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3:50 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.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Here's how Trump may try to challenge Jack Smith and delay his March 4 trial  —  Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have previewed that they will be seeking to launch several legal maneuvers to gum up the federal election subversion case that has been brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows struggles to distance himself from Trump's plot
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
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
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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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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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
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
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
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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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
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett: 'I've acquired a thick skin'
Discussion: Insider
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.”
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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BBC:
Eminem tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs
Madison Hall / Insider:
Vivek Ramaswamy thinks college applications should include a 1-mile run and other parts of the Presidential Fitness Test
Discussion: The Messenger and The Hill
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Republicans demand answers from Garland on Covid relief fraud
Mark Scott / Politico:
China behind ‘largest ever’ digital influence operation
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The chaos in Florida school libraries
Politico:
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Associated Press:
GOP silences ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat on House floor for day on ‘out of order’ rule; crowd erupts
 

 
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