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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 …
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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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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: It's the gas prices, stupid — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — THE ELECTION — 19 days left until Election Day. ... 4,496,195 early votes already cast as of 11:01 p.m. Wednesday, per the United States Elections Project. ...
John F. Harris / Politico:
Sorry, Ron DeSantis, You Are No Donald Trump
Sorry, Ron DeSantis, You Are No Donald Trump
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
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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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Arit John / Los Angeles Times:
Two democracies are forming in the U.S. Zip code determines which one you're in — For a brief time in 2020, it seemed as though the vote-by-mail movement was having a bipartisan moment. — Red and blue states that had offered the option only to a relatively small number of residents …
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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Reuters:
Pro-Trump conspiracy theorists hound election officials out of office
Pro-Trump conspiracy theorists hound election officials out of office
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
They were elected to stop Trump. Now they're fighting for their lives.
They were elected to stop Trump. Now they're fighting for their lives.
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Politico:
Judge: Trump signed court document that knowingly included false voter fraud stats — Former President Donald Trump signed legal documents describing evidence of election fraud that he knew were false, a federal judge indicated on Wednesday. — U.S. District Court Judge David Carter wrote …
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New York Times:
Judge Says Trump Signed Statement With Data His Lawyers Told Him Was False — The determination came in a decision by a federal judge that John Eastman, a lawyer for the former president, had to turn more of his emails over to the House Jan. 6 committee. — Former President Donald J. Trump signed …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
J.D. Vance wants a border wall battle with Biden — MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — J.D. Vance thinks it's time for Republicans to have another fight over a southern border wall, this time with President Joe Biden. — If the GOP seizes full control of Congress in the midterms, the Ohio Republican …
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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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Josh Siegel / Politico:
Democrats passed a huge climate bill. Now they're talking oil.
Democrats passed a huge climate bill. Now they're talking oil.
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New York Times:
Times Square May Get One of the Few Spectacles It Lacks: A Casino — The battle to win a New York City casino license has heated up in Manhattan, with real estate and gambling giants offering competing proposals for Times Square and Hudson Yards. — Times Square, New York City's famed Crossroads …
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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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Sees Opportunity for Ukraine to Capitalize on Russian Weakness
U.S. Sees Opportunity for Ukraine to Capitalize on Russian Weakness
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Associated Press:
US busts network providing technology to Russian military — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a round of criminal charges and sanctions related to a complicated scheme to procure military technologies from U.S. manufacturers and illegally supply them to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Conservative Stalwart Challenging the Far-Right Legal Theory That Could Subvert American Democracy — J. Michael Luttig is opposing Republican groups in one of the most momentous cases that the Supreme Court is considering this term. — A powerful new litigant has joined …
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
State Department funding ‘drag theater performances’ in Ecuador to ‘promote diversity and inclusion’ — State Dept. awards $20,600 grant for cultural center in Ecuador to host ‘12 drag theater performances’
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
State Department funding ‘drag theater performances’ in Ecuador to ‘promote diversity and inclusion’
State Department funding ‘drag theater performances’ in Ecuador to ‘promote diversity and inclusion’
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Politico:
Biden world privately thinks McCarthy could fold on Ukraine aid — The GOP's internal rift over how long to keep U.S. aid flowing to war-ravaged Ukraine is spilling into public view weeks before a midterm election that could hand the party full control of Congress.
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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.
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 …
Sky News:
Russian jet ‘released missile’ near RAF aircraft during patrol over Black Sea — Defence Secretary Ben Wallace describes the incident as a “potentially dangerous engagement” but said it was not deemed a “deliberate escalation”, with Russia saying it was a “technical malfunction”.
United States Capitol Police:
USCP Clear Suspicious Van, Arrest Driver for Bringing Guns to Capitol Grounds — This afternoon the United States Capitol Police (USCP) Hazardous Incident Response Division cleared a suspicious vehicle, which was illegally parked on Capitol Grounds. — USCP Officers arrested the driver …
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Los Angeles Times:
De León vows: ‘I will not resign.’ Council president says apology isn't enough — Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin De León said Wednesday that he will not resign following leaked audio of an incendiary closed-door conversation that he took part in — a position that drew …
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Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Vote for Trump in 2024? Pence says ‘there might be somebody else I prefer.’ — 48th Vice President of the United States — American educator and former Second Lady of the United States — Former Vice President Mike Pence indicated Wednesday that he might not be inclined to vote …
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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 …
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 …
The Economist:
Welcome to Britaly — A country of political instability, low growth and subordination to the bond markets — In 2012 liz truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, two of the authors of a pamphlet called “Britannia Unchained”, used Italy as a warning. Bloated public services, low growth, poor productivity …