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1:40 PM ET, July 26, 2023

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Washington Post:
Hunter Biden guilty plea in jeopardy over immunity questions  —  Hearing hits a snag as judge presses to know whether deal means immunity from possible future charges  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — A proposed plea deal for Hunter Biden was on the brink of falling apart Wednesday …
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New York Times:
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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Hunter Biden lawyer accused of deception to seal bid to block plea deal
New York Times:
Republicans in Congress Seek to Block Hunter Biden's Plea Deal
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Judge threatens to sanction Hunter Biden's lawyers after legal dispute with GOP lawmaker
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
Discussion: Raw Story and Salon
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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Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
Rudy Giuliani concedes he made false statements against 2 Georgia election workers  —  Rudy Giuliani conceded in a court filing that he made false statements when he said two Georgia election workers mishandled ballots during the 2020 election.  —  In 2021, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Giuliani won't contest Georgia election workers' claims that he falsely accused them of manipulating ballots
Department of Transportation:
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) …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Dan Merica / The Messenger:
Florida Democrats Launch Voter Registration Program to Reverse Party's Precipitous Decline
Discussion: The Capitolist
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
CNN:
Inside McCarthy's sudden warming to a Biden impeachment inquiry
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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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.
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
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Alternet.org
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 …
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 …
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Bannon co-defendant Shea sentenced to 5-1/4 years over ‘We Build the Wall’ fraud  —  The sole person convicted at trial of defrauding donors to an online campaign to build Donald Trump's signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced on Tuesday to 5-1/4 years in prison.
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