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Daniella Diaz / Politico:
‘A-hole’ abortion vote roils GOP's defense bill plans — With an assist from Sarah Ferris, Nicholas Wu, Anthony Adragna, Jordain Carney and Olivia Beavers — MACE SUPPORTS ‘ASSHOLE’ ABORTION PROPOSAL — Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) had sharp words for her party on Thursday …
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Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans as ‘colored people’ in House floor debate
Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans as ‘colored people’ in House floor debate
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Noah Pransky / NBC News:
Congress may make it harder for you to see the total cost of your next airline ticket
Congress may make it harder for you to see the total cost of your next airline ticket
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Isabella Ramirez / The Daily Beast:
WATCH: GOP Congressman Goes on Wild ‘Colored People’ Rant on House Floor
WATCH: GOP Congressman Goes on Wild ‘Colored People’ Rant on House Floor
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ABC News:
Target letter to Trump Organization staffer signals new push in classified docs probe: Sources — Investigators are probing the employee's handling of surveillance footage. — The special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents has taken …
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POOF! HOW JACK SMITH MADE 800,000 PAGES INTO 4,500 POOF! HOW JACK SMITH MADE 800,000 PAGES INTO 4,500 — This post talks about what the government filing in the Trump stolen documents case says about the evidence. This other post talks about the legal argument against a delay.
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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Trump's unprecedented campaign pitch: Elect me to get revenge on the government — “He's declared war on them,” one GOP pollster said. — Donald Trump has told supporters not to just see him as a candidate but as “your retribution.” — In his comeback bid for the White House …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Neither Trump nor DeSantis will get the GOP nomination
Neither Trump nor DeSantis will get the GOP nomination
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Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
‘Built On Muscle:’ The DeSantis Campaign's Playbook to Beat Trump and Shock the Haters
‘Built On Muscle:’ The DeSantis Campaign's Playbook to Beat Trump and Shock the Haters
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Trump a no-show at Iowa evangelical forum, leaving opening for 2024 rivals
Trump a no-show at Iowa evangelical forum, leaving opening for 2024 rivals
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Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson Is Creating a New Media Company — Former Fox News host and associate look to raise funds for new venture that could use Twitter as its backbone — Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and former White House adviser Neil Patel are seeking to raise funds to start a new media company …
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Bloomberg:
Biden Administration to Forgive $39 Billion in Student Debt — Supreme Court struck down broader debt forgiveness plan — Borrowers must have made 20 to 25 years of payments to qualify
Jessica Piper / Politico:
George Santos' campaign paid him $85,000 this quarter — The payments were designed to pay the congress member back for loans he previously made to his campaign. — The campaign of embattled Rep. George Santos, who is facing federal indictment on fraud and money laundering charges …
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Washington Post:
EPA unveils $20 billion to finance the fight against climate change — Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! We made it to Friday after a busy week. 🙌 You otter take some time this weekend to check out this California otter who steals surfboards.
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Virginia Heffernan / Politico:
The Crisis Over American Manhood Is Really Code for Something Else — Male malaise in the United States goes back to the founders, and it is a preoccupation of elites in particular. They might teach us something about this current wave of manliness panic.
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Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever … During today's press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator, revealed a proposal from Hollywood studios that sounds ripped right out of a Black Mirror episode.
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Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Writers and Actors Are Not Being ‘Realistic’ With Strikes: 'It's Very Disturbing to Me'
Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Writers and Actors Are Not Being ‘Realistic’ With Strikes: 'It's Very Disturbing to Me'
Reuters:
Hollywood actors to strike at midnight, join writers on picket lines
Hollywood actors to strike at midnight, join writers on picket lines
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Ask Witnesses Whether Trump Acknowledged He Lost 2020 Race — Jared Kushner was questioned before a federal grand jury as prosecutors appeared to be trying to establish if the former president knew his efforts to stay in power were built on a lie.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's 2024 Branding Is All About His Criminal Indictments
Trump's 2024 Branding Is All About His Criminal Indictments
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New York Post:
Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect in police custody on Long Island — A suspected serial killer has been arrested over the notorious Gilgo Beach murders in Long Island, The Post can confirm. — The suspect — who has yet to be identified — is due in court in hours, according to a source close to the investigation.
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Majority of Republicans vote down Greene, Gaetz Ukraine bills — Five House Republican-backed initiatives to curtail aid to Ukraine using the annual Pentagon policy bill were shot down Thursday afternoon in votes that saw a consensus from both sides of the aisle to keep money flowing to Kyiv.
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Biden brings in $72 million in second quarter, outraising GOP rivals — The Biden campaign said that 97 percent of donations were under $200, and the average grass roots contribution was $39 — President Biden raised more than $72 million in the second quarter of 2023 for his reelection effort, his campaign announced Friday.
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Top longtime Biden aide leaving White House at the end of July — White House director of legislative affairs Louisa Terrell, one of President Joe Biden's longest serving aides, is planning to leave the White House at the end of this month, CNN has learned.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's 2024 media play: Less cable, more Barstool — The ex-president is hitting the podcast circuit and showing up at contact and combat sporting events. It's part of a larger plan. — Former President Donald Trump's campaign over the past several months has been quietly engaged …
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Associated Press:
The US sets a grim milestone with a new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year's unrelenting bloodshed across …
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Associated Press:
Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in the United States, an AP-NORC poll finds — Only about 1 in 10 U.S. adults give high ratings to the way democracy is working in the United States or how well it represents the interests of most Americans, according to a new poll …
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Houston Keene / Fox News:
Not just cocaine: Secret Service reveals another banned substance was found in Biden's White House … The Secret Service found marijuana twice in the White House in 2022, long before cocaine was located in the West Wing. — The Secret Service revealed the information to members …
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