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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump's Truth Social page is a riot of witness intimidation — Even his lawyers can't really defend it. … On August 6, Alabama man Arthur Ray Hanson, II, left a voicemail threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with violence if she charged Donald Trump with interference in the 2020 election.
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Minnesota Supreme Court grapples with Trump's eligibility to run in 2024
Minnesota Supreme Court grapples with Trump's eligibility to run in 2024
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
NY Judge Explodes at Trump Lawyer's ‘Misogyny’ After Swipes at Court Clerk
NY Judge Explodes at Trump Lawyer's ‘Misogyny’ After Swipes at Court Clerk
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Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
Donald Trump Jr. asked courtroom artist to make him ‘look sexy’ like an illustration of Sam Bankman-Fried — “Make me look sexy,” Donald Trump Jr. told a courtroom illustrator after he finished testifying Thursday. — The ex-president's son pointed out an image of Sam Bankman-Fried as inspiration.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
From 9/11 to Benjamin Netanyahu: The world is learning that toxic masculinity can't keep us safe — Feminists have long warned about men who hide incompetence with belligerence — Israel proves them right — In his Oval Office address following the Oct. 7 attacks, President Joe Biden …
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Biden and Netanyahu Look Headed for a Breakup on Unqualified U.S. Support for the Gaza War
Biden and Netanyahu Look Headed for a Breakup on Unqualified U.S. Support for the Gaza War
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
U.S. to Press Israel for ‘Pauses’ in War Against Hamas
U.S. to Press Israel for ‘Pauses’ in War Against Hamas
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Operation Dark Horse: Surprise entry in 2024 GOP race — has faced long odds before and won. — As an Air Force major and combat pilot, he helped end the military's reluctance to face up to the threat of electromagnetic pulse warfare and start building defenses of strategic bases.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Kentucky 2023 Poll: Cameron Catches Up to Beshear in Governor's Race — Home Polls Kentucky 2023 Poll: Cameron Catches Up to Beshear in Governor's Race — Trump Supporters Rally to Cameron as Election Approaches — The final Emerson College Polling survey of Kentucky voters …
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Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
‘You just gaslit her’: How Dean Phillips' first town hall went off the rails in N.H. — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) says he will host 119 town halls in his long-shot primary challenge against President Biden. If the reception at his first is any indication of the next potential 118 …
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Ivanka Trump Loses Court Fight to Block Her Testimony Next Week — The former president's daughter had better luck with her first appeal, which led to the dismissal of the claims against her — The former president's daughter Ivanka Trump lost her effort to pause her testimony on Wednesday …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Mary Trump says Ivanka Trump will throw her father ‘under the bus’ in fraud trial testimony
Mary Trump says Ivanka Trump will throw her father ‘under the bus’ in fraud trial testimony
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CNN:
How Microsoft is making a mess of the news after replacing staff with AI — False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire. A conspiracy theory that the latest surge in Covid-19 cases is being orchestrated by the Democratic Party ahead of the election.
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
US weekly jobless claims rise marginally; productivity accelerates in Q3 — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week as the labor market continued to show few signs of a significant slowdown. — While the weekly jobless claims report …
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
DeSantis Makes Cringey Attempt to Reclaim ‘Bootgate’ Narrative — For some reason, the 2024 hopeful offered to... wear a boot on his head at next week's GOP primary debate? — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Thursday contributed to the seemingly never-ending discourse …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
DeSantis ‘stands by’ promise to ‘slit throats’ of federal bureaucrats
DeSantis ‘stands by’ promise to ‘slit throats’ of federal bureaucrats
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Alec Dent / The Messenger:
Christie Makes New Hampshire Push to Revive Campaign: 'We're the Only Way to Stop Donald Trump' — The former New Jersey governor is hoping to pick up independents, who are eligible to vote in the Republican primary — Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie …
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Politico:
Biden weighs border deal — altering asylum law for Ukraine aid — Republicans placed a political lighting rod of an issue squarely into the biggest legislative matter before Congress. — Top Biden officials are preparing Democratic lawmakers and immigration policy advocates for the likelihood …
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
Biden quietly tapped Obama to help shape his AI strategy — Former President Barack Obama advised the White House over the past five months on its plan to address artificial intelligence. — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama quietly advised the White House over the past five months …
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Alyssa Guzman / New York Post:
Students walk out of Hillary Clinton's Columbia class in protest after anti-Israel students exposed by ‘doxxing trucks’ — Thirty students walked out of Hillary Clinton's class at Columbia University to “shame” the Ivy League school for how they perceive it allowed its students who signed …
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Student Protesters Walk Out of Hillary Clinton's Class at Columbia
Student Protesters Walk Out of Hillary Clinton's Class at Columbia
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Court tosses EPA ban on pesticide linked to brain damage in kids — A federal appeals court on Thursday is tossing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ban on a pesticide that has been linked to brain damage in children. — The decision from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to send …
Bloomberg:
US Ports From New Jersey to Alaska Win $653 Million in Funding — Forty-one projects across 26 states, territories won funding — Largest awards to aid projects in California, Washington — The White House announced more than $653 million in awards for port infrastructure projects across …
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Brian Karem / Salon:
MAGA and Christian nationalism: Bigger threat to America than Hamas could ever be — Even Mitch McConnell is trying to push back against Mike Johnson and the MAGA lunatics. It isn't working — The world inches closer to a war that only psychopaths want to see.
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Matthew Brockett / Bloomberg:
New Zealand National Party Needs Two Partners to Govern — National loses two seats in official election results — Maori Party gains two seats to six, tripling number of MPs — New Zealand's National Party will need the support of two smaller parties to form a new government after losing two seats in final election results.
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Rebecca Cohen / NBC News:
Second woman sues Steven Tyler, alleging he sexually assaulted her when she was a teen — The woman alleges that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler sexually assaulted her twice in one day after they met when she was 17 in 1975. — A second woman has come forward with allegations …
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