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New York Times:
Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025 — The former president and his backers aim to strengthen the power of the White House and limit the independence of federal agencies. — Donald J. Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism — Republican senators say they're worried that conservative populism, though always a part of the GOP, is beginning to take over the party, becoming more radical and threatening to cause them significant political problems heading into the 2024 election.
Paul Kiel / ProPublica:
How Harlan Crow Slashed his Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises — Friends of the Court — SCOTUS Justices' Beneficial Relationships With Billionaire Donors — For months, Harlan Crow and members of Congress have been engaged in a fight over whether the billionaire needs …
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Vanity Fair, Balloon Juice, New Republic and Forbes
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
The Standoff Between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert Is Worse Than You Think — Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert used to be allies. Now they're enemies. And it's much worse than almost anyone knows. … It's no secret that the relationship between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert has never been worse.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House Democrats to unveil legislation to censure George Santos — A trio of House Democrats will unveil a resolution to censure Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) Monday, the latest push by Democrats to penalize the New York Republican who for months has battled questions about his background and finances.
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Democrats Prepare Push to Censure George Santos
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Can DeSantis do what Bush, Huntsman, Harris and Lieberman couldn't? — Shaking up a presidential campaign hasn't brought much past success, but the Florida governor is trying to buck the trend. — There was California Gov. Pete Wilson in September 1995, who, the Associated Press reported at the time …
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Ron DeSantis runs for president, take two
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The decline and decline of Pudding Ron
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Crimea Bridge, key Russian supply line, damaged, two dead amid reports of blasts — Russia halts grain deal, Erdogan says talks continue — Two parents dead, girl injured in attack on bridge — Russia blames Ukrainian security forces — Ukrainian media says Ukraine organised attack
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Non-binary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton was on secret taxpayer-funded trip at time of luggage theft — 'It's outrageous that tax dollars transported Brinton to and from the scene of a crime,' watchdog spokesperson tells Fox News Digital — EXCLUSIVE: Sam Brinton, the embattled non-binary …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
GOP donors fuel RFK Jr's presidential campaign — Mark Dickson, a Californian who amassed a fortune treating aluminum for the aerospace industry, has donated more than $450,000 to federal candidates since 2015. The total includes $400,000 to Trump Victory, the joint fundraising committee …
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Media Matters for America, Rolling Stone and New Republic
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Retrospective Approval of JFK Rises to 90%; Trump at 46% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — John F. Kennedy remains the most highly rated former president when Gallup asks Americans whether, in retrospect, they approve or disapprove of the job each did as president. Ninety percent of U.S. adults …
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The Messenger, Just The News and PoliticusUSA
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
This Is the Time for Quixotic, Corrosive Campaigns? Seriously? — You might think, in a two-party democracy where the man who is a dead-on bet to be the presidential nominee of one of those parties has all but pledged to wipe out said democracy and promised to use his second term to destroy …
Kai Bird / New York Times:
Kai Bird on Christopher Nolan's ‘Oppenheimer’ — Mr. Bird is the director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography and co-author with the late Martin J. Sherwin of “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.” — One day in the spring of 1954 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The MAGA persecution complex is eating itself to death — Stephen K. Bannon, a spiritual leader of the Trumpist right, infamously declared in 2018 that the secret to political warfare was “to flood the zone with s—t.” For many observers, this quote continues to capture the perils of our …
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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.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Elton John Testifies at Kevin Spacey's Sexual Assault Trial — A-LIST DEFENSE — Elton John and his husband David Furnish gave evidence at Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial in London on Monday. The pair joined the proceedings from Monaco via video link as part of the trial in which Spacey …
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Democrats press Homeland Security about domestic extremism among employees — Reports of Oath Keepers in the Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol officers collaborating with militias continue to concern Congress. — More than 65 Democrats in Congress sent a letter Monday asking …
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Raw Story
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Minn AG Keith Ellison compares Justice Clarence Thomas to house slave character in blockbuster hit — Ellison calls for Thomas' impeachment after affirmative action ruling — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, a Democrat, went on a racially charged rant comparing Supreme Court …
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Washington Free Beacon, Twitchy, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Boebert's Democratic challenger raises three times more than her — Adam Frisch, the Democrat who came close to beating Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in last year's midterms, raised three times more than the incumbent in second-quarter fundraising as he seeks a 2024 rematch.
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Americans are still better off, with more in the bank than before the pandemic — Bank account balances are 10 to 15 percent higher than they were in 2019, new data shows — Despite a year when inflation pushed prices to new heights, Americans are still better off now than before the pandemic …
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Political Wire
CNN:
Taiwan's vice president expected to transit US as Biden administration works to regularize diplomacy with China — Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-Te is expected to transit the US next month en route to Paraguay, the island's presidential office announced at a news conference Monday.
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