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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Brian Stelter to depart CNN as it cancels ‘Reliable Sources’ media show — CNN is canceling its Sunday media affairs show Reliable Sources, and host Brian Stelter is departing the network, Stelter tells NPR. — In a statement to NPR, Stelter says he's grateful for the show and his team's examination of …
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New York Times:
Judge Orders Justice Dept. to Redact and Release Version of Affidavit Used to Search Trump's Home — The hearing emerged from an effort last week by a coalition of news organizations to unseal the affidavit submitted in support of the search warrant. — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. …
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Politico:
Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation still in ‘early stages,’ top DOJ official reveals — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A top Justice Department official said Thursday the investigation into the handling of classified records housed at former President Donald Trump's private residence is “in its early stages …
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Washington Post:
Judge signals he's willing to unseal some of Mar-a-Lago affidavit — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The affidavit central to the FBI's search of former President Trump's Florida home will remain under seal for at least another week, a federal judge ruled Thursday, giving the Justice Department seven days …
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CBS News:
Judge suggests portions of Trump search affidavit could “presumptively be unsealed” — The federal magistrate judge who authorized the FBI search warrant of former President Donald Trump's Florida residence said he could release portions of the underlying affidavit to the public, pending proposed redactions by federal prosecutors.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Another Trump Mystery: Why Did He Resist Returning the Government's Documents? — As with so much else with the former president, there is not one easy answer as to why he refused and ignited a legal firestorm. But here are some possibilities. — For four years, former President Donald J. Trump treated …
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New York Times:
Allen Weisselberg, a Top Trump Executive, Pleads Guilty in Tax Scheme — Mr. Weisselberg has refused to cooperate in the Manhattan district attorney's broader investigation into Donald J. Trump and his family business. — One of Donald J. Trump's most trusted executives stood before a judge …
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Allen Weisselberg, longtime Trump executive, pleads guilty to tax scheme
Allen Weisselberg, longtime Trump executive, pleads guilty to tax scheme
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Money Man Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty
Trump's Money Man Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty
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NBC News:
Ex-Trump Org. CFO Weisselberg expected to plead guilty, cooperate against company in tax case
Ex-Trump Org. CFO Weisselberg expected to plead guilty, cooperate against company in tax case
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
The GOP Just Borrowed a Soviet Skill and Disappeared Liz Cheney — This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. — In the good ol' Soviet days, a fall from political grace manifested itself in party propaganda.
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Jeffrey C. Isaac / Common Dreams:
Why Liz Cheney Matters and Her Defeat Matters Too
Why Liz Cheney Matters and Her Defeat Matters Too
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Cheney releases concession call audio in tit-for-tat with her primary foe
Cheney releases concession call audio in tit-for-tat with her primary foe
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Liz Cheney releases call to Trump-backed opponent who said she didn't concede
Liz Cheney releases call to Trump-backed opponent who said she didn't concede
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Shut Down the Cheney 2024 Chatter
Shut Down the Cheney 2024 Chatter
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Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
National Republican group plans massive ad buy boosting J.D. Vance, signaling deepening GOP focus on Ohio's Senate race — COLUMBUS, Ohio — A political action committee with close ties to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching a massive new ad campaign in Ohio …
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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Senate Control is a Toss Up, Rating Changes in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Utah — Nightmares of Sharron Angle, Christine O'Donnell, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock are taunting Republican lawmakers and Senate strategists as fears grow that this midterm cycle could be 2010 and 2012 all over again.
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Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Home Appraised With a Black Owner: $472,000. With a White Owner: $750,000. — Nathan Connolly and his wife, Shani Mott, say an appraisal company undervalued their home based on their race. The couple has filed a lawsuit in Maryland. — Last summer, Nathan Connolly and his wife …
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Tom Porter / Insider:
Trump aides think a family member informed on him to the FBI because agents knew where to find a specific leather case, report says — Trump aides are speculating about the identity a possible informant at Mar-a-Lago. — Some think only a member of Trump's family could have done it, The Guardian reported.
