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New York Times:
Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows … The I.R.S. believes that former President Donald J. Trump violated a law meant to prevent double-dipping on tax-reducing losses.Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times — Former President Donald J. Trump used …
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ProPublica:
IRS Audit of Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million — The tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed Chicago tower. — Co-published with The New York Times
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Associated Press, Chicago Sun Times and Raw Story
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Trump quietly moves Haley off his blacklist … - Trump is scrambling to make up a fundraising disadvantage against President Biden and pay legal fees. … - A reconciliation with Haley, his former UN ambassador, also could help Trump cut attract some of the college-educated Republicans …
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Politico:
Nikki Haley keeps racking up votes in final stretch of the GOP primary, and Donald Trump keeps ignoring them — Biden has a strategy for trying to bring anti-Trump Republicans to his side, while Trump still hasn't reached out to Haley two months after she dropped out of the primary.
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Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Donald Trump says Nikki Haley not under consideration for vice president — Former President Donald Trump is dismissing a report that he is considering his GOP primary opponent Nikki Haley as a running mate. — Trump wrote on his social Media platform Truth Social Saturday that …
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Carl Gibson / Raw Story:
Georgia GOP vice chair booted for illegally voting 9 times as a convicted felon — Brian K. Pritchard is no longer the vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party after a large majority of his fellow Republicans voted to remove him from his position this week.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Associated Press
New York Times:
Amid Scrutiny, Paul Manafort Leaves Republican Convention Role — Eight years after helping Donald J. Trump get elected — and four years after being released from prison — the longtime political operative was back as a volunteer to advise the G.O.P. convention.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Sleazy $1 Billion Shakedown of Oil Execs Gives Dems an Opening — Ever since Donald Trump descended that golden escalator in 2015, a central tenet of his bond with his supporters has been a simple promise to them: I have seen elite corruption and self-dealing from the inside, and I will put that know-how to work for you.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Justice Alito warns of declining support for freedom of speech on college campuses — The conservative justice also warned that freedom of religion is “imperiled” as he delivered a commencement address at a Catholic college. — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Saturday warned …
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Washington Post:
Biden's isolation grows as Gaza report both criticizes and clears Israel — Like much of the president's, at times, halting approach toward the war, the report released to Congress on Friday drew criticism from across the political spectrum.
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
New York Supreme Court shoots down Long Island county transgender athlete ban — The New York Supreme Court struck down a directive from Long Island's Nassau County that banned transgender women from participating in girls' and women's athletics at county parks.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Long, Tortured Road to Biden's Clash With Netanyahu Over Gaza War — The president offered strong support to Israel after Oct. 7 but has grown increasingly frustrated over the conduct of the war. “He has just gotten to a point where enough is enough,” a friend says.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
GOP escalates fight with Secret Service over convention protesters — Senior GOP representatives have been arguing for weeks with Secret Service officials, but the agency has not budged. — Top Republican Party officials are escalating their fight with the Secret Service over the party's convention …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Narrative of Trump snoozing in court takes hold — much to his annoyance — It's unclear if Donald Trump has actually been sleeping, and he vehemently denies it. But Democrats and late-night hosts have seized on the reports anyway. — “Don Snoreleone.” “Donnie Nappleseed.” “Sleepy Don.”
Sam Cabral / BBC:
Trump's youngest son Barron ‘declines’ to be RNC delegate, his mother Melania says — Barron Trump is declining to serve as a delegate on behalf of his father at the Republican National Convention, according to his mother's office. — The Florida Republican Party announced on Wednesday …
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Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Melania Trump reveals son Barron, 18, has pulled out of being a delegate nominating his father for president because he has ‘prior commitments’
Melania Trump reveals son Barron, 18, has pulled out of being a delegate nominating his father for president because he has ‘prior commitments’
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