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NBC News:
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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US Department of Justice:
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] …
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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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
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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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 …
Discussion: Forbes
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
AP-NORC:
The public is divided on McCarthy's removal as Speaker  —  Two-thirds of adults find U.S. government spending excessive, especially regarding aid to Ukraine.  However, more than half say the government is spending too little on education, assistance for the poor, Medicare, and border security.
Discussion: The Hill and The Messenger
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 …
Discussion: The Federalist, The Forward and WWLP-TV
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.
Aaron Feis / The Messenger:
NYU Student Bar Association President Loses Job Offer for Calling Israel Massacre ‘Necessary’ as School Distances Itself  —  ‘Israel bears full responsibility for this tremendous loss of life,’ wrote Ryna Workman of the terror attack that left at least 1,200 people dead
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.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: HotAir and Reason
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Political Wire and MSNBC
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 …
Discussion: RedState
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.
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.
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 …
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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Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Israeli woman, 25, hailed as a hero for killing terrorists, leading team that saved kibbutz from Hamas
Associated Press:
Fraud trial: Trump acknowledged penthouse size at 11,000 square feet, not 30,000 he later claimed
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Watchdogs want more details about 2024 candidates' bundlers
Discussion: Forbes and Raw Story
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Warner, Kaine urge DOJ to probe Gov. Youngkin's ‘purge’ of voter rolls
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A dissenting Fifth Circuit judge published a fake majority opinion in a death penalty case
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