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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene aims to be Trump's VP pick in 2024 — WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is angling to be Donald Trump's running mate in 2024, according to two people who have spoken to the firebrand second-term congresswoman about her ambitions.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
National Archives silent as disparity between its handling of Biden, Trump documents fuels questions — A House Oversight Committee spox tells Fox News Digital NARA missed its deadline to hand over requested documents — How does Biden's classified docs scandal impact 2024 decision?
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP pours cold water on idea of impeaching Biden — Senate Republicans are pouring cold water on the idea that President Biden's classified documents controversy rises to the level of an impeachable offense, heading off House conservatives looking for revenge after former President Trump's two trials.
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Is Donald Trump the luckiest man alive? — Contrary to his absurd assertions, Donald Trump is certainly not the best president in our nation's history, but he might be the luckiest man alive. Not only has President Joe Biden conceded that he, like his Republican predecessor …
Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Trump declares himself the winner of his own club championship - in the Trumpiest way ever — The former president said he played a strong round two days before the tournament, and decided that would count as his first-round score. … Donald Trump has declared himself a winner ... again.
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Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:
US approves sending of 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine — Biden administration move is significant escalation of support and comes as Germany makes Leopard 2A6 tanks available — Lauren Gambino in Washington and agencies — The Biden administration has approved sending 31 M1 Abrams tanks …
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BBC:
US and Germany ready to send tanks to Ukraine - reports
US and Germany ready to send tanks to Ukraine - reports
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis' Secret Twitter Army of Far-Right Influencers — Ron DeSantis' political operation has been recruiting conservative influencers. But the personalities DeSantis is attracting have plenty of problems. … As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis soaked up the crowd's adulation during …
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Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
McCarthy gets heated with reporter: 'You don't get to determine whether I answer a question' — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy scolds reporter who accused him of dodging her question — Kevin McCarthy fires back at reporter question on House committees — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy got heated …
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New York Times:
McCarthy Ejects Schiff and Swalwell From Intelligence Committee
McCarthy Ejects Schiff and Swalwell From Intelligence Committee
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Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: Pope Francis: Homosexuality not a crime — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Biden's devious plan to break the MAGA fever just might work — It seems almost like a vast controlled experiment. Can enormous amounts of federal spending launched under President Biden, much of it destined for MAGA country, dampen the right-wing populist fervor unleashed by his predecessor Donald Trump?
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New York Times:
OMG. Trump Has Started Texting. — The former president, averse to leaving records of his communications, had long avoided text and email. — One of former President Donald J. Trump's most consistent personal traits — one that his advisers say has helped keep him out of even worse legal jeopardy …
Washington Post:
‘I felt like we were in “Goodfellas”’: How George Santos wooed investors for alleged Ponzi scheme — Accounts gathered by The Post detail how Santos used lavish dinner, inflated credentials to pitch Harbor City securities — George Santos graciously welcomed his three guests to Il Bacco Ristorante in Queens.
The Intercept:
Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi … Twitter and YouTube censored a report critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in coordination with the government of India. Officials called for the Big Tech companies to take action against a BBC documentary …
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Sameer Yasir / New York Times:
As India Tries to Block a Modi Documentary, Students Fight to See It
As India Tries to Block a Modi Documentary, Students Fight to See It
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Politico:
Frozen: Trump's primary challengers balk at jumping into the unknown — By this time four years ago, the Democratic presidential campaign was in full swing, with Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and Kirsten Gillibrand all having opened exploratory committees or announced runs.
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
The MyPillow Guy's Fake Campaign For RNC Chair Is a Real Disaster — Mike Lindell told VICE News he'll admit defeat if he loses on Friday, making it the first time in a while he's accepted an election result. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US — Mike Lindell is running …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. asked Israel for its Hawk missiles to send to Ukraine — The Biden administration asked Israel for the old Hawk anti-aircraft missiles it has in storage in order to transfer them to Ukraine, three Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios. … - Ukraine has repeatedly asked Western countries …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
The improbability of George Santos' $199 expenses — Rep. George Santos' congressional campaign reported dozens of transactions just cents below the threshold that would have triggered a requirement to preserve spending records — an unusual spending pattern that is now part of broader complaints about alleged financial improprieties.
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The Guardian:
Guardian US announces Margaret Sullivan as new weekly columnist — GNM press office — Beginning this week, Margaret Sullivan, one of America's leading journalists and media commentators, will join the Guardian US to write a weekly column on media, politics, culture and the urgent moral and political debates of the moment.
Haley Byrd Wilt / The Dispatch:
Rule-Making Rebels … Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has more experience butting heads with his party's leaders than just about anyone in the House. Now he'll serve on the powerful Rules Committee—a job typically reserved for staunch leadership allies—because of a deal Speaker Kevin McCarthy …
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Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal:
Affordable Care Act Enrollments Reach Record High — Rise in ACA enrollments attributed to generous subsidies, aggressive outreach — Enrollments under the Affordable Care Act have reached an all-time high on the federal and state exchanges, helping drive the nation's uninsured rate …
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Josh Siegel / Politico:
Republicans launch newest fight against Biden's oil drawdowns — Republicans are aiming to neutralize one of the main tools that President Joe Biden used to lower gasoline prices before last year's elections — his prolific releases of oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
DirecTV Officially Dumps Pro-Trump Channel Newsmax — The conservative cable outlet was cut loose after the two sides failed to agree on terms, taking away a chunk of Newsmax's cable footprint. — Negotiations hit a standstill on Tuesday between DirecTV and conservative cable channel Newsmax …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Woman pleads guilty to mailing ricin to Trump — A woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to mailing ricin to then-President Trump and eight Texas state law enforcement officials in September 2020. — A release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia states 55-year-old …
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
A Warning to the Media about the Next Presidential Race — If you set out on a road trip, would you trust your GPS to guide you to your destination if you had wound up on dead ends the last half-dozen times you used it? Would you follow the investment advice of an expert who had cost …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: As Kemp readies State of the State address, he's never been stronger — Gov. Brian Kemp is opening his second term in an unusual position for a much-targeted incumbent in one of the nation's premier political battlegrounds: His approval rating now sits at a record high …
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Ali Breland / Mother Jones:
It Came From the Basement — Eight months before the white nationalist figure Nicholas J. Fuentes ignited a political firestorm by dining with Kanye West and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, he strode out onstage to a crowd of what he claimed were 1,000 followers, chanting “America First.”
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
A Pitched Battle on Corporate Power — Biden's expansive executive order seeks to restore competition in the economy. It's been a long, slow road to get the whole government on board—but there are some formidable gains. … On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed one of the most sweeping changes to domestic policy since FDR.