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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Rating Changes: Arizona Senate and AZ-6 — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — We're making a couple of rating changes today, both in Arizona. — The state's open-seat Senate race goes from Toss-up to Leans Democratic, and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6) moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up.
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New York Times:
Arizona Republicans Again Block Effort to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban — The state has been in turmoil since its Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban dating back to the Civil War. — House Republicans in Arizona on Wednesday scuttled another effort to repeal the state's 1864 law banning abortion …
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The Hill, Axios, ABC News, Reuters, LifeNews.com, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Arizona Republic and Political Wire
Liz Crampton / Politico:
Combatting cannibalism and jailing librarians: Idaho Democrats see opportunity in extreme GOP agenda — They're running candidates in every state legislative district for the first time in at least 30 years. — Democrat Loree Peery knows she's a long-shot candidate for the Idaho Legislature.
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Laura Gersony / USA Today:
Kari Lake downplays 1864 abortion law, says Arizonans can travel ‘3 hours’ for procedure — Senate candidate Kari Lake indistinctly linked illegal immigration to the climbing cost of housing in Arizona at a Tuesday morning campaign event that veered into higher-profile policy issues, including Lake's shifting rhetoric on abortion.
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Washington Examiner, Arizona Mirror and Daily Kos
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Incensed Democrats stoke GOP revolt against Mike Johnson … - Johnson “needs to make a decision,” one House Republican warned, adding that there is “a lot of frustration” in the GOP conference. … - Clark pointed to increasing indications from Republicans that they are prepared to start signing …
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Liz Peek / Fox News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green needs to be clear about what's really at stake in 2024 — It's high time someone in the Republican Party told Marjorie Taylor Greene to turn all that bombastic self-serving showmanship …
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New Republic, The Hill, Mediaite, Raw Story, New York Post and Radio Prague International
CNN:
Johnson moving forward with Ukraine aid bill amid pressure from hardliners — Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday he is sticking with his plan to put a series of foreign aid bills on the floor, including funding for Ukraine, after facing significant pressure from hardliners.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump could have helped response to Jan. 6 riot — but didn't — per new testimony — Two senior leaders of the D.C. guard at the time of the Capitol attack painted a picture of the boost that never came, according to transcripts reviewed by POLITICO. — Donald Trump could have cleared …
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Democrats who investigated Trump say they expect to face arrest, retaliation if he wins presidency
Democrats who investigated Trump say they expect to face arrest, retaliation if he wins presidency
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Mediaite, Donald J. Trump … and Raw Story
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate convenes Mayorkas impeachment trial as Democrats will seek a quick dismissal — The Senate on Wednesday opened the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, swearing in senators as jurors while Democrats said they wanted …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate votes to effectively dismiss first Mayorkas charge — The Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to sustain a point-of-order objection raised by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), effectively dismissing the first article of impeachment approved by the House accusing …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Pushed to Embrace 17% Income Tax for All — Trump has not endorsed flat tax, but has called for levy cuts — Conservative economists regularly pitch Trump on tax ideas — Donald Trump is under pressure from economists in his circle to embrace a flat tax rate …
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Why the Trump campaign is in deeper trouble than you think — Simon Rosenberg explains Trump's predicament and Biden's improving position. — ∙ Paid — 🇺🇸 Subscribe to Public Notice 🇺🇸 — I'm in Italy this week to speak on a panel about twitter …
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Alters National Review Article, Deletes That Affair Allegations Could Have “Torpedoed” His Campaign — Trump's manipulated article also attacks star witness Michael Cohen, a potential gag order violation — Trump has posted yet another one of his manipulated articles to Truth Social.
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S. — Russia's Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the United States, and leverage the Ukraine war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Carl Gibson / Alternet.org:
'I don't think you're fit for this job': GA senator gives USPS chief DeJoy an ultimatum — U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was raked over the coals on Tuesday in a hearing conducted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, particularly by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia).
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Georgia Public Broadcasting and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Minouche Shafik / Wall Street Journal:
Columbia University President: What I Plan to Tell Congress Tomorrow — Antisemitism and calls for genocide have no place at a university. My priority has been the safety and security of our community, but that leaves plenty of room for robust disagreement and debate.
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Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Lawmakers, Jewish groups brace for Columbia's Capitol Hill antisemitism showdown
Lawmakers, Jewish groups brace for Columbia's Capitol Hill antisemitism showdown
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign asks for cut of candidates' fundraising when they use his name and likeness — The campaign sent the letter as the former president is struggling to close a fundraising gap with Biden. — Former President Donald Trump's campaign has found a new way to press for badly needed cash.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former ‘Real Housewives’ star Siggy Flicker's stepson arrested on Jan. 6 charges — Tyler Campanella, the stepson of “Siggy” Flicker, was arrested more than three years after the reality star posted images that Campanella apparently shot inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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The Hill
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Arrest warrant issued for Democratic state Pennsylvania lawmaker — An arrest warrant was issued for Pennsylvania state Rep. Kevin Boyle, according to multiple reports, with the Democratic lawmaker having been in trouble with the law previously. — On Tuesday, an arrest warrant was issued …
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
John Leguizamo on Trump's Latino support: 'He doesn't like us, and he doesn't want us here' — Actor John Leguizamo obliterated a small horse piñata while reciting a thorough catalogue of Spanish-language profanities on “The Daily Show” Tuesday in response to a New York Times/Siena poll …
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Newsbusters, Fox News and Mediaite
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Meet the people spending $800,000 or more to make Trump the next president — Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was recently found liable for sexual assault, and has been charged with 88 felonies. Trump is currently spending four days a week at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.
Washington Post:
Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives — At a Mar-a-Lago dinner, Donald Trump doubles down on promises to derail a key form of clean energy that competes with fossil fuels — Former president Donald Trump repeatedly ranted about wind power during …
Tobias Burns / The Hill:
Why Biden wants to raise tariffs on Chinese steel — President Biden called for tripling the tariff rate on steel and aluminum imports from China Monday, a move that reflects simmering geopolitical tensions with the world's top steel producer as well as an increasingly protectionist economic posture ahead of the 2024 election.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Trump GOP's inverted perception of crime in America — During a visit to a small convenience store in Upper Manhattan on Tuesday, Donald Trump distilled his party's approach to crime — and, really, everything else. — Trump had come directly from the courthouse where …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Comer: Criminal referrals in Biden probe could come ‘within weeks’ — House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that criminal referrals stemming from his investigation into President Biden could come “within weeks” even as he cautioned that “impeachment is still on the table.”
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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency after alleged 2015 gun incident — The Montana GOP Senate candidate said this month that he lied about accidentally shooting himself at Glacier National Park — Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency in 2015 …
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Raw Story
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Steve Garvey's tax debt dogs Senate bid — Garvey, the Republican Senate hopeful and former baseball star, has amassed dozens of tax liens totaling millions of dollars since he left the diamond in 1987. — Steve Garvey, the Republican Senate candidate in California, struggled to pay …
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Raw Story