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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Married South Dakota governor Kristi Noem and Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski have been having a years-long clandestine affair — DailyMail.com uncovered evidence of Lewandowski and Noem's fling: Dozens of trips that mixed business with pleasure, private flights and luxury resort stays
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Inyoung Choi / NBC News:
Trump says Melania will be back on the campaign trail with him ‘pretty soon’ — Melania Trump, the former first lady, has been largely absent during Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. — Trump: Melania will hit the campaign trail 'when it's appropriate'
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Mark Alfred / The Daily Beast:
Trump Explains Melania's Absence on the Campaign Trail — OUT OF OFFICE — Donald Trump, in an upcoming interview with Meet the Press, put forward a new rationale for his wife Melania's total absence from the campaign trail: he doesn't exactly want her there.
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New York Times:
Biden Administration Aims to Trump-Proof the Federal Work Force
Biden Administration Aims to Trump-Proof the Federal Work Force
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Jets owner Woody Johnson is privately lobbying GOP megadonors to donate to Trump's campaign
Jets owner Woody Johnson is privately lobbying GOP megadonors to donate to Trump's campaign
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NBC 7 San Diego and Raw Story
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump says he'd testify under oath he never ordered Mar-a-Lago security video deleted
Trump says he'd testify under oath he never ordered Mar-a-Lago security video deleted
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NBC News:
Special counsel asks for ‘narrow’ gag order for Trump in election interference case — Jack Smith's office says Trump's “disparaging and inflammatory attacks” have spurred threats against witnesses and threaten the court process. — WASHINGTON — Citing threats against individuals former …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Special Counsel Seeking Gag Order on Trump in Election Case — Prosecutors have asked Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to curb statements from the former president that could intimidate witnesses, influence potential jurors or lead to harassment of others in the case.
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Special counsel warned Trump could ‘precipitate violence’ if told of Twitter search warrant — Newly unsealed court records indicate special counsel Jack Smith's team warned that former President Trump could “precipitate violence” unless the court shielded its efforts to obtain information on his Twitter account.
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CNN:
Twitter turned over at least 32 direct messages from Trump's account to special counsel — Twitter turned over at least 32 direct messages from former President Donald Trump's account - @realDonaldTrump - to special counsel Jack Smith earlier this year as part of the federal election subversion …
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Associated Press:
Workers strike at all 3 Detroit automakers in a battle for a bigger share of industry profits — About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn't bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit's three automakers are willing to pay.
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Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Trump criticizes UAW leadership amid strike, warns autoworkers' jobs are moving to China
Trump criticizes UAW leadership amid strike, warns autoworkers' jobs are moving to China
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How the Latest Labor Strikes Are Attempting to Reverse Decades-Long Trends
How the Latest Labor Strikes Are Attempting to Reverse Decades-Long Trends
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Ars Technica, The Hill, The Economist and RealClearMarkets
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Democrats head to the picket line as UAW strike gets underway
Democrats head to the picket line as UAW strike gets underway
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Thorn:
An Update From Thorn — Today we are sharing that Ashton Kutcher, our co-founder, will be resigning from his role as Board Chair at Thorn, effective immediately. This decision is rooted in the recognition of recent events and ensuring Thorn remains focused on its mission: to build technology to defend children from sexual abuse.
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New York Post:
Chaos erupts as furious protesters heckle AOC during Dems' press conference for NYC's escalating migrant crisis — Furious protestors screaming “close the border” heckled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Jerry Nadler and other Democrats Friday during a Midtown a press conference on the Big Apple's escalating migrant crisis.
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Politico:
The Ken Paxton saga is exposing the limits of Trump's coattails — Nearly a quarter of Texas Republicans now disapprove of the embattled attorney general, an all-time high. — Ken Paxton and his MAGA allies framed his stunning impeachment trial as the last gasp of the GOP's weakened establishment.
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Senators Begin to Deliberate Paxton Impeachment
Texas Senators Begin to Deliberate Paxton Impeachment
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Speaker Matt Gaetz has big plans for the House — The Constitution designates the speaker as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives and, throughout our history, this has been the case — until now. — The House is currently being run not by Speaker Kevin McCarthy …
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Hunter Biden's lawyer says gun statute unconstitutional, case will be dismissed — The younger Biden's attorney spoke to ABC News on Friday. — The attorney for President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, who is facing felony gun charges, said Friday that the statute is “likely unconstitutional” …
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Hasan Minhaj's “Emotional Truths” — In his standup specials, the former “Patriot Act” host often recounts harrowing experiences he's faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. Does it matter that much of it never happened to him? — The comedian Hasan Minhaj came of age …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
There's Videotape! Annals of Feral Lauren Boebert ... THE BACKCHANNEL — Ever since she managed to get reelected last year by only a few hundred votes, words been out that she'd have to put some time into securing her seat if she wanted to remain in Congress.
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The Intercept:
UAW Temporarily Loses Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three — This article was updated to include information about a Twitter policy to temporarily remove checkmarks from verified accounts that change their profile pictures. Twitter offered only an auto-response …
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Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
Man helping deer cross a busy street shot, killed by ‘scared’ driver — A man who was trying to slow traffic in his neighborhood because deer were crossing the street was shot and killed by another man who was driving past, authorities in western Washington state said.
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New York Times:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Calls on Nation to Remember Ugly Past Truths — She was the keynote speaker at the 60th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four young girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson …
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Washington Examiner:
Evidence of Biden's wrongdoing is considerable — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed this week that “there is precisely zero evidence of any wrongdoing whatsoever” by President Joe Biden. The Associated Press asserted Republicans are “claiming without evidence that [Joe and Hunter Biden] engaged in an influence-peddling scheme.”
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Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Bill That Bans Vaccine Mandates In Arkansas — The Arkansas governor claimed the legislation, which replaces a similar ban that recently expired, aims to defend citizens' “individual liberty.” — LOADING — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) …
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