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Biden announces 2024 reelection bid, saying he wants to ‘finish the job’ — President formalizes his intent to seek another term, setting the stage for a tumultuous election — President Biden officially announced his bid for reelection Tuesday morning, saying in a solemn launch video that he wants to …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Announces Re-election Bid, Defying Trump and History — While the president once pitched himself as “a bridge” to a new generation of Democratic leaders, he has decided that he is not ready to turn the torch over yet. — WASHINGTON — President Biden formally announced on Tuesday …
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NBC News:
Biden announces he is running for re-election, framing 2024 as a choice between ‘more rights or fewer’ — Biden, who at 80 is already the oldest commander-in-chief, said “MAGA extremists are lining up” to take away the social safety net and personal freedoms.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden's never-Trump campaign for '24 … But Biden sees Trump as a lethal threat to America — the reason to run and the issue to build his campaign around. … - “When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America - and we still are,” Biden says in the video announcing his reelection.
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
First look: RNC slams Biden in AI-generated ad … - The video features AI-created images appearing to show Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating at an Election Day party, followed by a series of imagined reports about international and domestic crises that the ad suggests would follow a Biden victory in 2024.
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CBS News:
CBS News poll finds Democrats meet Biden reelection bid with acceptance, more than excitement — Ahead of his reelection announcement Tuesday, Democrats liked and approved of President Biden. They said they would greet that announcement, though, with more acceptance than excitement.
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Biden names Julie Chávez Rodríguez as his campaign manager. — Ms. Chávez Rodríguez, a veteran of Vice President Kamala Harris's political orbit, also worked on the president's 2020 campaign before becoming director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
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National Review:
America Doesn't Want This Biden Reelection Bid — Public-opinion polling regularly shows that lopsided majorities of the American people, and even significant majorities of Democrats, think that Joe Biden should not run for another term as president. An NBC News poll released on Sunday …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Biden threatens to veto House GOP bill to raise debt ceiling, slash spending
Biden threatens to veto House GOP bill to raise debt ceiling, slash spending
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Yes, Biden negotiated over the debt limit before. He's learned his lesson.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
No cakewalk for Biden against Trump
No cakewalk for Biden against Trump
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Republicans counter Biden announcement with dystopian, AI-aided video
Republicans counter Biden announcement with dystopian, AI-aided video
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News' sudden firing of Tucker Carlson may have come down to one simple calculation — Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. — New York CNN — Why?
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Tucker's Demise — It was as abrupt as it was shocking. No goodbyes, no real attempts …
Tucker's Demise — It was as abrupt as it was shocking. No goodbyes, no real attempts …
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Hysterical Putin Pals Claim the Deep State Took Out Tucker Carlson
Hysterical Putin Pals Claim the Deep State Took Out Tucker Carlson
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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Tucker Carlson leaves a toxic legacy at Fox News. What's next?
Tucker Carlson leaves a toxic legacy at Fox News. What's next?
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Tucker Carlson's Exit Shows Who's the Real Star at Fox
Tucker Carlson's Exit Shows Who's the Real Star at Fox
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Tucker Carlson was doing something different — and darker — than most Fox hosts
Tucker Carlson was doing something different — and darker — than most Fox hosts
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Why Fox News Is Going to Get Worse—a Lot Worse
Why Fox News Is Going to Get Worse—a Lot Worse
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Tucker Carlson's Long Con
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nate Silver Out at ABC News as Disney Layoffs Once Again Hit News Division — ABC News is expected to retain the FiveThirtyEight brand, with plans to streamline the data-driven site. — The second round of Disney layoffs once again hit ABC News on Tuesday, with Nate Silver's data-driven politics …
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property — The Supreme Court justice did not report the identity of the purchaser, whose firm has had numerous cases before the court. — For nearly two years beginning in 2015, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sought a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colo.
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New York Times:
Major G.O.P. Donor's Commitment to DeSantis Is Murkier Than Thought — The hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin, who seemed set to be a powerful financial backer of the Florida governor, is said to still be evaluating the Republican primary race. — Nearly six months ago, Kenneth Griffin …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The Ron DeSantis Bubble Deflates — You know it's hard out there for a Florida governor... Remember six months ago? The Republican Party had just massively underperformed in the midterm elections, and a lot of GOP power brokers were grousing that the blame lay with one Donald J. Trump.
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
Dr. Fauci Looks Back: ‘Something Clearly Went Wrong’ … It was, perhaps, an impossible job. Make one man the face of public health amid an unprecedented pandemic, in a country as fractious as the United States, and there were bound to be disappointments and frustrations, and they were bound to get personal.
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Ben Goggin / NBC News:
A 13-year-old boy was groomed publicly on Twitter and kidnapped, despite numerous chances to stop it — The abduction came after a series of missed opportunities where Twitter and law enforcement failed to effectively intervene. — The 13-year-old Utah boy hung out in the typical online spaces …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Losing the E. Jean Carroll Rape Case Even Before It Starts — Trump tried to prevent jurors from hearing about another incident when he allegedly forced himself on another journalist. It didn't work. — With the rape trial of former President Donald Trump just days away …
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Trump Faces Rape Allegation as E. Jean Carroll's Suit Goes to Trial
Trump Faces Rape Allegation as E. Jean Carroll's Suit Goes to Trial
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
The Republican Agenda Is One Bad Idea After Another — Republicans succeeded in getting Roe v. Wade overturned, and it cost them electorally. So, naturally, they turned to the also very unpopular ideas of loosening child labor laws, allowing for more guns, and banning books.
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Andrew Perez / The Lever:
Pelosi Gets Hospital Lobbyists' Award After Blocking Reforms — The American Hospital Association feted the former House speaker for “advancing health care” following her years-long effort to obstruct Medicare for All. — A top lobbying group for hospitals on Monday gave Rep. Nancy Pelosi …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Company with ties to GOP megadonor and longtime friend of Justice Thomas had business before Supreme Court — A company related to Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, a longtime friend of Clarence Thomas who paid for lavish trips for the Supreme Court justice and his wife …
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New York Times:
Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist — In the 1950s, when segregation was still widespread, his ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. But his primary focus was civil rights. — By Peter Keepnews — Harry Belafonte …
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Washington Post:
Mallory McMorrow has a ‘bench’ warning for Democrats — Welcome to The Daily 202! Tell your friends to sign up here. On this day in 1983, the U.S.S.R. made public a reply from Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov to 10-year-old Samantha Smith of Maine, inviting her to visit his country.
David Samuels / Tablet Magazine:
The RFK Jr. Tapes — The Democratic presidential candidate and America's most prominent ‘conspiracy theorist’ talks about his family, the military-pharmaceutical complex, and our new system of social control — I first met Bobby Kennedy Jr. when he showed up one summer afternoon in 1976 …
Melinda Wenner Moyer / New York Times:
Biden Wants to Be President Into His 80s. How Might Age Affect His Health? — Experts weigh in on octogenarian health. — President Biden has announced his plans to run for re-election in 2024. If he wins, he will be 82 when he takes office and 86 when his term ends …
Washington Post:
Retired NSA director won lucrative consulting deals with Saudis, Japan — Retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, who led the National Security Agency under Presidents Obama and George W. Bush, secured $2 million in consulting deals with foreign governments after leaving office …