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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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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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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: It's the gas prices, stupid
POLITICO Playbook: It's the gas prices, stupid
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
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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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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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Arit John / Los Angeles Times:
Two democracies are forming in the U.S. Zip code determines which one you're in
Two democracies are forming in the U.S. Zip code determines which one you're in
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Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Vote for Trump in 2024? Pence says ‘there might be somebody else I prefer.’
Vote for Trump in 2024? Pence says ‘there might be somebody else I prefer.’
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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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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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U.S. Department of Justice:
Columbia County Man Indicted For Threatening The President, A Congressman And A Federal Judge — SCRANTON- The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Maverick Vargo, age 25, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury …
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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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New York Times:
With Crucial Elections Looming, Biden Breaks Tradition of Big Campaign Rallies — President Biden's low profile on the campaign trail reflects a low approval rating that makes him unwelcome in some congressional districts and states at a pivotal moment before the midterms.
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
E.V. Bonanza Flows to Red States That Denounce Biden Climate Policies
E.V. Bonanza Flows to Red States That Denounce Biden Climate Policies
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
J.D. Vance wants a border wall battle with Biden
J.D. Vance wants a border wall battle with Biden
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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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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.
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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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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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos — U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss was hanging on to power by a thread on Thursday, after a senior minister quit her government with a barrage of criticism and a vote in the House of Commons descended into chaos and acrimony.
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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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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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Will McDuffie / ABC News:
Sellers of Dr. Oz's new home in Pennsylvania say they ‘insisted on’ adding an unusual wrinkle — The GOP Senate nominee has pointed to the property amid criticism of his roots. — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz hosts a safer streets community discussion at Galdos Catering …
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 …
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 …
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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