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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
She Had an Abortion With Herschel Walker. She Also Had a Child With Him. — Herschel Walker has claimed he has no idea who this woman could be. Here's why that's surprising. … After a woman revealed that Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker had urged her to have an abortion …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Walker's Christian fans unfazed by abortion revelations — ATLANTA — Pastor Anthony George didn't set out to be a defender of Herschel Walker. — But as the prominent Baptist minister welcomed Walker into his church this week for a scheduled prayer event with faith leaders …
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Herschel Walker Returns — Georgia GOP nominee for Senate Herschel Walker returned to the program this AM: — Audio: — 10-06hhs-walker — Transcript: — HH: Joined now by Herschel Walker, candidate for Senate in Georgia. Good morning, Herschel. Welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show.
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Washington Post:
Governor races in at least five states could determine abortion legality — Helloo, good morning. Are planes the best place for interviews? We can definitely see some advantages. … Today's edition: Nearly half of adults give the U.S. health system a poor or failing grade, per a new report.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker faces another abortion report that threatens his Senate campaign
Herschel Walker faces another abortion report that threatens his Senate campaign
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
How does the Russo-Ukrainian War end? — Sometimes you change the subject, and sometimes the subject changes you — At first, no one could imagine that the Russo-Ukrainian war could begin. And yet it began. And now, no one can imagine how it will end. And yet end it will.
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Max Seddon / Financial Times:
Vladimir Putin's botched mobilisation triggers blame game in Russia
Vladimir Putin's botched mobilisation triggers blame game in Russia
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How the war in Ukraine has remade Europe
David Sacks / Newsweek:
The Neocons and the Woke Left Are Joining Hands and Leading Us to Woke War III
The Neocons and the Woke Left Are Joining Hands and Leading Us to Woke War III
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
VP was in car accident; Secret Service first called it ‘mechanical failure’ — A motorcade taking Vice President Harris to work was in a one-car accident on a closed roadway in D.C. Monday morning, an incident that concerned both the Secret Service director and the vice president and revived worries …
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Kamala Harris was in accident falsely dismissed as ‘mechanical failure’ — Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a minor car accident Monday, one that was initially — and falsely — dismissed as “mechanical failure.” — Harris was heading to the White House just before 10:30 …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Maggie Haberman on How She Covers Trump Without Losing Her Mind — I first met Maggie Haberman in 2014. She was a correspondent for Politico with roots in city tabloids, and while I didn't know much about politics or the media, I knew that when she reported something, it seemed to carry a certain weight …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans to Ease Venezuela Sanctions, Enabling Chevron to Pump Oil — The proposed deal would require Caracas to open talks with political opponents, with the aim of free elections in 2024 — The Biden administration is preparing to scale down sanctions on Venezuela's authoritarian regime …
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Biden's new Saudi strategy
Biden's new Saudi strategy
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
A majority of GOP nominees — 299 in all — deny the 2020 election results — Experts say their dominance in the party poses a threat to the country's democratic principles and jeopardizes the integrity of future votes — A majority of Republican nominees on the ballot this November for the House …
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
The Instagram capital of the world is a terrible place to be — Just because you can (sort of) afford to go somewhere doesn't mean you'll enjoy it. — This time last week I was wandering the stony streets of Positano, a small village on Italy's Amalfi Coast.
Max Chafkin / Bloomberg:
Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere — The first car woke Jennifer King at 2 a.m. with a loud, high‑pitched hum. “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, and that wasn't the weird part. King lives on a dead-end street at the edge of the Presidio …
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Washington Post:
A more strategic Russian retreat signals long fight ahead in Kherson — MYKOLAIV REGION, Ukraine — The drone operator ignored the occasional thunder of outgoing artillery in the distance and kept his eyes focused on the computer monitor in front of him, waiting for the burst of smoke to appear.
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Tim Miller / New York Times:
Online Fund-Raising Was Supposed to Save Politics. Instead, It's Dragging Us to Hell. — In late 2003 the spirit of revolution was in the air and on our Yahoo browsers. Shock and awe had given way to the long slog of war. And the internet was allowing supporters of politicians to use new tools such as …
Paul Farrell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: CNN's Jim Sciutto is absent from the air after it was revealed he suffered a ‘serious fall’ in Amsterdam and was ordered by network bosses to ‘address personal issues’ — Long time CNN news anchor Jim Sciutto has been absent from the air after it was revealed network told him to address ‘personal situation’
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Associated Press:
Fetterman records show light schedule as Pa. lieutenant gov. — In his campaign for a crucial U.S. Senate seat, Democrat John Fetterman takes credit for reinventing Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor's office, transforming it from a political pit stop into a “bully pulpit” from which he's advanced progressive causes.
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Colleen Slevin / Associated Press:
Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake — The Colorado baker who won a partial Supreme Court victory after refusing on religious grounds to make a gay couple's wedding cake a decade ago is challenging a separate ruling he violated the state's anti-discrimination law …
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NBC News:
In key battlegrounds, GOP onslaught of crime ads tightens Senate races — MILWAUKEE — Republicans have unleashed a barrage of negative ads in the final weeks of the midterms that hammer Democrats on crime. — In at least two states, the strategy appears to be taking hold.
Washington Post:
Ian is probably Florida's deadliest hurricane since 1935. Most victims drowned. — FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — The water was rising quickly, so the women ran to the top floor of the vacation house they had rented for Nishelle Harris-Miles's 40th birthday and huddled together on a bed.
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Bloomberg:
Thai Daycare Center Shooting Leaves 32 Dead, Mostly Children — A mass shooting that began with a daycare center in northeastern Thailand left 38 people dead, the majority of them children, according to officials. — A 34-year-old former cop used an automatic weapon to fire at the center located …
CNN:
House GOP amps up talk about impeaching Biden's border chief, posing a test for McCarthy — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy will be swiftly confronted in a Republican majority with a politically dicey proposition gaining steam within his conference: Launching impeachment proceedings …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Eleven Defendants Indicted for Obstructing a Reproductive Health Services Facility in Tennessee — A federal indictment unsealed today charges 11 individuals with violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. — Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Calvin Zastrow …
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Kelli / Live Action News:
FBI charges multiple individuals for peaceful protests at abortion facility — In early March of 2021, a group of individuals committed to saving the lives of preborn children visited the Carafem abortion facility in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, as part of a “rescue” — an event meant …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Most people on Twitter don't live in political echo chambers — but mostly because they don't care enough to bother building one — You are weird. — It's okay — I'm weird too. But if you're reading a Nieman Lab story, chances are very good that your news consumption habits look pretty different from the median American's.
Carly Olson / Reuters:
U.N. Agency Renews Plea to Secure Nuclear Plant After Russian Takeover … The head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency is visiting Kyiv to discuss security at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. — The director of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog was expected to visit Kyiv on Thursday to continue talks …
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