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Washington Post:
Hot mic captured Gaetz assuring Stone of pardon, discussing Mueller redactions — Congressman told longtime Trump adviser on eve of 2019 trial that he would not ‘do a day’ in prison — As Roger Stone prepared to stand trial in 2019, complaining he was under pressure from federal prosecutors …
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Insider, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, The Wrap, USA Today, Raw Story and Mediaite
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Sinema indicates she may want to change Schumer-Manchin deal — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) had a message for her Democratic colleagues before she flew home to Arizona for the weekend: She's preserving her options. … Any potential modification to the Democrat's climate and deficit reduction package …
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Washington Post:
The two-week scramble that saved Democrats' climate agenda — Inside the private talks and public pressure that led to a deal between Joe Manchin and Charles Schumer — Five days after talks collapsed around Senate Democrats' long-stalled package to combat climate change, temperatures were rising — literally and figuratively.
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New York Times, PoliticusUSA and Insider
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Manchin's victory lap — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — Sen. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) has scheduled a full Ginsburg for Sunday. If completed, Manchin will be only the 31st newsmaker to accomplish the feat since Feb. 1, 1998 …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Inside the secret Manchin-Schumer deal: Dems shocked, GOP feels betrayed
Inside the secret Manchin-Schumer deal: Dems shocked, GOP feels betrayed
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JONATHAN TURLEY and Associated Press
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Biden tests positive for coronavirus again after Paxlovid ‘rebound’ — President Biden tested positive for the coronavirus again on Saturday, his physician said, after experiencing a Paxlovid “rebound.” — The president's physician, Kevin O'Connor, said Biden tested negative on Tuesday evening …
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Politico, USA Today, Insider, The Western Journal and CBS17.com
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Biden tests positive for Covid again, will restart isolation despite no new symptoms
Biden tests positive for Covid again, will restart isolation despite no new symptoms
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Tests Positive for Covid Again in ‘Rebound’ Case
Biden Tests Positive for Covid Again in ‘Rebound’ Case
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The Sunday Times:
Prince Charles accepted £1m from family of Osama bin Laden … The Prince of Wales accepted a £1 million payment from the family of Osama bin Laden, The Sunday Times can reveal. — Prince Charles personally secured the money from Bakr bin Laden, the patriarch of the wealthy Saudi family, and his brother Shafiq.
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New York Post
Ben Jacobs / Vox:
Manafort book alleges Michael Cohen spied on Trump campaign — Manafort claims that Trump's lawyer had access to all emails sent on the 2016 campaign servers of the former president. — The Trump campaign was actually being spied on in 2016, claims former Trump campaign chair …
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Washington Examiner
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump said sorry to Cruz for 2016 insults, Paul Manafort says in new book — In a memoir obtained by the Guardian, former campaign manager risks embarrassing powerful rivals with description of apology — Donald Trump made an uncharacteristic apology to Ted Cruz after insulting his wife …
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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Could the G.O.P. Beat Whitmer in Michigan? Party Chaos Has Hurt Its Chances. — A handwritten letter from Betsy DeVos, last seen trying to remove Donald Trump from office, elicited an 11th-hour endorsement. But is that enough to make peace among Michigan's warring Republicans?
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Detroit Free Press, Freedom's Newsletter, RedState and Raw Story
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Joe Cirincione / Russia Matters:
What's Missing from Mearsheimer's Analysis of the Ukraine War — This article is a response to John Mearsheimer's June 16 speech on the causes and consequences of the Ukraine war. — International relations scholar John Mearsheimer is brilliant, provocative and deeply insightful.
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Bloomberg and The National Interest
Lucas Kunce / Fox News:
I was exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq. Republicans turned their backs on veterans like me — Republicans turned their backs on Iraq veterans like me who were exposed to toxic burn pits — Jon Stewart says veterans burn pits bill ‘has to get done’ — I'm a Marine who was exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq.
