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Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump's Truth Social is going public after winning DWAC merger vote … - As Axios reported earlier today, this ends a multiyear saga that's included civil lawsuits, criminal lawsuits, closing extensions and vote postponements.
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Politico:
Why Trump's big Wall Street payday won't bail him out of financial trouble — The approval from investors would come as Trump faces a severe financial crunch: He's been hit with more than $500 million in civil penalties, not to mention ongoing legal fees as he appeals verdicts against him.
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The Daily Beast, CNN, Associated Press, UPI, Reason, Raw Story and New York Times
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's lawsuit against ABC is not the flex he thinks it is — In a sane world, the underlying facts would be disqualifying. … As if Trump wasn't already spending enough donor money defending himself against a truly staggering number of civil and criminal lawsuits, he just inexplicably decided …
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Columbia Journalism Review, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Fox News
Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
The Publicly-Traded Presidential Candidate — We've all been focused lately on a question appropriate for Schadenfriday: How is Donald Trump going to post a $450+ million bond to cover his appeal in the New York civil fraud case? The clock is ticking, and Trump claims he doesn't have the ability to post it.
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New York Times, Associated Press, Althouse, The Guardian, Business Insider, Outside the Beltway and Wall Street Journal
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Claims He's Scraped Together Almost $500M ‘IN CASH’ as Fraud Bond Deadline Looms
Trump Claims He's Scraped Together Almost $500M ‘IN CASH’ as Fraud Bond Deadline Looms
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Attorney General Prepares to Seize Trump's Massive New York Estate
Attorney General Prepares to Seize Trump's Massive New York Estate
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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner and Washington Times
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The Case For 2024 Optimism — Biden's got a lot of upside potential, Trump's got a lot of downside risk. — The short version is that over the past couple weeks President Biden has caught up with Donald Trump, as depicted in the Economist's polling average above.
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CNN:
CNN Polls: Majority of voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania are dissatisfied with their presidential choices — Voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania - two states that flipped from red to blue in the 2020 presidential election - begin this year's general election campaign more dissatisfied …
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Politico, The Hill, Washington Examiner and Political Wire
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump canceled a rally in Arizona because his campaign was too broke: report
Trump canceled a rally in Arizona because his campaign was too broke: report
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Washington Post, CNN, PoliticusUSA and Digby's Hullabaloo
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump's invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC
Trump's invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC
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Washington Post:
Joint committee allows Trump to raise money for legal bills, huge checks for RNC
Joint committee allows Trump to raise money for legal bills, huge checks for RNC
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Daily Kos, Bloomberg, The Moderate Voice, Florida Politics, The Hill, CNN and Politico
James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Joe Biden Jokes About Donald Trump's Debt Problems: 'I Can't Help You'
Joe Biden Jokes About Donald Trump's Debt Problems: 'I Can't Help You'
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Fox News, Raw Story, New Jersey Online, Twitchy, New York Times and PoliticusUSA
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Ken Buck's parting gift to GOP: Signing Democrats' Ukraine discharge petition … - The measure needs 218 signatures to force a vote, however, and many progressives have said they won't sign onto it. — Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) has a competing discharge petition on a $66 billion munitions …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House passes $1.2 trillion spending bill, sending it to Senate hours before shutdown — Conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus were furious about the legislation and blamed Speaker Mike Johnson, but stopped short of threatening his job. — WASHINGTON — The House voted 286-134 Friday …
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Ken Buck becomes first Republican to sign Democrats' discharge petition for Ukraine aid
Ken Buck becomes first Republican to sign Democrats' discharge petition for Ukraine aid
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HuffPost, WisPolitics, Fox News, The Western Journal and Axios
The Cause:
They don't want want this miracle™ to exist — It was four years ago today. After about 34 hours inside Ann Arbor's St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and a lifetime of heroic pushing by my wife, my daughter was born. She, like every newborn, was a miracle™. That's the cliche™.
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Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Congressman apologizes for using racial slur instead of saying ‘bugaboo’ — U.S. Senate hopeful Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) made the comment while discussing tax rates in a budget hearing — Senate hopeful Rep. David Trone (D) used a racial slur during a congressional budget hearing Thursday …
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The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast, Daily Caller News Foundation and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Inside Garland's Effort to Prosecute Trump — In trying to avoid even the smallest mistakes, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland might have made one big one: ending up in a race against the clock. — After being sworn in as attorney general in March 2021, Merrick B. Garland gathered …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Feared a ‘One-Term Presidency’ After Passing Health Care Law — A set of oral histories released on Friday documents the behind-the-scenes drama of President Barack Obama's drive to pass the Affordable Care Act, his most important legislative achievement.
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Farah Griffin: There's ‘no question’ Trump would accept money from Russian oligarchs — Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said there is “no question” that former President Trump would accept money from foreign sources to secure the funds needed in his civil fraud case.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump Would Break the Budget — No one is talking enough about one of the most important policy choices at stake in this election. — A decision Donald Trump made in his first presidential term has triggered one of the most important policy choices at stake in this year's election.
Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Candace Owens Stumped by Basic Black History Quiz — The conservative commentator missed an opportunity to score a few likability points with the Black community this week on ‘The Breakfast Club.’ — The day before Daily Wire ended their relationship with the often controversial right-wing commentator …
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Variety, The Hill, The Daily Beast and Deadline
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Ronna McDaniel, Former R.N.C. Chair, Joins NBC News — Her new role as a commentator on NBC and MSNBC programs comes shortly after she stepped down as the leader of the Republican National Committee. — Ronna McDaniel, who stepped down as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee this month …
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Axios, The Hill, Deadline, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and The Hollywood Reporter