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11:35 AM ET, July 29, 2023

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New York Times:
New Trump Charges Highlight Long-Running Questions About Obstruction  —  The accusation that former President Donald J. Trump wanted security camera footage deleted at Mar-a-Lago added to a pattern of concerns about his attempts to stymie prosecutors.  —  When Robert S. Mueller III …
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Andrew Zhang / Politico:
Judge dismisses Trump's ‘Big Lie’ lawsuit against CNN  —  The Trump-appointed judge wrote that CNN's statements, while “repugnant,” were not defamatory.  —  A federal judge late Friday dismissed Donald Trump's $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, in which the former president argued …
Rolling Stone:
Trump Privately Called His Team's Election Lies ‘Crazy.’ The Special Counsel Has Questions
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
CNN:
‘Trump Employee 4’ in superseding indictment identified as Yuscil Taveras
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The incredibly damaging timeline of the alleged Mar-a-Lago coverup
Shan Wu / The Daily Beast:
The New Trump Indictment May Be a Mixed Blessing
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump insulted their governor and may be indicted again.  They love him.  —  The former president's reception at Iowa's Lincoln Dinner delivered a hard reality to the rest of the field: seemingly no conventional rules of politics apply to him.  —  DES MOINES — It didn't matter …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump shows in Iowa he still rules the GOP — despite his deepening criminal peril  —  Donald Trump only needed 10 minutes to show why his growing pile of criminal charges is not yet loosening his grip on the Republican presidential race and why his opponents will find him so hard to beat.
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
GOP support for Trump softens as the former president's legal troubles mount  —  The pile-on effect of mounting legal charges against former President Trump may be starting to take a toll, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.  —  Republicans and Republican-leaning independents saying …
David Firestone / New York Times:
Why Ron DeSantis Isn't Beating Donald Trump
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Elon Musk's Unmatched Power in the Stars  —  The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology.  The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.  —  On March 17, Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff …
Discussion: CBS News
Steven Shepard / Politico:
A DeSantis come-from-behind win is looking vanishingly unlikely  —  Candidates overcoming the kind of deficit the Florida governor faces have a grim track record.  —  Americans say they love a good comeback story — and Ron DeSantis' only hope is that they do.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and New York Magazine
Washington Post:
Biden escalates clash with Tuberville over military vacancies  —  Alabama senator has blocked hundreds of military appointments over abortion.  Biden says he is torpedoing national security.  —  President Biden is sharply escalating his criticism of Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville …
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Leila Sackur / NBC News:
Mass shooting near community event leaves 5 injured in Seattle  —  The shooting targeted a youth community outreach event, police said, and injured 5 people, two critically, who were all in their 20s.  —  Five people injured in Seattle shooting  —  A mass shooting near a community event …
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
Virginia Chamlee / People:
President Biden Speaks Out on Hunter's Daughter, 4, with Ark. Woman: 'Jill and I Only Want What's Best' (Exclusive)  —  “Our son Hunter and Navy's mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter,” the president said in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Our so-called liberal media covers up the right's racism and growing homophobia  —  Political reporters at our leading news organizations routinely put a thumb on the scale in favor of the far right - both by failing to call out its racist and increasingly homophobic nature, and by adopting right-wing frames in reporting current events.
KTVU-TV:
Oakland NAACP blasts local leaders, calls for state of emergency due to crime  —  OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland NAACP has called on city leaders to declare a state of emergency due to rising crime, calling the situation a “crisis,” and has urged residents across the city to speak out against it.
David Moye / HuffPost:
RFK Jr.'s Latest Tweet Is Being Widely Interpreted As A Nazi Dog Whistle  —  A tweet from the Democratic presidential candidate's account included the numbers 14 and 88 close together, evoking a known hate symbol.  —  A tweet from the account of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
John Fetterman, Hoodie and All, Is Adjusting to Life in the Senate  —  In an interview with The New York Times, the Pennsylvania senator spoke about the dysfunction in Congress, his health challenges and why he hasn't traded his loungewear for a business suit.  —  Reporting from Capitol Hill
 
 
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