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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump attorney who became a crucial witness against him has departed legal team — Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Donald Trump who became a critical witness in the classified documents case against the former president, no longer represents him, CNN has learned.
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James Romoser / Politico:
How Donald Trump Gets Special Treatment in the Legal System — The former president rails against a “two-tiered system of justice.” But he's the one benefiting from it. — A firebrand politician named Donald is about to stand trial. Just a few days before jury selection, he goes on TV to slam the charges as baseless and biased.
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Robert Reich, The Guardian, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, New York Times and Washington Post
Politico:
Playbook: Harris takes the gloves off in Arizona — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BIG PRETRIAL READ — “How Donald Trump Gets Special Treatment in the Legal System,” by James Romoser in POLITICO Magazine: “He denigrates prosecutors.
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Michael Cohen on the Trump Trial: Prepare To Be Surprised — Trump's former attorney on the hush money trial, how he's preparing for life as the key witness and who he expects Trump will choose as a 2024 running mate. — Michael Cohen may be the only person standing between Donald Trump and jail.
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MeidasTouch, The Hill, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, Associated Press and PolitiFact
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans furious over Trump trying to derail FISA bill — Senate Republicans vented their frustration after former President Trump helped derail a compromise House bill to extend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authority, sending lawmakers scrambling to find a Plan B …
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USA Today, BizPac Review, Raw Story, The Federalist, The Daily Signal, Washington Examiner and CBS News
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New York Times:
Surveillance Bill Clears Key Hurdle in House, Putting It Back on Track — Speaker Mike Johnson scaled back the measure to two years from five, winning over hard-right Republicans who believe Donald J. Trump will be president by the time it would expire. — The House took a critical …
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, The Daily Signal, Rolling Stone, Semafor, Roll Call, Raw Story and Reason
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
J.D. Vance Says ‘It Would Be A Great Honor’ To Be Trump's VP Pick — “If he asks me, of course I would think seriously about it,” the Ohio senator told Fox News. — LOADING — Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) on Thursday addressed rumors that he is on former President Donald Trump's vice …
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Fox News, IJR, The Daily Caller, The Hill and New Republic
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Washington Post:
What Donald Trump wants in his next vice president — and who he's considering — Donald Trump's perfect vice president looks the part: attractive and telegenic. They are ideally Black or a woman, though that's not required. And they are most certainly not taller than Trump himself.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Republicans remain terrible at picking Senate candidates — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one, please click the button to support our independent journalism. — 🐘 Subscribe to Public Notice 🐘
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Leo rejects Senate subpoena from panel probing gifts to Supreme Court justices — The conservative judicial activist called the move ‘politically motivated,’ and the committee chair said Leo had left them ‘no other choice’ but to move forward with the compulsory process
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Leonard Leo says he's ‘not capitulating’ after Durbin subpoena
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CBS News:
U.S. issues travel warning for Israel with Iran expected to attack any moment and fear Gaza war could spread — Tel Aviv — Israel is bracing for a worst-case scenario that U.S. officials believe could materialize within just hours — the possibility of a direct attack on Israeli soil by Iran …
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Reuters, Fox News, Al Jazeera, The Daily Caller and The Guardian
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Zac Anderson / USA Today:
‘Unprecedented’ and ‘stunning’ number of Trump administration alums oppose his reelection — A minimum of 16 Trump administration veterans have sharply criticized the ex-president, with terms such as “threat to democracy,” “erratic,” “delusional” and “narcissistic.”
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Rolling Stone, New York Times and Resolute Square
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden campaign unveils ‘MAGA Mike’ video linking Johnson, Trump on abortion — President Biden's reelection campaign on Friday unveiled a video linking former President Trump with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in an attempt to highlight their views on reproductive rights issues.
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The Guardian
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: DNC covered Biden legal bills in special counsel probe … - In January 2023, special counsel Robert Hur began investigating Biden's handling of classified documents after papers from Biden's vice presidency were found at his office and home. — From July 2023 to February 2024 …
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Washington Examiner, New Jersey Online, The Post Millennial, NewsNation and IJR
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Former Obama adviser: Kushner engaged in 'level of corruption that we've just never seen' with foreign relations — Former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner engaged in a “level of corruption that we've just never seen” …
Shawna Mizelle / CBS News:
Colorado group says it has enough signatures for abortion rights ballot measure this fall — A Colorado campaign that's trying to enshrine abortion rights into the state's constitution has gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot this November, CBS News has learned.
NBC News:
Republicans say a late convention could keep Biden off some ballots. It hasn't mattered before. — Technical conflicts between ballot deadlines and convention dates have been handled quietly in the past. Some GOP officials are taking a different tack this year.
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ABC News, The Moderate Voice, al.com and Alabama Reflector
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Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
States warn Biden could miss ballot. Dems say exceptions have been made for GOP.
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Plain Dealer and al.com
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Third South Dakota tribal nation bans Noem from reservation — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has become the third tribal nation to ban South Dakota Kristi Noem (R) from its reservation land. — On Wednesday, the Standing Rock Tribal Council voted to ban Noem from its land for “racially charged” …
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CNN, Standing Rock, Vanity Fair, HuffPost, New Republic, The Daily Beast and Washington Examiner
President U-licious S Grant / The Big Picture:
Trump's Brain Is Not Okay — An expert's view of Trump's mental slide into dementia. — The Big Picture and Jay Kuo … When Duty to Warn began in 2017, our mission as mental health professionals was to warn the world that Trump was dangerously unfit and a malignant narcissist.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Covid vaccines not linked to fatal heart problems in young people, CDC finds — The new report debunks widespread misinformation that the mRNA shots were connected to sudden cardiac death in young athletes. — There is no evidence that mRNA Covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest …
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Quartz and Orlando Sentinel
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Lara Trump's RNC robocall falsely claims ‘massive fraud’ in 2020 election — Call shows the Republican party to be ‘more committed to the big lie than ever’, says Democratic lawyer — The Republican National Committee sent out a scripted robocall on behalf of its new co-chair Lara Trump …
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Civil Discourse …, USA Today, The Hill, Crooks and Liars, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and CNN
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A Trump raising money off election lies? Now we've seen everything.
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, PolitiFact, Strangely Blogged and Raw Story
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Republican state representative left a loaded handgun in Colorado Capitol bathroom — A Republican state representative left a loaded, semiautomatic handgun in a bathroom at the Colorado Capitol on Tuesday night, an incident that comes as Democrats are trying to ban firearm possession in the building — and the GOP is fighting them.
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Denver Post, NBC News, Raw Story, The Hill, New York Daily News, Colorado Newsline, CO House Democrats and FOX31 Denver
NBC News:
Man on terror watchlist was released by Border Patrol — With border security funding blocked in Congress, the case illustrates the challenges U.S. officials face in identifying migrants who may pose national security threats. — SAN ANTONIO — An Afghan migrant on the terrorist watchlist spent nearly …
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The Gateway Pundit, Exposing the role …, New York Post, RedState, NBC 7 San Diego, Twitchy and Breitbart
New York Times:
Harvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission — The universities are the latest highly selective schools to end their policies that made submitting SAT or ACT scores optional. — Harvard will reinstate standardized testing as a requirement of admission, the university announced Thursday …
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday.
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