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Special counsel scrutinizing February 2020 meeting where Trump praised US election security protections — Special counsel Jack Smith's office has asked former US officials about a February 2020 Oval Office meeting where then-President Donald Trump praised improvements to the security of US elections …
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Special counsel received documents from Giuliani team that tried to find fraud after 2020 election — Among the materials turned over to special counsel Jack Smith about supposed fraud in the 2020 election are documents that touch on many of the debunked conspiracies and unfounded claims …
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Fox News:
Obama's chef ID'd as paddleboarder who drowned near former president's Martha's Vineyard estate — Barack and Michelle Obama were not present at the home at the time of the accident, authorities said — A paddleboarder who drowned near former President Barack Obama's Martha's Vineyard estate …
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Juliana Kim / NPR:
Justice Department sues Texas after Gov. Abbott refuses to remove floating barrier — The Department of Justice has sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott following the governor's refusal to remove a stretch of inflatable buoys on the Rio Grande, which sits between his state and Mexico.
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NBC News:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promises legal battle over river buoys after DOJ warns it will sue
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promises legal battle over river buoys after DOJ warns it will sue
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Andrew Atterbury / Politico:
Florida and DeSantis dig in as criticism of Black history curriculum mounts — The teaching standards have again thrust Florida and DeSantis into America's politically polarized fight over how and what to teach children. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida officials are digging in and defending …
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Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis campaign mired in controversies over slavery, anti-gay video, alleged Nazi symbol
DeSantis campaign mired in controversies over slavery, anti-gay video, alleged Nazi symbol
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Washington Post:
Twitter rival Mastodon rife with child-abuse material, study finds — Happy Monday! Send news tips and summer podcast recommendations to: cristiano.lima@washpost.com. — Below: The Microsoft-Activision deal is back in the hands of the U.K.'s antitrust watchdog, and a key OpenAI employee departs.
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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: Hunter Biden's gallery sold his art to a Democratic donor ‘friend’ who Joe Biden named to a prestigious commission — Insider has learned the identities of two Hunter Biden “friends” who were also buyers of his art: Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali and Kevin Morris.
US Department of Justice:
Arkansas Man Sentenced for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach — Defendant Beat Police Officer with a Flagpole — WASHINGTON - An Arkansas man was sentenced today on a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who beat officer with flagpole during Capitol riot is sentenced to over 4 years in prison
Man who beat officer with flagpole during Capitol riot is sentenced to over 4 years in prison
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Mitt Romney / Wall Street Journal:
Donors, Don't Fund a Trump Plurality — As in 2016, Republican candidates won't drop out soon enough. Here's how to give them a push. — Despite Donald Trump's apparent inevitability, a baker's dozen Republicans are hoping to become the party's 2024 nominee for president.
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Jury Decides Ammon Bundy Must Pay More Than $50M for Defaming Hospital — The anti-government leader waged a crusade over treatment of an ally's grandson, known as Baby Cyrus. — Anti-government agitator Ammon Bundy must pay an Idaho hospital more than $50 million for defaming it and targeting …
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Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Former Anti-Abortion Leader and Aide to Alabama Lt. Gov. Arrested on Child Sex Abuse Charges — Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth once called Cole Wagner “a whiz-kid” and a “bright, young guy” — AS THE CHAIR of Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama in 2018, Cole Wagner helped muscle into the Alabama Constitution …
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Jim Jones / The Hill:
The GOP is rushing headlong into huge election losses in 2024 — The Republican Party appears to be following the playbook of those storied lemmings that rush to the edge of the cliff and throw themselves off in a suicidal frenzy. — You'd think that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) …
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Madison Hall / Insider:
Nearly a third of Republicans now view Trump as ‘unfavorable’: Pew
Nearly a third of Republicans now view Trump as ‘unfavorable’: Pew
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner and Political Wire
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Jim Justice endorses Trump
Jim Justice endorses Trump
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New York Times:
Why Elon Musk Bid Twitter Goodbye — Rebranding the social network as X marks the billionaire's latest gamble to reinvent the company, after buying it last year for $44 billion. — Twitter has flown away — Bye-bye, blue bird: Twitter overnight began rebranding itself as X …
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Brian Broome / Washington Post:
Jason Aldean? Please spare me the small-town nostalgia. — I'm not here to talk about Jason Aldean's country song “Try That in a Small Town.” I'm not a fan. I'm just here to pat you on the back if you're one of the many Americans, like me, who ran from small-town life and never looked back.
MSPNews:
UPDATE #2-MSP Divers, Environmental Police Recover Body of Paddle Boarder from Edgartown Great Pond — UPDATE #2—Shortly before 10 AM the body of the missing paddle boarder was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond by Massachusetts State Police divers. MSP Underwater Recovery Unit divers …
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Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Note to Florida and DeSantis: Enslaved Africans were already skilled — Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis doubled down Friday on controversial new rules passed by his state's Board of Education that will require educators to teach that enslaved Black people …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
A radical idea: Just give kids lunch — Consider the remarkable concept of “lunch debt,” with which a student is burdened when their parents haven't been able to put enough money into their school account. When they get to the front of the line in the cafeteria, they might be told …
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