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5:15 PM ET, July 18, 2023

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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Michigan attorney general charges ‘false electors’ over efforts to overturn the 2020 election  —  Sixteen people forged documents and claimed to be “duly elected and qualified electors” for the state of Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.  —  Michigan attorney general announces charges against ‘false electors’
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CNN:
Donald Trump says he's a target of special counsel's criminal probe into 2020 election aftermath  —  Former President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he's been informed by special counsel Jack Smith that he is a target of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Prosecutors and Trump Lawyers Meet in Court in Classified Documents Case  —  In the first hearing before Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the two sides are expected to spar over a trial date and the procedures for handling national security secrets.  —  Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump …
The Detroit News:
16 false Trump electors face felony charges in Michigan  —  Lansing — Attorney General Dana Nessel is leveling felony charges against 16 Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Donald Trump won Michigan's 2020 presidential election, launching criminal cases against top political figures inside the state GOP.
James Salzer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Legal bills mount for Georgia Republican Party in Trump investigation  —  X  —  The Georgia GOP spent more in the first six months of 2023 than it paid out in all of 2022 to represent “alternate” Republican electors targeted amid Fulton County's probe into whether Donald Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Michigan attorney general charges fake Trump electors over alleged 2020 election crimes  — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel criminally charged 16 so-called “fake electors” for Donald Trump in an allegedly fraudulent effort to reverse Joe Biden's victory in the state's 2020 election.
Washington Post:
Trump says he received a target letter in federal Jan. 6 investigation
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
DeSantis says Trump ‘should have come out more forcefully’ on Jan. 6
The Messenger:
Republicans Back Trump As Possible Third Indictment Looms
ABC News:
Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kasich urges GOP candidates to ‘step up and say something’ after Trump gets target letter
Discussion: Vanity Fair and CBS News
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Is Target of Criminal Probe in Jack Smith's Jan. 6 Case
NBC News:
Trump says Jack Smith sent him a target letter in Jan. 6 probe: Live updates
Associated Press:
US soldier who fled to North Korea was facing disciplinary action after time in South Korean prison  —  An American soldier facing military disciplinary actions fled across the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea, U.S. officials said Tuesday, becoming the first American detained in the North in nearly five years.
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Washington Post:
U.S. soldier detained after intentionally crossing into North Korea
New York Times:
North Korea Detains U.S. Soldier After Unauthorized Border Crossing
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Israel Struggling to Recover Ancient Artifacts Trump Took to Mar-a-Lago: Report  —  The former president up and stole antiquities that were lent to the White House for a Hanukkah celebration in 2019  —  ISRAEL LENT SEVERAL antiquities to the White House in 2019, including ancient clay lamps for a White House Hanukkah event.
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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
Politico:
Trump, 5 rivals on cusp of qualifying for first GOP debate  —  The leading candidates still need one more poll to officially stamp their tickets, the RNC confirmed Tuesday.  —  The Republican National Committee on Tuesday clarified the criteria for presidential candidates to qualify for the debate stage …
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 …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘Bullhorn Lady’ who helped break into Capitol found guilty in Jan. 6 case  —  Rachel Powell, a mother, was found guilty on nine felony charges.  —  WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania mother who was known as “Bullhorn Lady” because she used the sound amplifier to instruct rioters at the Capitol was convicted Tuesday of nine federal counts.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Benjamin Wermund / Houston Chronicle:
Exclusive: Texas troopers told to push children into Rio Grande, deny water to migrants, records say  —  WASHINGTON — Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott's border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Discussion: The Hill and CNN
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Crashes School Board Meeting Over Banning His Book  —  The writer's critically acclaimed memoir has become a flashpoint in a small South Carolina town.  —  A South Carolina school board meeting, in which community members railed against an African American culture writer's …
Discussion: The Messenger and Balloon Juice
Politico:
House GOP support for Santos censure builds  —  Democrats may have enough GOP support to adopt a formal rebuke of the New York Republican's campaign fabrications.  —  A group of New York Republicans passed on punishing George Santos once.  Some of them say they won't do it again.
 
 
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
DeSantis hits reset button
Breccan F. Thies / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Rosa DeLauro calls GOP ‘terrorists,’ forcing explosive House hearing into recess
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial
Discussion: HotAir and Political Wire
The Messenger:
Former Trump Cabinet Member Hosting Event for Virginia Gov. Youngkin
NBC News:
No Labels CEO defends 2024 ticket against spoiler charges
Noah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
He was making a documentary about police brutality. Then the LAPD tased him in his home
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
Suzy Khimm / NBC News:
Lawmakers call for U.S. to ‘eliminate’ infant loungers after babies died
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
emptywheel:
WaPo Is Suppressing Information that Might Debunk Devlin Barrett's Latest Spin
Mike Stone / Reuters:
U.S. to announce $1.3 bln in military aid for Ukraine -sources
Discussion: Fox News, ZeroHedge News and TASS
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Jesse Watters' Mom Phoned In To His Fox News 8 P.M. Debut With Some Very Blunt Advice
Ashley Lopez / NPR:
Democrats eye Sen. Ted Cruz's seat in Republican-dominated Texas as a possible flip
Discussion: Raw Story, Politico and National Review
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump Hired Adviser He Pardoned for Campaign Finance Crimes
Discussion: Raw Story