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Politico:
Special counsel reveals plans to use Trump's phone data at trial — Jack Smith indicated that he plans to call an expert witness who extracted and reviewed data copied from Trump's phone. — Special counsel Jack Smith has extracted data from the cell phone Donald Trump used while in the White House …
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Axios and The Messenger
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Special Counsel asks Supreme Court to immediately decide Trump immunity question — A federal judge had rejected former President Donald Trump's immunity claim over his prosecution in election interference case. — WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court …
New York Times:
Special Counsel Asks Supreme Court to Decide Whether Trump Is Immune From Prosecution — The request was unusual in two ways: Jack Smith asked the justices to rule before an appeals court acted, and he urged them to move with exceptional speed. — Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting …
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The Hill, The Reactionary, Axios, Blaze Media, SCOTUSblog, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Althouse
Associated Press:
Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
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Politico:
Jack Smith asks Supreme Court to keep Trump trial on track
Jack Smith asks Supreme Court to keep Trump trial on track
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Raw Story, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and The Messenger
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump Isn't Entitled to Appeal Gag Order to New York's Top Court, State AG Argues
Trump Isn't Entitled to Appeal Gag Order to New York's Top Court, State AG Argues
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The Daily Beast, One America News Network, Raw Story, The Hill and Law & Crime
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say — A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. has left the state to obtain the procedure, her attorneys said Monday.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Texas abortion case blows up the abortion ban rationale — Abortion rights activists, medical professionals and ordinary women warned the Supreme Court in advance of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision: Legislatures cannot dictate medical decisions without creating horrendous injustices and medical travesties.
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New York Times
NBC News:
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's latest move on abortion highlights Democrats' 2024 push — In an interview with NBC News before repealing a remaining state restriction on abortion, Whitmer said, “When you stay in the fight, you can win.” — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday repealed …
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The Detroit News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Michigan Advance
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CNN:
CNN Polls: Trump leads Biden in Michigan and Georgia as broad majorities hold negative views of the current president — Former President Donald Trump has the upper hand over President Joe Biden in two critical battleground states - Michigan and Georgia - with broad majorities …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Iowa GOP debate in peril with Nikki Haley noncommittal — The final GOP presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses may not happen, as former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley hasn't committed to participating and Vivek Ramaswamy and former Gov. Chris Christie aren't on pace to qualify.
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump holds overwhelming lead; Ron DeSantis edges ahead of Nikki Haley
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump holds overwhelming lead; Ron DeSantis edges ahead of Nikki Haley
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani's Defense Says $43 Million in Damages Would Be ‘Death Sentence’ — The bizarre remark came in opening statements of a trial to determine how much he'll owe in damages to two Georgia poll workers. — On day one of Rudy Giuliani's trial to determine how much he'll owe a pair …
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Ariel Wittenberg / Politico:
A deadly delivery highlights ‘falsified’ heat records at USPS — The Postal Service allegedly doctored heat training records of thousands of mail carriers. One of them died on a blistering day in June. — Eugene Gates, a Dallas letter carrier for the Postal Service, died of heat exposure in June.
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Daily Kos
Stephen Neukam / The Messenger:
House to Vote on Impeachment Probe Wednesday — Republicans argue it is an essential step in getting past what they call the Biden administration's ‘stonewalling’ of their impeachment probe — House Republicans are expected to schedule a floor vote on Wednesday to formally authorize …
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Reuters, Talking Points Memo and NBC News
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David Weigel / Semafor:
Dean Phillips: Biden impeachment probe ‘perhaps makes him unelectable’
Dean Phillips: Biden impeachment probe ‘perhaps makes him unelectable’
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The Messenger, The Hill, NBC News, Fox News, New York Times and Politico
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
“Bombshell”: Does Harvard's President Also Have a Plagiarism Scandal? Update: Billionaire donor demands Gay's firing — Isn't the anti-Semitism and hypocrisy scandal enough for Claudine Gay? Harvard's board has gotten very quiet over the past week after its president's congressional testimony outraged practically everyone.
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Washington Free Beacon, Axios, Tennessee Star and Twitchy
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Project Veritas CEO Jumps Ship After Finding ‘Evidence of Past Illegality’ — ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST — Hannah Giles, the CEO of conservative nonprofit Project Veritas, announced her resignation “effective immediately” on Monday, saying she'd unwittingly “stepped into an unsalvageable mess” upon taking the job earlier this year.
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US Department of Justice:
Dover Man Arrested and Charged with Threatening to Kill a Presidential Candidate — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire — CONCORD - A Dover man has been arrested and charged in connection with sending text messages that threatened a presidential candidate …
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: House Freedom Caucus drama erupts over its next leader — An influential member of the House Freedom Caucus won't run for a leadership spot, citing a recommendation by the group's board that Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) serve as its next chairman. … - “I ask that we consider how to best increase …
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Trump as Dictator Is a Classic Case of Projection — Biden and his supporters try to excuse and deflect attention from their own authoritarian actions. — If you haven't heard, Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are planning a coup. “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable …
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
As advertisers flee Musk's X, Democrats splurge on political ads — Democratic candidates, including Musk's most vocal critics, have spent over a million dollars to run thousands of political ads on X — Advertisers are fleeing Elon Musk's X amid rising concerns that the social media site …
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Breitbart, BizPac Review, The Messenger and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
House Takes Up Long-Building Debate Over Rival Surveillance Bills — The fight over privacy and national security, which has scrambled partisan lines, will come to a head with an unusual double vote on the floor. — A long-simmering debate over a powerful surveillance tool is coming to a head in Congress …
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KEYT-TV, Washington Times, The Intercept, Wired and The Hill
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Tillis calls Vance remarks on Ukraine ‘total and unmitigated bull‑‑‑‑’ — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Monday dug into Sen. JD Vance's (R-Ohio) recent remarks against sending further aid to Ukraine, calling the Ohio Republican's comments “total and unmitigated bull‑‑‑‑.”
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Political Wire and The Messenger
Karl Mathiesen / Politico:
Greens erupt as fossil fuel ‘phaseout’ is dropped from proposed climate deal — “COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure,” former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said. But organizers of the summit in Dubai urged nations to be flexible and compromise. — The prospect of a deal …
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NBC News:
Senate immigration negotiators doubt they'll get a deal to unlock Ukraine aid this week — Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is set to visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday, but GOP lawmakers say he won't change their mind that aid must be paired with stricter U.S. asylum laws.
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The Kyiv Independent, KEYT-TV, ABC News, Punchbowl News, The Federalist, Political Wire, New Jersey Globe, Raw Story and PJ Media
Politico:
Dem lawmaker accuses Stefanik of ripping off Harvard letter — The two letters to Harvard were sent last Friday and feature some paragraphs with nearly identical language.
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The Messenger, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars