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6:50 AM ET, July 13, 2024

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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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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Biden blasts Project 2025 in Michigan and ties it to Trump in effort to regain footing  —  A more energetic Biden leaned into a line of attack that unifies Democrats and could appeal beyond his base as he seeks to move past the party infighting over his candidacy.
Washington Post:
Biden's path to victory narrows in wake of damaging debate performance  —  Trump, by contrast, faces a potentially expanded electoral map, giving him multiple possible routes to victory and more wiggle room.  —  President Biden told reporters Thursday that unless his team comes …
Politico:
'It's over': Democrats remain in panic over Biden's reelection  —  They sum it up simply: It's bad.  —  As President Joe Biden's support continues to crumble, his party is reckoning with the possibility of a punishing defeat in November — a potential GOP wave that would not only elect …
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 …
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.
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Connecticut's Lamont appears to become first governor to turn on Biden
Discussion: CT Mirror
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Majority of economists say inflation would be higher under Trump than Biden: WSJ survey
Discussion: Alternet.org and Fox Business
New York Times:
Democrats Fear Safe Blue States Turning Purple as Biden Stays the Course
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
24 former Dem lawmakers to Biden: Allow an open convention
Discussion: NJTODAY.NET
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Another battlground Dem calls on Biden to withdraw
Michael Williams / CNN:
Takeaways from Biden's critical solo news conference
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
'I Am Running and We're Going to Win,' Biden Says in Michigan
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Donors to Pro-Biden Super PAC Are Said to Withhold Roughly $90 Million
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Breaking from NYT: The $90 Million Shoe Just Dropped on Biden
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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Lloyd Lee / Business Insider:
Elon Musk donated to a pro-Trump super PAC, Bloomberg reported  — Elon Musk donated an undisclosed amount of money to America PAC, sources told Bloomberg.  — The billionaire previously said on X that he is not donating money to any candidates.  — But Musk has been critical …
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump heads to Pennsylvania for pre-convention rally as VP announcement looms  —  Donald Trump will have one last chance Saturday to unveil his vice presidential pick on a rally stage before the Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee next week.
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Rupert Murdoch Lobbies Trump to Pick Doug Burgum for VP — and Not J.D. Vance  —  The retired media mogul has been calling Trump multiple times a day, a source close to the former president told NOTUS.  — Copy  —  Rupert Murdoch has launched a full-scale lobbying effort to get Donald Trump …
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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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 …
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
“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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Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on S. 138, the “Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act”
Discussion: Reuters and SWAMY WORLD
Jennifer Shutt / Michigan Advance:
A presidential nominee drops out. What happens to states' ballots?
Discussion: Votebeat and Chicago Sun Times
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The New York Times Fearlessly Declares That Trump Sucks
Marquise Francis / NBC News:
Young content creators drive messaging on Project 2025: ‘It just needed to be out there’
Discussion: New York Times
Axios:
Scoop: Inside Biden's shrinking inner circle
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Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
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