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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Trump Divide that Should Have Republicans Terrified — The indictments are making him stronger in the Republican nomination fight while he's taking on more baggage for a general election. — The conventional wisdom is that Donald Trump's interview with Bret Baier of Fox News on Monday night …
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CNN:
Trump receives first batch of evidence against him in classified documents case, including audio tapes — Special counsel Jack Smith has begun producing evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to Donald Trump, according to a Wednesday court filing that hints that investigators collected …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Christie Lashes Trump, to the Slice of the G.O.P. Open to It
Christie Lashes Trump, to the Slice of the G.O.P. Open to It
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Morning Shots
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Goes on Fox and Shows His Weakness
Trump Goes on Fox and Shows His Weakness
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's confession on Fox News should prompt Democrats to step up
Trump's confession on Fox News should prompt Democrats to step up
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The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Boebert a ‘Little Bitch’ on the House Floor — A feud has been boiling between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert for months. It finally reached a new level on Wednesday. … The messy feud between two of MAGA world's biggest stars burst into public view on Wednesday …
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
GOP's Boebert wanted to impeach Biden, but House Speaker McCarthy had other plans
GOP's Boebert wanted to impeach Biden, but House Speaker McCarthy had other plans
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Politico:
Playbook: Biden's big bet on India
Playbook: Biden's big bet on India
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Cara Korte / CBS News:
Republican Will Hurd announces he's running for president — Former Texas Congressman Will Hurd announced he's running for president on “CBS Mornings” Thursday. — “This morning, I filed to be the Republican nominee for president of the United States,” Hurd told “CBS Mornings.”
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a Trump critic, announces 2024 Republican presidential campaign — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a onetime CIA officer and fierce critic of Donald Trump, announced on Thursday that he's running for president, hoping to build momentum …
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Will Hurd Announces 2024 Presidential Election Bid
NBC News:
Republicans take the rare step of censuring Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-era probes — Schiff, D-Calif., will be required to stand on the House floor and receive a formal reprimand. The resolution also directs the Ethics Committee to launch an investigation into Schiff.
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Owen Tucker-Smith / Los Angeles Times:
House Republicans censured Adam Schiff. He couldn't be happier — The House of Representatives censured Rep. Adam B. Schiff in a party-line, 213-209 vote Wednesday, and the Burbank Democrat seems delighted. — The censure was a victory for Donald Trump, who had called for primary challenges …
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Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Adam Schiff censured: 6 Republican lawmakers break with party to vote ‘present’ — Schiff told Republicans that they ‘honor’ him with their ‘enmity’ — Six Republicans voted present on Wednesday before the House narrowly censured Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., 213-209 along party lines.
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Jonathan Shorman / Kansas City Star:
Ex-FBI analyst who kept classified info in bathroom like Trump going to prison in KC case — A former FBI intelligence analyst from Dodge City, Kansas, who kept hundreds of classified documents at her home, including in her bathroom, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison by a federal judge …
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US Department of Justice:
Former FBI Analyst Sentenced for Retaining Classified Documents — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri — Kept Hundreds of National Defense Documents at Her Home in Violation of the Espionage Act — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former analyst …
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Former FBI analyst sentenced to nearly 4 years for illegally retaining classified docs
Former FBI analyst sentenced to nearly 4 years for illegally retaining classified docs
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Jay Stahl / Des Moines Register:
KCCI chief meteorologist Chris Gloninger departing station citing PTSD, past death threat — KCCI's chief meteorologist Chris Gloninger is departing the station due in part to past threats he said stemmed from his coverage of climate change. — Gloninger announced the news on Twitter …
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Daniel Wu / Washington Post:
Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage
Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
“You Will End Up on the Bottom of a Pyre”: Democrats Attack Special Counsel John Durham — Below is my column in Fox.com on yesterday's hearing with Special Counsel John Durham and the personal attacks that he faced from the Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Special Counsel Who Hunted for a Deep-State Conspiracy Presents Muted Findings
Special Counsel Who Hunted for a Deep-State Conspiracy Presents Muted Findings
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match … Here we go. — After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk's tweet with the caption “send me location.”
