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Jack Goldsmith / New York Times:
The Prosecution of Trump May Have Terrible Consequences  —  Mr. Goldsmith served in the George W. Bush administration as an assistant attorney general and as special counsel to the general counsel of the Department of Defense.  —  It may be satisfying now to see Special Counsel Jack Smith …
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Trump on possible court-ordered limits: 'They're not taking away my First Amendment rights'  —  The former president campaigned in New Hampshire called the latest charges against him “bullshit,” saying, “I will talk about it.”  —  Former President Donald Trump could soon be strapped …
Politico:
Special counsel still scrutinizing finances of Trump's PAC  —  A week after the newest indictment of the former president, Jack Smith's investigation remains ongoing.  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's probe of efforts by Donald Trump and others to subvert the 2020 election remains ongoing …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge sets Friday hearing for Trump protective order in election case
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Trump: Clinton's No Longer ‘Crooked,’ She's Now ‘Beautiful, Beautiful Hillary’
Discussion: The Hill, The Messenger and CNBC
Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Turned the GOP Into the Party of Wishful Thinking
Discussion: Morning Shots and Raw Story
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Pence Adviser Trashes Former Boss, Backs Trump Instead
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
DeSantis Replaces Campaign Manager with Florida Chief of Staff As He ‘Reloads’ (Exclusive)  —  James Uthmeier has earned the governor's trust as an always-on-offense political fixer, but he has no campaign experience  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Roberts and Barrett join liberals as Supreme Court revives federal ghost gun restrictions  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to freeze a lower court order that bars the government from regulating so-called ghost guns - untraceable homemade weapons - as firearms under federal law.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Biden ‘ghost gun’ regulations  —  The justices, divided 5-4, allowed rules that seek to regulate gun-making kits in the same way as firearms to remain in effect while litigation continues.  —  WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Biden administration …
CNN:
House GOP eyes fall push for Biden impeachment inquiry  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been insistent: House Republicans are still gathering evidence and have yet to decide whether to open up a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.  —  “I didn't say I was doing an impeachment inquiry …
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Politico:
House Dems wrangle with ‘Bidenomics’
Lily Carey / The Columbus Dispatch:
High turnout, long lines: A look at Ohio's last weekend of early voting on Issue 1  —  Saturday and Sunday were the last days to vote early in-person on Issue 1 and turnout was high across Ohio with lines stretching around buildings in some counties.  —  While many projected low turnout …
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
What's at Stake in Ohio's Referendum on Amending the State Constitution
Politico:
Playbook: What Ohio might tell us about 2024
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump mocks ‘fat pig’ Chris Christie's weight  —  The former president made fun of the former New Jersey governor and 2024 Republican nomination rival during a speech in New Hampshire.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump mocked Chris Christie, one of his rivals …
Discussion: Insider, USA Today and Mediaite
Scott Streater / Politico:
Biden signs order protecting Grand Canyon lands sacred to tribes  —  The president pledged that he will continue to use his authority to protect more of “America's natural wonders.”  —  President Joe Biden signed a proclamation creating a national monument around the Grand Canyon National Park …
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Marc Novicoff / Politico:
A Simple Law Is Doing the Impossible.  It's Making the Online Porn Industry Retreat.  —  Pornhub has pulled out of multiple states rather than comply with age-verification laws.  —  On June 15, 2022, a freshman legislator in Louisiana's House of Representatives accomplished something …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Cops ID and Charge White Antagonists in Wild Alabama Dock Brawl  —  Richard Roberts, Allen Todd and Zachery Shipman will face assault charges for sparking the viral melee.  —  Alabama cops have started cracking down on the agitators who sparked a viral melee on a Montgomery, Alabama …
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
U.K. election regulator says hackers had access for over a year but elections still secure  —  Most of the voter information that was accessed was already public, the Electoral Commission said.  —  Hackers gained access to the U.K.'s election regulator, the Electoral Commission, for more than a year, the agency said Tuesday.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Judge orders airline lawyers to take extremist advocacy group's “religious-liberty training”  —  U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr ordered three Southwest Airlines lawyers to take 8 hours of “instruction” from Alliance Defending Freedom as part of a contempt finding in an employment case.
Michael Graham / NH Journal:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Trump Holds Big Lead in NH, DeSantis Drops to Tie With Christie  —  When Donald Trump returns to New Hampshire on Tuesday, he will be greeted by a Republican base that is overwhelmingly loyal to the former president.  —  How loyal?  In an exclusive new NHJournal/co-efficient poll …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Top Biden labor adviser steps down  —  Celeste Drake, a top labor adviser to President Biden, has stepped down from her post, according to the White House.  —  Drake, whose last day was on Sunday, is leaving to be deputy director-general of the International Labor Organization, starting on Aug. 14, the White House said.
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The GOP's meticulously laid plans for beating Jon Tester could go up in smoke  —  Rep. Matt Rosendale is moving closer to a Senate run despite some opposition from GOP leaders.  —  Top Republicans went all out to avoid a contentious primary in Montana's Senate race by urging GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale to stay in the House.
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Body found in barrel identified as potential witness in case of Missouri man accused of holding woman in basement  —  Jaynie Crosdale was identified as a possible witness in Timothy Haslett Jr.'s case in January.  Months later she was found dead in a blue barrel in the Missouri River.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
McCarthy-aligned super PAC could spend $100 million to target blue states in 2024, internal memo says
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Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Commie Sad Grandma Hillary Clinton Is Even Drunker Than We Thought
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CNN:
Exclusive: Former Coast Guard head covered up secret investigation into sexual assaults at the Coast Guard Academy
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Patriot Front Faces Default in Black History Vandalism Case
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Erin Couch / Cincinnati.com:
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