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Tara Suter / The Hill:
GOP senator: Greene ‘dragging our brand down’  —  Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) took a shot at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Tuesday, saying she is “dragging our brand down.”  —  “She is a horrible leader,” Tillis said of Greene, according to audio played on CNN's “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
10 senators helped advance Ukraine aid after voting against it
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden's desk
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate passes Ukraine, Israel funding after months-long stalemate
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes  —  FTC's final rule will generate over 8,500 new businesses each year, raise worker wages, lower health care costs, and boost innovation  —  Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide …
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs  —  The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.  —  The FTC received …
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Federal Trade Commission Approves Ban Of Noncompete Agreements
Washington Post:
Chris Christie, unplugged  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  We hope your allergies aren't as bad as ours, but sorry to be the bearer of bad news: The tree and grass pollen count in D.C. today is “high.”  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Was this forwarded to you?  Sign up here.  Thanks for waking up with us.
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Politico:   Why Biden's blasé about campus turmoil
Washington Post:
Progressives stare down primary challengers
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
Biden Roasts Trump for Selling His Own Version of The Bible  —  In today's snapshot of the presidential campaign, the contrast between the two candidates could not be starker.  President Biden gave another fiery speech, this time from the state of Florida, a week before their draconian abortion law goes into effect.
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Politico:
Trump fumes while Biden hits the trail
Discussion: CBS News and The Hill
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Biden To Florida Voters: Six-Week Abortion Ban Is Trump's Fault
Politico:
How McConnell and Schumer beat hardline conservatives on Ukraine  —  The two Senate leaders and the White House worked tirelessly for the better part of a year to get direly needed aid for Ukraine.  It finally paid off.  —  Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden might have been in lockstep …
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Associated Press:
The long battle for more US aid for Ukraine is ending but damage to Kyiv will be hard to reverse
Discussion: CNN and The Bulwark
NBC News:
McConnell says Tucker Carlson and Trump's waffling delayed crucial Ukraine aid
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
FBI director rejects Trump's vow to investigate political rivals  —  In a wide-ranging interview with NBC News, Christopher Wray also broke with Trump over the former president's characterization of Jan. 6 defendants as “hostages.”  —  Reacting for the first time to former President Donald Trump's vow …
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story, Fox News and Breitbart
Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
Biden administration makes it easier for flyers to get refunds  —  The rule comes after more than a year of promises by the administration to shore up protections for air passengers.  —  Passengers whose flights are canceled or “significantly” delayed won't have to fight to get a cash refund …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
National Enquirer made up the story about Ted Cruz's father and Lee Harvey Oswald, former publisher says  —  The Texas senator told NBC News that he's “not interested in revisiting ancient history.”  —  David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified at Donald Trump's trial Tuesday …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz spotted the Trump-National Enquirer alliance in 2016
Washington Post:
Bird flu virus found in grocery milk as officials say supply still safe  —  Viral fragments of bird flu have been identified in samples of milk taken from grocery store shelves in the United States, a finding that does not necessarily suggest a threat to human health but indicates the avian flu virus …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The press helps MAGA target jurors.  And it's just not Fox.  —  Trump has always benefited from unthinking, celebrity-obsessed media. … Fox News personality Jesse Watters spent the early days of former president Donald Trump's New York trial attacking and trying to discredit the jury.
Discussion: New York Times
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Biden scores major union backing as its leaders attack Trump  —  Joe Biden will land a major union endorsement Wednesday from North America's Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it.  —  In making one of their earliest ever …
Discussion: Plain Dealer
Politico:
Why narrow majorities and House gridlock are here to stay in 2024  —  The number of truly competitive seats is smaller than it's been in decades.  —  The battle for the House will be determined by a smaller number of races than it has in at least the past two decades.
Discussion: Axios
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
How “The Nelson Mandela of America” Is Making Bank Off of His Criminal Trial  —  IN THE FIRST WEEK OF HIS CRIMINAL TRIAL, Donald Trump raised about $5.6 million online by warning his small dollar-donors that the “Deep State” was out to lock him up.  —  “I JUST STORMED INTO COURT,” …
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Biden's Gains Against Trump Vanish on Deep Economic Pessimism, Poll Shows  —  The president is trailing Donald Trump in six of seven swing states as a majority of poll respondents see the economy worsening by the end of the year.  —  President Joe Biden's recent polling bump in key battleground states …
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
George Santos ends comeback bid for Congress after raising no money  —  Former U.S. Rep. George Santos on Tuesday said he is dropping his longshot bid to return to Congress, months after he was expelled from the House while facing a slew of federal fraud charges.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
George Santos drops independent House bid
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Legal Bills Are Hiding an $8 Million Mystery  —  CONCEALED CARRY  —  Trump is using a GOP compliance firm as a go-between to pay lawyers, allowing him to hide who he's actually paying.  Experts have real questions whether he can do that.
Discussion: Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump keeps begging for a “rally behind MAGA” — but his supporters aren't showing up to court  —  It's not just that Fox News told them entering New York results in instant murder  —  Donald Trump can't decide how he wants his supporters to feel about the scene outside of the Manhattan courtroom …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
George W. Bush was a terrible president  —  Looking back at the last — disastrous — era of efficacious conservative policymaking  —  If you're in the DC area, I'm hosting a book talk for Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld about their new book “The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics.”
 
 
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Yo, NBC, where's our invite?
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump brothers Eric and Don Jr. emerge as loyalty czars
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Rachel Selzer / Democracy Docket:
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Politico:
Inside Dems' thinking on saving Mike Johnson
Discussion: The Dispatch and Fox News
Angela V. Olinto / provost.columbia.edu:
Guidelines for Teaching, Student Accommodations, and Staff on Campus
Dasha Burns / NBC News:
Secretive conservative donor group meets to draw up 2024 plans — with a call-in from Trump
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The Tennessean:
Tennessee House passes bill allowing armed teachers, sending measure to the governor
UN News:
Mass graves in Gaza show victims' hands were tied, says UN rights office
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Top tech companies seek more cash for the lab keeping AI safe
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The media should be celebrating college protesters instead of demonizing them