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Washington Post:
Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes — Plans include proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code — President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks …
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New York Times:
Schiff Warned of Wipeout for Democrats if Biden Remains in Race — Representative Adam B. Schiff of California told attendees at a Democratic fund-raiser that the party would lose the Senate and miss a chance to take the House if the president did not drop out.
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Axios:
Scoop: Biden rebellion resurfaces on Capitol Hill … - “People are back to being angry at Biden and a push to sign on to this letter is going around ... the ‘replace Biden’ movement is back,” a House Democrat told Axios. … - “We respectfully but emphatically request that you cancel …
Politico:
House Dems plot last-ditch effort to delay Biden nomination — One Democratic lawmaker is circulating a letter asking the DNC to postpone the virtual roll call vote expected to be conducted in the coming weeks. — Dozens of House Democrats are organizing a plan to speak …
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NOTUS, Breitbart, New Republic, Washington Examiner and E&E News
Axios:
Scoop: How the DNC plans to run out the clock for Biden … - Once Biden receives votes from a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates, it will become exceedingly difficult to remove him from atop the Democratic presidential ticket. — The DNC's current plan is to train state party chairs next week …
CNN:
Exclusive: Secret Service ramped up security after receiving intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting — US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led …
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Wall Street Journal:
Security Detail for Ex-Top Trump Official Denied by Biden Administration — Former national security adviser Robert O'Brien wanted his government protection extended amid ‘credible’ threats from Iran — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has declined for almost a year to provide security …
New York Times:
U.S. Detected Potential Iranian Plot to Kill Trump Separate From Saturday's Shooting — American intelligence agencies were tracking an Iranian threat even before the attack on former President Donald J. Trump. But officials said the two were unrelated. — U.S. intelligence agencies …
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NBC Bay Area, RedState and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Jason Sattler / I Know How Much You Care:
JD Vance is Trump's gift to Putin — The GOP nominee may have picked the one American his second-biggest donor prefers over him. — 1× — The pick of JD Vance, who underperformed Ohio's last Republican Senator by 15% and the entire Ohio GOP ticket by 11%, has made clear …
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The 19th, Semafor, Politico and PoliticusUSA
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Authoritarian Ticket — Another one for the “weeks where decades happen” files …
The Authoritarian Ticket — Another one for the “weeks where decades happen” files …
New York Times:
How J.D. Vance Won Over Donald Trump
How J.D. Vance Won Over Donald Trump
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Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
Here's who could take Vance's Senate seat after his vice president call
Here's who could take Vance's Senate seat after his vice president call
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Associated Press:
Federal jury returns for third day of deliberations at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez — NEW YORK (AP) — A jury in New York City is expected to resume deliberations Tuesday in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat accused of accepting gold and cash to use …
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ABC News:
Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts, including acting as foreign agent, in federal corruption trial
Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts, including acting as foreign agent, in federal corruption trial
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ProPublica:
In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller — Vance gave the speech to the secretive Teneo Network. The GOP vice presidential nominee has been a member of the Leonard Leo-backed group, which seeks to cultivate conservative influence in business and culture.
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New Republic and Rolling Stone
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Kennedy and West third-party ballot drives are pushed by secretive groups and Republican donors — Libertarians in Colorado want to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot to create chaos. Petition drives for Cornel West in Virginia and North Carolina are being run by groups with Republican ties.
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Trump campaign says the map has expanded
Trump campaign says the map has expanded
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Washington Examiner and Florida's Voice
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Stop Pretending You Know How This Will End — In the immediate aftermath of the failed attempt on Donald Trump's life, pundits and politicians rushed to proclaim that they knew exactly how the awful event would affect American politics. Commentators on the left and right predicted on social media that …
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OutsideTheBeltway and Los Angeles Times
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Jan-Werner Müller / The Guardian:
Trump is an authoritarian who must not win. Saying that is not inciting violence
Trump is an authoritarian who must not win. Saying that is not inciting violence
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The Atlantic, The American Spectator and Washington Post
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Nothing About the Attempted Assassination Redeems Trump
Nothing About the Attempted Assassination Redeems Trump
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The Guardian and WisPolitics
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Special counsels are unconstitutional if they make Trump sad — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. Appreciate our independent journalism? Then please sign up to support us. — 🏙️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🏙️ — It finally happened.
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Fox News:
Special counsel Jack Smith to appeal Trump classified documents case
Special counsel Jack Smith to appeal Trump classified documents case
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Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter:
The education of Aileen Cannon
The education of Aileen Cannon
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In Leaked Phone Call, Trump Tries to Coax Kennedy Into His Camp — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized for a leaked video of the phone call, in which Donald Trump offers anti-vaccine messaging and says the wound to his ear “felt like the world's largest mosquito.”
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Whoa whoa whoa!’ CNN host stops GOP rep for suggesting Secret Service set Trump up — Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) stunned CNN anchor Kate Bolduan on Tuesday morning by insinuating that Democrats or the Biden administration might have gotten the Secret Service to set up former President Donald Trump …
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The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Cop Fatally Shoots ‘Armed’ Suspect Just Outside RNC — CHILLING — The officer who opened fire was from Columbus, Ohio, and was attending the RNC. — An Ohio cop dispatched to help secure the RNC fatally shot an “armed” man just outside the convention's perimeter in Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon …
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Eli Hager / ProPublica:
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona's Budget. — Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers' tuition that it's now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.
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Diane Ravitch's blog and Iowa Starting Line
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Thomas Matthew Crooks Had Donald Trump Signs in His Yard—Neighbor — A neighbor of the 20-year-old who tried to assassinate former President — said there have been pro-Trump signs on display in the yard of his family's home. — Authorities identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the gunman …
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New York Post, Originally Reported … and Raw Story
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Arguments in Fani Willis appeal set for after election — Fulton's Trump election interference case remains in limbo — The Georgia Court of Appeals on Tuesday set a date a month after the presidential election to hear oral arguments in the appeal to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis …
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CBS News, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, New Republic and Hartford Courant
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
‘Blindsided’ Jack Black Ends Tenacious D Tour After Trump Assassination Joke — SHOW'S OVER — The actor and musician also said he was “putting all creative plans on hold” amid an angry online backlash to his bandmate Kyle Gass' quip about the assassination attempt.
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Shia Kapos / Politico:
Protesters marched in downtown Milwaukee — but fewer than anticipated — This week's much-hyped protest movement against the Republican National Convention has been mostly meh, with a few thousand protesters marching through downtown. “The fear-mongering leading up to the protests definitely did not help …
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