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11:55 AM ET, July 18, 2023

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ABC News:
Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election  —  The development indicates another indictment of Trump could be imminent.  —  Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Donald Trump by letter that he is a target in his investigation …
Politico:
6 things to watch as Trump classified documents case returns to court  —  Judge Aileen Cannon will hold her first hearing on Tuesday in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump.  —  U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon is about to shape the course of the 2024 presidential election — and perhaps the fate of the country.
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump target in Jan. 6 investigation, predicts arrest and indictment in Jack Smith probe
Politico:
Playbook: Can Ron DeSantis become an insurgent?
Washington Post:
U.S. soldier detained after intentionally crossing into North Korea  —  North Korean officials have detained a U.S. national who crossed into the country through the demarcation zone without authorization, a United Nations body responsible for ensuring security on the inter-Korean border reported Tuesday.
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Associated Press:
An American soldier is detained by North Korea after crossing its heavily armed border  —  An American soldier crossed the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea “willfully and without authorization,” U.S. officials said Tuesday, becoming the first American detained in the North …
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Israeli Antiquities Are Stranded at Trump's Florida Estate as Authorities Fail to Retrieve Them  —  Israeli clay lamps, intended for a brief exhibition in Washington D.C. in 2019, got stranded in the U.S. due to the pandemic.  Recently, they were found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida
Mike Stone / Reuters:
U.S. to announce $1.3 bln in military aid for Ukraine -sources  —  The United States will announce a new pledge to buy $1.3 billion worth of military aid for Kyiv in its conflict with Russia in the coming days, two U.S. officials said.  —  The previously unreported weapons package includes air defenses …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Is Tennessee a Democracy?  —  What happened when a Republican supermajority gained control—and wasn't satisfied  —  Drive along the outer rim of the exurbs north of Nashville, past structures that might be barns or might be wedding venues, around developments called Vineyard Grove or New Hope Village …
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Jesse Watters' Mom Phoned In To His Fox News 8 P.M. Debut With Some Very Blunt Advice  —  The Fox personality's mother, who is a Democrat, also hit her son with a mocking idea for former President Donald Trump.  —  Fox News' Jesse Watters on Monday received some stark on-air advice …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 17, 2023  —  A story in the New York Times today by Jonathan Swan, Charlie Savage, and Maggie Haberman outlined how former president Donald Trump and his allies are planning to create a dictatorship if voters return him to power in 2024.  The article talks about how Trump and his loyalists plan to …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and New York Times
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Charlottesville tiki torch carrier arrested for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6  —  Tyler Bradley Dykes, who served time in connection with the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally, stole a police shield and stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, the FBI said.  —  WASHINGTON — A man who carried a tiki torch during …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Former Congressional Black Caucus Aides Launch Caucus-Aligned Super PAC  —  The Rolling Sea Action Fund plans to spend more than $10 million helping Democrats retake the House.  —  Former aides to members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday launched the first-ever super PAC affiliated …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:   Congressional Black Caucus allies launch ‘eight-figure’ effort to flip the House
Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Georgia Supreme Court rejects Trump petition to block election probe  —  The unanimous opinion says Trump had not proved the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ that warranted intervention by Georgia's top court  —  ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously dismissed former president Donald Trump's petition …
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Fox Business:
House GOP considers holding Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress  —  Sources tell FOX Business that Zuckerberg could be held in contempt of Congress  —  FIRST ON FOX: House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is strongly considering holding Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress this month …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Is Corporate America biased against white people?  —  Last week, 13 Republican Attorneys General wrote an open letter to the CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. corporations.  The letter, organized by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) …
Ashley Lopez / NPR:
Democrats eye Sen. Ted Cruz's seat in Republican-dominated Texas as a possible flip  —  Democrats are facing a tough U.S. Senate map next year.  The party will need to hold on to some vulnerable seats in Republican states, as well as potentially flip a seat or two if they lose …
Discussion: Raw Story, Politico and National Review
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump Hired Adviser He Pardoned for Campaign Finance Crimes  —  A campaign operative who Trump pardoned over his participation in a political bribery scheme is now working for the Trump campaign.  —  Former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is once again spitting on campaign finance laws …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
House GOP seeks billions in cuts to rail, water infrastructure spending  —  Two years after approving a bipartisan $1.2 trillion law, Republicans are looking to scale back spending that some in their own party previously supported  —  It took decades for Congress to deliver on its promise …
emptywheel:
WaPo Is Suppressing Information that Might Debunk Devlin Barrett's Latest Spin  —  Last week, I asked the WaPo if they would release the two reports — one from Johns Hopkins professor Matt Green and the other from InfoSec expert Jake Williams — that were the basis of this report on the “Hunter Biden” “laptop.”
Associated Press:
Alabama Republicans, despite Supreme Court ruling, reject call for second majority Black House district  —  Lawmakers must adopt a new map after the high court in June affirmed a three-judge panel's ruling that Alabama's existing congressional map likely violated the Voting Rights Act.
Washington Examiner:
Hatred of Israel is ascendant in the Democratic Party  —  When anti-Israel protesters shouted down a panel discussion at the far-Left Netroots Nation conference last weekend, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) tried to assuage the protesters by making it clear she agrees “Israel is a racist state” …
 
 
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