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Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
There are still key questions about Trump's injuries after attempted assassination — It has been nearly a week since gunfire erupted at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, resulting in an injury to the former president, the death of one attendee …
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NBC News:
Trump shooter flew drone over venue hours before attempted assassination, source says — The gunman was killed after he shot former President Donald Trump in the ear in an assassination attempt. A motive remains unknown. — The gunman who shot former President Donald Trump in the ear …
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Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
‘In the clear’: Dr. Anthony Fauci weighs in on Trump injury after shooting — Dr. Anthony Fauci, former White House chief medical adviser, assuaged concerns around former President's Donald Trump's health and injuries following last weekend's attempted assassination.
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CNN:
Democratic consensus solidifies around Harris, should Biden step aside — No one quite knows what the process of picking a new nominee would be if Joe Biden did step aside - but many Democrats say that any process is likelier than ever to quickly end with Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee.
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Kamala Harris reassures Democratic Party donors that there's nothing to worry about
Kamala Harris reassures Democratic Party donors that there's nothing to worry about
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns anti-Biden Democrats about what comes next if they succeed
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns anti-Biden Democrats about what comes next if they succeed
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New York Times:
Biden Grows Resentful Toward Democratic Leaders Amid Calls to Drop Out — As he recovers from Covid, the president has grown resentful toward Democratic congressional leaders and former President Barack Obama. — Sick with Covid and abandoned by allies, President Biden has been fuming …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Searing Reminder That Trump Is Unwell — Donald Trump's bizarre diatribe at the RNC shows why the pro-democracy coalition is so worried about beating him. — Donald Trump's bizarre diatribe at the Republican National Convention shows why the prodemocracy coalition is so worried about beating …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump and Zelensky speak by phone as Ukraine worries about U.S. backing.
Trump and Zelensky speak by phone as Ukraine worries about U.S. backing.
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
JD Vance Leads Trump's Push to Win Key ‘Blue Wall’ States
JD Vance Leads Trump's Push to Win Key ‘Blue Wall’ States
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Michelle Shen / CNN:
Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74 — Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died. She was 74.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 19, 2024 — Today a Russian court sentenced 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a high-security penal colony after convicting him of espionage in a secret three-day trial. The U.S. government considers Gershkovich “wrongly detained,” …
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Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
The totalitarian tell in Trump's “unity” speech
The totalitarian tell in Trump's “unity” speech
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Truthout, Washington Examiner, New York Times and Business Insider
Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
Trump's RNC speech was divisive, but front pages of mainstream media claimed it was “unifying” and “healing”
Trump's RNC speech was divisive, but front pages of mainstream media claimed it was “unifying” and “healing”
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump the Lion, or Trump the Lyin'?
Trump the Lion, or Trump the Lyin'?
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Tossing Trump's case was risky for Judge Cannon — at least for now — Judge Aileen Cannon sidestepped key legal rulings to find that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed to investigate Donald Trump. — Judge Aileen M. Cannon's stunning dismissal this week …
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris or Someone Else? The Convention Rules Might Decide. — The rules might determine who gets the nomination. — It's been decades since America last witnessed an actual contested convention, so it's easy to forget something important as Democrats barrel toward …
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner and Talking Points Memo
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Ignoring controversy, Democrats move forward with nominating Biden via virtual roll call
Ignoring controversy, Democrats move forward with nominating Biden via virtual roll call
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
“Don't watch cable news”: Biden campaign tries to rally staff … - “Don't watch cable news all the time,” chair Jen O'Malley Dillon told staff at the campaign and the Democratic National Committee. — “That is not the real world. … - “I talked to him this morning …
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's GOP is no country for MAGA women — At the Republican National Convention, MAGA women learn there's no place for them in Trump's GOP — MILWAUKEE — On the third night of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump's WWE-inspired entrance to the came complete with a trollish musical cue …
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Associated Press:
Three courts agree that a woman deemed wrongfully convicted should be freed. She still isn't. — A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri's attorney general to keep her behind bars.
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Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
JD Vance's wife faces racist online backlash from far-right social media posts — Usha Chilukuri Vance is the daughter of Indian immigrants. — Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, July 17, 2024.
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden family grapples with pressure on their patriarch to step aside — Family members seek to provide private support while confronting a new level of scrutiny amid Democratic calls for Biden to end his candidacy. — President Biden had just arrived back at the White House following …
Alia Shoaib / Newsweek:
‘Anti-Psychopath PAC’ Set up Against Donald Trump — George Conway has launched a new anti-Trump political action committee, called the Anti-Psychopath PAC, on the — (RNC). — Serving as a mobile billboard, a truck circled the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee ahead of former President
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