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3:40 PM ET, July 23, 2023

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Dana Blanton / Fox Business:
Fox Business Poll: Trump leads in Iowa, as DeSantis and Scott round out the top 3  —  Iowa's caucus kicks off the GOP nomination process  —  An early read on the race for the Republican nomination in Iowa shows former President Donald Trump the clear frontrunner — and then there is a sharp drop off to the rest of the field.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Tim Scott may be one to watch in the GOP presidential race  —  Can the nice guy finish first?  —  That's the question a lot of analysts are asking about the Republican race for president, with headlines such as “Tim Scott is turning heads with donors and early-state voters” and …
New York Times:
A ‘Leaner-Meaner’ DeSantis Campaign Faces a Reboot and a Reckoning  —  The campaign's missteps and swelling costs have made donors and allies anxious.  One person close to the Florida governor said he had experienced a “challenging learning curve.”  —  Throughout the spring …
Discussion: Florida Politics and PoliticusUSA
Politico:
Trump just qualified for the first debate.  But will he show up?  —  Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie and Tim Scott also qualified based on the latest polling.  —  Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie and Tim Scott have all met …
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Ron DeSantis super PAC will host bus tour through Iowa ahead of Lincoln Dinner
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Splits Over Jan. 6 Deepen as Trump Indictment Looms  —  Prominent Republicans like Ron DeSantis and Kevin McCarthy appear torn between criticizing the riot and defending the former president  —  The likelihood Donald Trump will be indicted over efforts to undo his loss in the 2020 election …
Discussion: USA Today
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
‘These people look pathetic’: Pelosi slams McCarthy on expunging Trump impeachments  —  “This is about being afraid,” former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.  —  Nancy Pelosi slammed her Republican successor, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, for considering expunging the two impeachments against former President Donald Trump.
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Mike Pence ‘not interested in trading insults’ with Trump as he tries to win New Hampshire
Juliana Kim / NPR:
Biden will designate a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother  —  President Biden will designate a national monument at three sites in honor of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley — both of whom served as catalysts for the civil rights movement.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Biden Will Establish A National Monument Honoring Emmett Till, The Black Teen Lynched In Mississippi
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:   Biden Approves Monument to Honor Emmett Till in Civil Rights Win
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Blinken: Ukraine has already retaken 50 percent of occupied territory  —  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that Ukraine has already retaken about 50 percent of the territory that Russia initially seized, stressing that Kyiv's counteroffensive is still in its “relatively early days.”
Discussion: Reuters and Political Wire
Charlie Sykes / MSNBC:
A federal judge confirmed one of Trump's worst labels — and the GOP didn't blink  —  But we still have a moral obligation to be shocked, don't we?  —  A quick public service announcement: You did not, in fact, take crazy pills this week.  —  It's just the news cycle.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Bipartisan governors want Americans to ‘disagree better’ over politics  —  A bipartisan pair of governors is pushing for Americans to “disagree better” when it comes to politics.  —  “We know that politics is downstream of culture.  And so this is not something that's going to change overnight …
Silvia Amaro / CNBC:
Spain's right-wing parties could win a parliamentary majority, exit polls show after key election  —  Spain's conservative party PP [Partido Popular] is on track to lead negotiations to form a new government in Madrid, exit polls have shown, suggesting this could be the end of the socialist rule of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
RFK Jr.: Media hitting me harder than Trump  —  “If I believed the stuff that's written about me in the papers and reported about me on the mainstream news sites, I would definitely not vote for me,” Kennedy said.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blamed the media …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Inside the DeSantis Doc That Showtime Didn't Want You to See  —  Vice put together an in-depth documentary exploring DeSantis' time at Guantanamo Bay.  Showtime suddenly shelved the documentary one day after DeSantis declared for president. … When executives at Showtime pulled …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Joe Jacquez / The Hill:
Tulsi Gabbard pushes back against Jack White's anti-Trump comment  —  Former Republican presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard blasted musician Jack White's criticism of former President Trump on Twitter Saturday.  —  Gabbard, who served as U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district …
 
 
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Shera Avi-Yonah / Washington Post:
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Unlocked a Whole New Level of Bullshitting in Iowa
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Democrats scramble to reach voters after Florida cancels mail-in ballot requests