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Washington Post:
Homeland Security watchdog halted plan to recover Secret Service texts, records show — The Department of Homeland Security's chief watchdog scrapped its investigative team's effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted Secret Service texts this year, according to four people …
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Secret Service's ‘ludicrous’ deletion of Jan. 6 phone data baffles experts — Cybersecurity specialists said the agency bungled a routine task by telling agents to back up their own records, which is ‘not something any other organization would ever do’ — Cybersecurity experts …
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CNN:
Exclusive: DHS inspector general knew of missing Secret Service texts months earlier than previously known — Washington (CNN)The embattled inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security first learned of missing Secret Service text messages in May 2021 — months earlier …
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Raw Story, Esquire, HotAir, The Hill, The Status Kuo, Political Wire, CBS News, Mother Jones and HuffPost
U.S. Department of Justice:
Russian National Charged with Conspiring to Have U.S. Citizens Act as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government — An indictment was unsealed today in Tampa, Florida, charging a Russian national, working on behalf of the Russian government and in conjunction with the Russian Federal Security Service …
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Russian National Charged With Spreading Propaganda Through U.S. Groups
Russian National Charged With Spreading Propaganda Through U.S. Groups
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Dan Sullivan / Tampa Bay Times:
FBI investigating Russian interference possibly linked to St. Petersburg Uhuru Movement
FBI investigating Russian interference possibly linked to St. Petersburg Uhuru Movement
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The Guardian, NBC News, St. Louis Riverfront Times …, Florida Politics and Insider
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Russian national charged with U.S. political influence operation
Russian national charged with U.S. political influence operation
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Associated Press and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Atlanta group implicated in Russian influence scheme
Atlanta group implicated in Russian influence scheme
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Reuters:
Conspiracy website InfoWars parent files for bankruptcy — The parent of far-right conspiracy website InfoWars filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday as the company and its founder Alex Jones face up to $150 million in damages in a trial over longstanding falsehoods he perpetuated …
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Bloomberg, Breaking News USA, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Democrats Beat Republicans for Control of Congress in 4 Polls in Past Week
Democrats Beat Republicans for Control of Congress in 4 Polls in Past Week
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EdgeTheory Narrative … and Breitbart
Washington Post:
As Starbucks exits, Union Station struggles with safety, empty stores — The closure of a Starbucks because of ‘challenging incidents’ is adding fuel to concerns about the conditions of Washington's busiest transit hub — Starbucks is departing Union Station on Sunday while citing safety concerns at the iconic transit hub.
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Paige Hopkins / Axios:
Union Station Starbucks closing Sunday
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Rising GOP anger at Mitch McConnell offers a lesson for Democrats — Republicans have staged a carnival of fake outrage ever since Sen. Joe Manchin III announced support for a massive climate and health-care package. Their claim: The West Virginia Democrat and his party double-crossed …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Despite Biden's Success on Judges, Progressives Demand a Faster Pace
Despite Biden's Success on Judges, Progressives Demand a Faster Pace
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Reuters and Commentary Magazine
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Biden Job Approval Dips to New Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden's job approval rating has fallen below 40% for the first time and now sits at a personal low of 38%. Between September and June, the president's rating had ranged narrowly between 40% and 43%.
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The Hill, Just The News and Mediaite
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Lisa Rubin / MSNBC:
Why an unnamed ‘White House employee’ could be a pivotal Jan. 6 witness — Two anonymous White House staffers are at the center of important episodes in the Jan. 6 probe. Are they the same person — and also the person Trump tried to call? — With the revelation that several senior Trump …
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CBS News, Raw Story, PBS NewsHour and Press Herald
Bloomberg:
Fear of Rampant Crime Is Derailing New York City's Recovery … Incidents of violent crime remain at historic lows in New York City. But people's views on guns and crime are often more influenced by what they see and hear, rather than by hard numbers. While homicide is the most high-profile type …
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Eva Fu / theepochtimes.com:
Twitter Censors All Content From The Epoch Times — The social media company ‘must explain itself for this outrageous act of censorship,’ Senator Marco Rubio says — Twitter on July 28 imposed a blockade on all content from The Epoch Times without explanation, raising further concerns …
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Liberty Journal, Steve Kirsch's newsletter and Just The News
Merlyn Thomas / BBC:
UK heatwave: Weather forecasters report unprecedented trolling — Weather forecasters faced unprecedented levels of trolling during this month's extreme heat in the UK, according to leading figures in the industry. — The BBC's team received hundreds of abusive tweets or emails questioning …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jon Stewart Fires Back at Ted Cruz's ‘Bullshit’ Excuses — The comedian and activist went off on Cruz, calling his reason for opposing a bill that would provide healthcare to veterans “inaccurate, not true, bullshit.” — After days of lobbying Republican senators from Capitol Hill …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fox News, Once Home to Trump, Now Often Ignores Him — The former president hasn't been interviewed on the Rupert Murdoch-owned cable network in more than 100 days, and other Republicans often get the attention he once did. — It's been more than 100 days since Donald J. Trump was interviewed on Fox News.
