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Associated Press:
Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case — Former President Donald Trump is facing accusations that he and aides asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the classified documents investigations.
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CNN:
Special counsel brings more charges against Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday brought additional charges against former President Donald Trump in the case alleging mishandling of classified documents from his time in the White House.
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New York Times:
Trump Faces Major New Charges in Documents Case — The office of the special counsel accused the former president of seeking to delete security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago. A maintenance worker, Carlos De Oliveira, was also named as a new defendant. — Federal prosecutors …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump reacts to ‘abuse’ by DOJ: ‘This is what you get’ for leading the polls — Trump was charged Thursday with additional counts out of the classified records probe — EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump, reacting to the latest charges against him from Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation …
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Politico:
Trump charged with new crimes in classified documents case — In a revised indictment, prosecutors accused Trump of seeking to erase security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago. — Special counsel Jack Smith has brought three new felony charges against former President Donald Trump …
Washington Post:
Trump charged with seeking to delete security footage in documents case — Unsealed indictment charges second aide at Mar-a-Lago and brings new counts against the former president and longtime valet Walt Nauta — Prosecutors announced additional charges against Donald Trump on Thursday …
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Reuters:
Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints — About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.
Al Weaver / The Hill:
‘Jackasses,’ ‘little s‑‑‑‑’: GOP congressman curses out teenage Senate pages — Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) is in hot water after he cursed out a group of teenage Senate pages in the Capitol rotunda early Thursday morning. — According to a transcript written …
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Matt Fuller / The Daily Beast:
‘You Are a P*ssy’: McCarthy and Swalwell Get in House Floor Feud — There's a story going around Capitol Hill that Democrats are delighted to tell. … There's a story going around Capitol Hill that Democrats insist you just have to hear. It's about how Speaker Kevin McCarthy is “a pussy.”
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NBC News:
Trump live updates: Grand jury probing 2020 election arrives at courthouse — Former President Donald Trump announced last week that he received a letter notifying him he is the target of a grand jury examining the Jan. 6 riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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The Hill:
Trump says attorneys had ‘productive’ meeting with DOJ
Trump says attorneys had ‘productive’ meeting with DOJ
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CNN:
Senate passes defense policy bill, setting up showdown with the House — The Senate passed a critical national defense policy bill Thursday evening - setting up a showdown with the Republican-controlled House. — The House passed its own version of the bill - known as the National Defense …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House GOP bails on funding fight amid conservative impasse
House GOP bails on funding fight amid conservative impasse
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Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
US Government Shutdown Threatened as Congress Departs for August
US Government Shutdown Threatened as Congress Departs for August
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Ninfa Saavedra / Click2Houston.com:
HISD to eliminate librarians, turn libraries into discipline centers at 28 campuses — Ninfa Saavedra, Digital Content Specialist — HOUSTON - Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and converting the libraries into 'Team Centers" …
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Lucy Hodgman / Politico:
‘No silver lining in slavery’: Scott slams DeSantis on Florida curriculum comments — Scott took aim at DeSantis — his competitor in the Republican presidential primary — over his recent remarks about Florida's new standards for teaching Black history. — Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Team DeSantis's fury at mild Republican criticism distills his politics
Team DeSantis's fury at mild Republican criticism distills his politics
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Moms, a target of the right, lean heavily left — To hear prominent Republicans tell it, theirs is the party of parents. This is somewhere downstream from Donald Trump's eagerness to turn the corner on the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, which intertwined with parents' frustration about their kids not being in school.
Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
Nancy Mace gives racy explanation for almost being late to Tim Scott prayer breakfast: ‘a little TMI’ — Rep Mace spoke at the 13th Annual South Carolina Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday — South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace shared a risqué anecdote during her speech at Capitol Hill colleague …
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Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
Man charged in ‘horrific’ assault of 88-year-old Asian American woman had prior hate crime charges dropped in plea deal — James Lee Ramsey, 27, allegedly kicked the woman to the ground in San Francisco two years after being charged with a hate crime for assaulting an Oakland Chinatown leader.
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Read the proposed Hunter Biden plea agreement — POLITICO has obtained the documents laying out the proposed plea deal that a federal judge blocked on Wednesday. — Hunter Biden's plea deal is on hold after a judge raised questions Wednesday about the proposed plea agreement …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
A confused Dianne Feinstein tried to give a speech in the middle of a Senate hearing vote and was told to ‘just say aye’ instead — A top Senate Democrat pleaded with Sen. Dianne Feinstein during an awkward moment. — Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Patty Murray told her colleague to “just say aye.”
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
DeSantis set to start using new fundraising vehicle as campaign faces staff cuts — The committees were created around his late May campaign launch but have so far been unused. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign is rebooting a pair of linked fundraising vehicles …
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Washington Post:
New research suggests social media doesn't fuel political polarization — The massive study with Facebook's cooperation included changing the way posts were fed to hundreds of thousands of users — For years, regulators and activists have worried that social media companies' algorithms …
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Dell Cameron / Wired:
US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’ — The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers. — An effort by United States lawmakers to prevent government agencies …
The Daily Signal:
Sexual Assault Survivor Describes Trauma of Sharing Locker Room With Lia Thomas — Video … Good morning, Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member Scanlon and members of the subcommittee. I am Paula Scanlan, a spokeswoman and adviser for the Independent Women's Forum and a former NCAA athlete.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Trump 2024: Most Voters Don't Think Prosecutions Will Hurt — Former President Trump is facing criminal prosecution in multiple cases, but a majority of voters don't believe his legal problems will stop his campaign to win the presidency again in 2024 — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone …
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