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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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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden to sign executive order aimed at helping patients travel for abortions  —  President Biden will sign an executive order Wednesday to direct his health secretary to consider actions to assist patients traveling out of state for abortions.  —  The travel-related provision in the order …
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.
Shefali Luthra / The 19th:
Kansas voters reject effort to eliminate state abortion protections
NBC News:
Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion ban in first post-Roe litigation
Wall Street Journal:   Kansas Voters Reject Constitutional Amendment Removing Abortion Protections
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 …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The real crisis over Taiwan will start after Pelosi comes home
Financial Times:
China suspends 2,000 food products from Taiwan as Nancy Pelosi visits
Wall Street Journal:
Nancy Pelosi's Plane Took Three-Hour Detour to Get to Taiwan
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Insider
Bloomberg:   Pelosi's Taiwan Trip Spurs Chinese Battery Giant to Pause Plant Debut
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 …
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 …
Rebecca Downs / Townhall:
Another Trump-Backed Candidates Emerges Victorious From Tuesday's Primary, This Time in Arizona  —  In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Decision Desk HQ called the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Arizona for Blake Masters, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump in June.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Election-denier Mark Finchem wins Arizona GOP secretary of state primary, NBC News projects
Tessa Weinberg / Missouri Independent:
Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Hartzler, Greitens to claim GOP Senate nomination
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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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Zawahiri's death shows U.S. focus even two decades after 9/11
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.
Discussion: CBS News, The Daily Wire and Fox News
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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 …
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 …
Financial Times:
Nick Clegg becomes latest Meta executive bound for London  —  Global affairs chief will split his time between UK and California as social media group embraces remote leadership  —  Nick Clegg, the president of global affairs at Meta, is partly relocating to London, joining a growing list …
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Financial Times:
Samsung and SK Hynix rethink China exposure following US chips act  —  Leading Korean chipmakers re-evaluate further Chinese investments in wake of Washington restrictions  —  Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are re-evaluating their investments in China as leading Korean chipmakers respond …
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