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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
No-Show Republicans Shun NGA  —  The once-vital forum for common ground among state leaders has fallen prey to polarization.  Its new chief, Utah's GOP Gov. Spencer Cox, has something to say about that.  —  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. —  There are 26 Republican governors.
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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.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Politico:
Here's who won, and lost, and face-planted in the presidential money race last quarter
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
DeSantis campaign sheds staff amid cash crunch
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 …
Discussion: Washington Times and The Messenger
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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 …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump seeks unprecedented delays as he battles prosecution  —  Former President Trump is seeking unprecedented delays as he faces prosecution for mishandling classified documents, arguing his status as a candidate and other factors require punting the case indefinitely.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Lidia Kelly / Reuters:
Russian scientists warn of powerful solar flare activity on Monday  —  Powerful solar flare activity is forecast for Monday which may interfere with short-wave communications, Russian scientists said after three flares were observed on the sun on Sunday.  —  The Fedorov Institute …
Lidia Kelly / Reuters:
Traffic stopped on Crimean Bridge due to ‘emergency’ - Russian-backed governor  —  Traffic was stopped at the Russian-built Crimean Bridge linking the Crimean peninsula to the Russian region of Krasnodar due to “an emergency” situation, Russia-installed Governor Sergei Aksyonov wrote on the Telegram messaging app early on Monday.
CNN:
Top House Democrats rebuke Jayapal comments that Israel is a ‘racist state’ as she tries to walk them back  —  Top House Democrats are rebuking Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal's comments from earlier this weekend that “Israel is a racist state,” which she sought to walk back on Sunday.
Cindy Wang / Bloomberg:
Top Taiwan Presidential Candidate Lai to Stop in US Next Month  — Lai Ching-te will make visit on way to Paraguay inauguration  — Beijing protests all official interactions with Taiwan leaders  —  Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te, a top candidate for president …
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
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.
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
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.
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 …
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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