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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty, return to Australia — WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents …
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Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free — The WikiLeaks founder has been held in a prison outside London for the last five years and fought extradition to the United States. — WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to plead guilty …
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Julian Assange leaves UK after striking deal with US justice department — It is anticipated the WikiLeaks founder will plead guilty to violating US espionage law at a hearing in Saipan and will be allowed to return to Australia — Julian Assange has been released from a British prison …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strikes plea deal with the U.S. — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has entered into a plea deal with the U.S. government, bringing an end to a years-long international saga over his handling of national security secrets. — Assange is preparing to plead guilty …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Inside Biden's Camp David Debate Prep — President Biden's aides are working to position him as a campaign-season fighter who can counterpunch on the fly and combat voters' concerns about his age. — At Camp David, a movie theater and an airplane hangar have been outfitted with lights …
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Hillary Rodham Clinton / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton: I've Debated Trump and Biden. Here's What I'm Watching For.
Hillary Clinton: I've Debated Trump and Biden. Here's What I'm Watching For.
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
CNN Host Abruptly Shuts Down Interview with Trump Spokeswoman
CNN Host Abruptly Shuts Down Interview with Trump Spokeswoman
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Isabella Ramírez / Politico:
Days before debate, Trump spokesperson clashes with CNN anchor on air
Days before debate, Trump spokesperson clashes with CNN anchor on air
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Two years ago today, on June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. The vote was 6-3. — The three justices appointed …
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Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:
How ‘Pro-Life’ Lost all Meaning — The anti-abortion movement may have won the battle with Dobbs, but the war is just getting started. — The pro-life movement may have won the battle two years ago today, but they're losing the war—and turning an entire generation away from their cause.
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Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets — A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes …
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Marina Villeneuve / Salon:
“Months she wasted”: National security lawyer says Judge Cannon's “hubris” turned case into a “mess” — Trump judge already made “egregiously flawed ruling” and appears to be “in over her head,” Bradley Moss told Salon — With no trial date in sight for Donald Trump's classified documents case …
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Devi Shastri / Associated Press:
Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows — In the wake of Texas' abortion ban, the state's infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows. — The analysis out of Johns Hopkins University is the latest research …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump reviews plan to halt US military aid to Ukraine unless it negotiates peace with Moscow — Two key advisers to Donald Trump have presented him with a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine — if he wins the presidential election — that involves telling Ukraine …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
One question Trump must be asked in the debate — On April 12, 2024, former president Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Time Magazine. During the interview, Trump was asked explicitly about whether he would allow women to obtain abortion pills if he won another term as president.
Eric Berger / The Guardian:
Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce — Republicans in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas have discussed eliminating or restricting such cases — Some prominent conservative lawmakers and commentators are advocating for ending no-fault divorce …
Maayan Lubell / Reuters:
Israel supreme court rules religious seminary students must be drafted to military — Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students into the military, a decree which creates new political strains for embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Politico:
Von der Leyen, Costa, Kallas approved for EU top jobs by negotiators — The six EU leaders negotiating the bloc's top jobs have agreed that Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, Portugal's António Costa, and Estonia's Kaja Kallas should get the most senior positions at the European Commission …
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Florida not a battleground, Biden campaign chair says — Biden campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon sees other states as the way to win the Electoral College. — President Joe Biden and Democrats have been insisting that Florida's gettable for them in November. — But not everyone seems to have gotten the memo.
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emptywheel:
“Nobody ever slept on that side of the bed usually so he would have it all full of boxes” — The government has filed their response to Trump's argument that, because some of the contents of Trump's boxes have shifted during the investigation, the entire indictment must be dismissed.