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Washington Post:
GOP rejects White House compromise to limit spending as talks stall — Talks broke down on Friday but resumed later that night. A deadline to raise the borrowing cap is fast approaching. — Republican negotiators rejected a White House offer to limit spending next year on both the military …
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Madison Burinsky / ABC News:
Democrats should get ready for ‘Plan B’ on debt ceiling and force House vote: Van Hollen
Democrats should get ready for ‘Plan B’ on debt ceiling and force House vote: Van Hollen
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Debt ceiling talks break down and attacks escalate as deadline approaches
Debt ceiling talks break down and attacks escalate as deadline approaches
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New York Times:
Here's What's Dividing Republicans and Biden in Debt-Limit Talks
Here's What's Dividing Republicans and Biden in Debt-Limit Talks
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Insider, Mother Jones and Los Angeles Times
Eduard Gismatullin / Bloomberg:
White House Calls Republican Budget Pact Offer ‘A Big Step Back’
White House Calls Republican Budget Pact Offer ‘A Big Step Back’
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden says Republicans must move from ‘extreme positions’ on debt ceiling talks — He noted that the 14th Amendment was an option, but probably couldn't be “invoked in time.” — HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Joe Biden wrapped up three days of meetings with G-7 leaders and other allies …
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden ratchets up the pressure as the debt ceiling fight strains his presidency — The White House believes it can build consensus and be rewarded for it. But with the economy on the line, it's not looking like a sure thing. — The nation stands on the precipice of an unprecedented financial calamity …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling — President Biden on Sunday said he believes he has the authority to use the 14th Amendment to unilaterally address the debt ceiling, but he acknowledged potential legal challenges could still lead the nation to default if he went that route.
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
McCarthy signals debt limit negotiations can't move forward until Biden returns
McCarthy signals debt limit negotiations can't move forward until Biden returns
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Rolling Stone, Washington Post, Breitbart, CNBC, Washington Times, Washington Examiner and Political Wire
NAACP:
NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Contact: Chyna Fields cfields@naacpnet.org — WASHINGTON - Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response …
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’ — The NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida on Saturday, saying the state has become “hostile to Black Americans” under Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) leadership.
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Washington Post:
Zelensky says destroyed Bakhmut now lives ‘only in our hearts’ — Visiting Hiroshima, another city devastated by war, he implores world leaders to continue aid and support — HIROSHIMA, Japan — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, imploring the world's wealthy democracies …
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Associated Press:
Ukraine says troops still engaging Russian forces in Bakhmut after Moscow announces victory in city
Ukraine says troops still engaging Russian forces in Bakhmut after Moscow announces victory in city
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Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut
Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut
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New York Times:
Former Trump Lawyer Describes Conflict Inside Legal Team — Timothy Parlatore, who withdrew this past week from representing the former president in the special counsel investigations, said he stepped aside over differences with a Trump adviser, Boris Epshteyn.
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Kaanita Iyer / CNN:
Former key Trump attorney says he left because of legal team infighting — Former Donald Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore, who departed the former president's legal team earlier this week, said Saturday he left because of infighting among the group. — “It had nothing to do with the case itself …
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David Cohen / Politico:
Former Trump attorney says he left legal team because of infighting
Former Trump attorney says he left legal team because of infighting
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Charlotte Lytton / Washington Post:
Long-hidden ruins of vast network of Maya cities could recast history — In Guatemala, scientists map well-organized network of 417 cities dating to circa 1,000 B.C. — Beneath 1,350 square miles of dense jungle in northern Guatemala, scientists have discovered 417 cities that date …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America — On the day after his confirmation as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June 2020, Michael Pack met with a career employee to discuss which senior leaders at the agency and the Voice of America …
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Ron DeSantis Is About To Run For President. Andrew Warren Has A Warning. — The Democratic prosecutor for a Florida county was suspended by DeSantis, a move he believes has been chilling for democracy. “No one else should have to adjust their behavior to the whims of the dictator,” he said.
Dana Kennedy / New York Post:
Daniel Penny, charged in NYC subway chokehold death, breaks silence: ‘I am not a white supremacist’ — Ex-Marine Daniel Penny insisted to The Post Saturday that the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely had nothing to do with race — and everything to do with a broken system “that so desperately failed us.”
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's 2025 vision, revealed — Former President Trump's second-term governing plans are coming into clearer focus, as he lays out a vision for a dramatic expansion of federal power — particularly the presidency. … - Such pardons would effectively nullify what Attorney General Merrick Garland …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Russia's Latest Sanctions on U.S. Officials Turn to Trump Enemies — Among the 500 people singled out for travel and financial restrictions were Americans seen as adversaries by former President Donald J. Trump. — Russia has expanded its list of sanctioned Americans in a tit-for-tat retaliation …
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Nicole Carr / ProPublica:
He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.” He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened. — An image of a shooting target — with two bullet holes to the head and five scattered around the chest — serves as a warning to visitors who climb the brick steps and pass …
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Gillian McGoldrick / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Doug Mastriano says he'll announce next week if he'll run for U.S. Senate, teasing ‘crazy good news’ — State Sen. Doug Mastriano plans to make an announcement next week about the decision he has made on whether he will run for U.S. Senate, in what he teased as “crazy good news.”
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Tensions Flare Inside The Messenger, a Fledgling News Site — The company's high-volume approach to digital publishing has led to duplicated stories and alienated some of its journalists. At least one editor has already resigned. — Executives at The Messenger, a news start-up …
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The White House:
Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 621 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) …