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Walker's team knew of an abortion allegation months before it surfaced — Months before news broke alleging that Herschel Walker paid for an abortion, top Republicans in the state — including those advising his team — warned him that the story could torpedo his campaign.
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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.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump defends Herschel Walker after abortion report
Trump defends Herschel Walker after abortion report
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CNN:
GOP moves to contain Herschel Walker's latest scandal: 'We're going to need a few days to assess'
GOP moves to contain Herschel Walker's latest scandal: 'We're going to need a few days to assess'
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Herschel Walker Abortion Accusation Changes Nothing
The Herschel Walker Abortion Accusation Changes Nothing
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Review of Mar-a-Lago Records — In earlier cases, the justices have ruled against Mr. Trump when he sought to shield his financial and presidential records from prosecutors and congressional investigators. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump asked …
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In Trump White House, classified records routinely mishandled, aides say — The jumble of secret and not-secret documents found by the FBI was typical of how Donald Trump handled records, former staffers said — Aides who had worked in Donald Trump's White House were not surprised this summer …
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Trump goes to Supreme Court over Mar-a-Lago search and seizure of documents — Former President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the dispute over materials marked as classified the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate this summer. — His emergency request …
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Russia's Nuclear Bluster Is a Sign of Panic — 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 like despair at Russia's shambolic mobilization and battlefield defeats.
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Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts
Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts
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Tatiana Stanovaya / Carnegie Endowment …:
Russia's Elites Are Starting to Admit the Possibility of Defeat
Russia's Elites Are Starting to Admit the Possibility of Defeat
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine Reports Advances in Its Southern Counteroffensive
Ukraine Reports Advances in Its Southern Counteroffensive
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Bloomberg:
Musk Proposes to Buy Twitter for Original Price of $54.20 a Share — Elon Musk revived his bid for Twitter Inc. at the original offer price of $54.20 a share, potentially avoiding a courtroom fight over one of the most contentious acquisitions in recent history.
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David French / The Dispatch:
Lifting Up the Rock on the Gutter Right — Lie after lie after lie. — I want to write about cruelty and slander and how those dark sins are wielded as weapons of political and cultural warfare in the worst corners of the online right. While politics has never been a gentle pursuit …
CNN:
White House launches last ditch effort to dissuade OPEC from cutting oil production to avoid a ‘total disaster’ — The Biden administration has launched a full-scale pressure campaign in a last-ditch effort to dissuade Middle Eastern allies from dramatically cutting oil production …
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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Pennsylvania Senate Moves Back to Toss Up — When we shifted our Pennsylvania Senate rating to Lean Democrat about six weeks ago, we included this key caveat — Republican spending against Democratic nominee John Fetterman had yet to ramp up, and that while Republican Mehmet Oz still …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Poll Update: Republicans Gain in the Senate
Poll Update: Republicans Gain in the Senate
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Sarah Polus / The Hill:
Ye, Candace Owens wear ‘White Lives Matter’ shirts at Paris Fashion week — Rapper and fashion designer Ye and conservative U.S. political commentator Candace Owens made headlines with matching “White Lives Matter” t-shirts at Paris Fashion Week on Monday. — The duo, who are both Black …
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
George W. Bush to fundraise for Colorado GOP Senate candidate Joe O'Dea — O'Dea is expected to report a strong fundraising quarter, with his campaign pulling in $3 million over the last three months. — Former President George W. Bush is making a rare appearance on the campaign trail …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Tim Scott beefs up political operation with top Senate aide
Wall Street Journal:
Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times — An internal report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal alleges a previously unknown pattern of likely widespread cheating by Hans Moke Niemann, the player whose September victory over Magnus Carlsen has rocked the chess world
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Donald Judd / CNN:
Ron Johnson again says Jan. 6 was not an ‘armed insurrection,’ adds ‘protesters did teach us’ how to use flagpoles as weapons — Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson repeated his claim Tuesday that the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was not an “armed insurrection,” adding however …
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Ron Johnson acknowledges texting with Trump attorney on Jan 6
Ron Johnson acknowledges texting with Trump attorney on Jan 6
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
JUST IN: Trump's Own Lawyers Mocked His Lack of Wealth In Emails Revealed By January 6 Committee — Former President Donald Trump's own lawyers mocked their client's claims of wealth behind his back in a set of emails revealed by the January 6 committee. — Exaggerated or false claims …
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Jackson Turns Originalism Against Conservatives To Argue For Minority Voting Protections — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson turned the favored tactic of her right-wing peers on its head Tuesday, advancing an originalist argument to support protections for racial minorities.
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Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Angelina Jolie Details Abuse Allegations Against Brad Pitt in Countersuit — In court papers related to a legal battle over a French winery they once owned together, she claims that he was abusive to her and their children during a 2016 plane ride. — Angelina Jolie filed a cross complaint …
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Ben Goggin / NBC News:
QAnon song played by Donald Trump removed from tech platforms — A song played at several Donald Trump rallies and speeches that has become known as a QAnon anthem has been removed from YouTube and Spotify after the creator of the song claimed that it was used by Trump and others without proper permissions.
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Amazon suspends 50 workers who refused to work after a warehouse fire — The warehouse associates stopped working for a few hours over safety concerns at the Staten Island facility, home to the only unionized workforce at Amazon — Amazon suspended at least 50 workers on Tuesday …
Greg Hilburn / USA Today:
Louisiana Democrat Katie Darling gives birth in ad for campaign against Steve Scalise — LAFAYETTE, La. —A digital ad from a Louisiana mother and Democratic congressional candidate has gone viral, focusing on the woman delivering her newborn baby boy last month while expressing alarm about the Bayou State's new abortion ban.
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Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Citing Concern for Free Speech, 12 Federal Judges Say They Won't Take Clerks from Yale Law School — A dozen federal judges say they are no longer hiring clerks from Yale Law School, citing a slew of scandals that they say have undermined free speech and intellectual diversity.
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Tony Bobulinski tells Tucker Carlson Joe Biden was ‘chairman’ of Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings — Bobulinski's interview will air on Tuesday's ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ — Tony Bobulinski tells Tucker Carlson that Joe Biden was ‘chairman’ of his son's overseas business dealings
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Politico:
Arizona GOP Chair pleaded the Fifth, Jan. 6 committee attorney says — Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward asserted her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid answering questions from the Jan. 6 select committee, a lawyer for the panel revealed in federal court Tuesday.
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Insider:
Trump used a slur for people with intellectual disabilities to describe his one-time Attorney Jeff Sessions, book says — Trump referred to Jeff Sessions as the “the first mentally retarded attorney general” in history, per a new book. — The former president's frustrations stemmed …
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