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11:05 AM ET, July 31, 2022

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi to Lead Congressional Delegation to Indo-Pacific Region  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific region, including visits to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.  The trip will focus on mutual security …
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Pelosi Heads for Singapore, but Is Silent on Taiwan  —  Speculation about a stop in Taiwan, where she would be the highest-ranking U.S. visitor in decades, has jangled nerves in both Beijing and Washington.  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to appear in Singapore on Monday as part …
Ian Talley / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Eyes Sanctions Against Global Network It Believes Is Shipping Iranian Oil  —  Biden administration weighs potential new measures amid plans to restart talks to halt Tehran's nuclear program  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. is considering sanctions that would target a United Arab Emirates-based businessman …
Adam Sabes / Fox News:
Biden tests positive for COVID in ‘rebound’ case, doctor says  —  Biden tested positive for a ‘rebound’ infection of COVID-19  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for July 30  —  President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 in a “rebound” case on Saturday, according to the White House.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Tests Positive for Covid Again in ‘Rebound’ Case
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Biden tests positive for Covid again, will restart isolation despite no new symptoms
Insider:
Republicans' next big play is to ‘scare the hell out of Washington’ by rewriting the Constitution.  And they're willing to play the long game to win.  — The conservative movement isn't done reshaping the Constitution from the ground up.  — Conservatives are now pushing …
Discussion: Political Wire
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
After Uvalde, a Kindergarten Teacher Trains to Carry a Gun In School  —  More school employees are carrying guns to defend against school shootings.  In Ohio, a contentious new law requires no more than 24 hours of training.  —  RITTMAN, Ohio — Mandi, a kindergarten teacher in Ohio …
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Conservatives skeptical of coronavirus vaccines battle to lead a hospital  —  The battle for control of one of Florida's largest public health systems has turned political  —  SARASOTA, Fla — When his blood oxygen dropped to what he described as a critically low level in September, Victor Rohe knew he had “a bad case of covid.”
New York Times:
How the Kremlin Is Forcing Ukrainians to Adopt Russian Life  —  In Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine, local leaders are forcing civilians to accept Russian rule.  Next come sham elections that would formalize Vladimir V. Putin's claim that they are Russian territories.
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Putin's rule is weakening
Discussion: Tobias Stone
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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Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Prince Charles's Charity Accepted Millions From Family of Osama bin Laden  —  Clarence House confirmed that the terrorist's brothers donated money to the royal charity, but denied reports that the prince had personally brokered the deal or made the decision to accept it.
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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.
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Kansas Abortion Vote Tests Political Energy in Post-Roe America  —  On Tuesday, Kansans will decide whether to pass a constitutional amendment that could lead to far-reaching abortion restrictions or an outright ban on the procedure.  —  OLATHE, Kan. — In the final days before Kansans decide whether …
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Manchin declines to say if he'd back Biden in 2024; is hopeful Sinema backs deficit and climate deal  —  Sinema had opposed closing a tax loophole that's in the newly negotiated bill.  —  Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Sunday again declined to speculate about backing President Joe Biden …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Axios and Raw Story
Claire Moses / New York Times:
The Spread of Book Banning  —  Explaining the increasing politicization of the book banning debate.  —  Book-banning attempts have grown in the U.S. over the past few years from relatively isolated battles to a broader effort aimed at works about sexual and racial identity.
Scott Gottlieb / New York Times:
Monkeypox Is About to Become the Next Public Health Failure  —  When about 100 cases of monkeypox had been confirmed or suspected in Europe in May, it was clear the virus was spreading outside the areas where it was previously seen.  Some on social media suggested it might already …
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Harvard Study: J6 Rioters Were Motivated by Loyalty to Trump, Not Insurrection Against the Constitution  —  According to The Crimson, Harvard has completed what it calls the most comprehensive study of the motivations of those involved in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
HuffPost:
Doug Mastriano Is Keeping A Big Secret From Pennsylvania Voters  —  The GOP gubernatorial nominee who tried to overturn the 2020 election says he knows who he'd appoint as secretary of state.  He just won't say who it is.  —  Doug Mastriano has a secret.  The Republican nominee …
Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
LIV Golf as It Looked Inside Trumpworld  —  Former President Donald Trump is the Saudi-backed golf upstart's host this weekend.  Tickets this weekend start at $1 on StubHub … BEDMINSTER, N.J.—The most anticipated grouping of this LIV Golf event was an unusual fivesome that teed off a day before the actual tournament began.
 
 
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI failures before the Capitol siege avoided the Jan. 6 committee's scorn. Not for long.
Associated Press:
Indiana Senate narrowly passes near-total abortion ban
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Three more GOP impeachers face their primary juries
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