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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 …
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 …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Trump: Clinton's No Longer ‘Crooked,’ She's Now ‘Beautiful, Beautiful Hillary’  —  ‘I RETIRED IT’  —  During a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump waxed poetic about how he decided to strip Hillary Clinton of his favorite nickname for her and officially bestow it upon President Joe Biden.
New York Times:
Georgia Grand Jury Likely to Hear Trump Case Next Week  —  The district attorney in Atlanta is expected to take the findings from an election interference investigation to a grand jury, which could issue indictments.  —  Danny Hakim reported from New York, and Richard Fausset from Atlanta.
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 …
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 …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge sets Friday hearing for Trump protective order in election case  — A federal judge scheduled a hearing for Friday morning on prosecutors' request for a protective order in the criminal election case against former President Donald Trump.  — Judge Tanya Chutkan set the hearing …
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Is the Ron DeSantis slide reversible?
Discussion: USA Today
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Ohio Election: What to Know About Issue 1  —  The outcome could play a big role in the future of abortion rights in Ohio.  But it also raises questions about the power of ordinary citizens over elected politicians.  —  Officials in Ohio were counting votes Tuesday evening on a referendum …
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Haley BeMillerColumbus / The Columbus Dispatch:
Issue 1 failing overwhelmingly in early vote results
Discussion: NBC News and Balloon Juice
Lily Carey / The Columbus Dispatch:
High turnout, long lines: A look at Ohio's last weekend of early voting on Issue 1
Politico:
Playbook: What Ohio might tell us about 2024
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
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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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.
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge schedules Friday hearing on protective order in election subversion case against Trump  —  US District Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduled a hearing for Friday at 10 a.m. ET on the scope of a protective order - the rules imposed for the handling of evidence - in the special counsel's election subversion case …
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Washington Post:
White House unveils wage rule for federal projects, in win for unions  —  Vice President Harris announced a new rule on Tuesday to bolster union requirements for projects paid for by federal funds, as the Biden administration tries to quell fears among organized labor about the push for clean energy.
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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 …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The right wants to decide how states decide on abortion  —  One of the central arguments in opposition to Roe v. Wade was that the legality of abortion should be adjudicated at the state level.  At times, this was a constitutional argument, that the Supreme Court's initial decision overstepped …
Discussion: New York Times
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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.
CNN:
Air horns and moving trucks: How Oakland, California, residents are facing a surge in crime  —  After 60-year-old retiree David Schneider was shot and killed here while trimming a tree in his yard, his neighbor, Toni Bird, said she retreated indoors.  —  “People aren't feeling safe out of their house,” she said.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Arizona 2024: Senator Kyrsten Sinema's Independent Candidacy Could Help Democrats for U.S. Senate  —  Home Polls Arizona 2024: Senator Kyrsten Sinema's Independent Candidacy Could Help Democrats for U.S. Senate  —  Trump Pulling Away From GOP Field, Independents Shifting on President Biden
Marlene Sokol / Tampa Bay Times:
Hillsborough schools cut back on Shakespeare, citing new Florida rules  —  The decision is aimed at better performance on state tests and avoiding sexual content found in some of the Bard's work.  —  English teachers in Hillsborough County are preparing lessons for the new school year …
 
 
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Sarah Smit / Mail&Guardian:
South Africa pushing for US ambassador Reuben Brigety's expulsion
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House Dems wrangle with ‘Bidenomics’
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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:
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