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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, Outside the Beltway, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, The Wrap, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, USA Today and Washington Examiner
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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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 …
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
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Biden tests positive again for coronavirus after Paxlovid ‘rebound’ — The president does not have any symptoms, his physician said, but will reinitiate his isolation — President Biden tested positive for the coronavirus again Saturday, his physician said, after experiencing a Paxlovid “rebound.”
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New York Magazine, Associated Press, Townhall, Politico, USA Today, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, Insider, Fortune, Variety and NewsNation
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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
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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 Atlantic, The Wrap, ABC News, Fashion Wallpaper Free HD, The Daily Wire, Washington Examiner, CBS News and TASS
Adam Sabes / Fox News:
Biden tests positive for COVID in ‘rebound’ case, doctor says
Biden tests positive for COVID in ‘rebound’ case, doctor says
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Washington Examiner, CNN and The Western Journal
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 Times, Metro.co.uk and 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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Mediaite, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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.
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Vox
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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NBC News, Detroit Free Press, Raw Story, Breitbart, RedState, Michigan Advance, Freedom's Newsletter and WTOP News
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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The National Interest and Bloomberg
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 …
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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New York Times
Washington Post:
The Murdochs and Trump aligned for mutual benefit. That may be changing. — In the frenzied coverage of the Jan. 6 House committee hearings, Fox News has been the outlier. While every other major network carried the first public testimony live in prime time in June, Fox relegated the feed to its little-watched business channel.
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
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
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats delay early state order decision for 2024 campaign — The Democratic National Committee delayed a decision Saturday on a new order for early state voting in the 2024 presidential elections until after this fall's midterm elections. — The order of early states had been scheduled …
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Politico and Associated Press
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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The American Conservative and INJUSTICE AT WORK
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.
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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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, RedState, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, Navigator, Outside the Beltway, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Wide World of News, Slate and Reuters
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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JONATHAN TURLEY, RedState and Based Politics