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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Manchin says he has reached deal with Democrats on economy, climate bill  —  Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) on Wednesday said he had reached a deal with Democrats to advance economic legislation that aims to lower health-care costs, combat climate change and pay down the deficit.
Discussion: Breaking News USA
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New York Times:
Manchin, in Reversal, Agrees to Quick Action on Climate and Tax Plan  —  The West Virginia Democrat, a holdout on his party's domestic agenda, said the package would reduce inflation, a concern he had cited in rejecting it just weeks ago.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia …
Politico:
Manchin's latest shocker: A $700B deal  —  Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer looked at loggerheads after their talks on a sweeping climate, tax and health care bill ran aground nearly two weeks ago.  In fact, they were working on Washington's best-kept secret.  —  On July 18, four days …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Manchin announces support for climate, tax, health care deal  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced Wednesday he planned to support a deficit reduction package that addressed both climate change and prescription drug reform, a stark reversal for the one senator who has been blocking key planks of President Biden's agenda.
Ben White / Politico:
Bracing for the big reveal
Discussion: Politico
The White House:
Statement from President Biden on Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Discussion: Axios, Grist and UPI
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin, Schumer announce slimmed-down deal on climate, taxes, health
NBC News:
Manchin strikes major deal with Schumer on climate, taxes and health care
Discussion: Associated Press and The Guardian
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Former Republicans and Democrats to form new third U.S. political party  —  Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials will announce on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America's dysfunctional two-party system.
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Washington Post:
Most third parties have failed.  Here's why ours won't.  —  David Jolly is a former Republican congressman from Florida and is executive chairman of the Serve America Movement.  Christine Todd Whitman is a former Republican governor of New Jersey and co-founder of the Renew America Movement.
Zachary Blackburn / The GW Hatchet:
Clarence Thomas won't teach GW Law seminar  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will not teach a Constitutional Law Seminar this fall, according to an email addressed to students in the seminar that was obtained by The Hatchet.  —  Gregory Maggs, who has co-taught the course with Thomas since 2011 …
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Associated Press:
Justice Thomas cancels plans to teach at DC law school
Discussion: Raw Story
Congressman Hank Johnson:
Rep. Johnson Introduces Supreme Court Justice Term Limit Measure to Restore Balance, Legitimacy for SCOTUS
Olivia Olander / Politico:
Justice Thomas no longer listed as GWU faculty after Roe backlash
Discussion: Fox News and Townhall
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Biden administration offers convicted Russian arms dealer in exchange for Griner, Whelan  —  After months of internal debate, the Biden administration has offered to exchange Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving a 25-year US prison sentence …
Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press:
Japanese city alarmed by biting, clawing, attacking monkeys  —  TOKYO (AP) — People in a southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools.  —  The attacks — on 58 people since July 8 …
Washington Post:
Christopher Shea, Washington Post editor, dies at 53  —  At The Post, he assigned and edited hundreds of pieces that reflected his voracious consumption of politics, social science and popular culture  —  Christopher Shea, a Washington Post editor who specialized in assigning and editing news essays …
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Gab CEO Andrew Torba on Jews: We're “done” being “told what we're allowed to do in our own country by a 2% minority”  —  Andrew Torba, Gab CEO and consultant to Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, responded to criticism of Mastriano using his antisemitic platform by telling Jews that …
Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times, Insider and WITF
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Andrea Kesack / PennLive:
Doug Mastriano is unfit for office
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
RNC warning to Trump: If you run for president, we stop paying your legal bills, says official  —  Since October 2021, the RNC has paid nearly $2M to firms representing Trump.  —  Former President Donald Trump delivers speaks at the America First Agenda Summit hosted by America …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Californians and other Americans are flooding Mexico City.  Some locals want them to go home  —  Fernando Bustos Gorozpe was sitting with friends in a cafe here when he realized that — once again — they were outnumbered.  —  “We're the only brown people,” said Bustos, a 38-year-old writer and university professor.
CNN:
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson cooperating with DOJ probe  —  Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson is cooperating with the Justice Department's criminal investigation into the plots to subvert the 2020 election, a source with knowledge of the discussions confirmed to CNN.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump threatens CNN with lawsuit over ‘defamatory’ reporting  —  Former President Trump on Wednesday said he planned to file a lawsuit against CNN, alleging the network has repeatedly defamed him dating back to his 2016 campaign for the presidency.  —  “I have notified CNN of my intent …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America's real college debt: How we failed an entire generation … Ewan Johnson's college dreams nearly crashed down on him after just four days.  The saga had started in the mid-2010s near the end of what by his own admission had been an unambitious time in high school.