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, HuffPost, Today's Edition Newsletter, Bloomberg and Mediaite
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
The RNC ‘election integrity’ official appearing in DOJ's Jan. 6 subpoenas — In addition to a group of former President Donald Trump's top lawyers, the Justice Department's Jan. 6 probe is also seeking communications to and from a Republican National Committee staffer in a sensitive role.
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PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
New York Times:
How Did a Two-Time Killer Get Out to Be Charged Again at Age 83? — Marceline Harvey is accused of dismembering a woman in Brooklyn. Her life was defined by a tormented relationship with women and herself — and a simmering anger. — The person before the parole panel in June 2019 was tall and slim …
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INJUSTICE AT WORK
Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Biden no longer shy in singling out Trump, the ‘former guy’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — One month into his presidency, Joe Biden made clear his distaste for even naming the man he had ousted from the Oval Office, declaring, “I'm tired of talking about Trump.” — “The next four years …
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The Hill, Bloomberg, HotAir and Political Wire
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
‘Not enough shots’: U.S. faces ‘vaccine cliff’ on monkeypox — As many as 1 million high-risk men may be unable to get two Jynneos doses for months. — Federal officials this week touted the arrival of hundreds of thousands of additional monkeypox vaccine doses, heralding it as a milestone in the nation's fight against the outbreak.
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Political Wire and New York Times
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Some Republicans fear party is too extreme on abortion and gay rights — Following the end of Roe v. Wade, many in the GOP have embraced uncompromising positions and loaded rhetoric out of step with mainstream public opinion. — Republicans in Congress this month blocked a bill protecting …
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Political Wire and RedState
Split Ticket:
A Detailed Look Back At The 2000 Presidential Election — Introduction — The 2000 presidential election was one of the most significant in American history, from the heated campaign between George W. Bush and Al Gore to the Supreme Court's controversial affirmation of the decisively-narrow Republican victory in Florida.
Lisa Selin Davis / Common Sense:
The Beginning of the End of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’? — Britain is closing the infamous Tavistock Centre. Finland and Sweden have radically revised their treatment guidelines. But American doctors are advertising surgeries to children on TikTok. — Writes BROADVIEW with Lisa Selin Davis
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Habits of a Free Mind and GC News
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Savors Much-Needed Victories. But Will the Highs Overshadow the Lows? — With the midterm elections around the corner, the challenge for President Biden is to make sure his latest successes resonate with Americans who remain deeply skeptical about the future.
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NBC News, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Outside the Beltway, Navigator, Wide World of News, Slate, Iowa Capital Dispatch and Reuters
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
On second thought... Kate Bedingfield is staying on as Communications Director after all — I'm trying to think of a time when an important White House staff member announced his or her resignation and then said “Never mind, I'm staying on.” That just doesn't happen.
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Andrew Lautz / NTU:
The Inflation Reduction Act Probably Won't Reduce Inflation — Inflation is at the rhetorical center of the new agreement announced between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Their reconciliation legislation would spend hundreds of billions of dollars …
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RedState, Based Politics and The Daily Wire
David Smith / The Guardian:
America First is laying plans to perpetuate Trumpism beyond Trump — The rightwing group is planning a future more authoritarian, more extreme and more ruthless - with or without the former president — He spoke in lurid detail of cities overrun by violent crime. He railed against the media, deep state and liberal elites.
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
‘Breaking Bad’ statues shine light on actors, Albuquerque — SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Bronze statues of mythical methamphetamine cookers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman were installed at a convention center in Albuquerque on Friday to celebrate the “Breaking Bad” TV series and its entertainment legacy …
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Althouse, Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter
NBC News:
In a California town, a militia is welcomed by some, cautioned by others — The parking lot of H&L Lumber in Mariposa, California, was host to a flurry of activity Sunday as members of a local militia sporting military-style fatigues handed out pancakes and steak sandwiches to evacuees of the Oak Fire raging nearby.