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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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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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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Former GOP Justice lawyers: Trump's in a heap of trouble — A group of former GOP officials and former federal prosecutors who served in Republican administrations has filed an amicus brief in support of the Justice Department's position that former president Donald Trump has no right …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A Trump lawyer's ludicrous spin on ‘Hannity’ unmasks the Fox News ruse — Even as the legal battle over Donald Trump's hoarding of national security secrets at Mar-a-Lago unfolds in court, a very different trial involving Trump is unfolding in another arena entirely. — Call it Trial by Fox News.
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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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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
Arkansas Senator's Election Rigging Claim Dissolves on Contact With Sanity
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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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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
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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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Bloomberg:
Lukoil Chairman Ravil Maganov Dies After Falling From Hospital Window — Lukoil PJSC Chairman Ravil Maganov died after falling from a window in a Moscow hospital, according to Russian media reports. — Maganov died by suicide, Tass news agency said Thursday, citing an unidentified law enforcement official …
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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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump and accounting firm agree to give financial records to House Oversight Committee in deal to end court battle
Trump and accounting firm agree to give financial records to House Oversight Committee in deal to end court battle
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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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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
Washington versus Republican voters
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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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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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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 / New York Post:
How the DOJ has built a case against Trump for obstruction
How the DOJ has built a case against Trump for obstruction
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Donald Trump Is Still a Lunatic — Whether Trump's belief that he won in 2020 and will soon be reinstated as president is genuine or not, it makes him unfit for office. — On Truth Social this week, Donald Trump, in response to the news that the FBI had disgracefully put pressure on Facebook …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge again rejects Graham bid to throw out subpoena in Atlanta-area Trump probe — A federal judge has for the second time rejected Sen. Lindsey Graham's effort to block a grand jury subpoena issued by the Atlanta-area district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump …
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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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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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Evan Perez / CNN:
Former Trump White House lawyers expected to appear Friday before January 6 grand jury
Former Trump White House lawyers expected to appear Friday before January 6 grand jury
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Jaclyn Allen / TheDenverChannel.com:
Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during ‘energy emergency’ — 22,000 people lost control of temperatures in their homes for hours Tuesday — DENVER — During the dog days of summer, it's important to keep your home cool. But when thousands of Xcel customers …
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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Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson rebukes Robin Vos for canceling Gableman election subpoenas, signaling ongoing Wisconsin GOP rift — Molly Beck Lawrence AndreaMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — MADISON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson blasted Wisconsin's Republican Assembly speaker this week for withdrawing subpoenas issued …
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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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Clare Toeniskoetter / New York Times:
Why Do Some People in New Jersey Suddenly Have Bags and Bags of Bags? — A ban on single-use plastic and paper bags in grocery stores had an unintended effect: Delivery services switched to heavy, reusable sacks — lots of them. — Nicole Kramaritsch of Roxbury, N.J., has 46 bags just sitting in her garage.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if he's elected — The comments came on the same day President Biden was delivering a prime-time address warning of the threat to democracy from “MAGA Republicans” and election deniers. — Former president Donald Trump …
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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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Sean Golonka / The Nevada Independent:
Cortez Masto and Sisolak hold slim leads, are losing Hispanic support, AARP poll finds — In Nevada's high-profile races for governor and U.S. Senate, Democratic incumbents Gov. Steve Sisolak and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto hold narrow leads over their Republican challengers …
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