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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Stunning developments dog Herschel Walker's campaign at pivotal time — Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker has weathered crises that have leveled other campaigns and still remained within striking distance of Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock thanks to relatively unshakable support from many in the GOP base.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
‘Pro-Life’ Herschel Walker Paid for Girlfriend's Abortion — The woman has receipts—and a “get well” card she says the football star, now a Senate candidate, sent her. … Herschel Walker, the football legend now running for Senate in Georgia, says he wants to completely ban abortion …
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Shannon McCaffrey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker's campaign in turmoil as adult son accuses him of violence, lying — ‘You are not a family man’ — U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker's campaign was in turmoil Monday after his adult son accused his father of threatening to kill his family members, an accusation that came …
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Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson Show Notes:
About the Herschel Walker Story — So, to start, can I just say the reactions to me tweeting about this story are a bit nuts. I don't think I'm supposed to carry water for anyone. But people on the right are infuriated that I'm not standing by their man.
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New York Times:
Republicans Rally Behind Herschel Walker After Abortion Report
Republicans Rally Behind Herschel Walker After Abortion Report
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Public Health Success Story
Maya King / New York Times:
Herschel Walker Paid for Girlfriend's Abortion, Report Says
Herschel Walker Paid for Girlfriend's Abortion, Report Says
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Poll Update: Republicans Gain in the Senate — A closer look at Pennsylvania and Nevada, and some Democratic leads that seem vulnerable. — Two weeks ago, we noted early signs that Republicans were making gains in the race for the Senate. — Now it's clear the race has shifted toward Republicans in important ways.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Dems agonize over N.C. spending debacle as Senate race tightens — Senate Democrats are prioritizing a half-dozen states over North Carolina. The state's House Democrats are openly fretting that the party could come to regret it. — As the midterms enter their final stretch …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: Democrat Fetterman hangs onto 6-point lead over GOP's Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race — Democrat John Fetterman is hanging on to a six percentage-point lead over Republican Mehmet Oz in the nation's most closely watched Senate race, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Our newest ratings and updates, fresh out of the oven — Republicans are taking a pass on Democratic Rep. David Trone, with the pricey D.C. media market and Trone's Total Wine fortune posing big obstacles to contesting the seat, despite an improvement in redistricting. — Previous rating: Toss-Up
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Republican Group's Ads Take On Fetterman Over Gun Incident Involving Black Jogger
Republican Group's Ads Take On Fetterman Over Gun Incident Involving Black Jogger
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Lauren Mayk / NBC10 Philadelphia:
Fetterman Campaign to Launch ‘Republicans for Fetterman’ as Pa. Senate Race Tightens
Fetterman Campaign to Launch ‘Republicans for Fetterman’ as Pa. Senate Race Tightens
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Washington Post:
Trump's lawyer refused his request in February to say all documents returned — After initial return of 15 boxes, attorney Alex Cannon thought there might be more records at Mar-a-Lago, people familiar with the matter said — Former president Donald Trump asked one of his lawyers to tell …
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New York Times:
Lawyer Declined Trump Request to Tell Archives All Material Was Returned — When asked to say the former president had no more government documents after the return of 15 boxes in January, the lawyer, Alex Cannon, would not do so, uncertain of whether it was true.
James Ball / Rolling Stone:
Roger Waters: I'm on a Ukrainian ‘Kill List’ — In an explosive, wide-ranging interview, the Pink Floyd co-founder discusses his controversial views on Ukraine — and Russia, and Wikileaks, and Israel, and so much more. — ROGER WATERS DOES not want you to ignore his politics.
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Russia's Nuclear Bluster Is a Sign of Panic — Yielding to Putin's blackmail would be folly. — Margarita Simonyan, the editor in chief of RT and one of Russia's top propagandists, has in the space of seven months gone from supreme confidence that Kyiv would fall in days to something …
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Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Putin's Nuclear Threat Is Real
Putin's Nuclear Threat Is Real
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Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
Michigan Republicans beg Whitmer to zip it on abortion rights — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gives the keynote address at the 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference on June 2, 2022 | Susan J. Demas graphic using Allison R. Donahue photo — When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave her keynote address …
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Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's lead over Tudor Dixon stretches to 17 points: new poll
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's lead over Tudor Dixon stretches to 17 points: new poll
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Washington Post:
Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts — Ukrainian troops on Tuesday accelerated their military advances on two fronts, pushing Russian forces into retreat in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to the east and Kherson region to the south.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Irony Meter Explodes as Migrants Lured TO Florida for Hurricane Ian Cleanup — OH, NOW YOU NEED THEM — Migrants are reportedly being transported from New York City to Florida for work supporting cleanup efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ian—weeks after the governor put migrants on a flight to Martha's Vineyard.
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Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
Obama Charges Netanyahu as a World Leader Who Fueled ‘Putinism’, Report Reveals — The Justice Department released the transcript of the off-record conversation, which took place between Obama and reporters three days before Trump assumed power — WASHINGTON - Former U.S. President Barack …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Election officials confront a new problem: Whether they can trust their own poll workers — Election officials are growing concerned about a new danger in November: that groups looking to undermine election results will try to install their supporters as poll workers.
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Reuters:
Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, say lawyers — Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, facing a U.S. lawsuit over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, told a court on Monday the crown prince's appointment as prime minister last week ensured him immunity from prosecution.
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Financial Times:
Truss finally admits defeat on tax benefit for the wealthy — Prime minister cuts her losses and abandons plan to ditch top rate of income tax after outcry — Prime minister Liz Truss sought to hold her nerve during the course of a fraught Sunday at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell saw killing Manchin bill as personal — For Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), killing Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) permitting reform bill was personal. — McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, looked like he'd been hoodwinked when Manchin announced a deal with Senate Majority …
J. Michael Luttig / The Atlantic:
There Is Absolutely Nothing to Support the ‘Independent State Legislature’ Theory — The Supreme Court will decide before next summer the most important case for American democracy in the almost two and a half centuries since America's founding. — In Moore v. Harper …