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Hunter Biden's Plea Deal in Jeopardy — The judge is questioning the scope of his deal, and the parties are furiously trying to salvage it. Under the agreement with the Justice Department, Biden had agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and avoid prosecution and jail time on a gun charge.
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Judge puts Hunter Biden guilty plea on hold for now — Expected guilty plea by the president's son is put off over concerns about whether or not it gives him immunity from possible future charges — WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge on Wednesday delayed accepting the current version …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge says member of Hunter Biden's legal team ‘misrepresented her identity’ on eve of plea deal hearing — Biden's legal team staunchly denied any misconduct, saying the episode was a misunderstanding. — The judge who will review Hunter Biden's plea deal on Wednesday accused a member …
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Punchbowl News:
7/26/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — If you work at the DCCC or you're camped out in House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' second-floor Capitol office, the current state of the Republican Conference probably has you salivating. … If you talk to senior GOP leadership figures privately, they'll admit this.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden plea deal falls apart during first court appearance
Hunter Biden plea deal falls apart during first court appearance
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Hunter Biden lawyer accused of deception to seal bid to block plea deal
Hunter Biden lawyer accused of deception to seal bid to block plea deal
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Wall Street Journal:
Hunter Biden Plea Deal in Jeopardy
Hunter Biden Plea Deal in Jeopardy
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Docket updates for United States v. Biden …:
CORRECTING ENTRY: — ORAL ORDER re 8 and 9 - The Court is in receipt of the parties' letters regarding …
CORRECTING ENTRY: — ORAL ORDER re 8 and 9 - The Court is in receipt of the parties' letters regarding …
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New York Times:
Republicans in Congress Seek to Block Hunter Biden's Plea Deal
Republicans in Congress Seek to Block Hunter Biden's Plea Deal
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Judge threatens to sanction Hunter Biden's lawyers after legal dispute with GOP lawmaker
Judge threatens to sanction Hunter Biden's lawyers after legal dispute with GOP lawmaker
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Anti-Trump Ads in Iowa Feature Republican Voters Who Turned Against Him — Hoping to persuade G.O.P. voters that Donald Trump cannot win another general election, the Republican Accountability Project is running ads that feature voters who grew disillusioned with him.
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Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
The 2024 Election Could Be the End of the Cases Against Donald Trump — The most powerful office in the nation presents his best chance to terminate the cases against him. — If, as seems likely, Donald Trump is the Republican presidential nominee next year, the 2024 elections …
Rolling Stone:
Trump Struggles to Find Enough Lawyers to Handle His Many Indictments
Trump Struggles to Find Enough Lawyers to Handle His Many Indictments
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
The Fulton County Case Against Trump May Be the Most Serious—and Imminent
The Fulton County Case Against Trump May Be the Most Serious—and Imminent
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NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani concedes he made ‘false’ statements about Georgia election workers — The Trump ally's acknowledgment came in a Tuesday filing related to the 2020 election workers' lawsuit about baseless claims of fraud that he made against them. — Rudy Giuliani conceded in a court filing Tuesday …
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U.S. Department of Transportation Requires Airline Lavatories to Be More Accessible for Wheelchair Users — Rulemaking Finalized on 33rd Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act — WASHINGTON - On the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans see Biden impeachment as fraught with risk — Senate Republicans see impeaching President Biden ahead of the 2024 election as a risky political strategy that could turn off moderate voters and are hoping to wave their House GOP colleagues off from marching down that road.
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Washington Post:
Republicans tiptoe toward an impeachment inquiry
Republicans tiptoe toward an impeachment inquiry
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CNN:
Inside McCarthy's sudden warming to a Biden impeachment inquiry
Inside McCarthy's sudden warming to a Biden impeachment inquiry
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John Sakellariadis / Politico:
White House picks former Maryland governor to lead Social Security Administration — O'Malley, a Democrat, will require Senate confirmation to take over at the agency, which oversees a $1 trillion budget. — The Biden administration has tapped former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley to head …
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Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
The Dictator Myth That Refuses to Die — Authoritarians would have you think that they can do certain things better than their counterparts who have to deal with checks, balances, and public opinion. Don't believe it. — Last week, at a Fox News town hall (where else?) …
Jeff Ernsthausen / ProPublica:
How the Ultrawealthy Use Private Foundations to Bank Millions in Tax Deductions While Giving the Public Little in Return — It's a simple bargain: The rich get huge tax breaks by donating art, property and company shares to benefit the public. But some donors collect millions while offering little or no public access.
New York Times:
Where Is Melania Trump Now? — The former first lady has mostly retreated from public view — and steered clear of the campaign trail — while her husband fights to return to the White House and faces increasing legal peril. — Lisa Lerer covers national politics and reported from New York.
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
DeSantis team fires aide who secretly made video with Nazi symbol — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' 2024 campaign fired an aide this week who secretly created and shared a pro-DeSantis video that featured the candidate at the center of a Sonnenrad, an ancient symbol appropriated by the Nazis and still used by some white supremacists.
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Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests — A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis — The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Tuberville's tales about his father in World War II have false elements — The Fact Checker … — Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), in a tweet posted with a Fox News interview, June 6 — “He lied about his age at 16, joined the Army.” — Tuberville, in the Fox interview
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Will the real Ramaswamy please stand up, please stand up — Vivek Ramaswamy once had an Eminem-inspired, rap artist alter ego. — Before he was an upstart candidate for president and a philosophical leader of what he dubs the “anti-woke” movement, before he was a New York Times bestselling author …
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