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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
New York AG Letitia James files $250M lawsuit against Trump for defrauding lenders, others — The suit accuses Trump and his firm of “persistent and repeated business fraud.” — For 20 years, Donald Trump and his family enriched themselves through “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentations …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
New York attorney general files civil fraud lawsuit against Trump, some of his children and his business — New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil fraud lawsuit Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, according to court records. — The case docket indicates …
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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
New York AG sues Trump, his children and their company on charges of large-scale business fraud — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a sweeping lawsuit Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, his three eldest children and the Trump Organization in connection …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump and His Spurious Business Face a Reckoning
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Politico:
Trump, company and family members sued by New York AG over alleged fraud scheme
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Sued by New York Over Misleading Asset Valuations
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AIRLIVE:
BREAKING Russian airlines ordered to stop selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65 — Flights abroad sell out following Putin's partial mobilization. — Russian airlines have stopped selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65 unless they can provide evidence of approval to travel from the Ministry of Defense.
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Ukraine Live Updates: Putin Calls Up More Troops as His War Effort Falters — In a rare address to the nation, the Russian president railed against the West for providing Ukraine with weapons and made a veiled threat of using nuclear weapons. Russia's defense minister put the number of new call-ups at 300,000.
Wall Street Journal:
Putin Orders Draft of Reservists for War in Ukraine, Threatens Nuclear Response — Russian president made the announcement amid faltering Russian offensive, Ukrainian advances in northeast — MOSCOW—In a major escalation of the war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin raised …
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Washington Post:
Putin's partial military mobilization condemned by U.S., Europe … Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a “partial mobilization” of troops was condemned by United States and European officials as a dangerous escalation as the invasion in Ukraine falters.
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NBC News:
Putin mobilizes more troops for Ukraine war, threatens nuclear retaliation and backs annexation of Russian-occupied land — Watch: Putin announces partial mobilization of Russian military — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization of his country's military Wednesday …
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The Economist:
Vladimir Putin's situation looks ever more desperate
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Associated Press:
Ohio GOP House candidate has misrepresented military service — Campaigning for a northwestern Ohio congressional seat, Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, once describing “tough” …
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Marist Poll:
The 2022 Elections in Ohio — Marist Ohio Poll — Vance & Ryan in Dead Heat in Ohio Senate Race, DeWine with 18-Point Lead in Governor's Race — In the U.S. Senate contest to fill retiring Senator Rob Portman's seat, Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance are in a statistical dead heat …
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Dem Party Image Drag on Incumbent — Warnock better liked than Walker, but does not have a clear edge on the issues — West Long Branch, NJ - Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock is viewed more favorably than challenger Herschel Walker, but poor voter opinion of the Democratic Party in Georgia is keeping the race for U.S. Senate close.
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Washington Post:
‘Unchecked’ book excerpt: Inside McConnell's decision not to convict Trump — “Let's just ignore him,” the GOP Senate leader said at one point, underscoring his hands-off approach on whether to stand up to pro-Trump lawmakers after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
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David R. Lurie / The Daily Beast:
The Performative Sadism of Ron DeSantis — The Florida governor and MAGA heir is betting his political future on hurting vulnerable people to own the libs. … The GOP—under Donald Trump and perhaps soon under his would-be successor, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—is rapidly becoming …
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Put up or shut up: DOJ increases pressure on Trump to prove Mar-a-Lago declassification — The Justice Department has emphasized to an appeals court that Donald Trump has yet to provide evidence he had declassified the records seized from Mar-a-Lago, just as the special master himself appeared …
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Robert Sarver:
Statement from Robert Sarver — Robert Sarver, managing partner of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, today issued the following statement. — Words that I deeply regret now overshadow nearly two decades of building organizations that brought people together - and strengthened the Phoenix area …
Juliette Kayyem / The Atlantic:
Trump Endorsed QAnon Because He's Stuck — For a man who believes in nothing, has no coherent ideology or value system except his own continuing relevance, obsesses over conspiracies, and subsists on grievance and anger, Donald Trump took a long time to fully embrace QAnon.
Susan Page / USA Today:
Trump vs. DeSantis in 2024? USA TODAY/Suffolk poll shows Florida Republicans prefer their governor — In a hypothetical 2024 presidential primary in the Sunshine State, DeSantis leads Trump 48%-40%. That's a reversal from a poll of Florida in January, when Trump led DeSantis 47%-40%.
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Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
How Not to Talk About the Holocaust — It's rarely a good sign when the Holocaust trends on social media, and this week was no exception. On Sunday, in an interview with 60 Minutes, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi declared that he needed more evidence to determine whether the Holocaust took place.
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
The Pollster Who Thinks It's Happening Again for Republicans — Robert Cahaly of Trafalgar explains why his polls show Republicans competitive even in some of the bluest places. — There are a bunch of big debates to tackle in analyzing what is happening in the 2022 election.
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Bill Maher Says ‘Woke Baggage’ Is Democrats' Biggest Problem: ‘Stop Talking About Pregnant Men’ … Bill Maher has shared his opinions on today's top issues for nearly two decades on HBO's “Real Time.” Now, with his new podcast “Club Random,” the comedian turned political commentator tells Variety …
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Ashley Gold / Axios:
Meta: We're not-so-big tech now — As Meta shapes its antitrust defense, it has begun pointing out its plummeting stock price as a sign that competition is alive and well in its market. … It has lost ground to its surging rival TikTok, and its revenue has been curtailed by Apple's iOS privacy changes.
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The Guardian:
Revealed: the ‘shocking’ levels of toxic lead in Chicago tap water — Tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxin, in amounts far exceeding the federal standards — Erin McCormick, Aliya Uteuova and Taylor Moore with photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Rating Changes: Schweikert Moves to Toss Up, Cuellar to Lean Democrat — As both parties begin to blitz the competitive battleground with ads, Republicans continue to be the party playing more offense, linking Democratic incumbents to “wasteful spending” and more IRS funding in the just-passed reconciliation bill.
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