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Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
Will Hurd says he 'can't lie to get access to a microphone' at RNC debate — Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd said Sunday he was working toward “hitting all the requirements” to qualify for next month's first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee. — But when it came to the requirement …
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Politico:
The first GOP debate is at risk of losing its draw — A debate stage that was once expected to be as sprawling as it was in 2016 may amount to a slimmed-down affair. — The GOP primary debate seemed originally like it could result in political fireworks.
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The Hill, Wall Street Journal and RedState
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Life in the fast lane! How reckless Hunter Biden photographed himself driving at 172mph while behind the wheel of his Porsche en route to a days-long Vegas bender with prostitutes and pictured himself smoking CRACK while behind the wheel — DailyMail.com can reveal Hunter …
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Ronny Reyes / New York Post:
Hunter Biden filmed himself smoking crack behind the wheel, driving at 172mph on way to Vegas: photos — Hunter Biden apparently filmed himself smoking crack behind the wheel of a car in 2018 — the same year he took a picture of himself driving 172mph in a Porsche, according to thousands …
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Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
Bitter rivals. Beloved friends. Survivors. — After 50 years, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova understand each other like no one else can. When cancer came, they knew where to turn. — Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
DeSantis's stalling campaign: how to lose friends and alienate people — Florida governor launched his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential pick as Trump's main challenger but finds himself sinking in the polls — Among the books still available in Florida despite Ron DeSantis's ongoing purge of …
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Daniel Mordzinski / PEN Ukraine:
Victoria Amelina, a Ukrainian writer, and our dearest colleague, passed away — Цю статтю можна прочитати українською
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PEN America
Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Most Americans approve of Supreme Court decision restricting use of race in college admissions: POLL — 52% of Americans support the Supreme Court decision. — A majority of Americans approve of the Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of race as a factor in college admissions …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's bold debut and independent streak — In her first year on the Supreme Court, the nation's first Black female justice broke at times with her liberal colleagues — In a rare public speech this spring, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talked …
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Max Cotton / who13.com:
New Iowa laws take effect Saturday including overhaul of child labor rules — DES MOINES, Iowa — After a busy 2023 legislation session, Iowans will start feeling the effect of lawmakers' work. Several new laws go into effect Saturday that will impact everyone across the state.
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Fox News
Radley Balko / New York Times:
Half the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped. — Mr. Balko is the author of “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces” and the criminal justice newsletter The Watch. — In a staggering report last month, the Department of Justice documented pervasive abuse …
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
How Colleges Admissions Might Diversify Without Affirmative Action — To build a diverse class of students, the medical school at U.C. Davis ranks applicants by the disadvantages they have faced. Can it work nationally? — For the head of admissions at a medical school …
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Althouse
Sandhya Dirks / NPR:
Affirmative action divided Asian Americans and other people of color. Here's how — In 2015 Edward Blum, the conservative activist behind the push to end affirmative action, stood in front of a group of a dozen or so mostly Chinese Americans in a conference room in Houston.
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The European Conservative and The Guardian
Miami Herald:
Mayor for Hire: Francis Suarez's wealth boomed while he promoted Miami as tech capital — In his first term as mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez increased his personal net worth five-fold as he used his public office to court technology and real estate companies eyeing business opportunities in the Magic City.
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Conservative French mayor's wife and child injured after home attacked by rioters in ‘assassination attempt’ — The wife and child of a conservative French mayor were injured while fleeing their home after it was attacked by rioters in what is being called an assassination attempt.
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Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian:
British peers attended Russian ambassador's party in London — Lords Balfe and Skidelsky were at event in June where ambassador sought to justify Moscow's invasion of Ukraine — Two British peers were among 50 people who attended a party organised by the Russian ambassador to the UK …