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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden is delivering on his most far-fetched pledge: Compromise — President Biden this week accomplished what America elected him to do — govern from the center and make deals that solve problems. Progressive Democrats don't seem to like that cooperative spirit, which is a big reason …
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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Senate votes to overturn Biden's student loan relief program — Biden has said he'll veto the measure, but his loan forgiveness program faces its true test at the Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on a challenge to the plan this month. — The Senate voted largely along party lines Thursday …
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Isabel Fattal / The Atlantic:
What Trump's Recording Could Reveal — The reported existence of a tape says something important about how the former president operates. — Yesterday, news outlets reported the existence of a recording in which Donald Trump discusses his possession of classified documents.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he told Hannity not to joke about Biden's cognitive ability
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Chloe Xiang / VICE:
AI-Controlled Drone Goes Rogue, Kills Human Operator in USAF Simulated Test — The Air Force's Chief of AI Test and Operations said “it killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective.” — An AI-enabled drone killed its human operator …
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New York Times:
Recording of Trump Underscores Growing Evidence in Documents Case — A conversation in which the former president is said to have acknowledged that he could not declassify a sensitive document could undercut a defense he has offered. — The revelation that federal prosecutors have a recording …
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Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
Trump's Smoking Tape?
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Trump pollster tells donors DeSantis electability is a “myth” — Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio is telling GOP donors that it's a “myth” that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is more electable than the former president, according to a private memo obtained by Axios Thursday.
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Trump, DeSantis in open warfare as they hit the trail in early states
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Axios:
Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His team won't say
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Ron DeSantis praised Anthony Fauci for Covid response in spring 2020 for ‘really doing a good job’ — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is attacking former President Donald Trump for “turning the country over to [Dr. Anthony] Fauci in March 2020” but DeSantis was praising …
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Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:
Team DeSantis Goes Full Anti-Vaxx to Attack Trump After He Spars With Angry Voter
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Michael Graham / NH Journal:
Trump Loses NHGOP Rep's Endorsement to DeSantis Over Treatment of Fox News Host — Donald Trump's treatment of his former spokesperson, Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany, has cost him the support of a New Hampshire GOP state representative. And, NHGOP insiders say, the repercussions …
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Former Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey weighs U.S. Senate bid — Former Los Angeles Dodgers icon Steve Garvey is considering running for the open U.S. Senate seat in California as a Republican, a move that would immediately upend the 2024 race, according to several GOP state party insiders …
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Washington Post:
In a deep red Florida county, a student-teacher revolt shames the right — By now, it's obvious that the reactionary culture warriors who want to reshape American education are inspiring a serious liberal counter-mobilization in response. Remarkably, this backlash to the backlash …
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Unions are relieved as the Supreme Court leaves the right to strike intact — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a victory to business interests in a labor dispute, but the win was more of a whimper than a roar. — By an 8-to-1 vote, the high court ruled against unionized truck drivers …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Trump Ally Roger Stone Admits on Hot Mic He Makes Up Stories to Bend Trump to His Will — Roger Stone got candid about his influence over Donald Trump by explaining how he psychologically maneuvers the former president into saying whatever he wants him to say.
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New York Times:
Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles — In what could be a glimpse of the future as climate change batters the West, officials ruled there's not enough groundwater for projects already approved. — Christopher Flavelle reported from Washington and Jack Healy from Phoenix.
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Associated Press:
New details of Jeffrey Epstein's death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP — Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears, desperate to muffle the sound of a toilet that wouldn't stop running.
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Kaine introduces amendment to strip Manchin-backed pipeline from debt ceiling bill — Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Thursday added an amendment to the House-passed debt-ceiling bill that seeks to strip approval for a controversial pipeline backed by fellow Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.).
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Robinson Meyer / Heatmap News:
Is Joe Manchin's Pipeline a Big Deal?
