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3:10 PM ET, August 29, 2023

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CNN:
The testimony from Trump's White House chief of staff could change everything  —  Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rolled the dice on Monday with his opening move in the sprawling Fulton County election subversion trial: he took the stand himself.
Tami Luhby / CNN:
These are the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations  —  The Biden administration unveiled Tuesday the names of the first 10 drugs subject to price negotiations in Medicare.  —  They are: Eliquis, Jardiance, Xarelto, Januvia, Farxiga, Entresto, Enbrel, Imbruvica, Stelara …
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
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Washington Post:
Biden administration names 10 prescription drugs for price negotiations
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Ten Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation
CNN:
Francis Suarez ends campaign for Republican presidential nomination  —  Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Tuesday that he is ending his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.  —  “While I have decided to suspend my campaign for President, my commitment to making …
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
How Trump's Election Lies Left the Michigan G.O.P. Broken and Battered  —  Infighting between Trump acolytes and traditionalists has driven away donors and voters.  Can the Michigan Republican Party rebuild in time for the presidential election?  —  The Michigan Republican Party is starving for cash.
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Rolling Stone:
Jack Smith's Team Grilled Witnesses About Rudy Giuliani's Drinking  —  The special counsel's interest in Rudy's drinking could play a role in undermining one of Trump's key legal defenses … In their questioning of multiple witnesses, Smith's team of federal investigators have asked questions …
Discussion: The Messenger, Insider, UPROXX and Raw Story
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Steve Scalise diagnosed with ‘very treatable’ blood cancer  —  House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, he announced Tuesday.  —  Scalise, 57, has begun treatment and plans to return to Washington, D.C.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says he is being treated for cancer
Discussion: CNBC and Washington Examiner
Army Times:
Texas Guardsmen spied on migrants via WhatsApp, mishandled secret docs  —  Senior leaders allegedly ignored oversight officials' concerns.  —  This article is co-published and co-reported with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom that informs Texans about state policy and politics.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett: 'I've acquired a thick skin'
Discussion: Insider
Politico:
GOP salivates at the biggest campaign finance win since Citizens United  —  It could be a seismic shift in how tens of millions of campaign dollars are spent.  —  Republicans have waged a decades-long battle to blow up the campaign-finance laws that rein in big-money spending.
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Washington Post:
The Christian home-schooler who made ‘parental rights’ a GOP rallying cry  —  On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools  —  The message Michael Farris had come …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Strom / HotAir:
Gadsden flag now a symbol of hate?  —  A schoolboy has become an instant internet legend for defying a school district.  —  The 12-year-old has, as is so often the case, a bunch of patches on his backpack as an expression of his individuality.  His school didn't like one of the patches and demanded that he quit displaying it.
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Final Days  —  Joe Biden was determined to get out of Afghanistan—no matter the cost.  —  august is the month when oppressive humidity causes the mass evacuation of official Washington.  In 2021, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki piled her family into the car for a week at the beach.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Coalition Recruiting for Plan to Dismantle Federal Government  —  NOW HIRING  —  A coalition of right-wing organizations has started recruiting thousands of people as part of a project aimed at gutting the federal government in anticipation of a Republican victory in the 2024 election, according to a report.
Associated Press:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders' anger after racist killings in Jacksonville  —  Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use “extreme care” if traveling to Florida.  The leading civil rights group argued …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Fourteenth Amendment Fantasy  —  The Constitution won't disqualify Trump from running.  The only real-world way of stopping him is through the ballot box.  —  The fourteenth amendment won't save us from Donald Trump.  —  Eminent jurists are promising that it will.
Stephanie Murray / The Messenger:
Christie Super PAC Airing Trump Mugshot On TV In New Hampshire  —  The pro-Christie super PAC is spending six figures to air the former president's mugshot on television  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing an external link …
Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
FBI announces it has dismantled global network of hacked computers used in major fraud scheme  —  The FBI and European law enforcement agencies dismantled a massive network of hacked computers that had been used to defraud victims of hundreds of millions of dollars, agencies announced Tuesday.
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 …
Madison Hall / Insider:
Vivek Ramaswamy thinks college applications should include a 1-mile run and other parts of the Presidential Fitness Test  — GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy suggested an additional criteria for college applicants.  — He said colleges should screen applicants on their physical fitness, such as their 1-mile run time.
Discussion: The Messenger and The Hill
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
EPA slashes federally protected waters by more than half after Supreme Court ruling  —  The Environmental Protection Agency and US Army on Tuesday released a new rule that slashes federally protected water by more than half, following a Supreme Court decision in May that rolled back protections for US wetlands.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Michigan Gov. Whitmer will call on Democrats to codify ‘Obamacare’ into state law
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Republicans demand answers from Garland on Covid relief fraud
Mark Scott / Politico:
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Partnership for New York City:
Open Letter to the President & Congressional Leaders from Concerned Business Leaders Regarding the Asylum-Seekers Humanitarian Crisis
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
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Old Clip Shows Vivek Ramaswamy Asking Candidate Question That Now Applies To Self
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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Afghans who fought in secret CIA-trained force face legal uncertainty in the U.S.
Aidan Quigley / Roll Call:
Rep. Clyde signals appropriations fight over Trump prosecutions
Emily Atkin / HEATED:
How Vivek Ramaswamy makes money from climate denial
Discussion: The Hill, Mercury News and The Guardian
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The chaos in Florida school libraries
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