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Margaret Talev / Axios:
First look: John Bolton's predictions for a second Trump term — John Bolton — Donald Trump's former national security adviser — is laying out his nightmare scenarios for a second Trump term in a foreword to the paperback edition of his memoir “The Room Where It Happened,” out Tuesday.
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The Hill, Raw Story and The Guardian
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Matt Vespa / Townhall:
E. Jean Carroll Delivered the Sound Bite That Could Win Trump the Election — There's the liberal media's crusade against the former president, but then there's E. Jean Carroll's war against Trump, which is something otherworldly. She's filed multiple lawsuits against Donald Trump.
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, RedState, Fox News, ABC7, The Messenger and Political Wire
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
E. Jean Carroll Lawyer Threatens to Seek Sanctions Against Trump Attorney for ‘Utterly Baseless’ Claims Judge Was Her ‘Mentor’ — Trump's lawyer Alina Habba claimed the judge had a conflict of interest based on a tabloid rumor of an alleged 30-year-old professional tie
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Raw Story, Business Insider, Reuters, Law & Crime, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Political Wire, MeidasTouch, Slate and HuffPost
New Republic:
Meet the Lonely Republicans Willing to Say It: Trump Is Disqualified … Three former Republican governors—Marc Racicot of Montana, Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey, and Bill Weld of Massachusetts—have signed on to a legal brief to the Supreme Court arguing that Donald Trump is disqualified …
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Washington Examiner and Political Wire
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Joe Biden Reveals What World Leaders Are Telling Him About Donald Trump — Biden's counterparts all have the same message about his predecessor, the president claimed. — LOADING — President Joe Biden claimed multiple world leaders have expressed to him their fear of former President Donald Trump returning to the White House.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
After three years, Biden goes all-in on the T-word
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Washington Examiner, PJ Media, Raw Story, Fox News, New York Post, New York Times and Politico
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Haley Hits Trump on Cognitive Abilities: 'He Has Declined. That's a fact'
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Raw Story
Devan Cole / CNN:
Retired conservative federal judge urges Supreme Court to disqualify Trump from office
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MeidasTouch, Business Insider, Stateline, Raw Story, Slate, Colorado Newsline and The Moderate Voice
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Did E. Jean Carroll Admit Her Real Motivations for Her Accusations Against Trump?
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The Hill
Mabinty Quarshie / Washington Examiner:
Nikki Haley banking on Trump's legal dramas as key to lasting in primary race
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HuffPost and Washington Post
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump puts on full-court press for big-time donors — and nabs more than a few
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Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
The Hill:
House Republicans poised to torpedo GOP's best chance in years to pass border bill — House Republicans appear to be on the precipice of torpedoing their best opportunity in years of passing border legislation. — Republicans had long insisted on changes to border and migration policy …
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Robert Reich, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, Axios, Raw Story, Vanity Fair and The Gateway Pundit
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HuffPost:
Republicans Who Screamed About A Crisis On The Border Now Oppose A Plan To Fix It — Many on the right claim the U.S. is being “invaded” by migrants but also want to wait until Donald Trump is elected president again to stop it. — LOADING — WASHINGTON ― For months …
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Associated Press:
Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants — Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medical workers stormed a hospital Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinian militants in a dramatic raid that underscored …
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Abeer Salman / CNN:
Undercover Israeli troops dressed as medical staff kill three militants in West Bank hospital raid, officials say — Israeli special forces, dressed as civilians and medical staff, infiltrated the Ibn Sina hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian men …
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, New York Times and Al Jazeera
The Times of Israel:
IDF says it killed 3 terrorists planning Oct. 7-like attack hiding in Jenin hospital — CCTV footage shows undercover forces in fake beards or dressed as Muslim women before they killed 3 armed Hamas members in West Bank medical center, in dramatic 10-minute raid
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Jerusalem Post, National Review, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Fox News, UPI, CBS News and The Messenger
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden says he's decided how to respond to deadly attack on US forces in Jordan — President Biden said Tuesday he has decided how he plans to respond to an attack on U.S. forces in Jordan that killed three Americans, but stressed he was not seeking a wider war in the Middle East.
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Washington Post:
Biden faces treacherous political choices in answering deadly attack
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USA Today, Bloomberg, NBC News, The Messenger, Fox News, Washington Examiner, HotAir, Al-Monitor, Sky News, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Benzinga, Politico, CBS News, Althouse, Los Angeles Times, France 24, WAGA-TV, RedState, PressTV, Wall Street Journal, One America News Network, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, New Republic, Axios, The Unz Review, Reuters and Exposing the role …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Justice Sotomayor speaks on frustration following some Supreme Court rulings — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor opened up on Monday about the “frustration” she said she experiences daily as the high court's conservative supermajority continues to move the country further to the right.
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The Hill, Fox News, Washington Times, Daily Caller News Foundation, IJR, National Review, Mediaite and Reason
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
It's not that MAGA doesn't believe E. Jean Carroll — they just don't care that Trump abuses women — Trump verdict and new Vince McMahon allegations are a dark reminder that red state America cultivates rape culture — Not that she'll ever bring herself to use words like “rapist” or …
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CNN, The Daily Caller, New York Daily News, HuffPost, New York Times and USA Today
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘White Lives Matter’ member gets 18 years for firebombing church that planned drag events — Aimenn Penny told the FBI that he would have felt better if his Molotov cocktails had burned an LGBT-friendly church to the ground. — WASHINGTON — A member of the pro-Nazi group White Lives Matter …
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The Columbus Dispatch, The Messenger and Fox 8 Cleveland WJW
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Not Just Claudine Gay. Harvard's Chief Diversity Officer Plagiarized and Claimed Credit for Husband's Work, Complaint Alleges — It's not just Claudine Gay. Harvard University's chief diversity and inclusion officer, Sherri Ann Charleston, appears to have plagiarized extensively in her academic work …
Reuters:
Exclusive: US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure — The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, according to two Western security officials …
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The Messenger and The Japan Times, more at Techmeme »
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Economic Mood Improves, but Inflation Still Vexing Americans — WASHINGTON, D.C. — While still negative overall, Gallup's Economic Confidence Index has improved each of the past two months to its highest point in two years, reflecting improved views of both current economic conditions and the economy's direction.
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The Hill and The Messenger
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Party feud breaks out ahead of RNC meeting in Las Vegas — GOP county chairs and local activists warned the party isn't doing enough to compete in November. — LAS VEGAS — Days before the Republican National Committee was set to convene here, hundreds of Republican officials gathered …
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Haley Losing by 35% in South Carolina, Attack Ads ‘Worthless’: Trump Pollster (Exclusive) — The former South Carolina governor does not have a clear path to victory, the former president's pollster added — Donald Trump is beating Nikki Haley 66-31% in her home state of South Carolina …
New York Times:
Biden Super PAC Plans a Historic $250 Million Ad Blitz — The flood of TV and digital spots in battleground states is set to be the largest single purchase of political advertising by a super PAC in U.S. history, according to the group, Future Forward. — The main Democratic super PAC …
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Fox News, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans now say it might be okay to ignore the Supreme Court — A consequential development of the Trump era is what increasingly looks like the Republicans' acrimonious divorce from the rule of law. — The party that once prided itself as the law-and-order side has leaped headlong …
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Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Tim Scott Blasts Critics of Trump Endorsement: ‘The Most Racist in the Country Are Liberals’ — The South Carolina senator blasted ‘vile and disgusting comments’ he's received over backing the former president — Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Monday lashed out at critics of his endorsement of Donald Trump …
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