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Gerrard Kaonga / Newsweek:
Lock Trump Up Video Viewed by Over 1 Million People — A video calling for former President Donald Trump to be “locked up” has been viewed more than 1 million times. — The video was posted to the Meidas Touch Twitter feed on Wednesday. According to the page, Meidas Touch was created with the intent of …
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Trump Associate's Stated Plan to Publicly Release “Declassified” Documents — As this article was going to press, ABC News published a report that weeks before the Mar-a-Lago search, former President Donald Trump's associate Kash Patel “vowed to retrieve classified documents from the National Archives and publish them on his website.”
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emptywheel:
RULE OF LAW: DOJ OBTAINED TRUMP'S PRIVILEGE-WAIVED DOCUMENTS IN MAY RULE OF LAW: DOJ OBTAINED TRUMP'S PRIVILEGE-WAIVED DOCUMENTS IN MAY — Last December, when the DC Circuit ruled that the Archives should share Donald Trump's materials relating to January 6 with the January 6 Committee …
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Ben Tsujimoto / Buffalo News:
On radio show, Paladino said Merrick Garland ‘probably should be executed’; he later said he was being ‘facetious’ — Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino said on a radio show last week that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland “probably should be executed” following the raid of Donald Trump's estate in Mar-a-Lago.
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Marjorie Cortez / Deseret News:
After their daughters were beat by a girl in sports, Utah parents triggered investigation into whether she was transgender — School opened girl's enrollment records dating back to kindergarten to confirm she was female, Utah High School Activities Association representative tells legislators
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Associated Press:
GOP group apologizes for mistakenly posting KKK image — A Republican group in Alabama is apologizing after accidentally using a picture of the GOP elephant that contained Ku Klux Klan imagery. The Lawrence County Republican Party intended to post an image of the GOP elephant on its Facebook page …
Eric Neugeboren / The Texas Tribune:
Louie Gohmert leaves Congress having passed one law and spread countless falsehoods — Gohmert was a precursor to former President Donald Trump's brand of populist, establishment-bucking conservatism that delights in offending progressives and makes no apologies for spreading misinformation.
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Florida officials arrest and charge 20 people with illegal voting — State governor Ron DeSantis said at a press conference that those charged had previous felony convictions — Florida officials have arrested and charged 20 people with felony convictions and charged them with illegal …
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Washington Examiner, Florida Politics, CBS News and WFLA-TV
Associated Press:
Breathing room for Biden: Big summer wins ease 2024 doubts — President Joe Biden and his allies hope big recent wins on climate, health care and more will at least temporarily tamp down questions among top Democrats about whether he will run for reelection.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Madison Cawthorn Personally Lost Big Money With Failed Campaign — The soon-to-be-former congressman's latest campaign filing shows big problems. — After losing his primary in May, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) now officially identifies himself as a self-employed investor.
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NBC News:
A Jan. 6 participant has been harassing police officers at a Capitol attack trial — Tommy Tatum said he was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, but has not been arrested. He has been filming himself confronting officers who fought off the mob. — WASHINGTON — A man who was present during …
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
America Has Become Less Liberal, but Not Necessarily More Conservative — Morning Consult surveys show the declining share of Americans identifying as liberal has grown the moderate middle — The share of the electorate identifying as “very liberal,” “liberal” or “somewhat liberal” …
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
The Satanic Panic Is Back, and It's Bipartisan — A new poll looking at Americans' belief in conspiracy theories finds high levels of support for loony-tunes ideas about sex, Satan, and U.S. institutions. In addition, more than half of those surveyed believed child sex-trafficking myths.
Caroline Anders / Washington Post:
The Biden administration's monkeypox messaging challenge — Welcome to The Daily 202! Tell your friends to sign up here. This is Caroline, your usual researcher, in today for Olivier. On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote.
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
A Guide to the Many Houses Mehmet Oz Forgot He Owns — Days after Mehmet Oz became the first American politician to ever be embroiled in a crudités scandal, he's facing a new controversy that sheds some light on his inability to purchase and consume raw vegetables like an average Joe.
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