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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump suffers big loss in E. Jean Carroll defamation case, judge says he's liable — A judge ruled that Donald Trump is liable for defamatory statements he made about the writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when she went public with claims he had raped her decades earlier.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Shoots Down Trump's Attempt at Trial Delay in 9 Words — HOW 'BOUT NO? — A New York judge—unmoved by the incessant pleas from Donald Trump's legal team to delay trial—made quick work of the former president's last-minute request Tuesday night to push back his first big upcoming trial for bank and tax fraud.
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Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Witness in Trump documents case reached deal with prosecutors, ex-attorney says — A key witness in the case accusing former U.S. President Donald Trump of mishandling classified documents after leaving office has entered into a deal with prosecutors to provide testimony, his former attorney said in a Wednesday court filing.
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Georgia Prosecutors Land a Significant Win in Trump Case — Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell wanted to go to trial much faster than the other 17 co-defendants. — A judge in Georgia on Wednesday denied motions from two co-defendants to sever their cases from one another …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
With Jan. 6 Rioters Sentenced, Prosecuting Trump Will Be a Different Challenge — With leaders of the far-right groups that helped drive the attack on the Capitol sentenced to long prison terms, attention is shifting to the fraught process of prosecuting Donald Trump.
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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, HuffPost, The Guardian and Political Wire
Politico:
Georgia judge frets about timetable for Trump racketeering trial
Georgia judge frets about timetable for Trump racketeering trial
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Mar-a-Lago IT worker struck cooperation agreement with special counsel, his former lawyer says
Mar-a-Lago IT worker struck cooperation agreement with special counsel, his former lawyer says
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Raw Story, Sun-Sentinel, The Hill, Associated Press and The Gateway Pundit
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Prosecutors Rest Case Against Peter Navarro in Contempt Trial
Prosecutors Rest Case Against Peter Navarro in Contempt Trial
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump bid to delay $250 million New York fraud trial is ‘completely without merit,’ judge says
Trump bid to delay $250 million New York fraud trial is ‘completely without merit,’ judge says
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Reuters, The Hill, UPROXX, Raw Story and Palm Beach Post
Brad Raffensperger / Wall Street Journal:
I Can't Keep Trump Off the Ballot — Voters should decide elections: That's the simple lesson of Georgia in 2018 and 2020. — Atlanta — Some legal scholars are arguing that secretaries of state should remove Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment …
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment
Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
A crisis in U.S. presidential legitimacy is looming
A crisis in U.S. presidential legitimacy is looming
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The Gateway Pundit, Bernard Goldberg's Commentary, Raw Story and USA Today
Jim Garamone / U.S. Department of Defense:
Senate Confirmation Still in Limbo for 301 Military Leaders — The Senate has returned to work, and there is still no resolution in sight of confirmation of general and flag officers by the body. — Alabama Sen. Thomas H. Tuberville has put holds on the nominations of 301 senior military leaders …
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Tommy Tuberville's Hissy Fit Shows McConnell Has Lost His Hold on the GOP — The ex-football coach-turned-junior senator is holding up vital military promotions and brazenly thumbing his nose at the longest serving Republican Senate leader. … It should be a national embarrassment …
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
‘A Big Circle Jerk’: John Fetterman Dares Republicans To Impeach Joe Biden — “Go ahead. Do it, I dare you,” said the Democratic senator. “It's a loser.” — LOADING — Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) had some blunt words for Republicans who are pushing to impeach President Joe Biden: It'll bite you in next year's elections.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Threaten to Impeach Liberal State Supreme Court Justice — Republicans have floated impeaching a newly seated liberal State Supreme Court justice who is threatening conservatives' grip on state politics. — Republicans in Wisconsin are coalescing around the prospect …
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Politico:
The Giuliani aide who ‘vanished’ — Documents reviewed by POLITICO — and also in the hands of federal prosecutors — offer new details about Rudy Giuliani's ill-fated efforts to reverse the 2020 election. — In December 2020, an adviser to Rudy Giuliani circulated a draft email addressed …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
CBS News:
Newly obtained George Santos “vulnerability report” spotted red flags long before embattled Rep. was elected — When an outside firm hired by then-congressional hopeful George Santos in 2021 delivered a secret internal report detailing aspects of the candidate's checkered background, several of his aides found it too much to stomach.
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The Messenger, Raw Story and Insider
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Special counsel to indict Hunter Biden in gun case this month, DOJ says — Special counsel David Weiss intends to seek an indictment against President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, relating to gun charges by the end of the month, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Judge Orders Texas to Move Barrier From Middle of the Rio Grande — A federal judge ordered the state to move the barrier, placed to discourage illegal crossings from Mexico, to the banks of the river. — A federal judge ordered Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday to move a barrier of floating buoys …
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating barriers aimed at deterring migrants on Rio Grande
Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating barriers aimed at deterring migrants on Rio Grande
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Associated Press:
Texas AG Ken Paxton's Affair Explains Illegal Acts, Former Aide Testifies — An impeachment trial for the suspended Republican began in the state Senate Tuesday. — LOADING — An extramarital affair Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had with a donor's employee helped connect the dots …
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Ken Paxton Impeachment / The Texas Tribune:
Paxton trial updates: Prosecutors expected to continue building case that AG is corrupt
Paxton trial updates: Prosecutors expected to continue building case that AG is corrupt
Associated Press:
Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure — Mexico's Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women's rights …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
America's Authoritarian Exceptionalism — Demagogues usually arise in times of chaos and privation. In America, our demagogues have become powerful during a period of peace and prosperity. — ∙ Paid — 1. Decadence — We're going to keep doing this and I'm sorry.
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NBC News:
FDA could green light new Covid boosters as early as Friday — The shots could become available next week, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also signs off. — The Food and Drug Administration plans to green light updated versions of the Covid booster as early as Friday …
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Military Times:
QAnon-embraced film pulled from screening on-base at SOUTHCOM — U.S. Southern Command planned, and then canceled, two showings of the Christian-faith-based thriller “Sound of Freedom” at its headquarters this summer. The movie's been a runaway hit, grossing more than $200 million …
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The Hill, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
Project Veritas audit accuses ‘untouchable’ founder of improper spending — A law firm's report alleges James O'Keefe spent nonprofit funds on helicopter travel and DJ equipment and that his ‘volatile’ behavior disrupted the workplace — In August 2022, James O'Keefe needed to get to Maine for a sailing trip.
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Jen Caltrider / Mozilla Foundation:
The car brands we researched are terrible at privacy and security — Why are cars we researched so bad at privacy? And how did they fall so far below our standards? Let us count the ways! — 1. They collect too much personal data (all of them) — We reviewed 25 car brands in our research …
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