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9:25 AM ET, July 22, 2023

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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Special counsel for Trump indictments contacts Georgia, Arizona Govs in Jan. 6 probe: reports  —  Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has been contacted by the federal special counsel investigating former President Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election, Kemp's office confirmed Friday.
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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.
Washington Post:
Before Jan. 6, Mark Meadows joked about Trump's election claims  —  In a text, Meadows wrote that his own son was unable to find more than a handful of votes potentially cast in the name of dead voters, people familiar with message say  —  Mark Meadows joked about the baseless claim …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Election interference grand jury heard testimony on Trump's state of mind
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trial in Trump Documents Case Set for May 2024
New York Times:
Michael Cohen Agrees to Settle Lawsuit With Trump Organization
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
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 …
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.
CNN:
Justice Department planning legal action against Texas over floating border barrier  —  The Justice Department told Texas Thursday that it intends to file legal action against the placement of floating barriers in the Rio Grande River as part of the state's operation along the Texas-Mexico border …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Texas's governor put a barrier in the Rio Grande. DOJ just hit back.
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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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
Discussion: Newsweek, The Hill and Japan Times
Reuters:
Alabama lawmakers clash over Black voters as redistricting deadline looms
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Member of ‘Tennessee Three’ set to challenge Marsha Blackburn for her Senate seat
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Hunter Biden lawyer files complaint after Marjorie Taylor Greene shows Congress nude photos
Politico:
Analyzing Joe Biden's drip
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Politico:
Ex-staffer pulls back the curtain on Santos
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Associated Press:
Fire damages building that houses office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul
 

 
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