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Politico:
The stakes are sky high — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. — ATLANTA — When President JOE BIDEN's team pushed to debate DONALD TRUMP in late June, it was an implicit admission of the anxiety they felt about the state of the race.
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Gallup:
Age, Issues Working to Trump's Advantage Pre-Debate — Republicans are more enthusiastic about their candidate than Democrats are — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Heading into the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign some four months before Election Day, Donald Trump is viewed more positively …
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Politico:
Here's what could actually move the 2024 needle during tonight's debate
Here's what could actually move the 2024 needle during tonight's debate
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Nancy Mace Fears Biden May Load Up on ‘Vitamins’ for Debate
Nancy Mace Fears Biden May Load Up on ‘Vitamins’ for Debate
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Poll: Republicans more invested in Biden-Trump debate
Poll: Republicans more invested in Biden-Trump debate
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases — The Supreme Court on Thursday stripped the Securities and Exchange Commission of a major tool in fighting securities fraud in a decision that also could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agencies — On Thursday, the Court handed down a 6-3 decision, on a party-line vote, that could render a simply astonishing array of federal laws unenforceable. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor writes in dissent …
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Sotomayor Torches Supreme Court's Short-Sightedness in SEC Ruling
Sotomayor Torches Supreme Court's Short-Sightedness in SEC Ruling
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court sidesteps ruling on emergency room abortion-access dispute — The court opted against deciding whether Idaho's abortion ban conflicts with a federal law that sets standards for hospital emergency room care, leaving legal question unresolved. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
In a scathing dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says Idaho abortion ruling is ‘not a victory for pregnant patients’
In a scathing dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says Idaho abortion ruling is ‘not a victory for pregnant patients’
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's New Leaked Abortion Draft Reeks of Cynicism
The Supreme Court's New Leaked Abortion Draft Reeks of Cynicism
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court blocks EPA's interstate air pollution regulation — The Environmental Protection Agency's “good neighbor” rule is aimed at reducing air pollution that crosses state lines and contributes to smog. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Biden administration …
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Supreme Court blocks enforcement of EPA's ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution
Supreme Court blocks enforcement of EPA's ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution
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Joe Biden for President:
Trump allies' 920 page plan to give Trump more power over your daily life, gut democratic checks and balances, and consolidate power in the Oval office. — Project 2025 is the plan by Donald Trump's MAGA Republican allies to give Trump more power over your daily life, gut democratic checks and balances …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Biden seizes debate limelight for “Project 2025” push
Scoop: Biden seizes debate limelight for “Project 2025” push
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Oklahoma's State Superintendent Requires Public Schools to Teach the Bible — The state superintendent, Ryan Walters, said the Bible was a “necessary historical document” that must be taught in certain grades. — Oklahoma's state superintendent on Thursday directed all public schools to teach the Bible …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: Michelle Obama's private frustration with the Bidens … - Michelle Obama also was initially reluctant to campaign for Biden after he became the Democratic nominee in 2020, people familiar with the situation told Axios. — Biden's team says the relationship between the families is strong …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Right-wing group gets Anne Frank's Diary and other Holocaust books taken from Texas school — Pastor Luis Cabrera and his conservative group threatened to shut down school board meetings if a superintendent of a school district in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas did not heed their demands …
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Jack Smith brings receipts of vile threats against judges and prosecutors in Trump cases, tells Cannon former president fundraised off of lies about FBI — In a Wednesday notice filled with examples of vile threats against judges and prosecutors from supporters of Donald Trump …
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Associated Press:
Man on trial for threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict — CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man on trial for threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings.
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Nancy Vu / Washington Examiner:
Trump tips hand on climate talking points ahead of debate — Former President Donald Trump posted a preview of proposed talking points on climate change and energy ahead of Thursday's debate, an unusual move before one of the most widely watched events before the November election.
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Rolling Stone:
Inside the Right-Wing Campaign to End Protections for Endangered Species — Leonard Leo's dark money hubs have funneled over $2 million to climate denial groups working to gut the Endangered Species Act — Leonard Leo, best known as the architect of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority …
John Binder / Breitbart:
Prosecutors Accuse Illegal Alien, Freed into U.S. by Biden's DHS, of Murdering Girl on Her 21st Birthday — An illegal alien, released into the United States by President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has been accused of murdering a young woman on her twenty-first birthday …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Meadows quietly fights for his White House records — Newly disclosed court filings show that Meadows has been pressing the National Archives and special counsel Jack Smith since May to turn over massive troves of records. — Donald Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows …
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Edward Carver / Common Dreams:
‘Insult to Democracy’: Sanders Says Citizens United the Real Story of Bowman Defeat — “Campaigns should be about a clash of ideas, not which candidate can raise more money from the oligarchs,” Sanders said after the defeat of Bowman, a progressive who was the target of huge dark-money spending.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement — The justices ruled that a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to let members of Sackler family evade facing future lawsuits. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blew up the massive bankruptcy reorganization …
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Jed Rosenzweig / LateNighter:
25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone as Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site — First on LateNighter: One of the richest repositories of late-night videos is no longer. — ComedyCentral.com had been home to clips from every episode of The Daily Show since 1999, and the entire run of The Colbert Report …
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