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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 …
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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 WTOP News
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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Insider and Florida Politics
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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Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, RedState, The Federalist, IJR, Wide World of News, The Daily Caller, Townhall and Politico
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Wall Street Journal:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Critical Vote on Manchin-Schumer Climate and Tax Deal
Kyrsten Sinema Is Critical Vote on Manchin-Schumer Climate and Tax Deal
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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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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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BuzzFeed News, BizPac Review, Raw Story, Mediaite and wusa9.com
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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Washington Post, Raw Story, New York Magazine, HotAir, PoliticusUSA, Breaking News USA and Puck
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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CBS News, New York Times and Ian Haworth
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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 …
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Bloomberg, National Review, Townhall, The Daily Caller and Americans for Tax Reform
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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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Fox News and New York Post
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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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The Hill, Fox News, audacy.com, HotAir, Townhall, CNN and Washington Examiner
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, The Hill and Wall Street Journal
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.
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 …
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CBS News, Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Hill, CNN, Politico and Political Wire
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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Human Events, National Review and Axios
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
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated a lawyer who represented the Mississippi clinic at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision to become a federal appeals court judge.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, CNN and Forbes
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Despite Biden's Success on Judges, Progressives Demand a Faster Pace — Democrats may leave dozens of federal judicial vacancies unfilled this year, prompting concern among liberal groups about a blockade should Republicans win the Senate. — WASHINGTON — With an extended summer recess looming …
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Reuters and Commentary Magazine
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.
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 …
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Democrats, Breitbart and EdgeTheory Narrative …
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.
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The Daily Caller
Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Supreme Court Justice Alito hits back at foreign critics of abortion decision — Alito mocks foreign critics who denounced Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade — Fox News Flash top headlines for July 29 — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign critics who denounced …
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AlterNet, The Moderate Voice, WTOP News, Valiant News and Vanity Fair