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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Feds sought surveillance video from State Farm Arena in Trump probe — X — Subpoena shows another area of overlap between DOJ and Fulton prosecutors — Federal prosecutors examining former President Donald Trump's attempt to hold onto power following the 2020 election requested surveillance …
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Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
CNN anchor claims Jack Smith visiting Subway is ‘a message to Donald Trump’ — An anchor on CNN claimed on Tuesday that special counsel Jack Smith visiting a Subway was “a message to Donald Trump.” — The statement comes on the same day Trump announced he received a letter notifying that …
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Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Maggie Haberman Reveals How Trump Reacted To Jack Smith's Letter … By Marita Vlachou — Breaking News Reporter, HuffPost
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Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
“Arrest and Indictment” — “Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden's DOJ, sent a letter (again it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means …
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CNN:
Trump's team seeks to learn whether special counsel has evidence, witnesses they don't know — Former President Donald Trump's lawyers and advisers are trying to figure out if there is evidence and witnesses they are unaware of that are bolstering special counsel Jack Smith's investigation …
New York Times:
Trump's Conspirators Are Facing the Music, Finally
Trump's Conspirators Are Facing the Music, Finally
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump has a plan to consolidate power in a second term. It just might work.
Trump has a plan to consolidate power in a second term. It just might work.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Election Probe Case Crowds Active Campaign Calendar
Trump Election Probe Case Crowds Active Campaign Calendar
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Gaetz says he'll offer bill to defund Jack Smith investigations of Trump
Gaetz says he'll offer bill to defund Jack Smith investigations of Trump
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Politico:
Looming indictment wrenches open the central question of 2024: Is Trump fit to serve?
Looming indictment wrenches open the central question of 2024: Is Trump fit to serve?
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Washington Post:
2024 won't be a Trump-Biden replay. You can thank Gen Z for that. — Celinda Lake, a Democratic Party strategist, was one of two lead pollsters for Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Mac Heller is a documentary film producer, most recently of “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook.”
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll — After Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll, his legal team and his defenders lodged a frequent talking point. — Despite Carroll's claims that Trump had raped her, they noted …
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Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
IRS agent ‘Whistleblower X’ opening statement revealed: ‘The American people deserve to know the truth’ — One IRS agent referred to as “Whistleblower X,” will have their identity revealed for the first time during the hearing — Two whistleblowers who alleged the Justice Department politically interfered …
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CBS News:
IRS whistleblower in Hunter Biden case says he “felt handcuffed” during 5-year probe — The Internal Revenue Service case agent who handled “95%” of the tax evidence in the Hunter Biden investigation told CBS News that he “felt handcuffed” during the five-year probe and blocked from pursuing leads …
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Wesleyan University ending legacy admissions after Supreme Court ruling — Wesleyan University announced on Wednesday it would be ending its legacy admissions after the Supreme Court ruled last month to curtail the use of affirmative action in the college admission process.
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Michael S. Roth / Wesleyan:
Wesleyan University to End Legacy Admission
Wesleyan University to End Legacy Admission
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HuffPost, The Daily Caller and WKRG-TV
Axios:
Huckabee Sanders' 2024 neutrality frustrates Trump — Tensions between Donald Trump and his former press secretary, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, have grown over her neutrality in the 2024 presidential race, people familiar with the relationship tell Axios.
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come — James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’ — The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years …
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CBS News:
Rep. George Santos asks judge to loosen travel restrictions around Washington, D.C. — Washington — GOP Rep. George Santos, who was indicted on federal charges in May, has asked the federal magistrate judge overseeing his case to ease his pretrial travel restrictions and allow him to move within …
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Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
George Santos got to change his bail conditions so it's easier to dine out and go shopping
George Santos got to change his bail conditions so it's easier to dine out and go shopping
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Jeff Chiu / Washington Examiner:
In-N-Out fast-food chain to forbid employees from wearing face masks in five states — In-N-Out, a burger chain mainly located on the West Coast, will forbid its employees from wearing face masks in several states where its locations are. — The states where In-N-Out employees cannot wear face masks under …
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Love the way you lie — Above: at least the chyron person, unlike the interviewer, was awake — In the post-Dobbs era, Republican presidential candidates are going to be asked whether they support national abortion bans. Their most common response will be to avoid the question …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Still Paying Tulsi Gabbard's Sister a Fortune for Security — After The Daily Beast revealed that Kyrsten Sinema was paying big money to Tulsi Gabbard's sister, it turns out that Sinema has continued footing those bills. — The revelation that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) …
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Raw Story
Aara'L Yarber / Washington Post:
Gene variant may be why some test positive for virus with no covid symptoms — Scientists found a common version of an immunity gene that seems to help some people clear the coronavirus faster — Scientists have found a version of a particular gene that may explain why some people …
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Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
DeVos calls latest Biden student loan move a ‘blatant vote buy’ — Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos condemned President Biden on Tuesday for his latest plan to cancel student loans. — “What President Biden is trying to do is just a blatant vote buy. The Supreme Court has ruled it's illegal.
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Robert Kennedy Jr's racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says — Democratic candidate's recent false claim that Covid could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ is not an aberration but fits long pattern — Robert Kennedy Jr, a long shot Democratic candidate for US president …
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Ian Hodgson / Tampa Bay Times:
At New College of Florida, a ‘ridiculously high’ number of faculty are gone — Many frustrated teachers and researchers have resigned or taken leaves to look for other jobs, school officials say. — More than one-third of New College of Florida faculty will not be returning in the fall.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Gets Little Economic Credit — Continued low grades for most congressional leaders — West Long Branch, NJ - President Joe Biden gets mediocre to poor marks on key aspects of the economy despite him recently touting what he calls “Bidenomics.” Only 3 in 10 Americans feel the country …