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Nancy Pelosi / Washington Post:
Why I'm leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan — Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, is speaker of the House of Representatives. — Some 43 years ago, the United States Congress overwhelmingly passed — and President Jimmy Carter signed into law — the Taiwan Relations Act …
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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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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The real crisis over Taiwan will start after Pelosi comes home — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her delegation have landed in Taiwan, where the immediate worry is the small, but serious possibility, of direct military confrontation with China. But the larger impact of Pelosi's visit …
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Xinhua:
Statement by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Pelosi's visit to Taiwan — China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday issued a statement on Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region. Following is the full text of the statement:
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Pelosi's Taiwan Trip Isn't Helpful to Anyone But China
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Chen Qingqing / Global Times:
US bears full responsibility for all consequences of Pelosi's Taiwan visit, China warns
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Wall Street Journal:
Nancy Pelosi's Plane Took Three-Hour Detour to Get to Taiwan
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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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Amanda Teuscher / American Oversight:
Defense Department and Army Failed to Preserve Jan. 6 Text Messages — American Oversight Calls for Investigation
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
House panels: DHS officials interfered in effort to get lost Secret Service texts
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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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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:
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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Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Kansas voters reject constitutional amendment granting lawmakers ability to regulate abortion
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Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion ban in first post-Roe litigation
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Shefali Luthra / The 19th:
Kansas voters reject effort to eliminate state abortion protections
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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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Walker Orenstein / MinnPost:
Asked about Biden in 2024, Craig says ‘new leaders’ needed in D.C.
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Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
AOC is the Democrats' best shot against Trump in 2024
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New York Times:
Trump Faces Questions About His Net Worth in Interview He Tried to Avoid — Former President Donald J. Trump has embraced the verbal sparring of legal depositions in the past, but now faces significant risk. — For decades, Donald J. Trump has boasted with impunity about a subject close to his heart and ego: his net worth.
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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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Tessa Weinberg / Missouri Independent:
Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Hartzler, Greitens to claim GOP Senate nomination — Attorney General Eric Schmitt poses with a supporter after claiming the Republican nomination for Missouri's open U.S. Senate seat on Aug. 2, 2022 (Tessa Weinberg/Missouri Independent).
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
MAGA clashes and abortion politics define major primary night
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: Americans favor Manchin-Schumer climate deal by wide margins — United States Senator from West Virginia — President of the United States since 2021 — Amid worsening economic numbers — and President Biden's lowest approval rating to date — a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll suggests …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dems ready to gamble their domestic agenda on Sinema
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Misleading Kansas abortion texts linked to Republican-aligned firm — The numbers used to spread the texts were leased to Alliance Forge, a Nevada-based firm that provides texting services to Republican campaigns — The text messages arrived on Monday, the day before Kansans were set …
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Alvin Chang / The Guardian:
Why the language on the Kansas abortion ballot is so confusing
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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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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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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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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Profits Slump at CNN as Ratings Plummet — The network is on a pace to drop below $1 billion in profit for the first time in years, according to people familiar with its operations, amid steep declines in TV viewership. — One of the first moves the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery …
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Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
Trump's purported free speech social media platform Truth Social is hiding user posts, threatening to create a ‘curated echo chamber,’ research group finds — A new report found instances where Trump's TRUTH Social kept posts from being visible. — The posts discussed abortion …
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Wall Street Journal:
The IRS Is About to Go Beast Mode — The Schumer-Manchin bill has $45.6 billion to audit the middle class. — Progressives want Joe Biden to unleash what they call “beast mode” executive power, and the Schumer-Manchin tax bill supplies the cash to turn the Internal Revenue Service into Wolverine.
Financial Times:
Samsung and SK Hynix rethink China exposure following US Chips act — Leading Korean chipmakers re-evaluate further Chinese investments in response to Washington restrictions — Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are re-evaluating their investments in China, as the leading Korean chipmakers respond …
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