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7:10 AM ET, August 8, 2022

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Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
Senate passes $739bn healthcare and climate bill after months of wrangling  —  Inflation Reduction Act will reduce planet-heating emissions and lower prescription drug costs - and give Biden a crucial victory  —  Senate Democrats passed their climate and healthcare spending package on Sunday …
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Politico:
The Sinema-Manchin split that shaped Dems' deal  —  For months, Joe Manchin was the Democrat with all the leverage.  At the end, even he had to cede some ground.  —  After Manchin agreed with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on the party-line tax, health care and energy bill …
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Pro-SALT deduction House Democrats say they'll back Senate bill  —  House Democrats who are pushing to lift a $10,000 fixed cap on state and local taxes (SALT) said they will support the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the U.S. Senate on Sunday, even without the SALT deduction.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The politics of making history  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  RECONCILIATION LATEST — The overnight vote-a-rama is winding down and a final vote on the Inflation Reduction Act in the Senate will come this afternoon.
The White House:
Statement by President Biden on Senate Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate involved in voting-system breach, documents show  —  The Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general led a team that gained unauthorized access to voting equipment while hunting for evidence to support former President Donald …
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Michigan AG calls for special prosecutor in case now involving her Trump-backed opponent  —  Michigan's attorney general is requesting a special prosecutor be named to investigate her Trump-endorsed opponent, citing evidence tying him to a potentially criminal scheme to seize and tamper with voting machines …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive photos: Trump's telltale toilet  —  Remember our toilet scoop in Axios AM earlier this year?  Maggie Haberman's forthcoming book about former President Trump will report that White House residence staff periodically found wads of paper clogging a toilet — and believed the former president …
The White House:
Statement by President Biden on the Ceasefire in Gaza  —  I welcome the announcement tonight of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza-based militants after three days of hostilities.  —  Over these last 72-hours, the United States has worked with officials from Israel, the Palestinian Authority …
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Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
Live Updates: Israel, Islamic Jihad Agree to Gaza Cease-fire
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
‘Nobody wants a runoff’: Georgia braces for chance of overtime — again  —  All of the pieces are falling into place for Georgia to decide control of the Senate again.  And just like in 2020, it might take extra weeks of campaigning to do it.  —  Public polling data shows the race between …
Discussion: New Republic
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Manchin's Donors Include Pipeline Giants That Win in His Climate Deal  —  The controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline is one of several projects the senator has negotiated major concessions for, benefiting his financial supporters.  —  BLACKSBURG, Va. — After years of spirited opposition …
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Iran, U.S. Close In on Nuclear Deal Text but Hurdles Remain  —  Tehran says it will only sign a final deal after U.N. drops probe into its nuclear program  —  Negotiations between Iran and the U.S. on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are close to completion, the European Union's senior negotiator …
Discussion: Al-Monitor and WTOP News
NBC News:
Mass shooting leaves at least 9 injured in downtown Cincinnati  —  Mass shooting in Cincinnati leaves at least 9 injured  —  At least nine people were injured in a mass shooting in downtown Cincinnati in the early hours of Sunday, police said.  —  As the suspect was actively shooting …
Rachel Cohrs / STAT:
In a massive victory for Democrats, Medicare is poised to negotiate drug prices  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden is on the verge of his own crowning health care achievement to call, in his words, a BFD.  —  After two decades, Democrats are finally on track to break the firewall between …
Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘No One Can Convince Me’ Jan. 6 Rioters Weren't Antifa  —  The 2020 election conspiracy theorist added that those criminally charged “for things they shouldn't have done” during the Capitol attack are being unfairly treated.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
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Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Celebrity candidates threaten GOP's hopes of a Senate majority
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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
The case of a lifetime  —  For a Buffalo lawyer, the investigation of one mass shooting leads him back to another
Stephen Pollard / Telegraph:
Amnesty is now utterly morally bankrupt
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