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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Self-Immolation of the AZ GOP — Inflation is still running a little hot, according to the Department of Labor. Overall inflation was at 3.5 percent year-over-year, with more stable “core” inflation at 3.8 percent. While it's moving in the right direction, it's not returning …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Arizona Republicans condemn their own abortion policy — On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision banning virtually all abortions in the state. The majority found that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a near-total ban from 1864 — before Arizona was a state — was back in effect.
Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Abortion ruling is a full-on disaster for Arizona Republicans — Opinion: With the return of an 1864 abortion ban, Republicans now face a five-alarm fire that could consume their grip on Arizona. If you are Trump or Kari Lake, you are freaking out right now.
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Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
‘Shame! Shame!’: Arizona Republican leaders block effort to repeal abortion ban — Democrats stymied after state supreme court rules that 1864 law with no exceptions for rape or incest can go into effect — Arizona's state Republican leadership halted an effort by Democrats on Wednesday …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's telling comment on punishing doctors who provide abortions
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Arizona Republicans Thwart Attempts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Arizona Democrats Tried To Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban, But Were Shot Down By GOP
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Axios:
Arizona: The new ground zero for the 2024 election
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Jeremy Duda / Axios:
Arizona Republicans block attempt to repeal abortion ban
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Matt Gaetz Is Winning … Usually, you need about 10 minutes to walk from the Rayburn House Office Building to the House Chamber. But if you're running from a reporter, it'll only take you five. — When Matt Gaetz spotted me outside his office door one afternoon early last November …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
McCarthy says Gaetz ousted him to stop ethics complaint over sex scandal
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales — ‘Historic’ action by justice department closes ‘doggone dangerous’ loophole in Biden administration's fight against gun violence — The sale of firearms on the internet and at gun shows in the US will in future …
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New York Times:
Biden Administration Approves Expansion of Background Checks on Gun Sales — The new rule, which is likely to face legal challenges, is an attempt to regulate a fast-growing shadow market of weapons that has fueled gun violence. — The Biden administration has approved the broadest expansion …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Florida 2024 Poll: Plurality Plan to Vote “Yes” on Abortion Protection Ballot Measure — A new Emerson College Polling survey in Florida finds 42% of voters plan to vote yes on the November ballot measure that will provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, 32% are unsure, and 25% will vote no.
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BBC:
Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud — Truong My Lan is accused of looting one of Vietnam's largest banks over a period of 11 years — It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen.
CNN:
RNC under Lara Trump spreads ‘massive fraud’ claims about 2020 election — The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters' phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Reps Have a Familiar Strategy for Trump Trial: What About Hunter Biden? — STORM HUNTERS — As Trump starts his first criminal trial, GOP allies are laying the groundwork for a potential foil to the central hush money issue. Surprise—it's Hunter Biden again.
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump fails to delay N.Y. criminal trial for a third time this week
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump loses third bid this week to delay hush money trial
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump's the likely GOP nominee. He can serve even if convicted of a crime. — While many states ban felons from voting, there is no federal prohibition on felons running for or serving in the White House — Donald Trump is facing felony charges in four separate criminal indictments …
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Will Steakin / ABC News:
Bankruptcy documents detail how GOP NC governor nominee Mark Robinson failed to file federal income taxes for 5 years — Mark Robinson claims Democrats have caused the “death” of “responsibility.” — North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, whom Republican presidential candidate …
Fortune:
The Trump donor whom Biden can't fire is running the U.S. Postal Service directly into the ground—just what everyone warned about when he was confirmed during the pandemic — Technology has afforded us the ability to connect with nearly anyone, anytime—and free of charge.
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Before He Died in Prison, Aleksei Navalny Wrote a Memoir. It's Coming This Fall. — In the book, Navalny tells his story in his own words, chronicling his life, his rise as an opposition leader, and the attempts on his life. — During the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The GOP Is the Party of Putin — “RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA HAS MADE ITS WAY into the United States, unfortunately, and it's infected a good chunk of my party's base.” That acknowledgement from Michael McCaul, Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was echoed a few days later …
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Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:
‘Please leave!’ A Jewish UC Berkeley dean confronts pro-Palestinian activist at his home — Altercation between pro-Palestinian protestor and law professor at UC Berkeley law school dean's home — What was supposed to be a celebratory dinner at a dean's home for graduating UC Berkeley law students …
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Loses Support Among Black Men, WSJ Poll Finds — New survey of seven battleground states also shows some Black women are weighing other options
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Kiley Hurst / Pew Research Center:
About 1 in 4 U.S. teachers say their school went into a gun-related lockdown in the last school year — Twenty-five years after the mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, a majority of public K-12 teachers (59%) say they are at least somewhat worried about the possibility of a shooting ever happening at their school.
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