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Kristen Holmes / CNN:
Trump team creating legal defense fund — Former President Donald Trump's team is creating a legal defense fund to help offset some of the enormous bills incurred as his legal troubles mount, two sources familiar with the planning told CNN. — The fund is expected to cover the bills …
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Washington Post:
Trump PAC has spent more than $40 million on legal costs this year for himself, others — Donald Trump's political group is financing legal work that has prompted questions from prosecutors about potential conflicts of interest — Former president Donald Trump's political group spent …
New York Times:
$60 Million Refund Request Shows Financial Pressure on Trump From Legal Fees — The situation signals a potential money crisis as the former president runs a campaign while under indictment in two jurisdictions and, soon, potentially a third. — The political action committee …
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New York Times:
Trump Team Creates Legal-Defense Fund to Cover His Allies' Bills — With investigations and legal fees piling up, a fund is planned to help witnesses and defendants. The former president's legal bills are not expected to be included, however. — Former President Donald J. Trump's team …
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Raw Story
CNN:
Mar-a-Lago employee overseeing surveillance cameras previously received target letter in Trump classified documents probe — Yuscil Taveras, a Mar-a-Lago employee who oversees the property's surveillance cameras, received a target letter from federal prosecutors after former President Donald Trump …
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Political Wire
Arlette Saenz / CNN:
First on CNN: Biden administration launches new income-driven student debt repayment plan — The Biden administration is launching a beta website for its new income-driven student loan repayment plan today, officials told CNN, allowing borrowers to begin submitting applications for the program …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Guardian, UPI, al.com, Insider, Political Wire, The Hill, Fox 8 Cleveland WJW and Mashable
Tresia Bowles / WXIA-TV:
DA Fani Willis gives more insight into decision over Trump Georgia election investigation — Willis said she's keeping her promise to give the American people an answer by Sept. 1. — SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is speaking just ahead of potential charges …
Joseph Contreras / The Guardian:
'I'm not wanted': Florida universities hit by brain drain as academics flee — Ron DeSantis's slew of laws attacking teaching of race and gender issues sees state's colleges struggle to fill faculty posts — ith the start of the 2023-24 academic year only six weeks away …
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The Messenger
NBC News:
Dozens served in Trump's Cabinet. Four say he should be re-elected. — Several of Trump's former Cabinet members are coy about whether they support his bid to return to the White House. Others outright oppose it. — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump may have put them in the most powerful …
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The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, Mediaite, The Hill, Insider and The Messenger
Politico:
As he prepares for Hill testimony, Hunter Biden's ex-business partner also trying to fend off jail — The request from a U.S. attorney's office isn't expected to impact Devon Archer's Monday meeting with a House committee. — On the eve of high-profile testimony to a House committee …
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Does DeSantis have a Florida problem? Trump dominates in the Sunshine State. — The Republican governor is running on a platform to ‘Make America Florida.’ But his support back home is showing signs of teetering. — The warning signs were there even before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped onto …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Insider and Raw Story
New York Times:
Inside the Party Switch that Blew Up North Carolina Politics — Tricia Cotham, a Democrat who supported abortion rights, was encouraged to run for a state House seat by powerful Republicans. After she was elected, she joined them and delivered a G.O.P. supermajority.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Insider
Harry Enten / CNN:
The chance of Trump winning another term is very real — Donald Trump is facing two indictments, with the potential for more. Political wisdom may have once suggested the former president's bid for a second White House term would be nothing but a pipe dream. But most of us know better by now.
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Washington Post, HotAir, The Messenger, Florida Politics and Bloomberg
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Why Republicans can't get out of their climate bind, even as extreme heat overwhelms the US — Deadly heatwaves are baking the US. Scientists just reported that July will be the hottest month on record. And now, after years of skepticism and denial in the GOP ranks …
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Wall Street Journal
CNN:
Blast rips through political gathering in Pakistan, killing at least 44 — At least 44 people died after a suicide bomber attacked a political convention organized by an Islamist party in northwestern Pakistan, police said. — More than 100 were injured, 17 critically …
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