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The Texas Tribune:
Texas AG Ken Paxton impeached, suspended from duties pending outcome of Senate trial — In a stunning and unprecedented rebuke, the Texas House impeached the state's top attorney. The Republican has been mired in scandals and criminal investigations for most of his tenure.
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Ken Paxton Impeachment / The Texas Tribune:
Ken Paxton updates: Texas House impeachment vote will be an intra-GOP showdown — The embattled attorney general has criticized a Republican-led push that could remove him from office. The Texas House is set to debate 20 articles of impeachment at 1 p.m. — Watch the impeachment proceedings at 1 p.m.
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Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz stand with Texas AG Ken Paxton as impeachment vote about to begin — The former president weighed in on the Trump-backed website Truth Social less than 20 minutes before lawmakers took up impeachment on Saturday. — AUSTIN — Former President Donald Trump …
Christopher Hooks / Texas Monthly:
The Texas Legislature Finally Comes for Ken Paxton — The Texas attorney general has spent nearly eight years—and won two elections—under indictment. So why a vote to impeach now? — At the start of this week, the Texas Legislature was sliding toward the conclusion of yet another underwhelming, but basically normal, session.
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New York Times:
Paxton Impeachment: Live Updates: Texas House Votes to Impeach Ken Paxton — Mr. Paxton, the state attorney general who has become a conservative star, is the first Texas official to be impeached in the House of Representatives in nearly half a century.
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Texas House votes to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton — Former President Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas had backed Paxton — The Texas House of Representatives voted Saturday to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over charges of bribery, disregard of official duties …
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Bloomberg:
White House, Republicans Reach Deal to Avert Historic US Default — White House and Republican negotiators reached a tentative deal to raise the US debt ceiling and avert a default that threatened to send tremors through the global economy, according to people familiar.
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Axios:
Scoop: Sinema enters debt ceiling negotiations — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) has inserted herself into the debt ceiling negotiations, working with both sides to try to bridge differences on permitting reform, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Yellen's Debt Limit Warnings Went Unheeded, Leaving Her to Face Fallout
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David Cox / The Guardian:
Immunologist Akiko Iwasaki: ‘We are not done with Covid, not even close’ — The Yale professor and long Covid expert on why the virus is causing ongoing illness for so many, and the challenges she faces as a woman of colour in science — ccording to the most recent estimates …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Charlie Kirk's TPUSA Teamed Up With a Registered Sex Offender — Kirk decried the sexualization of kids at his Pastors Summit. The founder of one of its sponsors was convicted of attempted “coercion and enticement” of a minor — TURNING POINT USA CEO Charlie Kirk is cheerleading …
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NBC News:
‘Trump Bucks’ promise wealth for MAGA loyalty. Some lose thousands. — The products are advertised online as a kind of golden ticket that will help propel Trump's 2024 bid and make the “real patriots” who support him rich when cashed in. — In the recesses of the internet …
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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Winnie the Pooh ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ Book Draws Parents' Ire — The Dallas school district apologized for not providing guidance to parents when it sent students home with a book that teaches how to respond to dangerous situations at school. — The school district in Dallas has drawn backlash …
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Kyle Morris / Fox News:
DeSantis says he would welcome bill to abolish ‘corrupt’ IRS: ‘We need something totally different’ — DeSantis has repeteadly taken aim at the Biden administration's efforts to expand the IRS — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would be “welcoming” of a measure from Congress to defund …
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Jim Defede / CBS News:
Lev Parnas claims text messages show close ties to Ron DeSantis
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Cleveland 19 News:
Cleveland 19 News receives bomb threat against 5 Targets as stores face LGBTQ+ controversy — CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland 19 News received a bomb threat Friday afternoon against five Target stores in the area. — The threat, received at 12:26 p.m. via email, centered around Target's LGBTQ+ merchandise.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Did WaPo reporters conspire with extremists to attack National Gallery of Art? — And if they did, will anyone from the Washington Post face charges over it? Readers might remember this stunt from a month ago at the National Gallery of Art, in which climate-change protesters vandalized a display of an Edgar Degas sculpture.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Kevin McCarthy's Freedom Caucus headache is just getting started — In the debt ceiling fight, House Freedom Caucus members thought they were running the show. Now they're learning otherwise. They're not taking it well. — As far as the far-right House Freedom Caucus was concerned …
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Jonathan Guyer / Vox:
Henry Kissinger is 100, but his legacy is still shaping how US foreign policy works — How Kissinger centralized White House power, went corporate, and never apologized. — I was sitting on the mezzanine of the Yale Club's ballroom in midtown Manhattan as a sea of men in dark suits and women …
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Christine Fernando / USA Today:
‘The time has come to take back what is ours’: Ukraine signals counteroffensive is coming — Ukrainian officials are fueling speculations about when a massive, much-anticipated counteroffensive against Russia may begin. — “The time has come to take back what is ours,” General Valerii Zaluzhnyi …
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James Landale / BBC:
Oleksiy Danilov interview: Ukraine counter-offensive ‘ready to begin’
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Mattea Bubalo / BBC:
India official drains entire dam to retrieve phone — A government official in India has been suspended after he ordered a reservoir to be drained to retrieve his phone. — It took three days to pump millions of litres of water out of the dam, after Rajesh Vishwas dropped the device while taking a selfie.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
How Republicans in California could decide Dianne Feinstein's successor — This race could get weird. — It's no secret that progressives are angling to take over the Senate seat in the liberal bastion of California. — But the most crucial bloc of voters may end up being Republicans.
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Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
DeSantis campaign will receive $500K raised by super PAC, a source says. Campaign finance experts call it “unprecedented” — A super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential run has raised $500,000 into a separate draft committee that is expected to be transferred directly …
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