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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Texts from Loeffler's phone shed light on activities ahead of Jan. 6 and 2021 runoff — Tricia Raffensperger's text message, six days after the 2020 elections, was as blistering as it was direct. — Hours after Kelly Loeffler, then Georgia's junior U.S. senator, called for her husband …
The Times:
Liz Truss resigns as prime minister — follow latest … Liz Truss has announced she is resigning after 44 days in office, becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. — She announced that she would stand down after losing the confidence of Tory MPs and cabinet ministers.
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U.K. Live Updates: Liz Truss Resigns as Prime Minister
U.K. Live Updates: Liz Truss Resigns as Prime Minister
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos
Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos
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Katherine Faulders / Associated Press:
Jan. 6 committee has yet to find a Trump lawyer who'll accept service of subpoena, sources say — The panel voted to subpoena the former president last week. — Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., on Oct. 8, 2022.
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CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump considers allowing federal investigators to search Mar-a-Lago again — Donald Trump's legal team is weighing whether to allow federal agents to return to the former President's Florida residence, and potentially conduct a supervised search, to satisfy the Justice Department's demands …
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New York Times:
Judge Says Trump Signed Statement With Data His Lawyers Told Him Was False
Judge Says Trump Signed Statement With Data His Lawyers Told Him Was False
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
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Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
‘A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane Headed Democrats’ Way' — With less than three weeks to go before the midterms, the GOP appears to be gaining momentum, as inflation and the economy dominate voters' concerns. And while the Senate outlook still remains plausibly optimistic for Democrats, the House presents a darker picture.
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Politico:
Biden world privately thinks McCarthy could fold on Ukraine aid
Biden world privately thinks McCarthy could fold on Ukraine aid
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Financial Times:
Ukrainian officials ‘shocked’ as Republicans threaten tougher line on aid
Ukrainian officials ‘shocked’ as Republicans threaten tougher line on aid
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New York Times:
With Crucial Elections Looming, Biden Breaks Tradition of Big Campaign Rallies
With Crucial Elections Looming, Biden Breaks Tradition of Big Campaign Rallies
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: It's the gas prices, stupid
POLITICO Playbook: It's the gas prices, stupid
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Tim Ryan asks why Democrats 'don't smell blood' and help him in Ohio
Tim Ryan asks why Democrats 'don't smell blood' and help him in Ohio
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
We Need To Stop Calling Ourselves Conservatives — The conservative project has failed, and conservatives need to forge a new political identity that reflects our revolutionary moment. — Given the state of America in 2022, conservatives should stop calling themselves conservatives. — Why?
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Associated Press:
Election deniers could make deep changes to Arizona voting — Gathered at a table in the state Capitol a little less than two years ago, two Republicans and a Democrat took part in a ceremony proscribed in state law that made official Joe Biden's 10,500-vote victory in Arizona's 2020 presidential contest.
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Washington Post:
U.S. has viewed wreckage of kamikaze drones Russia used in Ukraine — Such information could prove crucial in helping the United States and its Ukrainian allies better identify and ultimately defeat the unmanned craft — The U.S. government has examined the wreckage of Iranian-made drones shot …
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CBS News:
Cortez Masto and Laxalt neck and neck in Nevada Senate race — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll — Another battleground state, another toss-up contest. In one of Republicans' best pick-up opportunities, Republican challenger Adam Laxalt and Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto are neck and neck.
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April Corbin Girnus / Nevada Current:
Adam Laxalt, Trumpism and the Big Lie: An (updated) chronology
Adam Laxalt, Trumpism and the Big Lie: An (updated) chronology
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Associated Press
Associated Press:
Prison escapee accused of sending threatening letter containing powder to Jan. 6 committee chair — SCRANTON, Pa. — Federal prosecutors have accused a Pennsylvania prison escapee of sending a letter with threats to kill President Biden and the chairman of the Jan. 6 committee, among others …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Woke Superhero Movie Blown Up in $1 Million Con — The film was a Confederacy-themed superhero comic book character created by a right-wing blogger. But then the money disappeared. — An attempt to make a right-wing superhero movie has ended in disaster, with $1 million missing …
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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
GOP holds big leads on key economic issues ahead of the November elections, CNBC survey shows — The third-quarter CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds some modest improvements in economic attitudes and in President Joe Biden's approval ratings across the country, but Americans still harbor …
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Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
Kevin McCarthy's betrayal of the United States of America — Kevin McCarthy was my friend. He betrayed the United States of America and his duty and obligations to the Constitutional Oath that he took. — His conduct over the Trump era has been abhorrent.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Sorry, Ron DeSantis, You Are No Donald Trump — In the two years since Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, the political-media industrial complex has been busy trying to answer an urgent question: Who is the next Trump? — Business has been surprisingly brisk …
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The Liberty Loft and National Review
Associated Press:
Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby — The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year. — The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid …
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New York Post
Ian Dunt / The i Paper:
The corpse of the Tory party has woken up again - only to find ingenious new ways to murder itself — Liz Truss's government is now piece of performance art on national humiliation — All she needed to do was not mess up. That was all that was required of her. Liz Truss had secured a brief moment of calm.
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John Besche / Eater DC:
Tryst Is Suddenly D.C.'s Newest Cop Cafe, and Some People Are Pissed — Despite internet backlash, the Adams Morgan anchor welcomes community-wide conversation about crime starting this week — Washingtonians know Tryst as a longtime hub for the artsy, the under-caffeinated, and the first-date unimaginative.
Washington Post:
False claim that CDC would require covid vaccines for kids goes viral — ‘This is an all new level of dangerous misinformation,’ says former top health official — On Tuesday morning, a Fox News contributor claimed on Twitter that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set …
NBC News:
DOJ says it needs more money for the Jan. 6 probe. The next spending bill may be its last chance. — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it is in critical need of more money to bring the Jan. 6 rioters to justice. But it's not clear Congress will grant that request in a major funding bill planned for December.
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