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US Department of Justice:
U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Co-Director Of Think Tank For Acting As An Unregistered Foreign Agent, Trafficking In Arms, Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran, And Making False Statements To Federal Agents — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
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The Independent:
‘Whistleblower’ who accused Bidens of corruption is charged with arms trafficking and violating Iran sanctions — Republicans allege that indicted arms trafficker Gal Luft has evidence of corruption on the part of President Biden — Joe Biden clashes with reporter after question about Hunter
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US Department of Justice:
Co-Director of Think Tank Indicted for Acting as Unregistered Foreign Agent, Trafficking in Arms, Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran, and Making False Statements to Federal Agents — For Immediate Release — Gal Luft, a Dual U.S.-Israeli Citizen, Allegedly Evaded FARA Registration …
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Justice Department Charges Think Tank Official Who Gave FBI Info on Hunter Biden — Gal Luft claims Biden DOJ is ‘trying to bury’ him — The Biden Justice Department on Monday unsealed charges against an Israeli-American think tank official who provided the FBI with information in 2019 …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
GOP's so-called whistleblower accused of being a pawn of a foreign government by the DOJ
GOP's so-called whistleblower accused of being a pawn of a foreign government by the DOJ
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Breitbart
NATO:
following the meeting between Türkiye, Sweden, and the NATO Secretary General — On 10 July, 2023, President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan of Türkiye, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of Sweden, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met at the NATO Summit in Vilnius.
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BBC:
Turkey backs Sweden's Nato membership - Stoltenberg — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to support Sweden's bid to join Nato, the military alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg says. — He said the Turkish leader would forward Sweden's bid to the parliament in Ankara and “ensure ratification”.
Washington Post:
Turkey drops opposition to Sweden's NATO bid on eve of summit — ISTANBUL — Turkey has agreed to admit Sweden to NATO, the alliance's secretary general said Monday, dropping months of opposition that had roiled Western governments trying to counter Russia's invasion of Ukraine. — Are you on Telegram?
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Erdogan Makes Turkey's E.U. Bid a Condition of Supporting Sweden's NATO Membership
Erdogan Makes Turkey's E.U. Bid a Condition of Supporting Sweden's NATO Membership
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Paul McLeary / Politico:
Top Marine general steps down with no Senate-confirmed successor in place — Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blockade on promotions is jamming up plans for the Joint Chiefs. — For the first time in more than 100 years, the Marine Corps has no Senate-confirmed leader.
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville Unsure if White Nationalists Are Racist
Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville Unsure if White Nationalists Are Racist
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Old yeller: Biden's private fury — In public, President Biden likes to whisper to make a point. In private, he's prone to yelling. — Behind closed doors, Biden has such a quick-trigger temper that some aides try to avoid meeting alone with him.
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Mark Schlabach / ESPN:
LIV championship moved to Trump National Doral — The LIV Golf League's season-ending team championship will be played at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami for the second straight year. — LIV Golf League officials announced Monday that the $50 million team championship …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Under oath, John Kelly raises serious allegations against Trump — It's not every day when a former White House chief of staff implicates a former president — under penalty of perjury — in an impeachable offense. — After Donald Trump left the White House, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
This is the hometown of San Francisco's drug dealers — SIRIA VALLEY, HONDURAS — Thirty-five hundred miles southeast of San Francisco, a dirt road in Honduras shared by pickup trucks and oxcarts cuts through mostly abandoned farmland. On the outskirts of a small village …
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Christine Emba / Washington Post:
Men are lost. Here's a map out of the wilderness. — I started noticing it a few years ago. Men, especially young men, were getting weird. — It might have been the “incels” who first caught my attention, spewing self-pitying venom online, sometimes venturing out to attack the women they believed had done them wrong.
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Doug Burgum is about to drop hundreds of thousands of dollars on gift cards to qualify for the debate — Burgum's team, which hasn't yet disclosed how many donors he has, framed it as a bit of altruism rather than political opportunism. — Want free money? You're in luck.
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Politico:
U.S. Attorney David Weiss says he has not requested special counsel status as part of the years-long investigation into Hunter Biden. — News and analysis from Capitol Hill for when you only have a few minutes, from POLITICO.
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Megan Barth / Nevada Globe:
The Globe Interview: President Donald J Trump — The Nevada Globe (TNG), had the opportunity for a one-on-one interview with former President Donald J. Trump during his first 2024 presidential campaign stop in Las Vegas. As we sat down, he inquired about another obligation with his staff …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
The New York Times to Disband Its Sports Department — Coverage of games, players and leagues will now come primarily from The Athletic, the sports website that the company bought last year. — The New York Times said on Monday that it would disband its sports department and rely on coverage …
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Alex Oliveira / New York Post:
Nearly 40% of students at Brown University identify as LGBTQ+ — doubling what it was in 2010 — The number of Brown University students identifying as LGBTQ+ has doubled since 2010, according to a new poll from the university's student paper. — About 38% of students at the Ivy League school identified …
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
GOP Senate candidate uses Kentucky photo to tout his support for Montana agriculture — then quickly replaces it when asked about it — GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy's website touts his support for Montana agriculture. — But the photo he originally used wasn't taken in Montana — it was taken in Kentucky.
