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Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events — Friends of the Court: SCOTUS Justices' Beneficial Relationships With Billionaire Donors — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' decadeslong friendship with real estate tycoon Harlan Crow and Samuel Alito's luxury travel …
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Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Is Trump running for a second Biden term? — Despite outward appearances, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump increasingly resemble each other. And they are taking steps to be even more alike. — Their old age — 80 and 77, respectively — is a key similarity everyone knows about and dislikes.
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Washington Post:
Why Debbie Dingell isn't urging Biden to walk the UAW picket line
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
U.A.W. President Steps Up Pressure on Biden With Invite to Picket Lines
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Politico:
Playbook: How Matt Gaetz took over the House — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — NEW SCOTUS INVESTIGATION JUST DROPPED — ProPublica is up with its latest must-read dive into ethics on the Supreme Court. This time, the story centers …
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Politico:
Katherine Clark names the Democrats' price to save Kevin McCarthy — The number two Democratic leader in the House reveals the conditions upon which her caucus may lend Kevin McCarthy the votes he needs to pass a CR and fend-off a potential challenge to his speakership.
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Jordan Weissmann / Semafor:
Is Kevin McCarthy even really still speaker? — The News — House Republicans plunged their way into previously unexplored depths of dysfunction on Thursday, after a group of hardliners sank Speaker Kevin McCarthy's latest attempt to pass some sort of budget legislation before a government shutdown.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer sets up path for Senate to move first on funding stopgap
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New York Times:
Senator Robert Menendez Is Indicted in New York — Mr. Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was charged six years after his trial in a different corruption case ended in a hung jury. — Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Sen. Bob Menendez indicted over gifts of gold bars, car, apartment — Menendez has served as senator from New Jersey since 2006. — A federal grand jury in New York has returned an indictment against United States Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the powerful Foreign Relations Committee.
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Sen. Menendez, wife indicted on bribe charges as probe finds $100,000 in gold bars, prosecutors say — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife were indicted Friday on charges that they took bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car for a range of corrupt acts …
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NBC News:
Sen. Bob Menendez indicted on bribery charges
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump lights his legal defenses on fire on Meet the Press — This is why you shut the hell up when you're facing criminal charges. … Last week, Kristen Welker kicked off her tenure at NBC's “Meet the Press” by interviewing Donald Trump. It was roundly criticized as an epic shitshow …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Chesebro asks court to suppress use of emails in Trump Georgia election case
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NBC News:
U.S. will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles for the first time — Some in Washington had resisted supplying the weapons system, known as “attack-ems,” out of fear that would widen the war with Russia. — U.S to give Ukraine an additional $325 million in military aid
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Washington Post:
U.S. close to providing Ukraine with long-range cluster missiles — After nearly a year of rebuffing Kyiv's pleas, the Biden administration intends to send a variant of the Army Tactical Missile System, which would enable strikes farther into Russian-held territory
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Politico:
‘Waiting for him to drop out’: DeSantis' influence nosedives in Florida — Some party members view the once-powerful governor as weakened amid his campaign struggles. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is losing his clout in Florida. — College boards, stacked …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Michigan attorney general says fake GOP electors she charged are ‘brainwashed’ — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said at a recent event with liberal activists that the fake Republican electors from 2020 that she charged were “brainwashed” to keep former President Donald Trump in power …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
U.S. braces for calamitous, costly government shutdown in eight days — Federal workers and military service members won't be paid, while federal programs — from some food safety inspections to child care funds — come to an abrupt halt — Millions of federal employees …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon exempts Ukraine operations from potential government shutdown
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Eric Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
America's Cities Need Republicans, and I'm Becoming One — While Dallas has thrived, elsewhere Democratic policies have exacerbated crime and homelessness. — Dallas — I have been mayor of Dallas for more than four years. During that time, my priority has been to make the city safer, stronger and more vibrant.
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David Strom / HotAir:
David Brooks is laughing at you, peasant — David Brooks, the “moderate” columnist for the New York Times, is a very deep thinker who understands the important issues of the day well, and who deigns to share his understanding with the plebs as long as he gets a nice paycheck for doing so.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Ludicrous Agony of Rupert Murdoch — It's nice to know that Fox News, which has so deranged America while making Rupert Murdoch ungodly sums of money, has in the end made Murdoch miserable, at least if the journalist Michael Wolff is to be believed. But the consolation is a small one.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Rupert Murdoch, whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Why I Can Never Forgive Rupert Murdoch
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US Department of Justice:
U.S. Government Contractor Arrested on Espionage Charges — For Immediate Release — IT Help Desk Technician Charged with Transferring Classified Materials to a Foreign Government — A U.S. government contractor was arrested on Aug. 24 based on espionage charges in a complaint unsealed today.
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
State Dept. Contractor Is Accused of Stealing Satellite Imagery of Africa
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