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12:00 PM ET, July 21, 2023

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New York Times:
Michael Cohen Expected to Settle Lawsuit With Trump Organization  —  Donald J. Trump's former fixer had accused the company of failing to abide by the terms of a deal and refusing to pay more than $1 million in legal costs.  —  Michael D. Cohen, the longtime fixer to Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: The Messenger
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trial in Trump Documents Case Set for May 2024  —  Judge Aileen M. Cannon rejected former President Donald J. Trump's request to delay the trial until after the election but pushed the start date past the Justice Department's request to begin in December.  —  The federal judge overseeing …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge sets a trial date for next May in Trump's classified documents case in Florida  —  A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents.
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Sets May 2024 Trial Date for Trump's Documents Trial  —  Judge Aileen Cannon rejects former president's efforts to delay trial until after the 2024 presidential campaign  —  A federal judge in Florida has pushed to May 2024 the prospective date of former President Donald Trump's criminal trial …
Washington Post:
Trump prosecutions consume campaign funds and messaging as charges mount  —  Any distinction between the former president's White House bid and his criminal defense is vanishing as the charges against him mount  —  On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump announced on social media that he was the target …
Washington Post:
Judge Cannon schedules Trump's classified documents trial for May 2024  —  The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's indictment for allegedly mishandling classified documents has scheduled his trial to start in late May of next year, rejecting claims by the former president's attorneys …
Discussion: Washington Times and CBS News
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry  —  Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say  —  The Fulton county district attorney investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results …
ABC News:
In rare move, Grassley releases unverified FBI source report alleging Biden involvement in bribe  —  The White House said the allegation is “debunked” and called the move a stunt.  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday released a confidential FBI informant's unverified claim that, years ago …
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
The Joe Biden bribe allegations need a special counsel, now
The Hill:
Republicans release FBI form with unverified Biden-Burisma allegations
Politico:
‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP  —  Growing population in America's highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party.  And Republicans are scrambling for answers. Animation by Shira Inbar for POLITICO
Discussion: Political Wire
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Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
The first GOP debate is being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here's why that matters
Discussion: Raw Story
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., have been calling state legislators about the map, which could affect control of Congress.  —  Alabama Republicans rejected calls …
Joshua Zeitz / Politico:
History Has a Warning for Kevin McCarthy About Expunging Trump's Impeachments  —  Expunging Wrongdoing Didn't Save Andrew Jackson.  It Won't Save Donald Trump Either.  —  POLITICO illustration/Photos by Getty Images, Library of Congress  —  It was singularly ironic that Thomas Hart Benton …
Discussion: Raw Story, New Republic and ABC News
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Politico:
GOP centrists pan Trump impeachment erasure as McCarthy denies any deal
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis Threatens Bud Light's Parent Company With Legal Action  —  The “anti-woke” governor is targeting the beer brand's parent company, suggesting it “breached legal duties” by using transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney for marketing purposes.  —  The conservative backlash …
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CNN:
DeSantis calls for state investment manager to consider action against Bud Light's parent company
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Why Supreme Court ethics reform might hit the Senate floor  —  DEMS TO SCHUMER: FORCE GOP TO FILIBUSTER SCOTUS ETHICS REFORM  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has yet to say how he'll approach his party's Supreme Court ethics legislation - a historic bid to check the high court …
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Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Trump appointee convicted of 8 felonies for joining assault on police on Jan. 6  —  A federal judge convicted Federico Klein of six counts of assaulting or impeding police and two other felonies for joining a violent mob during the Capitol riot.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge convicted …
Discussion: The Messenger and Political Wire
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge scolds Jack Smith's team for causing delay in unrelated Jan. 6 verdict
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Quietly Prepares for a Chaotic Convention Fight  —  Trump may be projecting confidence, but he's trying to pack the convention floor with loyalists—just in case. … As the Trump campaign tells it, the 2024 Republican presidential primary is already over.
Discussion: Raw Story
Lesley M. M. Blume / New York Times:
Trinity Nuclear Test's Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico, Study Finds  —  The research shows that the first atomic bomb explosion's effects had been underestimated, and could help more “downwinders” press for federal compensation.  —  In July 1945, as J. Robert Oppenheimer …
Discussion: UPI
Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Texas' Billion-Dollar Push on Border Security Isn't Paying Off  —  Operation Lone Star, with $4.5 billion spent so far, has had little effect on migration while facing charges of civil-rights abuses  —  Texas has spent two years and billions of dollars on the most aggressive attempt …
 
 
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Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Arizona Trans Athlete Ban Blocked by Federal Judge
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Washington Post:
Rich lode of EV metals could boost Taliban and its new Chinese partners
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Lawmakers Challenge Ford and Chinese Battery Partner Over Forced Labor
Discussion: The Hill and The Messenger
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump's GOP primary rivals ramp up pressure on him to debate
Discussion: NPR and Political Wire
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Manchin and Sinema back to bedeviling Democrats
Megan K. Stack / New York Times:
Inside Starbucks' Dirty War Against Organized Labor
Dasha Burns / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis is planning a campaign reboot as he struggles to close the gap with Trump
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
South Florida mourns death of another farmworker as advocates fight for heat protections
Rachel Nostrant / Reuters:
New York to pay $13 million to protesters arrested during George Floyd protests
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Ambassador to China Hacked in China-Linked Spying Operation
 

 
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Eve Batey / Vanity Fair:
The relationship between Olivia Nuzzi and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. casts renewed scrutiny on the ethical line between all journalists and subjects

BBC:
Peter Jay, the former economics editor of the BBC and the Times, presenter of ITV's Weekend World, and launch chairman of TV-am, dies at age 87

Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Al Jazeera says Israeli forces raided its Ramallah bureau in the West Bank early September 22 with a military order to immediately close the office for 45 days

 
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