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8:40 AM ET, July 22, 2023

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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Tony Bennett, enraged by racism, championed civil rights alongside MLK  —  In an era when most white entertainers stayed on the sidelines, the singer marched for racial equality and resisted apartheid.  —  In the 1950s, Tony Bennett watched with dismay as Black musicians like Nat King Cole …
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Dave Kindy / Washington Post:
Tony Bennett saw racism and horror in World War II.  It changed him.  —  What were the chances?  Thousands of miles from home, in a foreign land devastated by war, old friends bumped into each other on the street.  —  It was Thanksgiving Day, 1945, when two U.S. Army soldiers met unexpectedly in Mannheim, Germany.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Biden: 'Tony Bennett's life was legendary'
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida's New Standards for Black History  —  In one benchmark, middle schoolers would learn that enslaved Americans developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”  —  After an overhaul to Florida's African American history standards …
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Harris, on DeSantis's turf, blasts Florida curriculum on Black history  —  Vice President Harris denounced what she calls the state's effort to rewrite the history of Black people in America  —  Vice President Harris, taking aim at Gov. Ron DeSantis's “war on woke” on Friday in his home state …
ABC News:
Harris blasts Florida's history standards' claim slavery included ‘benefit’ to Black Americans
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's trial date conjures GOP's nightmare scenario  —  When the trial date for Donald Trump's Manhattan hush money case was set for March — during the GOP presidential primary schedule — the former president and leading 2024 Republican candidate shook his head.
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New York Times:
Michael Cohen Agrees to Settle Lawsuit With Trump Organization
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trial in Trump Documents Case Set for May 2024
New York Times:
Texas A&M President Resigns Amid Fallout Over Journalism Program  —  The university said M. Katherine Banks would retire “immediately” after political pushback over the effort to appoint Kathleen McElroy to lead its journalism program.  —  Texas A&M University said on Friday that its president was resigning …
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden's lawyer Kevin Morris is seen smoking a BONG on the balcony of his LA home while clearly visible from the road during a visit from the president's son  — DailyMail.com saw Hunter Biden's hotshot lawyer Kevin Morris smoking from a large bong on the balcony of his Los Angeles home on Thursday
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Morgan Stanley credits Bidenomics for ‘much stronger’ than expected GDP growth  — President Joe Biden's economic policies drove an unexpected economic surge that has forced Morgan Stanley to make a “sizable upward revision” in its GDP forecasts.  — Biden's 2021 infrastructure bill has created …
Discussion: Political Wire
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
New York Republicans to House leaders: Hold the SALT at your own risk  —  The Scoop  —  Tensions are flaring between House Republicans as lawmakers from New York have threatened to oppose a major upcoming tax bill unless it raises the current $10,000 cap on the State and Local Tax Deduction …
Nolan Dorn / KLKN-TV:
26-year-old man who posed as Lincoln high school student accused of sex crimes  —  LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) - A man who posed as a student at two different Lincoln high schools has been arrested, police say.  —  Assistant Police Chief Brian Jackson said 26-year-old Zachary Scheich attended 54 days …
Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News:
Ron DeSantis threatens Anheuser-Busch over Bud Light marketing campaign with Dylan Mulvaney  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is hinting at legal action against Bud Light's parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, for the beer brand's promotion earlier this year with TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney.
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy.  She'd be first woman on Joint Chiefs of Staff  —  President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Reuters:
Alabama lawmakers clash over Black voters as redistricting deadline looms  —  Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature on Friday passed a new congressional map that increased the number of Black voters in one of the state's districts, but Democrats said the plan defied a U.S. Supreme Court ruling intended …
Wall Street Journal:
The Rise and Fall of the Chief Diversity Officer  —  Diversity executives hit the exits as company priorities shift; ‘everything is a battle’  —  Two years ago chief diversity officers were some of the hottest hires into executive ranks.  Now, they increasingly feel left out in the cold.
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Leon Black Agreed to Pay $62.5 Million to Settle Epstein-Related Claims  —  The private equity mogul struck a deal with the U.S. Virgin Islands to avoid a potential lawsuit over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.  —  The billionaire investor Leon Black agreed to pay $62.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Texas's governor put a barrier in the Rio Grande.  DOJ just hit back.  —  One of the more pernicious developments in our politics is the effort by red-state governors to assert outsize power over immigration in their states, in ways designed to appeal to national right-wing audiences.
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CNN:
Justice Department planning legal action against Texas over floating border barrier
 
 
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CNN:
Pro-war Russian blogger who called Putin a ‘lowlife’ arrested in Moscow
Andy Cerda / Pew Research Center:
Little change in Americans' views of Trump over the past year
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Member of ‘Tennessee Three’ set to challenge Marsha Blackburn for her Senate seat
Discussion: Nashville Scene and Political Wire
Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast:
JFK's Grandson Rails Against ‘Embarrassment’ RFK Jr.
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Hunter Biden lawyer files complaint after Marjorie Taylor Greene shows Congress nude photos
 Earlier Items: 
The White House:
FACT SHEET: White House Launches Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy
Discussion: NBC News
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Nebraska Teen Who Used Pills to End Pregnancy Gets 90 Days in Jail
Politico:
The political economy may have just hit its recession
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Fire damages building that houses office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution