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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.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows struggles to distance himself from Trump's plot — The many prosecutions involving former president Donald Trump effectively began in earnest Monday — and with a bang. Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows opted to take the stand in Georgia with a bold …
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 …
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Washington Post:
Biden administration names 10 prescription drugs for price negotiations — The Biden administration Tuesday identified 10 expensive prescription drugs that have been chosen for price negotiations with pharmaceutical manufacturers as the government seeks to ease the financial burden on older and disabled Americans.
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Tami Luhby / CNN:
These are the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations
These are the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Ten Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Ten Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation
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CNN:
Exclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government — The FBI is investigating more than a dozen Uzbek nationals allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year …
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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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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Trump leads Republicans in Georgia despite Fulton County charges
AJC poll: Trump leads Republicans in Georgia despite Fulton County charges
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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.
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
N.H. Republicans feud over bid to knock Trump off 2024 ballot
N.H. Republicans feud over bid to knock Trump off 2024 ballot
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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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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Suarez suspends presidential campaign
Suarez suspends presidential campaign
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
A shutdown wouldn't halt Trump's trials, so Republicans seek to rein in his prosecutors — Federal criminal proceedings are exempted from shutdowns. But GOP House members want to use a must-pass funding bill to defund or limit law enforcement investigating Trump.
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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.
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Says She Welcomes Public Scrutiny Of Court — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not offer any opinion, or speak directly about, recent calls for the justices to institute an official code of conduct. — LOADING
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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 …
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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.
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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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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.
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.
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Miami Herald:
Florida reviewers of AP African American Studies sought ‘opposing viewpoints’ of slavery — When Florida rejected a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies, state officials said they objected to the study of several concepts — like reparations, the Black Lives Matter movement and “queer theory.”
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
US announces new Ukraine security package — The U.S. on Tuesday announced a new security package for Ukraine valued at $250 million, which includes more small arms ammunition and munitions for missiles for Kyiv. — The package announced Tuesday includes AIM-9M air defense missiles …
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