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Inside Trump world's fury at McCarthy — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — MY, KEVIN — Former President DONALD TRUMP has catapulted the career of many a Republican over the past eight years, elevating backbenchers into stars and breathing new relevance into more than a few GOP has-beens.
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
How badly do Republican voters want to lose? — The question being posed to GOP voters ahead of the 2024 election has been, remains, and will continue to be a simple one: How badly do you want to lose another presidential election? — Another set of polls has shown just how unyielding the political reality is.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump world fumes over McCarthy's 2024 slight — The speaker tried to make amends, but it just made things worse. — Former President Donald Trump has catapulted the careers of many Republican over the past eight years. None have benefited more than Kevin McCarthy.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House Republicans embark on a mission: Avenge Trump — They've punished his Democratic critics, probed prosecutors who charged him and set up a weaponization panel boosting his narrative. Now they want to “expunge” his impeachments. — WASHINGTON — House Republicans are using the powers …
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NBC News:
Trump explores messing with the first GOP debate — People familiar with Trump's deliberations say he's still inclined to skip the August debate —and is exploring options for a competing event. — CONCORD, N.H. — No one can force Donald Trump to debate — except, maybe, Donald Trump.
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Washington Post:
Twice-indicted Trump dominates GOP race, as support for DeSantis stalls
Twice-indicted Trump dominates GOP race, as support for DeSantis stalls
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
More than Trump ego maintenance: GOP move to “expunge” impeachments is part of their war on history
More than Trump ego maintenance: GOP move to “expunge” impeachments is part of their war on history
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Adam Nichols / Raw Story:
Ex-staffer describes Trump fantasizing about sex with Ivanka — Former President Donald Trump made sexual comments about his daughter Ivanka that were so lewd he was rebuked by his Chief of Staff, former Trump official Miles Taylor writes in a new book. — The comments are used by Taylor …
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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Trump Made Shocking Comments About Ivanka, Says Ex-Staffer — Donald Trump's “naked sexism,” including toward his own daughter, is described in a new book by Miles Taylor, the former Trump administration official who famously wrote a scathing op-ed about the former president under the pen name “Anonymous.”
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
‘It was bravado’: Trump says he wasn't holding up classified documents in 2021 meeting — The News — Former President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday that he was not showing off classified documents in an audio clip first published by CNN in which he referred to “highly confidential” …
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Washington Post:
It's not just Mar-a-Lago: Trump charges highlight his New Jersey life
It's not just Mar-a-Lago: Trump charges highlight his New Jersey life
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CBS News:
Iran memo not among the 31 records underlying charges in Trump federal indictment
Iran memo not among the 31 records underlying charges in Trump federal indictment
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New York Times:
Russian General Knew About Mercenary Chief's Rebellion Plans, U.S. Officials Say — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner, may have believed he had support in Russia's military. — Reporting from Washington — A senior Russian general had advance knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin's plans …
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Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Wagner's Prigozhin Planned to Capture Russian Military Leaders — Western intelligence officials say Russian domestic intelligence agency learned of plot in advance — Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin planned to capture Russia's military leadership as part of last weekend's mutiny …
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Jeremy Bowen / BBC:
Ukraine war: Countdown has begun to end of Putin, say Kyiv officials
Ukraine war: Countdown has begun to end of Putin, say Kyiv officials
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Richard H. Pildes / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Rejected a Dangerous Elections Theory. But It's Not All Good News. — Mr. Pildes is a legal scholar who analyzes the intersection of politics and law and how they affect our democracy. — On Tuesday, the Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper rejected the most extreme version …
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Ned Foley / Election Law Blog:
Moore v. Harper & the need for clarity
Moore v. Harper & the need for clarity
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New York Times:
Competing Accounts of Justice Dept.'s Handling of Hunter Biden Case — An I.R.S. investigator's testimony describing strains over the inquiry into President Biden's son is at odds with the version laid out by Attorney General Merrick Garland. — At a Senate hearing in March …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Donald Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation — Donald Trump has sued E. Jean Carroll for defamation after a jury found he sexually abused the former magazine columnist and defamed her. — In a counter claim filed Tuesday night, Trump alleges that Carroll defamed him when she appeared …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Donald Trump sues E. Jean Carroll with his own claims of defamation
Donald Trump sues E. Jean Carroll with his own claims of defamation
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Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
Most Americans support US arming Ukraine -Reuters/Ipsos — Solid majorities of Americans support providing weaponry to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia and believe that such aid demonstrates to China and other U.S. rivals a will to protect U.S. interests and allies, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey.
