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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden's 2020 victory — The conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice emailed lawmakers in two states in the weeks after the election — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court …
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading — The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old school children, especially the most vulnerable. — National test results released on Thursday showed in stark terms …
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Donna St. George / Washington Post:
National test scores plunge during the pandemic
National test scores plunge during the pandemic
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Miguel Cardona / USA Today:
US Education secretary: COVID hurt student academic achievements, but we can recover
US Education secretary: COVID hurt student academic achievements, but we can recover
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
The kids are not all right: Post-pandemic 4th-grade test scores suffer worst drop in decades
The kids are not all right: Post-pandemic 4th-grade test scores suffer worst drop in decades
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Politico, Townhall and Wall Street Journal
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The significance of Sarah Palin's loss — The final special election before the November midterms is in the books. And while the race featured an unusual setup, this one might be more ominous for the GOP than its recent predecessors — for one key reason.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Arkansas Senator's Election Rigging Claim Dissolves on Contact With Sanity — ‘SCAM’ — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) managed to go viral on Wednesday night with a dubious claim about the election for Alaska's U.S. House seat. Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich lost out to Democrat Mary Peltola …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
After Sarah Palin's election loss, Sen. Tom Cotton calls ranked choice voting ‘a scam’
After Sarah Palin's election loss, Sen. Tom Cotton calls ranked choice voting ‘a scam’
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Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Mary Peltola, a Democrat, Defeats Sarah Palin in Alaska's Special House Election
Mary Peltola, a Democrat, Defeats Sarah Palin in Alaska's Special House Election
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Iris Samuels / Anchorage Daily News:
Democrat Mary Peltola wins special U.S. House election, will be first Alaska Native elected to Congress
Democrat Mary Peltola wins special U.S. House election, will be first Alaska Native elected to Congress
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Andrew P. Napolitano / Washington Times:
Why Donald Trump will soon be indicted — What will his defense be? — COMMENTARY — OPINION: — It gives me no joy to write this piece. — Even a cursory review of the redacted version of the affidavit submitted in support of the government's application for a search warrant …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
How the DOJ has built a case against Trump for obstruction — FOLLOW THE STORY — I've been a naysayer on the notion that the Justice Department is trying to make a criminal case against former President Donald Trump based on the Mar-a-Lago raid, at least with respect to the offenses most often touted …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump's false and uncorroborated claims in response to the FBI search
Fact check: Trump's false and uncorroborated claims in response to the FBI search
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Why Yesterday's DOJ Filing Suggests a Trump Indictment Is Coming
Why Yesterday's DOJ Filing Suggests a Trump Indictment Is Coming
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Midterm Prospects Improve as Races Heat Up, WSJ Poll Finds — Independent voters, a key to victory in competitive general elections, are now tilting toward Democrats — Midterms 2022: Where Republicans and Democrats Stand on the Issues — Created with sketchtool.
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Majority of Voters View FBI Search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago Home as Justified, WSJ Poll Finds
Majority of Voters View FBI Search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago Home as Justified, WSJ Poll Finds
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
What Republicans refuse to grasp about the ‘Clinton standard’
What Republicans refuse to grasp about the ‘Clinton standard’
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump's seized passports could be a problem for him, legal experts say — Donald Trump has complained that FBI agents' seizure of his passports showed that investigators ran amok as they searched his Florida resort, but new information about how and where the documents were found …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump tells court that classified material should have been expected in presidential records found at Mar-a-Lago
Trump tells court that classified material should have been expected in presidential records found at Mar-a-Lago
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Washington Post:
Justice filing points to new legal trouble for Trump and lawyers, experts say
Justice filing points to new legal trouble for Trump and lawyers, experts say
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Politico:
Trump team makes its 11th hour plea for independent review
Trump team makes its 11th hour plea for independent review
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Defiant Rick Scott explains ‘strategic disagreement’ with McConnell over battle for Senate — Mitch McConnell is among the myriad Republicans questioning the Senate GOP's quality of candidates in the midterms. Rick Scott wants everyone to stop doubting his recruits.
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Sen. Rick Scott / Washington Examiner:
Washington versus Republican voters — When I became the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republicans had just lost control of the Senate. This does not merely mean Republicans lost the ability to lead committees; it means we lost the ability to control anything about what the Senate does.
ABC News:
Cipollone, Philbin expected to appear Friday before federal grand jury probing Jan. 6: Sources — The two former top Trump White House lawyers were subpoenaed earlier. — Pat Cipollone in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 2022. — Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE
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Washington Post:
Republicans are readying lawsuits to block Biden's student debt plan — GOP attorneys general, top lawmakers and conservative groups are discussing legal options, alleging the White House's move to cancel student debt is illegal — Republican state attorneys general and other leading conservatives …
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
Chairwoman Maloney's Statement on Oversight Committee Securing Agreement to Obtain Former President Trump's Financial Records — Agreement with Trump and Accounting Firm Mazars USA Follows Committee's Subpoena and Successful Litigation — Washington, D.C. (Sept. 1, 2022)—Today …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump reaches settlement agreement over financial records with House committee, accounting firm
Trump reaches settlement agreement over financial records with House committee, accounting firm
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David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Rating Changes: Five Races Move in Democrats' Direction, Including Alaska — Republican strategists express optimism that the Inflation Reduction Act and President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan will help them shift the spotlight away from abortion and Donald Trump and back onto Democrats' spending measures and inflation.
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Lorna Gibson / Common Sense:
Will I Ever See the $36 Million Oberlin College Owes Me? — My family was falsely accused of racism by a powerful school in a small town. Our business was destroyed. We won our case. But the school is refusing to pay. — OBERLIN, OHIO — On the night of November, 8, 2016 …
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Rob Wile / NBC News:
Bank of America announces zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgages for first-time homebuyers in Black and Hispanic communities nationwide — Bank of America said it is now offering first-time homebuyers in a select group of cities zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgages …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Oath Keepers lawyer Kellye SoRelle charged in Jan. 6 conspiracy case — WASHINGTON — Kellye SoRelle, the general counsel for the far-right organization the Oath Keepers, was arrested in Texas on Thursday after being indicted on four charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, the Justice Department said.
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Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
How many tanks does Russia really have? — Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is already going down in history as the biggest tank slaughter Europe has seen since World War II. — The Kremlin's reckless and unsuccessful blitzkrieg on Kyiv resulted in the loss of over 1,000 tanks - within just a few weeks after Feb. 24.
Madeleine Carlisle / TIME:
‘Gender Queer’ Author ‘Relieved’ After Court Rules Book's Sale Can't Be Restricted in Virginia — Maia Kobabe felt a wave of relief on Tuesday morning. Waking up on the West Coast, an early morning peek at emails revealed a Virginia court had dismissed a lawsuit seeking to label Kobabe's book Gender Queer …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Megadonor Adelson's Republican Spending Spree Is Ending — Republicans aren't seeing as many big checks from one of their most generous benefactors, creating a financial hole for the GOP just as Democrats get a fundraising windfall tied to abortion. — Miriam Adelson along …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Brian Kemp's Running Mate Is a Fake Elector — Georgia's governor makes nice with MAGA by embracing the election deniers who think he cheated Trump. — Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp gets a lot of credit for resisting pressure from former President Donald Trump to “find the votes” …
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