Jacob Passy / Wall Street Journal:
Disney World Hasn't Felt This Empty in Years — Shorter wait times for rides and more discount offers are signs of thinning crowds at the theme parks — Visitors to Disney theme parks this summer are encountering something they haven't seen in a while: elbow room.
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Washington Examiner, The Western Journal, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, New York Post and The Messenger
Oren Liebermann / CNN:
US Air Force suspends personnel moves and bonuses due to funding shortfall — The US Air Force has suspended personnel moves and bonuses through the end of the fiscal year as the service faces a funding shortfall driven by higher-than-expected costs, according to a statement from the service Monday.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Grand jurors who will consider Trump charges to be selected Tuesday — X — The selection of two Fulton County grand juries will be made Tuesday, with one of the panels expected to decide whether to hand up an indictment for alleged criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election.
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The Gateway Pundit, Semafor, The New Civil Rights Movement and Political Wire
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Clarence Thomas' ethics mess goes from bad to worse — Clarence Thomas' ethics mess was already a problem. Revelations about his role with the Horatio Alger Association make the problem worse. — By any fair measure, Justice Clarence Thomas was already one of the U.S. Supreme Court's …
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The Messenger, Daily Kos, The Hill, Insider, Mediaite, The Guardian, HuffPost and The Root
Joe Saunders / The Western Journal:
Americans Horrified After Seeing How Biden Looked at Beach: ‘Fitting Snapshot of an America in Decline’ — He's the world's most pallorful man. — President Joe Biden took to the beach for a family outing in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Saturday in full view of watching cameras …
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Washington Post:
Flash floods hit N.Y. and Vermont, killing 1 and prompting emergency — Intense rainstorms dropped more than a month's worth of precipitation in parts of New York's Hudson Valley and southern Vermont from late Sunday into Monday, causing historic flooding across New England that killed at least one person …
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US Department of Justice:
KC Chiefs ‘Superfan’ Charged with Bank Theft — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri — After Fleeing Prosecution in Oklahoma, Overland Park Man Suspected in a String of Bank Robberies Across the Midwest, Laundering Proceeds Through Area Casinos
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Craig Silverman / ProPublica:
Right-Wing Websites Connected to Former Trump Lawyer Are Scamming Loyal Followers With Phony Celebrity Pitches — A mysterious network called AdStyle is placing ads with fake endorsements from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Elon Musk on conservative sites based in the U.S. and abroad.
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Kari Lake Insists She Hasn't Been Dumped by Trump — ON LIFE SUPPORT — Arizona election denialist Kari Lake railed against the media on Monday, denying that her relationship with former President Donald Trump has waned. During an interview on Steve Bannon's “War Room” podcast …
New York Magazine:
Jake Tapper on the Difference Between Trump and RFK Jr. — Kara Swisher talks to the anchor about dealing with liars, covering 2024, and the drama at CNN. — Two and a half years after leaving office, Donald Trump still retains a grip on American politics with the current 2024 GOP front …
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The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Hill
Jack Shuler / New Republic:
Ohio Republicans' Rotten Scheme to Spend Opioid Settlement Money in Secret — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced recently to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a $60 million bribery scheme. A day later, Ohio's legislature essentially created an organization that's immune …
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Pluribus News and NPR
Aptteam / Americans for Public Trust:
REPORT: Left-Wing Swiss Billionaire Exploiting the Foreign Influence Loophole — APT Calls on Congress to Pass Legislation Banning Foreign Nationals from Contributing to 501(c)(4) Organizations — Americans for Public Trust (APT) released a new report documenting the extent …
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The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Axios
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
'I don't invite her to events': Donald Trump attacks Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds for neutrality — Donald Trump turned his ire on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Monday, criticizing her in a Truth Social post for choosing to remain neutral in the 2024 Iowa caucuses rather than endorsing his candidacy.
emptywheel:
The Blind Squirrel's Nut: Chuck Grassley Unwittingly Debunks Bill Barr — Last month, Bill Barr got Federalist Faceplant Margot Cleveland to claim that Jamie Raskin was lying when he said that the lead from an informant claiming that Joe Biden had been bribed was assessed by Pittsburgh US Attorney Scott Brady and then shut down.
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Just The News, The Federalist and HotAir
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Rudy Giuliani is negotiating possible resolution to lawsuit brought by 2 Georgia election workers — Rudy Giuliani is negotiating a possible resolution in his ongoing court dispute with former Georgia election workers Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and Ruby Freeman, after they accused him of defaming …
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