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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump-aligned Pa. governor nominee Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee — State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, is suing the Jan. 6 select committee, setting up a legal fight between one of the most prominent congressional investigations in recent memory …
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
McCarthy says Biden ‘vilified’ Americans, hits Dems on inflation, immigration and more in campaign speech
McCarthy says Biden ‘vilified’ Americans, hits Dems on inflation, immigration and more in campaign speech
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CNN:
January 6 committee seeking voluntary cooperation from Newt Gingrich
January 6 committee seeking voluntary cooperation from Newt Gingrich
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee asks former speaker Newt Gingrich to sit for interview
Jan. 6 committee asks former speaker Newt Gingrich to sit for interview
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
White House needles Kevin McCarthy for Jan. 6 ‘change of heart’
White House needles Kevin McCarthy for Jan. 6 ‘change of heart’
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Politico:
Jan. 6 select panel asks Newt Gingrich to testify
Jan. 6 select panel asks Newt Gingrich to testify
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The White House:
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CONTINUED BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION — THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it. I speak to you tonight from sacred ground in America: Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Washington Post:
Biden warns ‘equality and democracy are under assault,’ calls out Trump by name … Today, President Biden warned that a Republican Party dominated and driven by his predecessor, Donald Trump, “is a threat to this country” in a prime-time address outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if 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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Insider:
Trump says he's ‘financially supporting’ January 6 defendants and will look ‘very favorably’ about full pardons if he wins the 2024 election
Trump says he's ‘financially supporting’ January 6 defendants and will look ‘very favorably’ about full pardons if he wins the 2024 election
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump-Led Extremism Is a Direct Threat to America, Biden Plans to Say in Speech
Trump-Led Extremism Is a Direct Threat to America, Biden Plans to Say in Speech
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Politico:
Judge considers temporary limit on DOJ access to Trump documents — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A federal judge indicated Thursday that she's giving serious consideration to temporarily barring Justice Department investigators from reviewing material seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
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NBC News:
No immediate ruling in special master case after Justice Department and Donald Trump's lawyers face off in court
No immediate ruling in special master case after Justice Department and Donald Trump's lawyers face off in court
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Ex-NYPD cop who assaulted D.C. officer on Jan. 6 gets record-setting sentence — WASHINGTON — A retired New York City Police Department officer who was convicted of several felonies for attacking a D.C. cop with a flag pole and then tackling the officer to the ground and attempting to rip off …
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
NYPD veteran who assaulted police receives longest Jan. 6 sentence yet: 10 years
NYPD veteran who assaulted police receives longest Jan. 6 sentence yet: 10 years
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NBC News:
The nation's poorest state used welfare money to pay Brett Favre for speeches he never made — Brett Favre earned nearly $140 million as a star NFL quarterback over two decades and millions more in product endorsements. — But that didn't stop the state of Mississippi from paying Favre $1.1 million …
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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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New York Times:
Trump's Tastes in Intelligence: Power and Leverage — President Donald J. Trump's interests during classified briefings have a new resonance amid the Justice Department's criminal investigation into his handling of sensitive documents. — WASHINGTON — As president, Donald J. Trump showed …
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 …
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BBC:
Vicky Bowman: UK former ambassador jailed in Myanmar — The UK's former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband have each been sentenced to one year in prison by the country's military authorities. — Vicky Bowman and Htein Lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with breaching immigration laws.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa:
Grassley Tells DOJ To Keep Their Hands Off Whistleblowers — BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland in response to Garland's August 30 memorandum to Department of Justice …
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Media Matters for America:
Fox's Jeanine Pirro warns of violent “retaliation” from Republicans in reaction to Joe Biden's speech — Donald Trump may have confessed to a crime on Truth Social. Legal experts are discussing the ramifications of his self-incriminating post.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Biden is disgracing the institution of the prime-time presidential address — President Biden will deliver a nationally televised prime-time address Thursday on “the continued battle for the soul of the nation” and arguing that the country's democratic values will be at stake during the midterm elections.
New York Times:
In California's Housing Fight, It's Newsom vs. NIMBY — Laws to encourage more development and denser housing don't do much good if no one enforces them. As the state political calculus shifts, Gavin Newsom is trying to change that. — By any objective measure, nothing that happens in Woodside …
Annie Martin / Orlando Sentinel:
Jury finds Seminole GOP chair guilty in ‘ghost’ candidate case — A jury of six people found Seminole County GOP Chairman Ben Paris guilty on Thursday of a misdemeanor charge that he arranged to put his cousin's name on independent “ghost” candidate Jestine Iannotti's campaign contribution forms in 2020.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump should fill Christians with rage. How come he doesn't? — In many American places on a pleasant Sunday afternoon it is possible, as I recently did, to have coffee in the city at a bohemian cafe draped with rainbow banners, then to drive 30 or 45 minutes into the country to find small towns …
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Washington Post:
In GOP ads, ‘invasion’ language is everywhere — When Republicans are asked about midterm election campaign issues that make them squirm, they have a ready answer. Never mind abortion rights or Donald Trump's legal travails, they say — we're running on inflation.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Prophets, ‘Pizzagaters,’ and an Oath Keeper: A field guide to Doug Mastriano World — It's now September — that time of year when political candidates start changing their colors weeks ahead of the autumn leaves. None more so than Pennsylvania's Republican gubernatorial nominee …
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Jonathan Britton / NRSC:
NRSC Calls on Fetterman to Fire Convicted Murderers on Campaign — Washington, D.C. — John Fetterman's campaign employs not one, but TWO convicted murderers on his campaign for Senate. — FACTS: — Dennis and Lee Horton were convicted of murder. [Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Lee Horton …
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Republicans rage against ranked choice voting after Alaska election — Republicans are fuming about ranked choice and “jungle” primary voting systems after Democrat Mary Peltola won a special House election in Alaska over former Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and Republican Nick Begich.
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