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Rising Conservative Influencer Pedro Gonzalez Regularly Espoused Racist and Anti-Semitic Sentiments in Private Messages — Pedro Gonzalez, a rising conservative influencer and politics editor of Chronicles magazine, regularly in 2019 and 2020 sent racist and antisemitic messages …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Rudy Giuliani interviewed in special counsel's 2020 election interference probe — Former Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has been interviewed by federal investigators as part of the special counsel's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, multiple sources familiar with the meeting told CNN.
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Introducing Our Brand-New Polling Averages — As you may have heard, there have been some changes at FiveThirtyEight recently. While it will be strange around here without our founder Nate Silver, his models and his oddly strong opinions about states, there are also some things that aren't going away …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Retirement talk surrounding Thomas, Alito raises stakes for 2024 election — Lawmakers are looking ahead to the 2024 election as a pivotal opportunity to shape the future of the Supreme Court because of the possibility that conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, 75, and Samuel Alito, 73, could retire.
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New York Times:
How Migrants Flown to Martha's Vineyard Came to Call It Home — Florida flew 49 migrants from Texas to the liberal enclave last year. Since then, a few of them have found work, friends and a new life on the wealthy island. — Reporting from Edgartown, Mass.
John Kruzel / Reuters:
US Supreme Court backs man who sent female musician flood of unwanted messages — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the stalking conviction of a Colorado man who sent a barrage of unwanted messages to a female musician in a case involving constitutional free speech protections …
NBC News:
After 27 tries, Chinese millionaire considers giving up on college entrance exam — “Universities are sacred in my heart,” said Liang Shi, 56, who has been trying for 40 years to get a satisfactory score on the grueling test, known as the gaokao. — HONG KONG — The 27th time was not the charm …
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CNN:
Ron DeSantis voted for the First Step Act and hailed its ‘successes.’ He now calls it ‘the jailbreak bill’ — On the campaign trail, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has attacked Donald Trump's signature prison reform bill, calling it a “jailbreak bill” and claiming it “allowed dangerous people …
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Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
'We're Coming For Your Children' chant at NYC Drag March elicits outrage, but activists say it's taken out of context — Organizers say the NYC Drag March is meant to be lighthearted and to poke fun at anti-LGBTQ sentiment. — Over the weekend, a short video circulated widely on social media …
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Anna Bower / Lawfare:
The Arraignment That Wasn't — It is a Tuesday morning in Miami, and once again, I find myself arriving at the federal courthouse at an ungodly hour. I should acknowledge an improvement; this time, I have at least arrived on the right day, rather than a full rotation of the Earth before the hearing is scheduled to begin.
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Gabby Deutch / Jewish Insider:
In rollout of antisemitism strategy, White House steers clear of the Jewish state — During hour-long panel at Aspen Ideas focused on fighting antisemitism, Biden officials avoided any mention of Israel — On a windy, sunny summer morning in Colorado, two senior White House officials joined …
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Ben Goggin / NBC News:
FBI and SEC respond to complaints about Twitter audio star Mario Nawfal — Nawfal, who has rapidly gained online fame and been boosted by Elon Musk, denied any wrongdoing. — Federal authorities are reviewing complaints filed against Mario Nawfal, an entrepreneur who has emerged …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden says Putin has ‘absolutely’ been weakened after revolt in Russia — President Joe Biden told CNN on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has “absolutely” been weakened by the short-lived mutiny over the weekend. — It was his most definitive comment to date on how the rebellion …
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