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Embattled Rep. George Santos hit with additional charges, including identity theft — Prosecutors said Santos claimed he made non-existent loans to his campaign while making unauthorized charges on donors' credit cards. — Federal prosecutors hit Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y. …
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Congressman George Santos Charged With Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements, Falsification of Records, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Credit Card Fraud — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York — Santos Allegedly Filed Fraudulent Fundraising Reports …
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Former OSU wrestlers say Jim Jordan betrayed them and shouldn't be House speaker — “Do you really want a guy in that job who chose not to stand up for his guys?” said one former wrestler who attended OSU when Jordan was assistant coach. — Four of the former Ohio State University wrestlers …
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Politico:
Playbook: What to watch in the speaker election — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — NEW JMART — “Biden Won't Directly Address the Age Issue,” by Jonathan Martin: “His own supporters and lawmakers are all but pleading with [President JOE BIDEN] …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Crackpot fight! Trump is worried about RFK Jr. running for president — and he should be scared — Trump depends on the crank vote that the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist could siphon off — He may not have bolts sticking out of his neck, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is morphing into the MAGA version of Frankenstein's monster.
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The Messenger:
The General Election Has Already Started — Just Ask Joe Biden and Donald Trump — Both campaigns have a had surgical focus on each other in recent weeks, more than a year out from November 2024 … Joe Biden and Donald Trump may be months away from officially being opponents.
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Nicholas Grossman / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Overrated Peace Plan Helped Enable the Horrors in Israel and Gaza — The Abraham Accords didn't bring “the dawn of a new Middle East,” they completely ignored the Palestinians and let the Netanyahu government do almost anything it wanted. … No American president caused Hamas …
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Associated Press:
Palestinians scramble for safety as Israel pounds sealed-off Gaza Strip to punish Hamas
Palestinians scramble for safety as Israel pounds sealed-off Gaza Strip to punish Hamas
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Charles Koch's audacious new $5 billion political scheme — Billionaire Charles Koch, who will turn 88 on November 1, is funneling his wealth into two secretive organizations that can continue his right-wing political advocacy for years. Koch structured more than $5 billion in donations …
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Kari Lake announces run for Arizona Senate — Kari Lake announced her bid for Arizona Senate on Tuesday, entering the race for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's (I-Ariz.) seat as the heavy favorite for the GOP nomination. — Lake, a Trump ally who has denied her loss in last year's Arizona governor's race …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
DNC sues North Carolina over Republican-backed election bill — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the North Carolina Democratic Party on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Election immediately after a pair of GOP-backed election laws went into effect …
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
North Carolina Republicans override governor's veto on key election law
North Carolina Republicans override governor's veto on key election law
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A tantalizing detail in a new Trump legal filing — The government signals it plans to prove Donald Trump's much-debated intent for taking and keeping classified documents — Donald Trump's many legal problems have led to a veritable fire hose of often-mundane, procedural court filings.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Conservatives target Ohio to end their losing streak on abortion votes — Abortion opponents have lost every state referendum since Roe was overturned. In Ohio, they're wooing students, Black communities and even abortion rights advocates to turn their fortunes around.
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Anti-Israel Left Needs to Take a Hard Look at Itself — On Saturday morning in southern Israel, Hamas murdered hundreds of people at a music festival and kidnapped others at gunpoint to serve as human shields in Gaza. On Sunday afternoon in Midtown Manhattan, a speaker at a rally …
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Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Judge gives Peter Navarro 24 hours to show proof of why he deserves new contempt trial — When former Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro asked a federal judge for a new trial, he claimed it was necessary because protesters holding signs such as, 'Bro, Should've Pled the 5th' and 'Peter …
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Bruce Hoffman / The Atlantic:
When Hamas Tells You Who They Are, Believe Them — A close read of Hamas's founding documents shows their genocidal intentions … — William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich — How many Israelis, or Jews, or anyone else for that matter, have read the 1988 Hamas Covenant …
Politico:
The Senate is a problem in the Israel crisis. Democrats are fed up. — The war in the Middle East means top military and diplomatic posts must be filled now, senators say. — As war breaks out in the Middle East, key ambassadorships in the region and top military promotions are languishing in the Senate.
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Defiant Gabrielle Hanson refuses to denounce hate group as Franklin aldermen deliver stern rebuke — Alderman Beverly Burger: ‘Is it your mission to divide our city? Because you are doing a bang-up job of it right now’ — FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — Members of the Franklin Board of Mayor …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back — Republicans hope to use education wars to turn purple suburbia red. In one Pennsylvania district, that backfired — “Monster Liberty”: That's how the otherwise excellent closed-captioning service …
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Bari Weiss / The Free Press:
When People Tell You Who They Are, Believe Them — Look carefully at who is calling this bloodshed ‘liberation.’ And who is remaining silent. — Bring Back My Children: An Israeli Mother's Plea — ‘It Is Right to Rebel! Israel, Go to Hell!’ — After the worst massacre of Jews since …
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Tuberville reports former CIA director Hayden to Capitol Police over tweet — Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Al.) reported the former CIA Director Michael Hayden to the Capitol Police on Tuesday over the former general's tweet suggesting the lawmaker should be removed from the human race.
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Republican effort to impeach Wis. Supreme Court justice loses steam — MADISON, Wis. — Republican lawmakers in this political battleground state appear to be easing off an effort to impeach a new liberal state Supreme Court justice who in her campaign promoted abortion rights and condemned gerrymandering.
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Kevin Phillips, 82, Dies; Political Analyst Predicted G.O.P. Resurgence — A conservative mastermind of the race-based “Southern strategy,” he later, as a writer, had second thoughts after assessing income inequality under three Republican presidents. — Kevin Phillips, a self-taught …
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Melissa / Harvard University President:
War in the Middle East — A Statement from President Claudine Gay — As the events of recent days continue to reverberate, let there be no doubt that I condemn the terrorist atrocities perpetrated by Hamas. Such inhumanity is abhorrent, whatever one's individual views of the origins of longstanding conflicts in the region.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Clarence Thomas Wants to Go After Freedom of the Press — Amid coverage of his relationships with high-profile conservatives, the Supreme Court justice wants to reconsider a landmark First Amendment cases … Justice Clarence Thomas has some thoughts. — The 1964 ruling established limits …
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