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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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CNN:
GOP moves to contain Herschel Walker's latest scandal: 'We're going to need a few days to assess' — Herschel Walker and his campaign are scrambling to contain the fallout from a new report alleging that the hardline anti-abortion candidate paid for his then-girlfriend to have an abortion in 2009.
Washington Post:
GOP leaders rally behind Walker. But in Georgia, Republicans fret.
GOP leaders rally behind Walker. But in Georgia, Republicans fret.
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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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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Inside Mar-a-Lago: Pardons, White House Emails, Legal Bills — The thousands of documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida home included a mix of government, business and personal affairs, including analysis about who should get a pardon, call notes marked with a presidential seal …
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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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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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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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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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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
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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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Republicans Say John Fetterman's A Racist Vigilante — And Also A Crime-Loving Radical
Republicans Say John Fetterman's A Racist Vigilante — And Also A Crime-Loving Radical
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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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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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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 …
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 …
New York Times:
U.S. National Debt Tops $31 Trillion for First Time — America's borrowing binge has long been viewed as sustainable because of historically low interest rates. But as rates rise, the nation's fiscal woes are getting worse. — WASHINGTON — America's gross national debt exceeded $31 trillion …
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Yacob Reyes / PolitiFact:
Most of Florida's Lee County wasn't in the cone three days before hurricane, but parts of it were — Most of Lee County, Florida, was not within the forecast cone of Hurricane Ian 72 hours before landfall. But one of the county's barrier islands, Cayo Costa, appeared inside the forecast cone …
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Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
Jesse Watters Says Democrats Leaving Border Open for Post-Civil War ‘Servants’, Migrants are ‘Waiters and Field Hands’ — Jesse Watters said Democrats have refused to secure the country's southern border, as the party needs “servants” to work menial jobs. — The Fox News host opened …
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.
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
U.S. Department of Justice:
Five Current or Former IRS Employees Charged with Defrauding Federal COVID-19 Relief Programs — Five current or former IRS employees have been charged with schemes to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program, federal stimulus programs authorized …
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Tatiana Stanovaya / Carnegie Endowment …:
Russia's Elites Are Starting to Admit the Possibility of Defeat — Stanovaya — Carnegie Politika — The longer the conflict rages and the more resources the Russian regime throws into the furnace of war, the more isolated Putin may become in his bid for nuclear escalation.
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Russia's Nuclear Bluster Is a Sign of Panic
New York Times:
Florida Leaders Rejected Major Climate Laws. Now They're Seeking Storm Aid. — Senior Republican politicians in the state have opposed federal action against global warming, which is making storms like Hurricane Ian more destructive. — Hurricane Ian's wrath made clear that Florida faces …
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine Reports Advances in Its Southern Counteroffensive — Yevgen Honcharenko/EPA, via Shutterstock … Ukraine says its offensives are gaining ground not just in the east, but also in the south. — DNIPRO, Ukraine — A brigade of Ukrainian marines appears to have expelled Russian forces …
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