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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
House Republicans narrowly pass defense bill loaded with culture war issues — The tactic represented a gamble for Speaker Mike Johnson, who could have pushed to pass a more bipartisan version with the help of Democrats. — The House narrowly cleared defense policy legislation on Friday …
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
House passes defense policy bill advancing key GOP priorities — The legislation, initially hailed by those who drafted it as a feat of bipartisanship, was loaded with amendments targeting abortion access, diversity programs and other initiatives opposed by Democrats.
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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Pushes Through Defense Bill Nixing Abortion Access Policy
House G.O.P. Pushes Through Defense Bill Nixing Abortion Access Policy
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules gun ‘bump stocks’ ban is unlawful — The ban was imposed by the Trump administration after the accessory was used during the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. — WASHINGTON — In a loss for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that federal ban on …
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Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on bump stocks
Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on bump stocks
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The Sun:
Moment Biden, 81, freezes AGAIN after shuffling away from G7 leaders forcing Italian PM to shepherd him back for pic — Watch Biden's latest concerning incident in the clip above — ELDERLY Joe Biden has given his “worst ever” performance at a major international summit, G7 insiders say …
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Biden's condition shocks allies at G7 summit, with one saying it's ‘worst he has ever been’: report — President Biden has been “losing focus” during discussions at this week's G7 summit in Italy, with one diplomatic insider saying the commander-in-chief is “the worst he has ever been.”
Associated Press:
Alex Jones' personal assets will be sold to help pay Sandy Hook debt as judge decides Infowars' fate — A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but was still deciding on his company's separate bankruptcy case …
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Tovia Smith / NPR:
Alex Jones ordered to sell off his personal assets to pay Sandy Hook families — It's a day of reckoning today for Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and a long-awaited culmination for the Sandy Hook families who sued Jones for defamation. A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has decided …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Chilling Reason You May Never See the New Trump Movie — This week I finally got to see “The Apprentice,” an absorbing, disturbing movie about the relationship between the red-baiting mob lawyer Roy Cohn and a young Donald Trump. The film, which was received with an extended standing ovation …
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Martin Pengelly / The Daily Beast:
Anthony Fauci: Volcanic Donald Trump Screamed F-Bombs, Then Said He Loved Me — COVID BOOK LEAK — In his memoir “On Call,” Anthony Fauci tells how Trump lurched from crisis to crisis and said he would win in a “f***ing landslide.” … Donald Trump shouted foul-mouthed abuse at Anthony Fauci …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Fauci Speaks His Mind on Trump's Rages and Their ‘Complicated’ Relationship
Reuters:
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax propaganda campaign to incite fear of China vaccines during pandemic — The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China's Sinovac inoculation - payback for Beijing's efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic.
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: McConnell eyes his next move … - McConnell, 82, is both a student and a practitioner of power. — While no final decision has been made, such a post would let him remain a force with real juice, wielding enviable say over funding for everything from the Pentagon to pet projects until he finishes his term in 2027.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Mitch McConnell Is Trump's Gimp. Again.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats plan to go bigger than a boycott for Netanyahu speech … - The proposals include a press conference, a vigil, or an event with families of those taken hostage by Hamas, many of whom feel Netanyahu hasn't done enough to free their loved ones.
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Noah Bressner / Axios:
Biden's senior momentum: Why he's courting older voters … - Former President Trump, as Axios reported yesterday, appears to be making stunning gains of his own among young voters. — The polls could still be wrong. … (Another theory: The hippies got old.)
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Trump, Biden Prep for Debate Where Any Misstep Threatens Hopes
Trump, Biden Prep for Debate Where Any Misstep Threatens Hopes
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Fox News:
Trump has ‘sort of a pretty good idea’ of VP pick, will probably announce during RNC convention — Trump will likely announce VP pick during the Republican National Convention, which will be held in July in Milwaukee — Join Fox News for access to this content
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Top GOPer Accidentally Wrecks Trump's Biggest Lie About Jack Smith — Don't look now, but Donald Trump's criminality is slowly morphing into a serious wedge issue against the Republican Party—and Democrats, fortunately, are beginning to act like it. — Politico's Playbook reported Thursday …
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Chris Anstey / Bloomberg:
Summers Says Trump Tax Ideas Mean ‘Mother of All Stagflations’ — Former Treasury secretary warns of 10% mortgage rates — Summers urges GOP-leaning economists, executives to speak up — Trump Tax Ideas Could Cause ‘Economic Warfare,’ Summers Says
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Dasha Litvinova / Associated Press:
Putin offers truce if Ukraine exits Russian-claimed areas and drops NATO bid. Kyiv rejects it — Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
DOJ says it won't prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland after House contempt vote — The Justice Department said Friday that it would not act on the House's contempt referral of Attorney General Merrick Garland. — In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, DOJ pointed to its …
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Michael Schaffer / Politico:
The Disappearing Tucker Carlson — A major publisher just canceled a big-budget book on the former Fox News star, cementing his mainstream absence. — For Tucker Carlson, it has to be the ultimate good-news, bad-news moment: A major publishing house has canceled a prominent political …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The GOP's Finely Tuned Bribery Machine — It's playing out right before our eyes, but the secret 2025 agenda it's facilitating is even more scandalous. — The shock-and-awe Republicans have in store for the country if they take power next year is hard to convey to the unsuspecting …
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CNN:
Hamas official says ‘no one has any idea’ how many Israeli hostages are still alive — The fate of the 120 remaining hostages in Gaza is crucial to any deal to end the protracted and bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas. But a senior Hamas official has told CNN that “no one has an idea” …
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