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Devan Cole / CNN:
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro's testimony in contempt case is ‘weak sauce,’ judge says — The federal judge overseeing Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress criminal case on Monday called his defense arguments “pretty weak sauce,” injecting last-minute uncertainty into how the former Donald Trump adviser …
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Peter Navarro says Trump told him to assert privilege during Jan. 6 committee investigation — Washington — Former top Trump White House economic adviser Peter Navarro told a federal judge that Donald Trump made it “very clear” that he wanted Navarro to invoke certain privileges and not respond …
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Politico:
Mark Meadows takes stand in bid to derail Georgia criminal charges — The former top Trump aide testified that he viewed nearly everything as part of his official duties — an argument he hopes will give him immunity. — ATLANTA — Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows took …
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Washington Post:
Meadows testifies in Atlanta; March trial date for Trump in D.C. — Trump D.C. trial set to begin in March amid GOP primaries and other trial dates — U.S. prosecutor says Trump's social media posts show need for quick trial — 'Let's take the temperature down,' judge says in D.C. hearing
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Federal judge sets March trial date in Trump's election interference case
Federal judge sets March trial date in Trump's election interference case
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump vows to appeal after judge set federal election trial for March 4, 2024
Trump vows to appeal after judge set federal election trial for March 4, 2024
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Léonie Chao-Fong / The Guardian:
Trump vows to appeal after judge sets March 2024 trial date - as it happened
Trump vows to appeal after judge sets March 2024 trial date - as it happened
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump's federal trial for subverting election is scheduled for March
Trump's federal trial for subverting election is scheduled for March
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Republican aims to defund Trump prosecutions until 2024 election
House Republican aims to defund Trump prosecutions until 2024 election
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Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Eminem sends Vivek Ramaswamy a cease and desist letter demanding he stop rapping his music on the campaign trail — Rapper Eminem has objected to Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy using his music on the campaign trail, DailyMail.com can exclusively report
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Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Ramaswamy Fires At Nikki Haley On Campaign Website: ‘Keep Lying, Namrata Randhawa’
Ramaswamy Fires At Nikki Haley On Campaign Website: ‘Keep Lying, Namrata Randhawa’
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Vivek 2024:
TRUTH. Over Myth — Addressing the BS, baloney, lies, and planted trash 🗑️ …
TRUTH. Over Myth — Addressing the BS, baloney, lies, and planted trash 🗑️ …
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Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Eminem Hits Vivek Ramaswamy With Cease and Desist Following ‘Lose Yourself’ Performance: Report
Eminem Hits Vivek Ramaswamy With Cease and Desist Following ‘Lose Yourself’ Performance: Report
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Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Faculty member shot and killed in a campus building, says University of North Carolina official — A University of North Carolina faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building, officials said Monday. A suspect was arrested about an hour and a half after shots were reported …
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Samuel Wurzelbacher, Celebrated as ‘Joe the Plumber,’ Dies at 49 — For Republicans in 2008, he briefly became a symbol of Middle America when he questioned the presidential candidate Barack Obama in an impromptu televised encounter. — Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who briefly became …
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
‘Joe The Plumber,’ who rose to fame after confronting Barack Obama on the 2008 campaign trail, dead at 49
‘Joe The Plumber,’ who rose to fame after confronting Barack Obama on the 2008 campaign trail, dead at 49
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
‘Joe The Plumber,’ thrust into spotlight for confronting Obama, dies at 49
‘Joe The Plumber,’ thrust into spotlight for confronting Obama, dies at 49
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Associated Press:
GOP silences ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat on House floor for day on ‘out of order’ rule; crowd erupts — Republican lawmakers voted Monday to temporarily silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during an already tense House floor session after determining …
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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy's Racist Con Game The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy's Racist Con Game — While the emerging GOP star benefits from the right's version of affirmative action, his ugly response to the Jacksonville shootings shows the cost—and constraints—of his strategy. — Pocket
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CNN:
A federal hate crime probe is underway after 3 people were killed in a racist rampage in Jacksonville, officials say. Here's what we know — A federal hate crime investigation is underway after a White gunman with a swastika-emblazoned assault rifle killed three Black people at a Dollar General store …
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Neo-Nazis Repeatedly Targeted Jacksonville Before Mass Shooting
Neo-Nazis Repeatedly Targeted Jacksonville Before Mass Shooting
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The Daily Beast:
Media #MeToo Men Mount Pathetic Comebacks — This week, Confider checked on some of the media stars felled during #MeToo and learned that some of them have been trying to mount comebacks—with varying degrees of success. … Summer 2023 has been a busy time for alleged serial sexual harassers hoping …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Journalism fails miserably at explaining what is really happening to America — They stood on an arena stage in Milwaukee under a massive sign that read “Democracy” — the metaphorical 800-pound gorilla that loomed over this strange political event but was never really discussed.
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April Rubin / Axios:
“Fake news”: DeSantis campaign denies Trump claim he might drop out of 2024 race — GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign on Monday dismissed former President Trump's suggestion that he had plans to drop out of the 2024 race. … - “Clearly, Donald Trump and his army of consultants …
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NBC News:
‘Doing the right thing’ was worth $40 million to this ex-Marine mother of three — When Sarah Feinberg left the Corps, she took a job at a prestigious D.C. contractor. But when she suspected it was overcharging taxpayers $500 million, she became a whistleblower.
The Hill:
The administration's love letter to unions — A new Treasury Department report found unions help to raise wages and benefits for workers and can lead to positive economic “spillover effects.” — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen described her agency's report Monday as “the administration's latest action …
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Associated Press:
Biden is ‘old,’ Trump is ‘corrupt’: AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch — WASHINGTON (AP) — Old. Confused. Corrupt. Dishonest. — Those are among the top terms Americans use when they're asked to describe President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump …
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