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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
GOP Senator Reveals the Sick Truth About the Trump-MAGA Border Scam — Republican Senator James Lankford, who is leading negotiations over a border security bill, is discovering to his great shock that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are not operating entirely in good faith.
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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
The Border Is Now Becoming a GOP Crisis — How the GOP is fumbling its best chance at pinning Biden and the Democrats in a corner on immigration — It's hard to believe, but the GOP is turning its best weapon—the border crisis—into a political liability.
Colin McCullough / CNN:
Oklahoma GOP votes to condemn Sen. Lankford for role in bipartisan border talks — The Oklahoma Republican Party approved a resolution over the weekend condemning and censuring Sen. James Lankford, the state's senior senator, for his role in the ongoing bipartisan border negotiations in Congress.
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Trump calls UAW president a ‘dope’ after union endorses Biden — “Get rid of this dope & vote for DJT,” Trump said on Truth Social. — Former President Donald Trump took a swipe at the United Auto Workers president Sunday night, calling him a “dope” days after the UAW endorsed President Joe Biden.
New York Times:
Inside Biden's Anti-Trump Battle Plan (and Where Taylor Swift Fits In) — Watching Donald Trump ascend, the newly energized Biden campaign is aiming to make the general election all about him. It's also hoping for some big endorsements. — As former President Donald J. Trump speeds toward …
Rolling Stone:
Trump's Secret Plan to Expand Presidential Immunity To ‘King George’ Levels — Tired of being criminally prosecuted, Donald Trump and his allies are plotting a way to give presidents a legal shield for life if he wins in 2024 … But the arguments that Trump's lawyers are currently litigating …
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Politico:
Playbook: Can Dems flip the border script?
Playbook: Can Dems flip the border script?
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Trump claims credit for record-high stock market under Biden
Trump claims credit for record-high stock market under Biden
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden's new economic messaging strategy: attack Trump's tax legacy
Biden's new economic messaging strategy: attack Trump's tax legacy
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Joe Manchin could upend Biden's reelection campaign - and blow up No Labels along the way
Joe Manchin could upend Biden's reelection campaign - and blow up No Labels along the way
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The Daily Beast:
Trumps Throw Tantrum Over Court Monitor's Financial Bombshell — A lawyer for the Trumps slammed Judge Barbara S. Jones in a court filing Monday morning, vehemently denying Trump lied about a missing $48 million loan. — Now that the retired federal judge babysitting the Trump Organization …
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Trump civil fraud trial: Why the New York case stands apart — Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated misrepresentations on financial statements to lenders, adding him to a short list of scam marketers …
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump Lawyer Attacks ‘Self-Serving’ Court-Appointed Monitor as a ‘Javert’ After She Calls Out Financial ‘Errors’ — Instead of stealing a loaf of bread like Victor Hugo's protagonist, Trump stands accused of fraudulently inflating his wealth by billions — The Donald Trump family's lawyer went …
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Mariana Labbate / The Messenger:
E. Jean Carroll Says She Wants to Spend Her $83.3 Million in Damages on Something ‘Trump Hates’
E. Jean Carroll Says She Wants to Spend Her $83.3 Million in Damages on Something ‘Trump Hates’
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Peter Charalambous / ABC News:
E. Jean Carroll says she plans to use $83 million on ‘something Donald Trump hates’
E. Jean Carroll says she plans to use $83 million on ‘something Donald Trump hates’
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Cash Stockpile at Risk From $450 Million Dual Verdicts
Trump Cash Stockpile at Risk From $450 Million Dual Verdicts
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Associated Press:
Preliminary report suggests enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone — An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation, two U.S. officials said Monday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Iranian Allies Brace for U.S. Response to Deadly Drone Strike — Enemy drone approached its target at the same time a U.S. drone was also returning to base — The U.S. failed to stop a deadly attack on an American military outpost in Jordan when the enemy drone approached its target …
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Daniel Greenfield / Frontpage Mag:
3 U.S. Soldiers Died Because Biden Won't Stand Up to Iran
3 U.S. Soldiers Died Because Biden Won't Stand Up to Iran
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NBC News:
Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking Trump tax records — Charles Littlejohn had pleaded guilty to leaking thousands of tax records, including for Trump and billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. — WASHINGTON — The former Internal Revenue Service contractor …
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Aneeta Mathur-Ashton / The Messenger:
Former IRS Contractor Who Leaked Trump Tax Information Sentenced To Five Years
Former IRS Contractor Who Leaked Trump Tax Information Sentenced To Five Years
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The second insurrection — “The Federal Government has broad constitutional powers in determining what aliens shall be admitted to the United States, the period they may remain, regulation of their conduct before naturalization, and the terms and conditions of their naturalization …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Republican governors' dangerous border standoff with Biden
Republican governors' dangerous border standoff with Biden
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
GOP's Salazar says she can't recall how she voted on CHIPS, appropriations bills — Rep. María Salazar (R-Fla.) said on Sunday she could not recall how she voted on two key pieces of legislation that she has since touted as victories that she brought home for her district.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
‘I Cannot Really Remember’: GOP Rep. Busted For Taking Credit For Bills She Voted Against
‘I Cannot Really Remember’: GOP Rep. Busted For Taking Credit For Bills She Voted Against
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US Department of Justice:
One Iranian and Two Canadian Nationals Indicted in Murder-for-Hire Scheme — For Immediate Release — One Iranian and two Canadian nationals have been charged with conspiracy to use interstate commerce in the commission of a murder-for-hire plot. — According to court documents …
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court clears way for challenge to ban on Medicaid abortion coverage — The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a ruling Monday finding that a 1982 state bill barring Medicaid from covering most abortions can be challenged in court years after the initial legal petition was dismissed.
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Paula Reed Ward / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Pa. Supreme Court sends Medicaid-funded abortion question back to Commonwealth Court
Pa. Supreme Court sends Medicaid-funded abortion question back to Commonwealth Court
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Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon:
Retired Republican judge: “Absolutely damning” evidence in new bid to bar Trump from Illinois ballot — The “preponderance of evidence” shows that Trump engaged in insurrection, election officer says — A hearing officer for the Illinois State Board of Elections in a recommendation released …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Pro-Trump network OAN execs may have ‘engaged in criminal activities’ while promoting 2020 election lies, Smartmatic alleges — In the wake of the 2020 election, the president of the far-right network One America News sent a potentially explosive email to former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell …
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Wall Street Journal:
At Least 12 U.N. Agency Employees Involved in Oct. 7 Attacks, Intelligence Reports Say — Around 10% of Palestinian aid agency's 12,000 staff in Gaza have links to militants, according to intelligence dossier — TEL AVIV—At least 12 employees of the U.N.'s Palestinian refugee agency …
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