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ABC News:
Top Trump campaign aide identified as key individual in classified docs indictment: Sources — Susie Wiles, a trusted adviser, is helping lead Trump's reelection effort. — One of the top advisers on Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is among the individuals identified but not named …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Why Donald Trump Was So Mad at Mark Milley That He Confessed to a Crime — The backstory on the tape that could get the ex-President convicted in the classified-documents case. — Donald Trump, once again, wants us not to believe our own lying ears. The template for this defense was set on October 7 …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
I've ‘never seen anyone in government’ so dangerous to national security as Trump: Bob Woodward
I've ‘never seen anyone in government’ so dangerous to national security as Trump: Bob Woodward
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NBC News:
For some Republicans who endorsed Biden in 2020, the next election looks bleak — Several who backed Biden said they never heard from him or his staff again. — WASHINGTON — Right after Joe Biden's election victory in 2020, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman got a phone call.
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Electoral College Ratings: Expect Another Highly Competitive Election — Small edge to Democrats but neither side over 270 to start — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Our initial 2024 Electoral College ratings start with just four Toss-up states. — Democrats start …
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Washington Examiner
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
DOJ questions Raffensperger for Trump election probe
DOJ questions Raffensperger for Trump election probe
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Raw Story, Reuters, USA Today, CBS News and The Messenger
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump gains ground post-indictment
Fox News Poll: Trump gains ground post-indictment
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HotAir and Washington Times
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Biden vs. Trump: Toss Up In Pennsylvania, Trump Leads GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Voters Give Gov. Shapiro High Marks, Especially On I-95 Handling
Biden vs. Trump: Toss Up In Pennsylvania, Trump Leads GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Voters Give Gov. Shapiro High Marks, Especially On I-95 Handling
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The odds of a Trump coup attempt in 2024 are dropping fast
The odds of a Trump coup attempt in 2024 are dropping fast
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers — The magazine, which remains among the most read in the U.S., has struggled in the digital era to command the kind of resources that fueled the deep reporting it became known for — Like one of the endangered species whose impending extinction …
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Financial Times:
Russia detains ‘General Armageddon’ in crackdown on pro-Wagner elites — Sergei Surovikin was known to have had good relations with warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin — Top Russian army general Sergei Surovikin has been detained as the Kremlin cracks down on Wagner sympathisers following the militia's failed mutiny last week.
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Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
Where are Russia's top generals? Uncertainty overshadows Putin's show of public support
Where are Russia's top generals? Uncertainty overshadows Putin's show of public support
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Bloomberg, Washington Examiner and The Guardian
Polina Ivanova / Financial Times:
Putin freezes out hardliners after Wagner mutiny
Putin freezes out hardliners after Wagner mutiny
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Human remains and debris from sub returned to land after fatal implosion near Titanic site — The Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact with its home ship on June 18 off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. All five people on board were killed.
