump's census citizenship question push — Former President Donald Trump's administration spent years trying to add a census citizenship question as part of a secret strategy for altering the population numbers used to divide up seats in Congress …
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Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
New evidence disputes Trump's citizenship question rationale for census
New evidence disputes Trump's citizenship question rationale for census
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Washington Post:
Even a day after Jan. 6, Trump balked at condemning the violence — The House committee investigating the Capitol attack expects to show portions of outtakes Thursday from remarks Trump delivered Jan. 7, when aides pressed him to repudiate the riot. — Gift Article
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Alice Kantor / Bloomberg:
Americans Who Can't Afford Homes Are Moving to Europe Instead — More Americans are relocating to Europe, driven across the Atlantic by the rising cost of living, inflated house prices, a surging dollar and political rancor at home. — Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and France are among the most popular destinations.
Tess Owen / VICE:
Indiana Mall Gunman Appears to Have Posted Plans on 4chan — Police have told VICE News they are familiar with the posts and are investigating. — TO — TORONTO, CA — Hours before a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on a food court in a suburban mall near Indianapolis on Sunday …
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
Endemic Covid-19 Looks Pretty Brutal — It may surprise you to learn, given the mood of the country — and indeed the world — about the pandemic that probably half of all Covid infections have happened this calendar year — and it's only July. By December, the figure could be 80 percent or more.
NBC News:
‘A real moral force’: Conservatives praise Pence for being courageous on Jan. 6 — WASHINGTON — Some House Republicans praised former Vice President Mike Pence for certifying the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, and encouraged him to run for president in 2024 in a closed-door gathering Wednesday.
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Welcome to the New Era of Political Memoir, Where Leaving Readers Uneasy Is the Point — This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. — Maybe Donald Trump was onto something with those non-disclosure agreements.
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Was Yellowstone's Deadliest Wolf Hunt in 100 Years an Inside Job? — Daylight was fading over the Northern Range of Yellowstone National Park. It was late January, and a cold front had just moved in. Nearing the park's boundary, the young wolf would have been unfazed by the plunging temperatures.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Confessions of a Conservative Apostate — What does it mean to be a conservative now? … For weeks I've been watching a parade of Republican officials describe how they worked inside a Republican administration under Donald Trump as the GOP fell to a bunch of kooks, opportunists, racists, and aspiring fascists.
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Officials reorganize HHS to boost pandemic response — Plan would elevate ASPR, which plays key role in emergencies, to be an agency on par with CDC, FDA — Listen — Gift Article … The Biden administration is reorganizing the federal health department to create an independent division …
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John Solomon / Just The News:
Mystery solved: DOJ secretly thwarted release of Russia documents declassified by Trump — In the final hours of the Trump presidency, the U.S. Justice Department raised privacy concerns to thwart the release of hundreds of pages of documents that Donald Trump had declassified …
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