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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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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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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Erdogan Makes Turkey's E.U. Bid a Condition of Supporting Sweden's NATO Membership — The Turkish president's surprising new demand was bound to frustrate other leaders in the military alliance one day before a high-profile summit. — ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey …
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Wall Street Journal:
NATO Chief Says Turkey Has Agreed to Let Sweden Join Alliance — The pact follows hours of negotiations ahead of the military organization's summit in Lithuania — Turkey's president gave his approval for Sweden to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the alliance's secretary general said …
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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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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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New York Times:
The New York Times to Disband Its Sports Department — Coverage of games, players and leagues will now primarily come 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 …
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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ABC News:
US Attorney David Weiss says he has not asked for special counsel status in Hunter Biden investigation — The president's son agreed to a plea deal in June, potentially ending the probe. — David Weiss, the U.S. attorney leading the investigation into Hunter Biden, on Monday directly …
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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.
U.S. Attorney David Weiss says he has not requested special counsel status as part of the years-long investigation into Hunter Biden.
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Associated Press:
Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison: AP sources — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida.
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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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Reuters:
Putin held post-mutiny talks with Wagner leader Prigozhin and his fighters - Kremlin — President Vladimir Putin has held Kremlin talks with Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders to discuss the armed mutiny Wagner attempted to mount against the army's top brass, Putin's spokesman said on Monday.
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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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Politico:
Playbook: A new way to make Biden officials pay — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — THE WEEK — Today: President JOE BIDEN meets with British PM RISHI SUNAK and KING CHARLES III in London. The Senate returns from July Fourth recess. ...
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ex-CNN Reporter Suing Network for Racial Discrimination, Unfair Dismissal — ‘RISKED MY LIFE’ — A former CNN journalist is suing the network claiming unfair dismissal and racial discrimination after she was left disabled during an assignment. British-Pakistani foreign correspondent Saima Mohsin …
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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.
CNN:
Fareed Zakaria GPS — FAREED ZAKARIA, CNN ANCHOR: This is GPS, the GLOBAL PUBLIC SQUARE. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. I'm Fareed Zakaria. — (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) — ZAKARIA (voice-over): We have an important program for you today.
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Washington Post:
Ukraine live briefing: Putin met with Wagner chief after rebellion; Biden in U.K. ahead of NATO summit
Ukraine live briefing: Putin met with Wagner chief after rebellion; Biden in U.K. ahead of NATO summit
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Megan Barth / Nevada Globe:
The Globe Interview: President Donald J Trump — Trump: 'All Democrats do is disinformation and hoaxes..they're destroying our country' — 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.
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New York Times:
The Case That Could Be Fox's Next Dominion — Tucker Carlson, before he was sidelined by Fox, repeatedly endorsed a conspiracy theory about an Arizona man, who may sue for defamation. Legal experts say it would be a viable case. — Of all the distortions and paranoia that Tucker Carlson promoted …
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Mitch McConnell / Washington Post:
Neither party can count on the Supreme Court to be its ally — Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, is minority leader of the U.S. Senate. — Every June, the Supreme Court releases its most controversial opinions, and without fail, politicians complain about how those decisions came down.
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Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
King Charles Loved President Biden's Breach of Royal Protocol — President Biden broke the royal rules by patting the king on the back, but Charles' aides told The Daily Beast it was a “wonderful symbol.” … Aides to King Charles told The Daily Beast that the king positively welcomed …
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The Independent:
Trump wanted to tap phones of White House aides, new book claims — Mr Trump also wanted to use the IRS to target critics — ‘What the hell is a Blizzard?’: Trump reveals he's never been to a Dairy Queen … Donald Trump wanted to “tap the phones” of White House aides who he suspected …
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Axios:
Scoop: GOP plan targets foreign dark money for 2024 — House Republicans are working on new legislation to prevent foreign nationals from influencing America's political process, Axios has learned. … - Now House Republicans are trying to flip to script and draw attention to foreign donations …
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
What Do Bidenomics and the President's Grandchild Have to Do with Each Other? Everything. — Joe Biden recently unveiled the term “Bidenomics” to express and encompass the positive economic news—and there's a lot of it—that he hopes will lift him to reelection.
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Tess Owen / VICE:
Liberal LA Has Become an Epicenter of Violent Culture Wars. Here's How. — Last month, three separate protests outside LA-area schools against “grooming” turned violent as newly radicalized parents joined forces with a familiar group of culture war extremists.
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Steve Bannon ordered to pay nearly $500,000 in legal fees to firm that represented him in subpoena fight — A New York judge has ordered Steve Bannon to pay his former attorneys nearly $500,000 in unpaid legal fees for work on various legal matters, including his fight against a subpoena …
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Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation wars — Several actions by the far right in the last month could result in a flood of conspiracy theories before the 2024 election — federal judge in Louisiana ruled last week that a wide range of Biden administration officials …
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Wes Davis / The Verge:
Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement … Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, as well as authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey — are suing OpenAI and Meta each in a US District Court over dual claims of copyright infringement.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
The testosterone primary of 2024 is ‘getting out of hand’ — The presidential contest is careening into a frenetic fit boy summer sidequest in which candidates are skirmishing over feats of strength. — Francis Suarez is bragging about placing sixth in an Independence Day 5K in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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