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Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Security increases for judge assigned to Donald Trump's January 6 criminal case — Security for the federal judge assigned to oversee the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election has been increased in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump objects to strict limits on sharing evidence in election interference case — In a new court filing, his legal team said prosecutors' proposed restrictions are too onerous. — Donald Trump argued Monday that he should be allowed to share evidence in his latest criminal case with …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Trump ally Bernie Kerik meets with special counsel investigators — Donald Trump ally Bernie Kerik met Monday with special counsel Jack Smith's investigators who are handling the probe related to the 2020 election aftermath and the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump and his new lawyer are not on the same page about judge's recusal — The former president's public statements are already diverging from the advice of his newest lawyer, John Lauro. — Donald Trump blared Sunday morning that his legal team would be “immediately asking for recusal” …
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Washington Post:
‘Fake’ elector plot raised concerns over legal peril, indictment shows — A contingency plan, a crime or a ‘donkey show’? Doubts across seven states and within the Trump campaign. — Six weeks after the 2020 election, senior campaign officials for Donald Trump called a group …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A majority of Americans think the Trump probes are about 2024
A majority of Americans think the Trump probes are about 2024
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Amanda Terkel / NBC News:
‘Of course he lost’: Ron DeSantis rejects Trump's 2020 election claims
‘Of course he lost’: Ron DeSantis rejects Trump's 2020 election claims
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Ankush Khardori / New York Magazine:
The Pelosi Factor … If you were going to draw up a list of the people most responsible …
The Pelosi Factor … If you were going to draw up a list of the people most responsible …
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Jill Martin / TODAY.com:
Exclusive: DeSantis talks Trump, 2024, pro-life policies
Exclusive: DeSantis talks Trump, 2024, pro-life policies
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Jack Birle / Washington Examiner:
Pelosi says Trump winning in 2024 would put a ‘criminal enterprise in the White House’
Pelosi says Trump winning in 2024 would put a ‘criminal enterprise in the White House’
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Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Will Trump's Social Media Behavior Cost Him in Court?
Will Trump's Social Media Behavior Cost Him in Court?
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Judge dismisses Trump's defamation claim against E. Jean Carroll — A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed Donald Trump's defamation counterclaim against the writer E. Jean Carroll, handing a fresh legal defeat to the former president as he seeks another White House term.
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New York Times:
Biden to Designate Monument Near Grand Canyon, Preventing Uranium Mining — Uranium extraction had already been restricted in the area, which Native tribes consider sacred, but the moratorium was set to expire in 2032. Mr. Biden's designation will make it permanent.
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emptywheel:
Judge Cannon Blows Off Concerns about Walt Nauta's Conflicted Representation — Before I attempt to explain the substance of the order that Aileen Cannon issued in response to DOJ's request for a Garcia hearing, let me point out how it looks on the docket. — Before DOJ filed its motion …
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Judge asks prosecutors to justify use of 2 grand juries in Trump documents case — Judge Aileen M. Cannon on Monday asked federal prosecutors to explain the use of grand juries in Florida and Washington in the classified documents case against Donald Trump even though charges were filed in South Florida.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Pence announces he's reached donor threshold to qualify for first Republican presidential debate — The former vice president's campaign spotlights that they passed the donor threshold without the need of any gimmicks or giveaways — FIRST ON FOX: Former Vice President Mike Pence has met …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
The Secret Hand Behind the Women Who Stood by Cuomo? His Sister. — For nearly two years, Madeline Cuomo back channeled with grass-roots activists to help smear her brother's accusers. He was “seeing everything,” she told his defenders. — The menacing posts began cropping up on Twitter …
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One America News Network, New Republic and New York Post
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
John Eastman, awaiting potential indictment, asks judge to postpone his disbarment proceedings — The lawyer who advised Donald Trump in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6 is known as “co-conspirator 2” in the special counsel's newest case. — Attorney John Eastman, an architect of Donald Trump's …
SSU:
SSU detains russian informant preparing enemy air strike on Mykolaiv region during President's visit (video) — The SSU has detained an informant of russian intelligence services who on the eve of the visit of the President of Ukraine to Mykolaiv oblast was collecting information on the planned events.
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Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Officials Made 161 Voting Precinct Changes Since November 2022 — Mississippi election officials have made 161 voting precinct changes since November 2022, leaving voters with slightly fewer voting precincts statewide and dozens moved after the completion of post-Census redistricting efforts …
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
G.O.P. Contenders Feed Voter Distrust in Courts, Schools and Military — As Donald J. Trump has escalated his attacks on the justice system and other core institutions, his competitors for the Republican nomination have followed his lead. — Ron DeSantis says the military is more interested …
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Mike Florio / NBCSports.com:
Texans minority owner Javier Loya faces rape charge in Kentucky — Javier Loya, a successful Houston businessman and a minority owner of the Texans since 2002, faces multiple criminal charges in Kentucky. — PFT has learned that Loya faces one count of first-degree rape …
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NBC News:
Leader of Texas' largest county takes leave from job for treatment of clinical depression — Lina Hidalgo was just 27 years old and had never previously held elected office when she pulled a stunning upset in 2018, jolting her to national attention. — HOUSTON — Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo …
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Hillary Rodham Clinton / The Atlantic:
The Weaponization of Loneliness — To defend America against those who would exploit our social disconnection, we need to rebuild our communities. — The question that preoccupied me and many others over much of the past eight years is how our democracy became so susceptible to a would-be strongman and demagogue.
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Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
Arizona ‘audit’ leader wants texts with Michigan lawyer indicted over voting machines to stay secret — Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan is trying to keep secret more than 1,600 texts he exchanged with a Michigan lawyer who was indicted on charges of illegally accessing voting machines as part of a plot to overturn 2020 election results.
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Bloomberg:
Argentina's Next President Is on a Collision Course With Hyperinflation … With inflation at 116%, Argentina feels like a country careening out of control. The big question in this weekend's presidential ballot is who, if anyone, can avert a crash. — For millions of voters …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Newsmax Ropes Matt Gaetz Into Battle to Become GOP's Comms Shop — Gaetz has filled in during Newsmax primetime, often “reporting” on political stories of which he's very much a part. It's an ethics nightmare, say experts. … Newsmax will apparently stop at nothing …
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