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New York Times:
Debris and Presumed Human Remains From Lost Titan Are Recovered — Debris from the Titan was returned to land off Newfoundland, nearly a week after an international search-and-rescue effort for the vessel ended and its five passengers were presumed dead. — The Latest
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Debris from Titan submersible brought ashore after catastrophic implosion
Debris from Titan submersible brought ashore after catastrophic implosion
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Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Balloon Used American Tech to Spy on Americans — Preliminary U.S. findings show the craft collected photos and videos but didn't appear to transmit them, officials say — The Chinese spy balloon that floated over the U.S. early this year was loaded with American-made equipment …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
If ‘Bidenomics’ works, it will be a very big deal — President Biden might not seem like a revolutionary, but he is presiding over a fundamental change in the nation's approach to economics. Not only is he proposing a major break from the “trickle-down” policies of Ronald Reagan …
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Bloomberg:
Biden Has Begun Using CPAP Machine to Aid With Sleep Apnea
Biden Has Begun Using CPAP Machine to Aid With Sleep Apnea
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Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Boosting the brand? Biden kicks off reelection message in Chicago with embrace of ‘Bidenomics’ tag
Boosting the brand? Biden kicks off reelection message in Chicago with embrace of ‘Bidenomics’ tag
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Politico:
Inside Biden's dramatic backchannel to Russia as a near-coup unfolded — The U.S. reached out to Russia at a critical moment to ensure there was no confusion about its lack of involvement. — Last weekend, as President Joe Biden and top national security aides watched a dramatic …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The Wannabe Putin in Saudi Arabia
The Wannabe Putin in Saudi Arabia
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said he would seek to abolish the departments of education, commerce and energy, as well as the IRS. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that if elected president …
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis vetoes popular criminal justice bill as he moves to Trump's right
Ron DeSantis vetoes popular criminal justice bill as he moves to Trump's right
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Tampa Bay Times, The Hill, The Messenger, Florida Politics and Orlando Sentinel
New York Post:
Accused J train stabber acted in self-defense, won't face charges in fatal NYC subway brawl: sources — The Big Apple straphanger charged with stabbing a rowdy ex-con to death on a Brooklyn J train was found to have acted in self-defense — leading to his manslaughter case being dismissed Wednesday, The Post has learned.
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FiveThirtyEight:
Nonreligious Americans Are The New Abortion Voters — When Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, many white evangelical Protestants didn't just see the Supreme Court's ruling as a political win — it was a spiritual victory. For decades, religious conservatives have been singularly focused …
NBC News:
Biden warns top aides against offering him political advice about Hunter — The president's message, as one source described it, was: “Hands off my family.” — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has made it clear to his closest aides in no uncertain terms that he not only will reject …
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Andy Newman / New York Times:
A Record 100,000 People in New York Homeless Shelters — An influx of migrants has contributed to record numbers of people entering the city's shelter system. — New York City passed a woeful milestone this week, spurred by an influx of migrants from the nation's southern border …
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WGN-TV, New York Post and Bloomberg
Aparna Gopalan / Jewish Currents:
The Hindu Nationalists Using the Pro-Israel Playbook — Inspired by Jewish groups that cast criticism of Israel as antisemitism, Hindu American organizations are advancing a concept of “Hinduphobia” that puts India beyond reproach. — EVERY AUGUST, the township of Edison, New Jersey …
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Tucker's New Mediaco — Life inside the Fox News bunker, the Watters-Hannity-Gutfeld Cerberus, and news on Tucker Carlson's new media ambitions. — On Monday morning, while Fox News C.E.O. Suzanne Scott was announcing the network's new evening lineup—confirming Jesse Watters' long-anticipated ascension …
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Hanna Trudo / The Hill:
RFK Jr.: 'I'm proud that President Trump likes me' — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to criticize former President Trump on Wednesday night and said he was flattered by recent comments from Trump praising him as a “common-sense guy.” — Asked by moderator Elizabeth Vargas what Kennedy thinks about Trump …
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NBC News:
Live updates: Supreme Court to rule this week on affirmative action, student loans — The Supreme Court will wrap up what is expected to be its final week of rulings this year with decisions on some of it's highest-profile cases of the term. — In what is likely to be the most impactful decision …
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The Daily Caller
Reuters:
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO's cancer research agency to say - sources — One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process …
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The Messenger and The Sun
Politico:
McCarthy confronts a spending mess that will test his speakership — The speaker faces a monumental challenge over the next three months: bringing his conservatives and more centrist members together on a workable plan to fund the government. He's not there yet.
CNN:
Multiple deputies fired after 2 Black men file lawsuit alleging torture and attempted sexual assault in Mississippi — The Rankin County Sheriff's Office in Mississippi has fired multiple deputies after two Black men filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging six White deputies entered …
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Washington Post:
Heat and smoke are smothering most of the U.S., putting lives at risk — Much of the United States felt like a blazing inferno on Wednesday, as record heat attacked the South like a blowtorch, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed the Great Lakes region, and triple-digit temperatures threatened …