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Noreen Malone / New York Times:
When the Neighbors Don't Share Your Vision (and That Vision Involves ‘Transformers’ Statues) — A professor decorated a sidewalk in Georgetown with 10-foot sculptures of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. The well-heeled locals were not pleased. — Reporting from Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
Just The News:
J6 Unmasked: Security footage shows Pelosi evacuating Hollywood-style from Capitol as daughter films — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has described having to evacuate a riotous Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 as traumatic. But Capitol Police security footage obtained by Just the News shows …
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Elizabeth Napolitano / CBS News:
Meta threatens news ban in California over bill requiring it to share ad revenue — Facebook parent Meta Platforms is threatening to ban users in California from sharing news on its website if the state passes a bill that would require online platforms to pay fees to news publishers.
Jason Farago / New York Times:
With Hannah Gadsby's 'It's Pablo-matic,' the Joke's on the Brooklyn Museum — The Australian comedian turns curator in a show about Picasso's complicated legacy. But it's women artists the exhibition really shortchanges. — If you studied art history or another of the humanities in the 1990s or 2000s …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Pentagon buying Starlink dishes for Ukraine after funding dispute with SpaceX — DoD confirms deal months after Musk said he'd “keep funding Ukraine for free.” — The US Defense Department confirmed today that it is buying Starlink satellite broadband service for use in Ukraine.
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Hunter Biden lawyer deposes laptop shop owner — Hunter Biden's lawyer on Wednesday deposed John Paul Mac Isaac, the Delaware computer repair shop owner who says Biden left behind a laptop in 2019 that later became public, according to two people familiar with the deposition.
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CNN:
'I don't want reality': Senator's gaffe draws laughs during hearing — Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) misspoke during a Senate hearing, drawing laughter from the audience. Source: CNN
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Russia says thousands of iPhones were hacked, blames U.S. and Apple — Apple denied the charge and Russia cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab said it did not have enough data to blame any government — Russia's Federal Security Service said Monday that several thousand iPhones in the country …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Months of distrust inside Trump legal team led to top lawyer's departure — Exclusive: Two Trump lawyers considered a ‘murder-suicide pact’ where one would resign if the other was fired — Donald Trump's legal team for months has weathered deep distrust and interpersonal conflict …
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk's new Twitter pronoun rule invites bullying, LGBTQ groups say — The tech billionaire said Thursday that he would allow Twitter users to freely misgender people on the social media site including through pronoun usage. — LGBTQ advocates criticized Elon Musk on Thursday …
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Bolts:
“An Attempt to Fool Voters”: Ohio GOP Sets Up Vote To Weaken Direct Democracy — Republicans rushed an Aug. 8 election to change the rules for constitutional amendment referendums in advance of a potential fall vote on abortion. — An abortion rights protest outside the Ohio statehouse (Flickr/ Paul Becker/Becker1999)
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Republicans are spending millions on turnout operations that are deeply flawed, insiders say — “That's why we're losing elections,” one Republican field veteran said of the conservative canvassing apparatus. “Nobody wants to admit it.” — A few weeks before last fall's midterm elections …
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Claire Hao / San Francisco Chronicle:
Yet another home insurance giant quietly stops writing new policies in California — Allstate has stopped writing new homeowner, condominium and commercial insurance policies in California, the company confirmed to The Chronicle. — The insurer, the fourth largest property …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis loses his temper with a reporter: ‘Are you blind?’ — The Florida governor became agitated when a reporter asked him why he wasn't taking questions from New Hampshire voters. — LACONIA, N.H. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out at a reporter — twice barking “Are you blind?”
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis fires back at NAACP over travel advisory, education and shootings — In an attempt to make the case for Florida, the GOP governor said that Black children in Baltimore and Chicago “have a better chance of getting shot than getting a first-class education.”
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Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
Oath Keeper Throws Stewart Rhodes Under the Bus During Sentencing — ‘DERANGED’ — Roberto Minuta was one of many members of the Oath Keepers who participated in the Jan. 6 riot. But on Thursday, he slammed the group's leadership as he faced his sentencing for his actions at the Capitol.
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