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Feds Uncover Creepy Online Posts by Man Accused of Plotting to Kill Kavanaugh  —  Nicholas Roske formulated his plan in part by surveying users on Reddit, and he told one Discord user that he wanted to take out three justices, the FBI alleges. … The California man accused of plotting …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Fox News:
FBI search warrant application shows chilling online postings from Kavanaugh assassination suspect
Discussion: CNN and National Review
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Kemp, Warnock slightly ahead in Georgia's top races  —  U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is slightly ahead of Republican Herschel Walker in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of a race that could decide control of the Senate, while Gov. Brian Kemp has an apparent lead …
CNN:
Federal prosecutors obtain warrant to search lawyer John Eastman's cell phone in January 6 criminal probe  —  The Justice Department obtained a second warrant to search the cell phone of right-wing lawyer John Eastman as part of a January 6-related criminal inquiry, prosecutors said in a court filing Wednesday.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw makes sure reporters feel the burn  —  Known for her aggressive Twitter comments and brusque treatment of the media, the Florida governor's press secretary has used taunts to solidify a tough image  —  When Florida Republicans held their annual conference last week …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner alleges chief of staff shoved Ivanka Trump at White House  —  In a forthcoming memoir, the former presidential son-in-law and adviser portrays John F. Kelly as having a bullying, “Jekyll-and-Hyde” demeanor.  Kelly denies the allegations.  —  In a forthcoming memoir …
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Trump's Jan. 6th National Guard Lie Crumbles  —  Christopher Miller, Trump's acting defense secretary, gave a different story under oath than he did to Sean Hannity.  —  One of the biggest lies that former President Trump and his allies have perpetuated about January 6th is that Trump ordered the National Guard to secure the Capitol.
Aaron Keller / Law & Crime:
Former Covington Catholic Student Nick Sandmann Loses Defamation Lawsuits Against CBS, ABC, NYT, and Others  —  After years of politically charged litigation, former Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann has lost a round of high-profile defamation lawsuits against five mainstream media companies …
Journal Sentinel:
Sources: Alex Lasry will withdraw from Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate primary, solidifying Mandela Barnes' front-runner status  —  Bill Glauber Daniel BiceMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  In a stunning move with less than two weeks before the primary, Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry …
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
A new Georgia voting law reduced ballot drop box access in places that used them most  —  Monica Poole looked forward to voting in Georgia's primary in May.  —  But after breaking her ankle, she couldn't drive.  Even navigating the stairs from her second-floor Atlanta apartment was impossible …
Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue:
Matt Gaetz Body-Shamed a Teen — Who Then Launched a Fundraiser for Abortion Rights  —  Olivia Julianna has raised over $230,000 for abortion funds.  —  According to Rep. Matt Gaetz, body-shaming a teenager to his 1.4 million Twitter followers is behavior befitting a congressman.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Just Told Us His Master Plan  —  Yesterday, an ex-president who had tried to overturn a democratic election by violence returned to Washington, D.C., to call for law and order.  Again and again, the speech reversed reality.  The ex-president who had spread an actual big lie …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Biden admin spends over $25,000 on CDC director's media training and executive coaching  —  Presented by Connected Commerce Council  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.
Discussion: New York Times
Eleni Schirmer / New Yorker:
The Aging Student Debtors of America  —  In an era of declining wages and rising debt, Americans are not aging out of their student loans—they are aging into them.  —  On a warm October evening, in 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt stood in a baseball field in Pittsburgh …
Orlando Sentinel:
Dark power: How FPL, other utilities neutralize opponents, grow profits  —  The CEO of the biggest power company in the U.S. had a problem.  A Democratic state senator was proposing a law that could cut into Florida Power & Light's profits.  Landlords would be able to sell cheap rooftop solar power directly …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Florida Times Union
 
 
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Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Ted Cruz says Texas should repeal ban on gay sex
Discussion: HotAir, The Texas Tribune and The Hill
Middle East Eye:
US congresswoman calls on UAE to release detained Khashoggi lawyer Asim Ghafoor
Lina Abu Akleh / Washington Post:
The U.S. must end Israel's impunity and investigate my aunt's killing
Discussion: The Hill and Common Dreams
Fox News:
ABC's ‘The View’ addresses cease and desist letter from Turning Point USA: ‘We apologize’
Politico:
Biden administration expected to soon declare monkeypox a health emergency
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Year Zero:
The Dangerous Overreach of California's SB107
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Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg:
Bannon Judge Wants to Hear More on Dismissal Request — Even After Conviction
Donald Moynihan / Slate:
Trump Got Burned by a Major Mistake in His First Term. He Won't Make It Again.
Discussion: Perilous Times
Bloomberg:
Wuhan Locks Down 1 Million Residents in Echo of Pandemic's Start
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Without Media Accountability, Republicans Will Govern Like a One-Party State