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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Mike Johnson says the quiet part on Fox — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. Appreciate our independent journalism? Then please sign up to support us. — 📈 Subscribe to Public Notice 📈 — It was a given, of course …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
‘2,000 Mules’ Retracted, Still Lodged in Grandma's Brain — Sen. Tim Scott wants you to know: 2024 is not an abortion-policy election. — “The Supreme Court has already ruled that this is a states' issue. President Trump and Speaker Johnson have both said that this will remain a states' issue …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Speaker Johnson's secret muse … - In our column on Johnson's historic road-to-Kyiv conversion, we told you how the speaker defied the loudest, most threatening GOP personalities, dug deep into government intelligence, and shifted his position on the most vital foreign policy legislation in years.
ProPublica:
Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign — Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions — Men are using abortion bans to control and abuse women in their lives for “consensual sexual intercourse” — A pair of Texas professors figured out that their female students have sex and, boy, they do not like it.
Washington Post:
Sally Buzbee steps down as Executive Editor of The Washington Post. Matt Murray and Robert Winnett take editorial leadership roles in new newsroom structure. — The Washington Post also announced today its intention to launch a new division of the newsroom dedicated to better serving audiences …
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Politico:
Playbook: The Trump verdict lands on the Hill — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — WAPO SHOCKER — SALLY BUZBEE is out as the Washington Post's executive editor after a three-year run, to be immediately replaced by former WSJ editor in chief MATT MURRAY and …
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Politico:
Hunter Biden's gun trial starts today. Here's what to know. — The president's son is accused of illegally possessing a gun as a drug user in 2018. — WILMINGTON, Delaware — As Hunter Biden walks into court Monday to go on trial, he'll pass a familiar sight: a large photo of his father, sporting a reassuring grin.
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Joe Biden's looming presence over Hunter's trial serves as a warning to their political enemies
Joe Biden's looming presence over Hunter's trial serves as a warning to their political enemies
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents — Google has accidentally collected childrens' voice data, leaked the trips and home addresses of car pool users, and made YouTube recommendations based on users' deleted watch history, among thousands of other employee-reported privacy incidents …
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Jackson Lee, Veteran Democrat in Congress, Says She Has Pancreatic Cancer — The Texas congresswoman, who has served in the House for nearly three decades, said she had begun treatment and would work with leaders to be present for votes in Washington. — Representative Sheila Jackson Lee …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
8 years later, Trump haunted by rhetoric about candidates, crimes — By the reasoning Donald Trump pushed in 2016, his candidacy creates “an unprecedented constitutional crisis,” and he has “no right to be running.” — Eight years later, some find it easy to forget some of the more ridiculous elements …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court sends dispute over Arkansas' GOP-drawn congressional map back to lower court — Last month, the Supreme Court ruled on South Carolina's congressional map, making it more difficult to bring racial gerrymandering claims. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday told …
Washington Post:
Russia co-opts far-right politicians in Europe with cash, officials say — A Kremlin-backed media outlet — the Prague-based Voice of Europe — funneled hundreds of thousands of euros to far-right politicians, officials say. — PRAGUE — When an associate of one of Russian President …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Menendez will file independent re-election bid — The New Jersey Globe has learned that Bob Menendez will enter the race for the United States Senate today, filing nominating petitions with over 2,000 signatures in Trenton to seek re-election to a fourth term as an independent.
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Dánica Coto / Associated Press:
Puerto Rico's two biggest parties hold primaries as governor seeks 2nd term and voters demand change — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The future of Puerto Rico's political status and its rebounding but fragile economy are at the center of fiery debates as the island's two biggest political …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims he didn't call to lock up Hillary Clinton — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed in a new interview that he didn't make a “lock her up” call for the imprisonment of his Democratic opponent of the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump falsely claims he never called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up
Trump falsely claims he never called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up
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