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Axios:
House GOP eyes repeal of Dems' drug pricing law — Some key House Republicans are calling for the repeal of Democrats' newly-passed drug pricing measure if the GOP flips control of one or both chambers of Congress next year. … - Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), the top Republican on the House Ways …
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, NRCC, PoliticusUSA, HuffPost, Political Wire and Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Financial Times:
‘Everyone will get snatched off the street’: mobilisation brings Ukraine war home to Russians — Reservists who face being sent to fight are desperately seeking a way out over the border — After Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February, Nadezhda urged her son to flee the country …
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Washington Post, csis.org and The Guardian
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Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
'It's a 100% mobilisation': day one of Russia's drive to build its army
'It's a 100% mobilisation': day one of Russia's drive to build its army
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Bruce's Contradicciones …, RedState and Slate
Nataliya Vasilyeva / Telegraph:
Putin ‘passes secret law to send one million Russians to fight in Ukraine’
Putin ‘passes secret law to send one million Russians to fight in Ukraine’
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New York Times, Insider, Fortune and The Independent Barents …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's strategy in the classified documents case is quickly crumbling — No judge would put it this crudely, but the court system is effectively telling Donald Trump to put up or shut up about his wild claims and outlandish defenses over his hoarding of classified information at his Florida resort.
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Raw Story, HotAir, Florida Politics and The National Interest
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New York Times:
Trump Claims He Declassified Documents. Why Don't His Lawyers Say So in Court?
Trump Claims He Declassified Documents. Why Don't His Lawyers Say So in Court?
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Washington Post, NBC News, The Daily Beast, Wall Street Journal, Juanita Jean's, Reason and CNN
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Dearie asks Trump lawyers whether they believe FBI lied about seized documents
Dearie asks Trump lawyers whether they believe FBI lied about seized documents
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Mediaite, TMZ.com, Lawfare, Insider, Morning Shots, BizPac Review, Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, Just The News, UPI, CNN, PoliticusUSA and The Guardian
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump's legal woes mount without protection of presidency
Trump's legal woes mount without protection of presidency
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Associated Press and RedState
Zach Williams / New York Post:
Chris Christie mocks ‘disaster’ Donald Trump at upstate biz conference — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got lots of laughs at the expense of ex-President Donald Trump while lamenting the current state of national politics at an upstate business convention Thursday night.
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CBS News
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Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Democrats want to be a sane alternative to the GOP. They're not — Nearly every election, many people view the impending vote as some sort of existential moment for the country. That this language has returned in the lead-up to the midterm elections is not surprising.
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New Republic
Emily L. Mahoney / Tampa Bay Times:
Jared Kushner: ‘Very troubling’ to see migrants used as ‘pawns’
Jared Kushner: ‘Very troubling’ to see migrants used as ‘pawns’
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Insider, Vanity Fair, The Hill, RedState and Louder With Crowder
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Career prosecutors recommend no charges for Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe — Investigators see credibility challenges for two of the main witnesses in the probe of the congressman's past dealings with a 17-year-old — Career prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz …
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Insider, Florida Politics and Political Wire
Washington Post:
U.S. has sent private warnings to Russia against using a nuclear weapon — The Biden administration has been sending messages to Moscow about the grave consequences that would follow the use of a nuclear weapon in Ukraine — The United States for several months has been sending private communications …
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CNN, The Hill, The American Conservative, Telegraph, Balloon Juice and Raw Story
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Russia's Ukrainian referenda: Vote yes, or we'll shoot you
Russia's Ukrainian referenda: Vote yes, or we'll shoot you
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New York Times, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Fox News, Washington Post and Bloomberg
Nick Cumming-Bruce / New York Times:
U.N. experts find that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine.
U.N. experts find that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine.