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Raw Story, The Land of 10,000 Takes, America, America and BizPac Review
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
When Can Dying Patients Get a Lifesaving Abortion? These Hospital Panels Will Now Decide. — When Elizabeth Weller's water broke during the 18th week of her pregnancy, the prognosis was bleak: With almost no amniotic fluid left, the fetus could not survive.
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New York Times
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
House overcomes internal rancor to pass assault weapons ban — House Democrats passed an assault weapons ban for the first time in roughly 30 years Friday, a legislative feat on a politically fraught issue that tested the unity of the caucus. — The historic legislation passed along party lines …
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Bolts:
North Texas Conservatives Police High Turnout and Close Races as “Anomalies” Suggesting Fraud — Election deniers nationwide are twisting civic engagement and results they don't like into evidence of rigged elections. — At a January presentation, a speaker lists election figures he coniders to be “anomalies.”
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The Guardian
Mariko Paulson / Issues:
Inflation Reduction Act: Preliminary Estimates of Budgetary and Macroeconomic Effects — Print to PDF Summary: PWBM estimates that the Inflation Reduction Act would reduce non-interest cumulative deficits by $248 billion over the budget window with no impact on GDP in 2031.
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HotAir, Breitbart, Bloomberg, New York Post, Human Events, National Review, Townhall, Americans for Tax Reform, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and The White House
Politico:
‘Alarm bell’: Oz's struggles have GOP pitching alternate path to Senate takeover — PHILADELPHIA — The GOP establishment is feeling down on Dr. Oz. — The Senate Republicans' campaign arm is privately sounding the alarm about physician Mehmet Oz's bid for the Senate in the critical battleground …
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Raw Story, CNN, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, Kofi Ampaabeng, HotAir and PoliticusUSA
CNN:
Russia is plundering gold in Sudan to boost Putin's war effort in Ukraine — CNN Exclusive by Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Tamara Qiblawi, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammed Abo Al Gheit, Darya Tarasova Video by Alex Platt, Mark Baron Graphics by Sarah-Grace Mankarious, Marco Chacón, Natalie Croker and Henrik Pettersson
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Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Over 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war killed in Russian captivity — More than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war have reportedly been killed in what is believed to be a Russian attack on a prisoner camp in Russian-occupied Donbas on July 28. This is possibly the worst crime against captive …
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Wilson Ring / Associated Press:
Passenger rail return to Vermont city took vision, decades — Amtrak-Expansion-Vermont — BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — After a nearly 70-year absence, a passenger train running from Vermont's revitalized Burlington train station to New York City headed south Friday as part of a nationwide renewal of interest in rail travel.
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Politico:
Pelosi to leave for Asia amid Chinese threats over Taiwan stop — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to leave this weekend on a trip that includes Singapore, Japan and South Korea — and possibly Taiwan — even as a Chinese state media commentator suggested Friday that Beijing could shoot down any U.S. military plane she takes to Taipei.
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New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Insider, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner and HotAir
Reuters:
Spanish prosecutor asks for eight-year jail term for Shakira — A Spanish prosecutor is seeking a prison term of eight years for Colombian superstar Shakira over a 14.5 million-euro tax fraud case, a prosecutor's office document showed on Friday. — The singer, who has sold …
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Reese Gorman / The Frontier:
Sen. Jim Inhofe has a strained relationship with the man favored to succeed him — The retiring senator says he and Markwayne Mullin ‘have problems.’ — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe's relationship with U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin hit a low point after Mullin's unauthorized attempt to visit Afghanistan last year.
Mark Robison / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Burn it down? Washoe Republicans disagree how to prioritize election fraud claims — Updated at 8:55 a.m. July 29, 2022 to clarify that Joey Gilbert has talked about possibly running as an independent candidate “in the future.” — A secret recording at Washoe County Republican Party headquarters earlier …
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Raw Story
Rebecca Downs / Townhall:
David Hogg Threatens Democratic Member of Leadership With Primary Challenge, but There's a Catch — This piece has been updated to reflect the announcement of a Friday vote in the House on legislation to ban so-called assault weapons. — Last week, David Hogg engaged in a publicity stunt …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
First on CNN: Jared Kushner details West Wing ‘war’ with ‘toxic’ Steve Bannon in new book — (CNN)Jared Kushner details his clashes with Steve Bannon in his new book, describing a “toxic” West Wing presence who accused him of “undermining the President's agenda” and threatened to break him “in half” if Kushner turned on him.
Rachel Leingang / Arizona Agenda:
“I can't believe I even survived that job.” — Staffers fleeing Katie Hobbs' campaign question her ability to lead Arizona. — In the past five months, two-thirds of Democrat Katie Hobbs' gubernatorial campaign staff have left, and several describe the campaign as an emotionally abusive atmosphere …
CNN:
White House communications director Kate Bedingfield makes ‘last-minute’ decision to stay in her role — (CNN)White House communications director Kate Bedingfield is staying on in her role, a surprise decision coming after the White House announced she would be leaving, multiple sources told CNN.
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