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4:01 PM ET, July 29, 2022

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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 …
Discussion: CNN
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Russian national charged with U.S. political influence operation
Discussion: Associated Press and WTOP News
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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Wall Street Journal:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Critical Vote on Manchin-Schumer Climate and Tax Deal  —  Arizona centrist senator has forced changes in past Democratic packages  —  Watch: Biden Explains Key Points of Inflation Reduction Act … WASHINGTON—Democrats' hopes of turning a long-sought tax and energy agreement …
Discussion: Progress Pond
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 …
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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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David Walker / Washington Post:
Ukraine and Russia trade blame for strike reportedly killing Mariupol prisoners
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 …
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 …
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Russian officials requested adding convicted murderer to Griner/Whelan prisoner swap  —  (CNN)Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country's domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be added to the US' proposed swap …
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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 …
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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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.”
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.
Discussion: Insider, Mediaite and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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 …
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.
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
Discussion: Insider and UPI
Robert J. Shapiro / Washington Monthly:
Hey, Folks: We're Not in a Recession  —  GDP scare headlines are misleading, and other more telling measures reveal a Biden economy that's still growing.  —  Rules of thumb are often misleading.  Biden administration critics have seized on an axiom that two consecutive quarters …
Discussion: National Review, Noahpinion and Axios
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Democrats Beat Republicans for Control of Congress in 4 Polls in Past Week  —  Four national polls from the past week have shown Democrats favored by more voters to control Congress compared to Republicans, as many analysts and GOP leaders continue to express confidence that the liberal party …
C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
Justice Department staffs up team investigating efforts to overturn Trump's loss by adding a top public corruption prosecutor who worked on the Steve Bannon and Roger Stone cases  — A corruption prosecutor is helping with “investigatory efforts” in the sprawling January 6 inquiry.
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.
Katherine Ellen Foley / Politico:
More than 780,000 monkeypox vaccines for the U.S.  — The first cosmetic regulation in nearly a century could be lost in an ongoing user fee spat.  — FDA's chief tobacco scientist to leave for Philip Morris International.  —  It's Friday.  Welcome to Prescription Pulse.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. admits 100,000 Ukrainians in 5 months, fulfilling Biden pledge  —  The U.S. received more than 100,000 Ukrainians in roughly five months following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, fulfilling President Biden's pledge of providing a temporary safe haven to those displaced as part …
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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Wall Street Journal:
In Michigan Governor Race, Legal Missteps Hurt GOP Bid to Unseat Gretchen Whitmer
Discussion: Detroit News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Lessons of Last Year's Larry Summers Hatefest
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Paul Manafort admits indirectly advising Trump in 2020 but keeping it secret in wait for pardon
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