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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Biden's Call With Hispanic Lawmakers Goes Off the Rails — The call ended abruptly after Rep. Mike Levin asked Biden to withdraw from the race. Soon after, Levin formally called on Biden to step down as the nominee. — Copy — As President Joe Biden tries to talk with Democratic lawmakers …
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Axios, New York Times, Politico, RedState, Alternet.org, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post and New Republic
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
UAW Chief Suggests Trump Is Headed for Victory Over Biden — Shawn Fain warns that Democrats risk a repeat of 2016 debacle — United Auto Workers endorsed Biden's reelection in January — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain suggested Donald Trump is on track to defeat Joe Biden in November …
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Reuters, New Republic and Drop Site News
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Biden blasts Project 2025 in Michigan and ties it to Trump in effort to regain footing
Biden blasts Project 2025 in Michigan and ties it to Trump in effort to regain footing
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New York Post, Washington Examiner and Democrats
New York Times:
A Fiery Biden, Ignoring Critics, Attacks Trump to Chants of ‘Lock Him Up’
A Fiery Biden, Ignoring Critics, Attacks Trump to Chants of ‘Lock Him Up’
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Politico, Washington Examiner, The Hollywood Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune, Breitbart and USA Today
Michael Williams / CNN:
Takeaways from Biden's critical solo news conference
Takeaways from Biden's critical solo news conference
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Punchbowl News, Roll Call, Semafor, PJ Media, The Root, New York Times, New Republic, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, The Spectator World, New York Post, OutsideTheBeltway, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, IJR, The Daily Beast, One America News Network, RedState, Politico, Fox News, Washington Post, USA Today and Louisiana Illuminator
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Is Kamala Harris Ready for Trump?
Is Kamala Harris Ready for Trump?
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Raw Story, New York Post, Wall Street Journal and NC Newsline
Bloomberg:
Musk Donates to Trump, Tapping Fortune to Swing 2024 Race — Tech mogul contributed to group backing Trump in swing states — Move demonstrates Musk's growing influence in Washington — Billionaire Elon Musk has donated to a super political action committee working to elect Donald Trump …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Donors to Pro-Biden Super PAC Are Said to Withhold Roughly $90 Million
Donors to Pro-Biden Super PAC Are Said to Withhold Roughly $90 Million
Doug Sosnik / New York Times:
Biden's Path to Re-election Has All But Vanished — President Biden has spent much of 2024 with a more challenging path to winning a second presidential term in November than Donald Trump. But for reasons that have become glaringly obvious, that path has all but vanished.
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IJR, HotAir, The Hill, Fox News, Wide World of News, Associated Press, Washington Post, CBS News and Ordinary Times
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Connecticut's Lamont appears to become first governor to turn on Biden
Connecticut's Lamont appears to become first governor to turn on Biden
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CT Mirror and Hartford Courant
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Judge throws out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case, says he flouted process with lack of transparency — NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani 's bankruptcy case on Friday, finding that the former New York City mayor had flouted process with a lack of transparency.
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
New York judge throws out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case — The decision paves the way for two former Georgia election workers who won a defamation claim against him to pursue and potentially seize his assets. — A federal judge in New York on Friday threw out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Shocker Poll Suggests Trump's Lying May Be Huge Weakness for Him — A new Marist poll takes the novel step of asking registered voters which is more off-putting in an occupant of the Oval Office: dishonesty or excessive age. The results are surprising, and along with other polling along these lines …
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Raw Story, New York Post, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite and Breitbart
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Exclusive: Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 election … - While those penalties were designed to limit any public figure's accounts during civil unrest, Donald Trump's accounts were the only ones that have so far been subject to those restrictions, a spokesperson confirmed.
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Faris Tanyos / CBS News:
Meta ends restrictions on Trump's Facebook, Instagram accounts ahead of GOP convention
Meta ends restrictions on Trump's Facebook, Instagram accounts ahead of GOP convention
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Rightwing claim of ‘0% chance’ of fair US election previews effort to undo 2024 result — Mike Howell makes comment at Heritage Foundation event where implausible post-election scenarios were shared — The fight for democracy is supported by — A major conservative thinktank previewed rightwing efforts …
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Crooks and Liars and The Daily Signal
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump allies at Heritage declare 2024 election illegitimate in advance
Trump allies at Heritage declare 2024 election illegitimate in advance
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RedState, Alternet.org, Digby's Hullabaloo, GovExec.com, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Anna Conkling / The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep Delivers a House Floor Speech Straight Out of 'The Handmaid's Tale' — BLESSED BE THE FRUIT — In a speech before the House that seemed lifted right out of Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic, Rep. Glenn Grothman said he wants the U.S. to go back to 1960.
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New Republic, The Mahablog and Raw Story
“AZ Law”:
BREAKING: People Are Voting “Kari Lake” for Senate; Today, She Is Asking the AZ Supreme Court To Declare Her Governor — Thousands of people have already voted in the July 30 primary, and presumably, many have voted for Kari Lake to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.
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Arizona Mirror, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Hill and Axios
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Majority of economists say inflation would be higher under Trump than Biden: WSJ survey … A majority of economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal said former President Donald Trump's policies would be more likely to reignite inflation than President Joe Biden's would.
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Alternet.org, Fox Business and Wall Street Journal
Axios:
Scoop: Inside Biden's shrinking inner circle … - Democrats inside and outside the White House tell Axios they're worried that Biden isn't receiving a 360-degree view of his — and his party's — perilous political situation. — In the two weeks since Biden's disastrous debate …
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Laura Collins / Daily Mail:
Jill Biden's grudge against Kamala Harris REVEALED: Power-hungry first lady's grudge is so deep that the only thing worse than Joe stepping down is the VP replacing him — By LAURA COLLINS CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and JOSH BOSWELL FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and KEN SILVERSTEIN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
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The Gateway Pundit, HotAir and RedState
Ashley Judd / USA Today:
I'm calling on Biden to step aside. Beating Trump is too important. — My folks are not bad people, in spite of what you may now think of them. They are facing bad options. We must give them a different choice. — Wednesday evening, I was visiting, as we say in the South, with some of my beloved chosen and biological family.
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HuffPost, News 4 Buffalo, Associated Press, Fox News, Washington Examiner and IJR
Jennifer Shutt / Michigan Advance:
A presidential nominee drops out. What happens to states' ballots? — Experts say it's likely the Supreme Court would settle the resulting mess — This special report was written with contributions from States Newsroom's 39 state news bureaus. — WASHINGTON — The Electoral College …
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Votebeat and Chicago Sun Times
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Moms for Liberty seeks order blocking federal LGBTQ school protections nationwide — A Friday filing from the extremist organization seeks a ruling that would block the Biden administration's Title IX rule in more than 850 counties across the U.S. — The far-right extremist group Moms …