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ABC News:
Trump's legal advisers urge him to cancel press conference to refute Georgia allegations: Sources — Trump had announced a plan to release info on alleged election interference. — Former President Donald Trump's promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed …
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Unmasking the Co-Conspirators in Trump's Georgia Indictment — Trump's latest indictment includes 18 co-defendants and 30 unindicted co-conspirators. Here's our attempt at figuring out as many as possible. … Donald Trump's fourth indictment is, on almost every level …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Top Georgia Republicans dismiss pro-Trump calls to change pardon rules — X — Georgia's most powerful Republican politicians rejected pro-Donald Trump calls to change the state constitution to give the governor direct authority to pardon those convicted of crimes.
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Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Majority of Americans think Trump's charges in Georgia election interference case are serious: POLL — The former president now faces four indictments; he denies all wrongdoing. — In a week where former President Donald Trump was indicted for a fourth time, a majority (63%) …
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones hits back at ‘sickening’ investigation targeting him, connection to Trump case
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones hits back at ‘sickening’ investigation targeting him, connection to Trump case
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Jon Swaine / Washington Post:
Clues point to identities of ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ in alleged Coffee County breach
Clues point to identities of ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ in alleged Coffee County breach
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The Guardian
Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Texas woman charged with threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump case, Democratic congresswoman — Abigail Jo Shry, of Alvin, Texas, is accused of threatening to harm U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). — WASHINGTON — A Texas woman faces federal charges …
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Associated Press:
Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman — A Texas woman was arrested and has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington and a member of Congress.
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NBC News:
Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online — A fringe website featured the purported names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 others for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. — ATLANTA — The purported names …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Majority Of Americans Say Trump Should Be Prosecuted On Federal Criminal Charges Linked To 2020 Election, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; DeSantis Slips, Trump Widens Lead In GOP Primary — mail_outline — In the wake of a federal indictment accusing former President Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
Tim Scott announces second major ad buy of his presidential campaign — The $8 million buy will include television ads airing in Iowa and New Hampshire — The presidential campaign for Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is launching an $8 million advertisement buy, marking a second major investment …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
DeSantis slips to lowest level of support in Quinnipiac 2024 polling
DeSantis slips to lowest level of support in Quinnipiac 2024 polling
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
You Could See The Appeals Court Ruling on the Abortion Pill Coming From a Mile Away — Now, all the lawyers seeking to ban mifepristone will need to do is talk very fast and use the word “abortifacient” a lot. — Cassandra got a very raw deal. She was always right and her curse …
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Washington Post:
Appeals court embraces abortion-pill limits, sets up Supreme Court review
Appeals court embraces abortion-pill limits, sets up Supreme Court review
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Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
US appeals court rules to restrict abortion pill use
US appeals court rules to restrict abortion pill use
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Pence world poised for a showdown with Trump — 'We've been waiting for this for a while,' the former vice president's senior adviser told POLITICO. — INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Pence tosses out a now well-honed line whenever he's asked how he could go from loyally defending Donald Trump to throwing spears at him on the debate stage.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Nikki Haley wants to be ‘Madame President.’ GOP voters aren't sold.
Nikki Haley wants to be ‘Madame President.’ GOP voters aren't sold.
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The Hill and The Messenger
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani made desperate appeal to Trump to pay his legal bills in Mar-a-Lago meeting — With his attorney in tow, Rudy Giuliani traveled to Mar-a-Lago in recent months on a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills.
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New York Times:
Trump Allies Likely to Be Booked at Notorious Atlanta Jail — The local sheriff has said the defendants would be treated like everyone else should they surrender at the jail; the process for Donald J. Trump could be different. — To locals, the jail is known simply as “Rice Street.”
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CNN:
Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content — New York CNN — At least two brands have said they will suspend advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after their ads and those of other companies were run on an account promoting fascism.
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New York Times:
Santos Aide Who Impersonated McCarthy Staff Member Faces Federal Charges — The aide, Samuel Miele, was accused of impersonating the staff member in fund-raising appeals and was charged with wire fraud and identity theft. — A campaign associate of Representative George Santos …
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Insider:
Rudy Giuliani pocketed $300,000 from farmers investing in anti-Biden documentary that was never made, lawsuit claims — A lawsuit claims Rudy Giuliani was paid $300,000 while pitching investors on an anti-Biden film. — Giuliani allegedly said it would be a “kill shot” that would sink Joe Biden's campaign.
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
New Footage of Roger Stone Working to Overturn 2020 Election Emerges — THE BEST LAID PLANS... The longtime Republican operative was brainstorming ways to thwart the voters' will even before the election had been called for Joe Biden. — MSNBC's The Beat aired exclusive footage Wednesday …
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Maxwell Akalaare Adombila / Reuters:
West African bloc says ‘we are going into Niger’ if all else fails — The West African bloc ECOWAS stands ready to intervene militarily in Niger should diplomatic efforts to reverse a coup there fail, a senior official told army chiefs who were meeting in Ghana on Thursday to discuss the details of a standby force.
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Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Medical school professor says children can be ‘gender hybrids’ like a ‘gender minotaur’ — A professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine reportedly said children can identify as “gender hybrid” and compared them to the minotaur, a mythological creature.
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Hannah Grossman / Fox News:
Feminist medical school professor says trans kids identifying as ‘minotaurs’ are part of ‘gender revolution’
Feminist medical school professor says trans kids identifying as ‘minotaurs’ are part of ‘gender revolution’
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Twitchy and National Review