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Politico:
Here's who won, and lost, and face-planted in the presidential money race last quarter — Nearly every candidate's fundraising came with a caveat. — Ron DeSantis has money problems. — Tim Scott is on a bit of a spending binge. — Rich candidates are parting with their money, while also-rans are struggling to break through.
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Politico:
Playbook: DeSantis in disarray? — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — NEW J-MART FROM ATLANTIC CITY — “No-Show Republicans Shun NGA”: “There are 26 Republican governors. Three of them showed up here this week at the annual summer meeting of the National Governors Association.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
DeSantis campaign sheds staff amid cash crunch — Fewer than 10 staffers were let go Thursday, according to a person familiar with the campaign. — Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign is shedding staff as it navigates a cash crunch. — Fewer than 10 staffers were let go by the Florida …
CNN:
Early alarm bells for DeSantis as Pence falls behind: Takeaways from new campaign finance reports — The first full financial look at the 2024 presidential race came into focus over the weekend as candidates filed campaign finance reports with federal regulators.
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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis' campaign finances have some flashing warning signs
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CNN:
Ron DeSantis to sit down with CNN's Jake Tapper for an exclusive interview Tuesday
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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis fires roughly a dozen staffers in a campaign shake-up
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump praises judge overseeing his classified documents case, saying she ‘loves our country’ — Former President Trump praised the judge overseeing his classified documents case as his legal team seeks a postponement of his trial in Florida. — Trump's motion for a continuance of the trial …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump's outbursts met with silence so far by prosecutor, judge — Other defendants might get in trouble for publicly calling the prosecutor a deranged drug user. Not Donald Trump. — Since his indictment last month on charges of withholding classified documents, former president Donald Trump …
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Raw Story, The Messenger, PoliticusUSA and The Western Journal
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
A Trooper Issued More than 1,000 Fake Tickets. Connecticut Police Won't Say Whether He Still Has a Job — An audit has uncovered a massive scandal in Connecticut, where hundreds of troopers manipulated the state's racial-profiling database through fraudulent citations
Ruby Cramer / Washington Post:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests covid was designed to spare Jews, Chinese people — Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advanced a dangerous conspiracy theory this week that the coronavirus could have been a bioweapon “deliberately targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Covid Remarks Raise Questions of Antisemitism
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Washington Post:
How a Saudi firm tapped a gusher of water in drought-stricken Arizona — Lax rules let the foreign-owned company pump water from state land to grow alfalfa for the kingdom's cattle. After almost a decade, the deal is in jeopardy. — BUTLER VALLEY, Ariz. — A megadrought has seared Arizona …
Dharna Noor / The Guardian:
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble — Energy firms have made record profits by increasing production of oil and gas, far from their promises of rolling back emissions — It was probably the Earth's hottest week in history earlier this month …
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Brad Brooks / Reuters:
US heatwave: high temperatures forecast, northeast braces for rain — Nearly a quarter of the population in the U.S. is under warnings for extreme heat on Sunday, while an already rain-soaked New England braces for more downpours, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
ABC News:
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near Alaska Peninsula, prompting tsunami advisory — A tsunami advisory was in effect in some coastal areas, NWS officials said. — A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the Alaska Peninsula late Saturday. — The quake prompted the National Weather Service …
Julia Johnson / Washington Examiner:
Asa Hutchinson met with booing and ‘Trump’ chant during Turning Point Action speech — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson was met with audible booing from attendees at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday. — When Hutchinson, who is running …
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The Messenger and Raw Story
David Morgan / Reuters:
Third-party No Labels will not be a ‘spoiler’ in 2024 election, chair says — The third-party No Labels group will stay out of the 2024 U.S. presidential race if polling shows its candidate would play a “spoiler” role by helping to elect either the Democratic or Republican nominee, co-chairman Joe Lieberman said on Sunday.
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