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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Prosecutors and Trump Lawyers Clash Over Timing in Classified Documents Case — In the first hearing before Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the two sides sparred over a trial date and how to prosecute a former president and current candidate. — The federal judge overseeing former President Donald …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kasich urges GOP candidates to ‘step up and say something’ after Trump gets target letter — Former Ohio governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said Tuesday he's “proud” of decisions he's made to publicly disavow former President Trump in the past and called …
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James Salzer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Legal bills mount for Georgia Republican Party in Trump investigation
Legal bills mount for Georgia Republican Party in Trump investigation
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Washington Post:
Trump says he received a target letter in federal Jan. 6 investigation
Trump says he received a target letter in federal Jan. 6 investigation
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The Messenger:
Republicans Back Trump As Possible Third Indictment Looms
Republicans Back Trump As Possible Third Indictment Looms
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
DeSantis says Trump ‘should have come out more forcefully’ on Jan. 6
DeSantis says Trump ‘should have come out more forcefully’ on Jan. 6
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Federal Judge Signals 2024 Election Won't Be Deciding Factor on Trump Trial Date
Federal Judge Signals 2024 Election Won't Be Deciding Factor on Trump Trial Date
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
What Trump's G.O.P. Rivals Are Saying About Another Potential Indictment
What Trump's G.O.P. Rivals Are Saying About Another Potential Indictment
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ABC News:
Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election
Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election
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CNN:
Judge in Trump classified documents case tells prosecutors that a mid-December trial date would be too soon
Judge in Trump classified documents case tells prosecutors that a mid-December trial date would be too soon
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Washington Post:
Court hearing set to review trial timing in Trump classified documents case
Court hearing set to review trial timing in Trump classified documents case
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
DeSantis hits reset button
DeSantis hits reset button
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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Is Target of Criminal Probe in Jack Smith's Jan. 6 Case
Trump Says He Is Target of Criminal Probe in Jack Smith's Jan. 6 Case
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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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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Breccan F. Thies / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Rosa DeLauro calls GOP ‘terrorists,’ forcing explosive House hearing into recess — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) called her Republican colleagues “terrorists” Tuesday afternoon, sending the committee into recess.
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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.
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Politico:
Brian Kemp is meeting with GOP Senate leaders on the Hill this week. And the trip has Republicans in Washington and Atlanta thinking about 2026. — News and analysis from Capitol Hill for when you only have a few minutes, from POLITICO.
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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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