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8:45 AM ET, July 28, 2023

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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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Associated Press:
Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case  —  Former President Donald Trump faced new charges Thursday in a case accusing him of illegally possessing classified documents, with prosecutors alleging that he asked a staffer to delete camera footage …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Politico:
Playbook: New felony charges rock Trump world  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SPOTTED: Italian PM GIORGIA MELONI at Cafe Milano.  —  NEW CHARGES — Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein report: “Special counsel JACK SMITH has brought three …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Read the superseding indictment bringing new charges against Trump
Discussion: Washington Times
ABC News:
Trump, aide face additional charges in classified documents case as 3rd defendant is added
Politico:
DeSantis' reboot still dodges the biggest issue  —  The former president remains one of the Florida governor's biggest obstacles.  —  He's cutting costs, shedding staff and swapping big speeches for intimate diner stops.  —  But the reboot of Ron DeSantis' flailing presidential campaign …
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Lucy Hodgman / Politico:
‘No silver lining in slavery’: Scott slams DeSantis on Florida curriculum comments
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
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 …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
A Four-Way Race?:  The 2024 Presidential Contest is Anything But Settled  —  Biden v. Trump is the story today, but it's unlikely that voters will be satisfied choosing between a nearly 82-year-old incumbent and a 78-year-old challenger who may be a convicted felon.
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Washington Post:
Democrats plot middle-class message to retake economic high ground
Discussion: New Republic
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.”
Will Scharf / The Federalist:
How A Federal Judge Turned The Tables On Hunter Biden's Sweetheart Plea Deal  —  Judge Noreika knew lawyers were trying to paint her into a corner and hide the ball while forcing her to rubber-stamp their absurd bargain.  —  Hunter Biden arrived in a Delaware federal court on Wednesday morning expecting …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Read the proposed Hunter Biden plea agreement
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" …
Bryan Bender / Politico:
The Dangerous and Frightening Disappearance of the Nuclear Deterrence Expert  —  Tensions among nuclear powers are rising, but decades of peace have resulted in a dearth of people trained to deal with the continuing threat.  —  At the height of the Cold War, the RAND Corporation crackled …
 
 
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Hundreds of Thousands of Young Children and Postpartum Adults Would Be Turned Away from WIC under House and Senate Funding Levels
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Dell Cameron / Wired:
US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’
CNN:
Senate passes defense policy bill, setting up showdown with the House
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Moms, a target of the right, lean heavily left
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
Discussion: HotAir and The Daily Caller
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Nikki Haley fires back at Chris Christie: 'I'm not obsessively anti-Trump like he is'
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Admin Ignored Warnings About Withdrawing Troops From Afghanistan, Military Leaders Say
 Earlier Items: 
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
Washington Post:
New research suggests social media doesn't fuel political polarization
Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
Nancy Mace gives racy explanation for almost being late to Tim Scott prayer breakfast: ‘a little TMI’
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
‘Arthur’ Book Facing Ban in Florida Over This One Wacko Complaint
NPR:
U.S. recovered non-human ‘biologics’ from UFO crash sites, former intel official says
 

 
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