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Politico:
Trump raised so much last month he erased Biden's cash advantage — Trump's fundraising while he was on trial in New York, punctuated in the final days when he was convicted, was enough to surpass the incumbent Democrat when it comes to campaign cash. — Former President Donald Trump's huge …
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Trump has big fundraising plans for VP
Scoop: Trump has big fundraising plans for VP
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Washington Examiner, Daily Kos and AllSides Balanced
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Bloomberg Backs Biden With $20 Million Donation
Bloomberg Backs Biden With $20 Million Donation
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RedState, Fox News, IJR, CNBC, New York Post, NBC News and Washington Post
Olivia Rinaldi / CBS News:
Trump to campaign in Virginia after first presidential debate
Trump to campaign in Virginia after first presidential debate
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New York Times, WRIC-TV, Vanity Fair, The Dispatch, Fox News, USA Today, Raw Story, New York Daily News, HotAir, Boston Herald and CNN
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Biden settles on a message against Trump: He's even worse than before
Biden settles on a message against Trump: He's even worse than before
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Twitchy
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds domestic violence gun restriction — The case was a test for how far the court's conservative majority is willing to go in backing gun rights following a major ruling in 2022. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that prohibits people subjected …
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CNN, New York Times, Breitbart, One America News Network, Los Angeles Times, UPI, al.com, New York Daily News, RedState, The Hill, HuffPost, Fox News, Washington Post, AllSides Balanced, Semafor and Twitchy
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Clarence Thomas Says Domestic Abusers Should Own Guns — BOOM — He wrote the lone dissent as the Supreme Court overwhelmingly upheld the constitutionality of a federal ban on gun ownership on Friday. — The Supreme Court on Friday overwhelmingly upheld the constitutionality of a federal ban …
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court upholds federal ban on guns for domestic abusers
Supreme Court upholds federal ban on guns for domestic abusers
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Salon, NY State Attorney General, ABC News, PoliticusUSA, Rolling Stone, New York Post, Lewiston Sun Journal and USA Today
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
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CNN:
Judge Aileen Cannon pushes Trump's lawyer to defend claim that special counsel is part of a ‘shadow government’ — Fort Pierce, Florida CNN — One day after it was reported that two federal judges urged Judge Aileen Cannon not to oversee the classified documents case against Donald Trump …
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Courthouse News Service, Raw Story, NBC News, Washington Examiner, CBS News, USA Today, Fox News and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Roger Stone Seems to Imply Trump Totally Controls Judge Cannon
Roger Stone Seems to Imply Trump Totally Controls Judge Cannon
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Orlando Sentinel, The Atlantic, Alternet.org, Raw Story, Axios, Sun-Sentinel, Law & Crime, Civil Discourse …, PoliticusUSA, HuffPost and Mediaite
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Newly named Washington Post editor decides not to take job after backlash, will stay in Britain — The Washington Post said Friday that newly named editor Robert Winnett has decided not to take the job and remain in Britain instead, another upheaval at a news outlet where a reorganization plan has gone disastrously wrong.
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Washington Post:
Robert Winnett will not join The Post as editor — Robert Winnett, hired by Washington Post publisher William Lewis, faced questions about his U.K. work, including stories based on stolen records. — Robert Winnett, the British journalist recently tapped to become editor of The Washington Post later …
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New York Times, HotAir, Poynter, Breitbart, New York Post, acecomments.mu.nu, Semafor, KSNG-TV, The Wrap and AllSides Balanced, more at Mediagazer »
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Trump ally Bannon asks the Supreme Court to delay his 4-month prison sentence on contempt charges — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, asked the Supreme Court on Friday to delay his prison sentence while he fights his convictions for defying a subpoena …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Missouri attorney general to sue New York over Trump prosecutions — Andrew Bailey's lawsuit is part of series of actions against NY attorney general and Manhattan DA, who both secured Trump convictions — The Missouri attorney general, Andrew Bailey, has confirmed that he's suing the state …
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New Republic, The Western Journal, Fox News, Axios, Breitbart, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Tennessee Star
New York Times:
Bragg Asks Judge to Extend Trump's Gag Order, Citing Deluge of Threats — Donald J. Trump claims the order has unfairly restricted his free speech rights ahead of his sentencing on 34 felony counts. He has nonetheless attacked the judge, prosecutor and justice system.
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Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Guardian, Diane Ravitch's blog and New York Daily News
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media shares rise, pausing multi-day decline … Trump Media stock pared intraday losses Friday afternoon, pausing a weekslong slide for former President Donald Trump's tech and media company that accelerated earlier in the week. — The company behind Truth Social …
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Raw Story and New Republic
Eric Neugeboren / The Nevada Independent:
Judge dismisses Nevada fake electors case over lack of jurisdiction — Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled that Clark County was not an appropriate place to decide the case. — Courts Election 2020 — A Clark County judge has dismissed the charges filed against the six Nevada Republicans …
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Washington Post, Axios, Las Vegas Review-Journal, WKBN-TV, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, WTOP News and New York Times
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Change Healthcare confirms ransomware hackers stole medical records on a ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans — Change Healthcare has confirmed a February ransomware attack on its systems, which brought widespread disruption to the U.S. healthcare system for weeks, resulted in the theft …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Why Conceding To Lies About The Economy Is A Big Mistake — It's not just about voter sentiment ahead of the election, it's about what kind of party we want Democrats to be in a post-Trump future. — Before going solo almost a year ago, I hosted an interview show that was essentially about finding the good in the bad.
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Cara Tabachnick / CBS News:
2 killed, 8 wounded in mass shooting outside Arkansas grocery store — Two people were killed and eight wounded in a mass shooting Friday outside of a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas, state police said. One law enforcement officer was among those wounded and has non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Rightwing cases built on made-up stories keep making it to the US supreme court — Again and again, the conservative movement promotes cases based on inaccuracies, falsehoods and outright deceptions — The first of many lies at the center of Moore v United States, the major tax case …
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New York Times, Slate, AllSides Balanced and New Republic
New York Times:
Israeli Official Describes Secret Government Bid to Cement Control of West Bank — Israeli judges have long ruled that Israel's control of the territory is a temporary military occupation and complies with international law. A powerful minister's recent speech, caught on tape, suggested the government is trying to change that.
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Middle East Monitor and The Guardian
Rachel Oswald / National Press Club:
Club urges members to donate for Aubuchon winner's hospice care — The National Press Club is grieved to learn that freelance photojournalist Linda Tirado, the recipient of the Club's 2020 domestic John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, is dying and has entered hospice care as a result …
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Is Pouring Millions Into a State Democrats Haven't Won Since 2008 — Democratic incumbent faces steep challenges in North Carolina, but seeks alternative paths to 270 Electoral College votes — President Biden's re-election campaign is making a larger investment in North Carolina …
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Washington Examiner
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Authorizes Marketing of Four Menthol-Flavored E-Cigarette Products After Extensive Scientific Review — Authorization Includes Restrictions to Mitigate Youth Risk — For Immediate Release: — Following an extensive scientific review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized …
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