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Associated Press:
Judge Chutkan denies Trump's request to recuse herself in federal election subversion case — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Wednesday she won't recuse herself from Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington, rejecting the former president's claims …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Asked His Lawyers for Ways to Suppress His ‘Perfect Call’ — The former president says his demand to ‘find’ votes in Georgia was absolutely pristine. Some of his lawyers have a different view — IN PUBLIC, DONALD Trump says his conversation with the Georgia secretary of state asking to …
Aliza Chasan / CBS News:
Gen. Milley says he has “appropriate” safety measures after Trump social media threat — Outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has “appropriate measures” to ensure his safety, he said this week in his first public response to shocking comments made by former President …
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New York Times:
Ruling Against Trump Cuts to the Heart of His Identity
Ruling Against Trump Cuts to the Heart of His Identity
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
President Drink Bleach says what? Trump now claims he beat George W. Bush and Barack Obama
President Drink Bleach says what? Trump now claims he beat George W. Bush and Barack Obama
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The Daily Caller, The Hill, The Mahablog and IJR
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
Let's Not Sleepwalk Into Another Trump Presidency
Let's Not Sleepwalk Into Another Trump Presidency
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NBC News:
Republican congressman struggles to answer questions about allegations Biden has influenced the DOJ — The House Ways and Means Committee chairman was asked to explain how documents provided by his panel showed evidence of wrongdoing or a two-tiered justice system.
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CNN:
House Republicans release more than 700 pages of internal IRS documents from whistleblowers in Hunter Biden probe — Documents released Wednesday by House Republicans shed new light on how two Internal Revenue Service agents who investigated Hunter Biden felt like they hit roadblocks whenever …
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Johnny Rubin / House Committee on Ways and Means:
Bombshell: Ways and Means Releases New Documents Revealing Hunter Biden Selling Access to White House, Investigators Blocked from Pursuing Evidence Related to President Biden
Bombshell: Ways and Means Releases New Documents Revealing Hunter Biden Selling Access to White House, Investigators Blocked from Pursuing Evidence Related to President Biden
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Jamie L. LaReau / Detroit Free Press:
‘Let me be blunt’: UAW VP for GM has strong words about Trump's visit to Michigan — The UAW's lead negotiator in contract talks with General Motors on Wednesday issued a scathing assessment of former President Donald Trump hours before Trump was due to speak in Detroit.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Trump Tries to Court Blue-Collar Workers at a Nonunion Factory — A day after President Biden appeared on a union picket line, the former president will speak at an auto parts factory, but it's unclear whether any striking workers will be in the crowd. — Former President Donald J. Trump …
John Nichols / The Nation:
My President Joined a Picket Line
My President Joined a Picket Line
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Votes to Strip Defense Secretary of Salary as Right Wing Flexes Muscles — Little more than three days before a government shutdown, the Republican-led House spent the day adding hard-right proposals to a series of doomed spending bills. — The Republican-led House voted on Wednesday …
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Washington Post:
Shutdown odds grow as House GOP leaders reject Senate's spending bill
Shutdown odds grow as House GOP leaders reject Senate's spending bill
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
McCarthy told conference he won't allow vote on Senate stopgap: GOP lawmakers
McCarthy told conference he won't allow vote on Senate stopgap: GOP lawmakers
Washington Post:
McCarthy's new shutdown strategy: Shifting the blame
McCarthy's new shutdown strategy: Shifting the blame
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Politico:
Dems eye their price to bail out the speaker
Dems eye their price to bail out the speaker
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Mary K. Jacob / New York Post:
Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate worth ‘at least’ $300M, not $18M as NY judge cites — A New York judge's Tuesday ruling valuing Donald Trump's sprawling, headline-making Florida estate at $18 million has left industry experts perplexed. — In his verdict, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How much would your house be worth if the Trump Organization owned it? — A year offering no shortage of bad news for Donald Trump outdid itself Tuesday afternoon, with New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruling that the former president's namesake business, the Trump Organization …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
At second Republican debate, all eyes are on insurgent Nikki Haley — With Donald Trump skipping out again, the rest of the 2024 hopefuls are fighting one another for a shot at his title. — Nikki Haley's comet soars or crashes Wednesday night. — All anti-Trump Republican eyes …
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Suzanne Bates / Deseret News:
Poll: Republicans see Trump as a ‘person of faith’ ... more so than Mitt Romney, Mike Pence and others
Poll: Republicans see Trump as a ‘person of faith’ ... more so than Mitt Romney, Mike Pence and others
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Mediaite, Insider, The Messenger and The Hill
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Biden tops Trump by 5 points in new survey
Biden tops Trump by 5 points in new survey
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Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Musk's X disabled feature for reporting electoral misinformation - researcher — Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections, a research organisation said on Wednesday, throwing fresh concern about false claims spreading just before major U.S. and Australian votes.
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Erin Woo / The Information:
Musk's X Cuts Half of Election Integrity Team After Promising to Expand It — Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, is cutting around half of the global team devoted to limiting disinformation and election fraud on the platform, including the head of the group, according to three people familiar with the situation.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Jared Kushner pressured Washington Post to fire editor over Russia, book says — Marty Baron says Trump's son-in-law leaned on Post publisher to withdraw support of Russia election interference investigation — Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner …
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US Department of Justice:
Four-Time Congressional Candidate Charged in Long-Running Misuse of Campaign Funds — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California — LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors today unsealed a grand jury indictment that accuses a Torrance man who was a candidate …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The impeachment inquiry is starting exactly as might have been expected — When the Democratic majority in the House held the first public hearing in its 2019 impeachment inquiry targeting President Trump, it heard testimony from members of Trump's administration who could speak to the central allegation …
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Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
In Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps — Dozens of leaders, mostly from Western states, have asked the Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions that restrict enforcement against public camping. — Garbage, feces and needles run through …
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Cory Doctorow / New York Times:
Amazon Is the Apex Predator of Our Platform Era — The Federal Trade Commission's chair, Lina Khan, has brought her long-awaited, audacious case against Amazon, signaling the Biden administration's determination to restore an approach to competition law that has been in decline since the Carter administration.
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Scott Stump / NBC News:
Colin Kaepernick writes letter offering to join Jets after Aaron Rodgers injury — The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who has been out of the NFL since 2016, offered to play on the Jets' practice squad as the team struggles without Rodgers. — Seven years after he last took an NFL snap …
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Mackenzie Mays / Los Angeles Times:
New law allows doctors living in ‘hostile’ red states to get abortion training in California — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed another round of reproductive health bills into law on Wednesday, including legislation that allows doctors living under “hostile” laws in states where abortion is banned to receive training in California.
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