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Associated Press:
Police use Taser to subdue man who stormed media area of Trump rally in Pennsylvania — JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man at Donald Trump's rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, stormed into the press area as the former president spoke Friday but was surrounded by police and sheriff's deputies and was eventually subdued with a Taser.
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New York Times:
Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders — The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online. — Brazil blocked the social network X on Friday after its owner …
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Sofia Ferreira Santos / BBC:
Musk's X banned in Brazil after disinformation row — X, formerly Twitter, has been banned in Brazil after failing to meet a deadline set by a Supreme Court judge to name a new legal representative in the country. — Alexandre de Moraes ordered the “immediate and complete suspension” …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he'll vote no on Florida abortion-rights measure — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Rising Reacts: Kamala Harris' first interview on CNN — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0.00% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE
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New York Times:
Trump Contorts Himself on Abortion in Search of Political Gain
Trump Contorts Himself on Abortion in Search of Political Gain
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Steve Contorno / CNN:
Trump's latest waffling on reproductive health shows he's still struggling to find an answer for what he created
Trump's latest waffling on reproductive health shows he's still struggling to find an answer for what he created
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump in damage-control mode over abortion backlash from the right
Trump in damage-control mode over abortion backlash from the right
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ABC News:
Trump's push for free IVF may attract suburban women, but questions about covering cost
Trump's push for free IVF may attract suburban women, but questions about covering cost
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Pushing Back on Trump's Latest Lies About IVF
Pushing Back on Trump's Latest Lies About IVF
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Washington Post:
Loyalty to Trump helped Corey Lewandowski survive harassment scandal — In 2021, allegations of unwanted sexual advances dogged Trump's former campaign manager. Now Lewandowski is back. — Days after a Republican donor accused Corey Lewandowski, a longtime Donald Trump adviser …
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
JD Vance's Combative Style Confounds Voters but Pleases Trump — Over dozens of events and more than 70 interviews, Mr. Vance's performances as Donald Trump's attack dog have endeared him to his boss, even if America broadly is less enthusiastic. — Donald J. Trump knew that JD Vance could take a punch.
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
‘Dangerous and un-American’: new recording of JD Vance's dark vision of women and immigration — Trump's running mate rants against feminism, immigrants and Ilhan Omar in a newly unearthed podcast from 2021 — Donald Trump's running mate, JD Vance, said that professional women …
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Abbie Cheeseman / Washington Post:
Trump speaks at Heritage-sponsored event after disavowing Project 2025 — Trump spoke at the Moms for Liberty summit, an event hosted by the parental rights group that counts the Heritage Foundation among its key sponsors. — Former president Donald Trump headlined an event sponsored …
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Associated Press:
Trump questions acceptance of transgender people as he courts his base at Moms for Liberty gathering
Trump questions acceptance of transgender people as he courts his base at Moms for Liberty gathering
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Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Miss Teen USA Runner-Up Shames JD Vance for Cruel Video Post — ANOTHER HAPPY VOTER — Vance used a 17-year-old video of a stumbling Caitlin Upton to jibe at Kamala Harris before her CNN interview. The video had led to years of mockery for Upton. — A one-time Miss Teen USA contestant mocked …
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Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
Tim Walz's political origin story does not add up — Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has long described the moment in 2004 that inspired him to run for public office. In Walz's telling, the “folksy” high school teacher and two of his students attended a campaign rally for President George W. Bush as an educational experience.
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Vox:
California's governor has the chance to make AI history — Gavin Newsom could decide the future of AI safety. But will he cave to billionaire pressure? … Advocates say it is a modest law setting “clear, predictable, common-sense safety standards” for artificial intelligence.
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emptywheel:
Trump Wants to Hide His Attempt to Assassinate Mike Pence from Voters — In 2016, Donald Trump bragged, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?” — This election, Trump wants to hide from voters details of how he almost killed …
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Authorizes Updated Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants — For Immediate Release: — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for an updated version of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine …
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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
So long, and thanks for all the fish — Before we go any further, I should note that this is my last newsletter for CJR, as I am moving on from my job as the magazine's chief digital writer. (In case the headline doesn't make any sense, it comes from a Douglas Adams book …
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David Edward Burke / Washington Monthly:
Tim Walz Took a Big Step Toward Scrapping the Electoral College — As Minnesota Governor, he signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact that provides a path toward electing the president by majority vote. — Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate …
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