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Forbes, Voice of America, Associated Press, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Cyprus Mail and Kyiv Post
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
To confront Putin, Biden should study the Cuban missile crisis
To confront Putin, Biden should study the Cuban missile crisis
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The Bulwark, Untwined, FDD, The Diplomat, Raw Story, New York Times and The National Interest
New York Times:
As Trump's Legal Woes Mount, So Do Financial Pressures on Him — The lawsuit filed by New York's attorney general is the latest indication of how an array of investigations is affecting the former president's business and personal wealth. — The New York attorney general's fraud lawsuit …
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The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, The Daily Beast and The Western Journal
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Politico:
McConnell seeks a Jan. 6 mop-up on his terms — Mitch McConnell opposed conviction in Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. He may yet help clean up the mess of Jan. 6. — Things are playing out differently in the Senate GOP after only nine House Republicans — all of them retiring from Congress …
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The Political Insider, PoliticusUSA and The Dispatch
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Nina Totenberg Had a Beautiful Friendship With RBG. Her Book About It Is an Embarrassment. — Did Nina Totenberg know a secret that could have changed history? — The question hovers over Dinners With Ruth, Totenberg's new memoir of her four-decade friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to unleash millions in the midterms in possible prelude to 2024 — Donald Trump's top lieutenants are launching a new super PAC that is expected to spend heavily to bolster his endorsed candidates in the midterm election — and, some people close to the former president say, could become a campaign apparatus if he runs in 2024.
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The Hill, Bloomberg, CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, The Transom and The Guardian
Devan Cole / CNN:
Breyer warns justices that some opinions could ‘bite you in the back’ in exclusive interview with CNN's Chris Wallace — Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is warning his colleagues against “writing too rigidly” in their opinions, saying that such decisions could “bite you in the back” in a world that is constantly changing.
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Washington Examiner, Insider, The Hill, Mock Paper Scissors, Axios and Raw Story
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Oz releases health records to spotlight Fetterman's stroke — Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, released his health records as he maneuvers to keep questions about Democratic rival John Fetterman's recovery from a stroke front and center in the hotly contested campaign.
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TheBrianLennonShow and NBC News
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Dasha Burns / NBC News:
In Pennsylvania Senate race, $1 homes are all the rage
In Pennsylvania Senate race, $1 homes are all the rage
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Breitbart
Em Steck / CNN:
Nevada's GOP nominee for top election post wants to eliminate mail voting but voted by mail multiple times — The Republican candidate aiming to run Nevada's elections has called to end mail voting by falsely claiming the voting method is rife with fraud. But public voting records reviewed …
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Poynter
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Jury Rules Against Project Veritas in Lawsuit — The conservative group was found to have violated wiretapping laws and fraudulently misrepresented itself to a Democratic consulting firm, to which it was ordered to pay $120,000. — WASHINGTON — A jury in a federal civil case on Thursday found …
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Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
How the polls might be wrong (again) this year — Polling has looked surprisingly good for Democrats. Are they being set up for disappointment again? — It just seems to keep on happening — Democrats get their hopes up from rosy-looking polls, but they get a rude awakening when votes are tallied on election night.
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The Liberty Loft
New York Times:
Zeldin Has a Path to Becoming Governor. It Runs Through Brooklyn. — A curious thing happened last weekend when Representative Lee Zeldin brought his Republican campaign for governor of New York into Hasidic Brooklyn. — Mr. Zeldin, a pronounced underdog, was greeted like a rock star.
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Just 1/3 of Americans back Republican migrant flights, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows — Only a third of Americans - including half of Republicans and one in six Democrats - say it's OK for state officials to fly or bus migrants to other states, a sign the push by Republican Southern governors …
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
How tight is the Mike Lee-Evan McMullin race for Senate? New Utah poll has answers — Engaged in a fierce battle in the U.S. Senate race in Utah, a new poll shows Republican Sen. Mike Lee and independent challenger Evan McMullin neck and neck with a little over six weeks to Election Day.
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Political Wire
Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Biden elevates three key staffers to senior-most West Wing positions — President Joe Biden has elevated three veteran White House officials to the most senior level of his West Wing staff, highlighting their roles as key players on his team as the administration enters a critical stretch.