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Alito's Reply in a Rival Publication Surprises ProPublica — The Wall Street Journal made the unusual decision to let Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. pre-empt ProPublica's article about him in its opinion pages. — The Wall Street Journal faced criticism on Wednesday after its highly unusual decision …
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Court Rejects Appeal to Release Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich — Wall Street Journal reporter had been ordered to remain in a Moscow prison until at least Aug. 30 — A Russian court upheld the extended detention of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter deemed …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Did Hunter Biden get a “sweetheart deal”? — In a May interview, President Joe Biden said that his son, Hunter, “has done nothing wrong.” That turned out not to be true. On Tuesday, Hunter Biden was charged with two misdemeanor counts of failure to pay income tax and one felony charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.
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Geoffrey Dickens / Newsbusters:
Nets Spend 491 Minutes On Trump Indictment, 0 Seconds On Biden Burisma Bribery
Nets Spend 491 Minutes On Trump Indictment, 0 Seconds On Biden Burisma Bribery
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Evan Bush / NBC News:
Three of Mount Rainier's glaciers have melted away — Glaciers across the world are on a path of prolonged decline, a trend driven by the human use of fossil fuels and the accumulation of heat-trapping gasses in the atmosphere. — A warming climate has melted three glaciers on Mount Rainier …
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Washington Post:
September date set for Texas attorney general impeachment trial — The Texas Senate voted Wednesday to begin the historic impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton on Sept. 5, and it approved rules that bar Paxton's wife from voting due to a conflict of interest.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Court: Professor who went to strip club with students not ‘anti-male bias’ victim — George Mason psychology professor Todd Kashdan has been fighting the public Virginia university where he works. — For the past four years, George Mason psychology professor Todd Kashdan has been fighting …
New York Times:
Who Bailed George Santos Out? Court Is Set to Reveal the Mystery. — Mr. Santos, a first-term G.O.P. congressman, has tried to keep the names of his bail sureties sealed, but two judges have now rejected his efforts. — Of the many questions that surround Representative George Santos …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Television veteran Geraldo Rivera says he's quitting Fox News' political combat show ‘The Five’ — Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News' popular political combat show “The Five,” saying Wednesday that “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” made it no longer worth it to him.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Sam Alito and his fishy Alaskan getaway — Another justice, another luxury trip, all expenses paid by conservative activists with ideological or financial interests before the Supreme Court. — This time, it's Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the venue is an Alaskan fishing lodge …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Missing Titanic Sub Is Already a Culture War Battlefield — It's never too soon to turn a tragedy into an opportunity to dunk on the other political tribe. … Of course the missing Titanic sub discourse devolved into a culture war shit show in under two minutes flat. Everything is part of the culture war now.
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Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Jill Stein, 2016 Green Candidate, Now Running Cornel West's Bid — Cornel West, the Ivy League academic and progressive activist mounting a third-party campaign for president, has chosen former Green Party candidate Jill Stein to help him challenge to President Joe Biden from the left.
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Jack Stripling / Washington Post:
The professor is canceled. Now what? — An ‘intolerant’ professor is higher ed's toughest subject — On a Thursday morning in February, Charles Negy stood before a group of about 40 students, presiding over his theories-of-personality class at the University of Central Florida.
Bloomberg:
Transcript: A $9 Billion Deal to Supercharge US Cleantech — Tesla is now a household name, but few people have heard of one of its key backers: the Loan Programs Office. — Part of the US Department of Energy, the Loan Programs Office is tasked with awarding government-backed loans to clean-tech.
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Associated Press:
Judge strikes down Florida's ban on Medicaid funding for transgender treatment — The federal judge said Florida had chosen to block payment for some treatments “for political reasons” using a biased and unscientific process. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Wednesday struck …
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