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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 texts missing for Trump Homeland Security's Wolf and Cuccinelli — DHS watchdog was alerted in February to unavailable records of top officials, but did nothing to alert or investigate — Text messages for former President Donald Trump's acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: White House to GOP: Why you trippin'? — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — MANCHIN GIVETH AND MANCHIN... — Sen. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) may have just resurrected Biden's domestic agenda, but he told CHRIS CUOMO in an interview that aired Thursday …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Senate GOP Got Played
The Senate GOP Got Played
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The Daily Beast, Washington Post, CNN, Reuters and The Hill
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin's climate deal isn't enough, but it's still a miracle
Joe Manchin's climate deal isn't enough, but it's still a miracle
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The Green Tea, The Atlantic, CFACT, Politico, Wired, Noahpinion, One America News Network, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Basement talk, virtual handshake led to Manchin-Schumer deal
Basement talk, virtual handshake led to Manchin-Schumer deal
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The Hill, Associated Press, CNN and Houston Public Media
Yahoo News:
Horrifying footage appears to show Russian captors castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war — A horrific video posted online on Thursday appears to show a Ukrainian prisoner of war being castrated by his Russian captors. — While Yahoo News cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Pro-Trump influencer upset after documents detailing ‘substantial’ cooperation with FBI are released — WASHINGTON — A pro-Trump social media influencer who was convicted of disorderly and disruptive conduct on Capitol grounds for his actions on Jan. 6 is upset over the release of court filings …
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Ana Radelat / MinnPost:
Phillips: Democrats need ‘new generation’ of leadership, not Biden in 2024 — In an interview on the Chad Hartman radio show on WCCO-AM, Phillips, who represents Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District, said he wants to see “a new generation of compelling, well-prepared, dynamic Democrats who step up.”
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Jack Kelly / The Cap Times:
Sarah Godlewski suspends U.S. Senate bid, endorses Mandela Barnes — Wisconsin Treasurer and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Godlewski is suspending her campaign and endorsing Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, the two campaigns confirmed Friday. — Godlewski's decision to drop out of the race …
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Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
Improvement or Illusion? — Over the last couple of weeks, there's been a shift in opinion among many political professionals about Democrats' chances in the midterm campaign. They point in particular to improvement for Democrats in the generic ballot poll question (which party …
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Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, The Hill and Sabato's Crystal Ball
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 …
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.
Reuters:
Inside one far-right sheriff's crusade to prove Trump's bogus voter-fraud claims — In rural Michigan, county Sheriff Dar Leaf has teamed with a Trump-camp lawyer to chase the former president's outlandish rigged-election theories. A member of a radical group of “constitutional sheriffs,” he's now under investigation himself.
Mariko Paulson / Issues:
Inflation Reduction Act: Preliminary Estimates of Budgetary and Macroeconomic Effects … Key Points — PWBM estimates that the Inflation Reduction Act, as written, would reduce cumulative deficits by $248 billion over the budget window. — The Act would very slightly increase inflation until 2024 …
Robert T. Garrett / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stayed at fundraiser for hours after Uvalde shooting, records show — Finance, flight-tracking documents show the governor stayed in Huntsville longer than he implied. — AUSTIN — After the Uvalde school shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott spent nearly three hours in Huntsville …
Rachel Sharp / The Independent:
Trump plasters presidential seal across golf club during Saudi-backed LIV tournament despite complaints — Earlier this month, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to criminally investigate Mr Trump's Bedminster golf club over its use of the seal
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 …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Justices worry about the future of the Supreme Court — and point fingers as to who's to blame — Limping away from one of the most significant terms in decades, justices are sending out flares expressing concern not only for the future of the Supreme Court but the country as a whole …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Alito dismisses foreign criticism of Supreme Court's abortion ruling
Alito dismisses foreign criticism of Supreme Court's abortion ruling
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Paul Manafort admits indirectly advising Trump in 2020 but keeping it secret in wait for pardon — In new book, obtained by Guardian, 2016 campaign manager convicted of tax fraud says he was ‘very careful’ to hide advice — Paul Manafort indirectly advised Donald Trump's 2020 campaign …
Washington Post:
Americans dismayed at end of Roe are less certain they will vote, poll finds — A Washington Post-Schar School poll finds 65 percent of Americans view the Supreme Court's abortion ruling as a major loss of women's rights, while 35 percent say it is not — Nearly two-thirds of Americans …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Wait, is Biden a better president than people thought? Many progressives have spent the Biden years in a mood of rising despair and even rage about the prospects for achieving the kind of fundamental change they believe the country and world urgently need. They wish Joe Manchin was a different kind of senator.
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The Economist:
Vladimir Putin is in thrall to a distinctive brand of Russian fascism — That is why his country is such a threat to Ukraine, the West and his own people — What matters most in Moscow these days is what is missing. Nobody speaks openly of the war in Ukraine. The word is banned and talk is dangerous.
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
D.C. mayor asks for National Guard to help with Texas, Arizona migrants — D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Thursday she is seeking to have 150 National Guard troops deployed to the city to help with the thousands of migrants arriving on chartered buses from Texas and Arizona …
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
McCarthy says he does not recall Jan. 6 Cassidy Hutchinson call on Trump going to Capitol — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that he did not remember talking to former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on Jan. 6, 2021, about the prospect of former President Trump …
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Insider, CNN and Washington Times
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
Biden administration plans fall rollout of COVID-19 boosters updated for omicron — The Biden administration has agreed to purchase millions of updated COVID-19 shots that target the highly transmissible omicron variant and expects the rollout to begin in the fall in hopes of being prepared for a winter surge.
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Bill Lukitsch / Kansas City Star:
Vanilla Ice did not OK use of image in McCloskey U.S. Senate campaign ad, managers say — Vanilla Ice wants his fans to know that he is not affiliated with long shot Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey after a political ad featuring the artist's name and photograph was promoted by the campaign on Thursday.
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Zachary D. Carter / In The Long Run:
On Economics And Democracy — High unemployment is extremely dangerous. — Earlier this week, I spoke at a gathering in Washington organized by Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Adam Jentleson on what they are calling “Inclusive Populism” — an economic agenda that defends the rights of all working people, whatever they may look like.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Lessons of Last Year's Larry Summers Hatefest … Larry Summers opposed the American Jobs Plan on the grounds that it would risk overheating the economy, stoking inflation, and potentially forcing the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, triggering a recession.
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Joel Mathis and The Weekly Dish
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
So You Want To Start a Third Party? — Then tell me how you are going to attract real-world Trump voters. — Starting a new third party is all the rage these days, especially out here in Never Trumpistan. — The Yang Gang is teaming up with some future former Republicans for the Forward Party.
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
In Michigan Governor Race, Legal Missteps Hurt GOP Bid to Unseat Gretchen Whitmer — Ahead of Aug. 2 primary, establishment Republicans look to boost political newcomer Tudor Dixon as unusual GOP race comes to a close — Midterms 2022: Where Republicans and Democrats Stand on the Issues