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CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden faces negative job ratings and concerns about his age as he gears up for 2024 — President Joe Biden faces continued headwinds from broadly negative job ratings overall, widespread concerns about his age and decreased confidence among Democratic-aligned voters, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: A majority of Americans believe Joe Biden, as VP, was involved with son's business dealings — Most Americans say they think President Joe Biden was involved in his son's business dealings with Ukraine and China while he served as vice president under Barack Obama, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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The Messenger
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Best Anti-Trump Argument Can't Be Used — GOP primary voters don't want to hear it. — Donald Trump is winning the Republican nomination race in a walk, and it's been quite the pleasant stroll. — That's because his opponents can't make the most compelling argument against Trump …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump privately urged to support Biden's Saudi mega-deal — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Axios he has urged former President Trump to support the mega-deal President Biden is negotiating with Saudi Arabia, which could pave the way for a historic peace agreement between the kingdom and Israel.
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Washington Examiner, Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon
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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American Greatness, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, HuffPost, Political Wire and The Guardian
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump escalates false attacks on Biden as some Republicans push toward impeachment — In campaign speeches, the former president repeatedly exaggerates and misrepresents claims about Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings. — “Manchurian candidate.” “Stone-cold thief.” “Dumb son of a b—
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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New Republic, Digby's Hullabaloo and Political Wire
Brad Raffensperger / Wall Street Journal:
I Can't Keep Trump Off the Ballot
I Can't Keep Trump Off the Ballot
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Raw Story, Politico, Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Hill, USA Today, The Guardian and Political Wire
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Witness in Trump documents case reached deal with prosecutors, ex-attorney says
Witness in Trump documents case reached deal with prosecutors, ex-attorney says
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The Messenger, New Republic, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, CNN and Raw Story
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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The Messenger:
Republicans Narrow in on Bribery Charge for Biden Impeachment Probe (Exclusive) — ‘There was money flowing to the son of the vice president turned president,’ Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, tells The Messenger on why he wants to impeach Biden — A Facebook icon representing an external link …
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Raw Story
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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New Republic and Washington Examiner
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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
Judge Shoots Down Trump's Attempt at Trial Delay in 9 Words
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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
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Willis seeks to shield jurors in Trump trial — Move comes after online harassment of grand jurors who indicted former president — X — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked the judge in the Donald Trump racketeering trial to shield the identities of prospective jurors …
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Political Wire, Raw Story, CNBC and NBC 7 San Diego
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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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Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Popular Information:
Pennsylvania school district requires social studies classes to incorporate right-wing propaganda — Last Monday, the Pennridge School Board, located outside of Philadelphia, imposed a new social studies curriculum that will require teachers to incorporate lessons from the 1776 Curriculum …
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Trump Plans $1M ‘Family Style’ Mar-a-Lago Dinner to Raise Money for His Co-Defendants (Exclusive) — The exact date of the candlelight event is still being ironed out, but Trump's sons will attend — A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook …
Reuters:
UK PM Sunak faces new vote to fill seat after lawmaker accused of groping resigns — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces another difficult vote to fill a vacant seat in parliament after a lawmaker who was given an eight-week suspension for groping two men at a London club last year announced he plans to resign.
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Bloomberg.com and Metro.co.uk
The Hill:
Prosecutors will seek Hunter Biden indictment by end of September — Special counsel David Weiss will seek to indict Hunter Biden before the end of this month, the prosecutor said in a court filing updating a judge on his investigation into the president's son's failure to pay taxes.
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Special counsel to indict Hunter Biden in gun case this month, DOJ says
Special counsel to indict Hunter Biden in gun case this month, DOJ says
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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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Raw Story, The Messenger, Insider and Political Wire
Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: ‘How am I in this war?’: New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire's Ukraine dilemma — Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company's Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack …
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Gizmodo
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Consider the Unthinkable: Missing Mitch McConnell — Mitch McConnell has bedeviled Democrats for decades. Now, with his future in doubt, the Senate GOP Leader isn't looking like the worst-case scenario for his counterparts. … For decades, Democrats have hated, cursed …
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Raw Story, Slate, NPR, The American Spectator, Washington Times and ABC News
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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One America News Network, Politico, Associated Press and CBS News
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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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Gabriella Borter / Reuters:
Mexico's Supreme Court upholds abortion rights nationwide, paving way for federal access
Mexico's Supreme Court upholds abortion rights nationwide, paving way for federal access
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Washington Post, Associated Press and New York Times