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Republicans block cap on millions of patients' insulin costs — GOP senators move to strip a $35 price cap on insulin under private insurance from the Inflation Reduction Act — Republican lawmakers on Sunday successfully stripped a $35 price cap on the cost of insulin for many patients …
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GOP partially strips out insulin cap from Dems' climate, tax and health care bill — Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to cap insulin prices on the commercial market on Sunday morning, another setback in Democrats' mostly successful plans to pass their climate, tax and health care package by midday.
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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Coons confident Dems' tax, health and climate bill will pass but admits delayed impact on inflation — Senate Democrats have been fending off a series of GOP amendments to the bill. — Sen. Chris Coons speaks with reporters near the Senate Subway at the U.S. Capitol. — Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via AP, FILE
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Caitlin Dickerson / The Atlantic:
An American Catastrophe — As a therapist for children who are being processed through the American immigration system, Cynthia Quintana has a routine that she repeats each time she meets a new patient in her office in Grand Rapids, Michigan: She calls the parents or closest relatives …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Liz Cheney Is Ready to Lose. But She's Not Ready to Quit. — The Republican says her crusade to stop Donald J. Trump will continue — even if she loses her primary next week. Restoring a “very sick” G.O.P. will take years, she says, “if it can be healed.”
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Republicans have long feuded with the mainstream media. Now many are shutting them out — I went to Wisconsin in June to report on how abortion rights are affecting the Senate and governor primaries - the idea was to do one story on the Democrats and one on the Republicans.
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Elise Kaplan / Albuquerque Journal:
‘People are beginning to panic’: Fourth Muslim man killed Friday night — On Friday afternoon, Naeem Hussain attended the funeral service for two Muslim men who were killed in the past two weeks. He joined other mourners afterward, sharing a meal, at the Islamic Center of New Mexico. Then he left.
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New York Times:
Killings of Three Muslim Men in Albuquerque May Be Linked, Police Say — The authorities also suspect the deaths could be connected to the homicide of a Muslim man in 2021. — The police in Albuquerque are investigating the killings of three Muslim men that they say may be connected.
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Associated Press:
Biden steps out of the room and finds legacy-defining wins — Over five decades in Washington, Joe Biden knew that the way to influence was to be in the room where it happens. But in the second year of his presidency, some of Biden's most striking, legacy-defining legislative victories came about by staying out of it.
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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Resume Schedule After Again Testing Negative for Covid-19, White House Says
Biden to Resume Schedule After Again Testing Negative for Covid-19, White House Says
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Fox News:
Trump doesn't rule out backing Brian Kemp in Georgia gubernatorial race — Trump tells Fox News Digital he's ‘looking’ into supporting Kemp in the Georgia race against Abrams — Trump says he'll be ‘looking’ at whether to back Brian Kemp in Georgia — Former President Donald Trump …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump wins CPAC straw poll with more than two-thirds of the vote
Trump wins CPAC straw poll with more than two-thirds of the vote
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump's grip on GOP activist class on display at Texas conclave
Trump's grip on GOP activist class on display at Texas conclave
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Republican lawmaker warns if party goes too far, abortion could hurt GOP in November — GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace on Sunday warned that Republicans could pay a price in November if they don't reel in extreme takes on abortion policy. — The Republican from South Carolina supports …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / Reuters:
Alex Jones' lawyer could face consequences for phone-records release — The lawyer defending conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a Texas trial drew his own national headlines this week for accidentally handing over highly-sensitive data to his adversaries, opening him up to potential legal consequences.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Deplorables Are Real — The problem isn't the demagogues, it's their audiences.
Deplorables Are Real — The problem isn't the demagogues, it's their audiences.
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Amanda Holpuch / New York Times:
Alabama City Moves to Dissolve Police Department Over Racist Text — Leaders of Vincent, Ala., suspended the chief and assistant police chief after a screenshot circulated on social media showing the text message. — A small city in Alabama moved this week to disband its three-member police force …
Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Sour views on economy keep Biden approval on issues down: POLL — More than two-thirds of people think the nation's economy is getting worse. — President Joe Biden speaks before signing two bills aimed at combating fraud in the COVID-19 small business relief programs, Aug. 5, 2022, at the White House in Washington.
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