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Live Updates: Kansas Voters Rush to Defense of Abortion Rights — The state resoundingly rejected an amendment erasing the right to abortion from its Constitution. In Missouri, the scandal-plagued Eric Greitens was trounced in his Senate primary by Eric Schmitt, the state's attorney general.
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Kansas Votes to Preserve Abortion Rights Protections in Its Constitution — OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Kansas voters resoundingly decided against removing the right to abortion from the State Constitution, according to The Associated Press, a major victory for the abortion rights movement in one of America's reliably conservative states.
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Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Kansas voters reject constitutional amendment granting lawmakers ability to regulate abortion — Kansas became the first state in the nation to vote on abortion following the Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade — Fox News Flash top headlines for August 2
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New York Times:
Kansas Abortion Amendment Election Results — Kansans will vote on an amendment concerning whether to remove abortion rights protections from their State Constitution. If the measure passes, it could pave the way for state lawmakers to pass far-reaching abortion restrictions, or even to pursue a ban.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden to sign executive order aimed at helping patients travel for abortions
Biden to sign executive order aimed at helping patients travel for abortions
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Shefali Luthra / The 19th:
Kansas voters reject effort to eliminate state abortion protections
Kansas voters reject effort to eliminate state abortion protections
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Misleading Kansas abortion texts linked to Republican-aligned firm
Misleading Kansas abortion texts linked to Republican-aligned firm
Chris Lester / Flatland:
Follow the Money: Who is Funding Kansas Abortion Amendment Ads?
Follow the Money: Who is Funding Kansas Abortion Amendment Ads?
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Politico:
Roe jolts the midterms — 5 takeaways from a key primary night — Democrats can see glimmers of new midterm life, after the stunning defeat of an anti-abortion measure in Kansas. Eric Greitens is the big loser in Missouri — which means the Republican Party as a whole won.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Election Victories by Trump Allies Showcase His Grip on the G.O.P. Base
Election Victories by Trump Allies Showcase His Grip on the G.O.P. Base
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Election-denier Mark Finchem wins Arizona GOP secretary of state primary, NBC News projects
Election-denier Mark Finchem wins Arizona GOP secretary of state primary, NBC News projects
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Rusty Bowers, a Jan. 6 committee star witness, loses GOP primary in Arizona
Rusty Bowers, a Jan. 6 committee star witness, loses GOP primary in Arizona
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Rebecca Downs / Townhall:
Another Trump-Backed Candidate Emerges Victorious From Tuesday's Primary, This Time in Arizona
Another Trump-Backed Candidate Emerges Victorious From Tuesday's Primary, This Time in Arizona
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Tessa Weinberg / Missouri Independent:
Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Hartzler, Greitens to claim GOP Senate nomination
Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Hartzler, Greitens to claim GOP Senate nomination
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
One GOP impeachment backer falls, two more locked in tight primaries
One GOP impeachment backer falls, two more locked in tight primaries
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Several election deniers backed by Trump prevail in hotly contested primaries
Several election deniers backed by Trump prevail in hotly contested primaries
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CNN:
First on CNN: Jan. 6 text messages wiped from phones of key Trump Pentagon officials — (CNN)The Defense Department wiped the phones of top departing DOD and Army officials at the end of the Trump administration, deleting any texts from key witnesses to events surrounding the January 6 …
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ABC News:
Ex-White House counsel subpoenaed by federal grand jury investigating Jan. 6 attack — Pat Cipollone spoke to the House Jan. 6 Select Committee last month. — A federal grand jury has subpoenaed former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone in its investigation into the Jan. 6 assault …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Subpoenas Pat Cipollone, Trump White House Counsel — Mr. Cipollone is the highest-ranking White House official in the lead-up to Jan. 6 who is known to have been called to testify by federal investigators. — Pat A. Cipollone, the White House counsel under former President Donald J. Trump …
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Pelosi's Taiwan trip a culmination of decades of challenging China — Over several administrations, the congresswoman often held an opinion unpopular among Democratic colleagues, and her posture at times was viewed as unhelpful in U.S.-China relations — In 1991, Rep. Nancy Pelosi stood …
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NBC News:
Pelosi departs Taiwan as furious China holds military drills
Pelosi departs Taiwan as furious China holds military drills
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Huizhong Wu / Associated Press:
Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests
Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests
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Financial Times:
China suspends 2,000 food products from Taiwan as Nancy Pelosi visits
China suspends 2,000 food products from Taiwan as Nancy Pelosi visits
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Wall Street Journal:
Nancy Pelosi's Plane Took Three-Hour Detour to Get to Taiwan
Nancy Pelosi's Plane Took Three-Hour Detour to Get to Taiwan
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Xinhua:
Statement by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
Statement by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The real crisis over Taiwan will start after Pelosi comes home
The real crisis over Taiwan will start after Pelosi comes home
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New York Times:
Arizona Officials Warned Fake Electors Plan Could ‘Appear Treasonous’ — Politicians involved in Donald Trump's effort to put forth electors to falsely claim he had won Arizona said doing so without first filing a legal challenge could look like a crime. — Two Arizona Republicans recruited …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: Former Treasury secretaries push Manchin bill — Five former Treasury secretaries — including Hank Paulson, who served under President George W. Bush — signed a statement strongly backing the “Inflation Reduction Act” brokered by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Zawahiri appeared on his balcony. The CIA was watching — and ready to kill him. — After eluding U.S. intelligence agencies for two decades, the al-Qaeda leader showed up on the balcony of a house in downtown Kabul — Ayman al-Zawahiri, the 71-year-old leader of al-Qaeda …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Zawahiri's death shows U.S. focus even two decades after 9/11
Zawahiri's death shows U.S. focus even two decades after 9/11
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Working from home during covid seems to work out for Biden
Working from home during covid seems to work out for Biden
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
Senate passes veterans health bill after Republicans cave to pressure — The $280 billion package will provide health care benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits. It passed after days of protests from former service members and comedian Jon Stewart. — WASHINGTON — The Senate …
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Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Paul Pelosi allegedly slurred speech, had drug in system and handed over police privilege card during DUI bust — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was arrested on suspicion of DUI on May 28 — Fox News Flash top headlines for August 2 — Paul Pelosi, the multimillionaire husband …
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Associated Press:
Two top House Democrats decline to say Biden should run in 2024 — NEW YORK — Two powerful House Democrats from New York each declined Tuesday to say that President Joe Biden should run for the White House again in 2024. — Reps. Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, two of the party's establishment liberals …
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Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
Sandy Hook parents: Alex Jones claims created ‘living hell’ — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Fighting back tears and finally given the chance to confront conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the parents of a 6-year-old killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting described being put through a …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: 2024 GOP hopefuls back Trump's plan to purge civil servants — Several possible 2024 Republican presidential candidates tell Axios they support former President Trump's plan to make it easier for the president to purge federal workers. … Democrats, increasingly concerned, are scrambling to block that possibility.
Charles Hymas / Telegraph:
People with ‘extreme hatred of Britain’ could be deradicalised under Prevent scheme — Rishi Sunak says he plans to widen the definition of extremism to include people who vilify the country — People who vilify Britain will be treated as extremists and referred to the Government's …