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Trump's legal team meets with special counsel as federal indictment looms — Donald Trump's legal team is meeting Thursday with special counsel Jack Smith as a potential federal indictment looms, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. — Since receiving a letter …
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Trump teams prepare for possible Thursday grand jury vote — Trump said last week he received a target letter in connection with an investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and efforts to overturn the election. — The Trump legal and political teams are preparing for the possibility …
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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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ABC News:
Trump attorneys expected to meet with special counsel's office as potential indictment looms: Sources — Two Trump attorneys are expected to meet with the special counsel's team. — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have arrived at special counsel Jack Smith's offices this morning …
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Mitch McConnell fell recently at a D.C. airport, prior to press conference freeze-up — The Republican leader, 81, has also been using a wheelchair to navigate crowded airports, according to a source familiar with his practices. — WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tripped …
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Rachel Scott / ABC News:
McConnell had minor fall 2 weeks ago, uses wheelchair periodically to get around: Sources
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Mitch McConnell escorted away from cameras after freezing mid-press conference
Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell freezes mid-sentence, escorted away at news conference
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Rejected plea deal leaves Hunter Biden's team fuming … - Wednesday's hearing also revealed a disconnect between Biden's lawyers and prosecutors over the terms of the plea deal — and even subtle divisions among those on Biden's side. … - But the judge's questioning did reveal a disagreement …
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Politico:
Top Republican: We don't talk about Hunter Biden back at home — “I think when we get home, the focus is the economy, the border, crime,” the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee said. — Donald Trump keeps flogging the Hunter Biden saga to cast President Joe Biden as the head of a crime family.
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USA Today:
Hunter Biden plea hearing features dramatic twists and turns, and a cliffhanger ending
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Politico:
Judge declines to approve Hunter Biden plea deal for now
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump needed $225 million. A little-known bank came to the rescue. — Gregory Garrabrants, a GOP donor and CEO of online Axos Bank, approved the loans after the former president's main lender had cut ties. — SAN DIEGO — As Donald Trump considered another White House run last year …
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U.S. recovered non-human ‘biologics’ from UFO crash sites, former intel official says — Three military veterans testified in Congress' highly anticipated hearing on UFOs Wednesday, including a former Air Force intelligence officer who claimed the U.S. government has operated a secret …
Politico:
Playbook: Is DeSantis resetting, or just rewinding? — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — THE RESET TO NOWHERE — A big part of running a successful campaign is knowing which fights are worth picking — and then waging them successfully.
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Politico:
Why Dems are hesitating on Santos censure — The House GOP took the first shot by censuring Rep. Adam Schiff and rebuking Rep. Pramila Jayapal. Democrats are considering hitting back — but are unsure they want to escalate the tit-for-tat. — House Democrats are facing a tough choice …
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CNN:
Supreme Court clears way for Mountain Valley Pipeline construction to proceed — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for construction of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline to proceed, granting an emergency request from backers of the project that has the support of Congress and the Biden administration.
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Twitter placed ads for USA Today, National Women's Soccer League, and other major brands on a terrorism-linked neo-Nazi account — This is Linda Yaccarino's Twitter ad environment — Twitter has placed ads for brands like Honeywell, Discovery, National Women's Soccer League …
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Eric Daugherty / Florida's Voice:
DeSantis officials push back on Byron Donalds' criticism of African American history standards — EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated to include a response from Rep. Byron Donalds. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FLV) - DeSantis administration officials slammed Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Black History Is a Casualty in Ron DeSantis's Christian Nationalist Quest
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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Biden to announce actions aimed at helping protect workers affected by extreme heat — The measures come as millions of Americans nationwide are under heat alerts amid record-breaking high temperatures. — President Joe Biden is set announce actions his administration will take to try …
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Raymond Zhong / New York Times:
This Looks Like Earth's Warmest Month. Hotter Ones Appear to Be in Store. — July is on track to break all records for any month, scientists say, as the planet enters an extended period of exceptional warmth. — Weeks of scorching summer heat in North America, Europe …
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Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
Feds Drop Sam Bankman-Fried's Campaign Finance Charges — Prosecutors said Wednesday that the Bahamas only intended to extradite Bankman-Fried on fraud charges. — Campaign finance charges against fallen FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be dropped, federal prosecutors revealed Wednesday.
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NBC News:
Wisconsin woman convicted in killing and dismembering ex-boyfriend — The Brown County jury deliberated less than an hour before convicting Taylor Schabusiness, 25, of homicide, third-degree sexual abuse and mutilating a corpse in the February 2022 killing of Shad Thyrion.
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Kaanita Iyer / CNN:
Michigan Democratic governor signs ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for minors — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed two bills banning so-called conversion therapy, a scientifically discredited practice intended to change a person's sexual orientation, for minors in the state, the governor's office announced Wednesday.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
With latest batch of judicial nominees, Biden has put forward 180 people for the federal bench — President Joe Biden unveiled his latest round of judicial nominees Thursday, bringing the number of people he has offered for the federal judiciary to 180 and continuing the White House's emphasis on demographic and professional diversity.
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