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Jack Smith's Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court — It's rare to simultaneously feel red-hot anger and wistfulness, especially when merely reading a document. But those are exactly the emotions that washed over me when I read the redacted version …
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October 2, 2024 — When moderator Margaret Brennan noted during last night's vice presidential debate that Republican nominee J.D. Vance had, once again, lied about the legal status of migrants in Springfield, Ohio, Vance retorted: “The rules were that you guys weren't going to fact-check!”


11 damning details in Jack Smith's new brief in the Trump election case — From Trump's fictitious stats about voter fraud to the FBI's forensic analysis of Trump's phone, prosecutors previewed how they would make their case at trial. — Special counsel Jack Smith won't get a chance …
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Trump casts ‘election interference’ label on everything while facing federal charges — Trump is already laying the groundwork to dispute the results of another election, leveling baseless charges of interference as his own federal election interference case progresses.
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JD Vance is a con artist, and the debate proved it — JD Vance's performance in this week's vice presidential debate was real slick. A radical devotee of the MAGA cause, branded as “weird” by his critics and unpopular in polls, the Republican VP nominee used the debate to debut Vance 2.0.


Trump Fumes Over Release of New Evidence in Election Interference Case

Trump Is Absolutely Fuming Over the Release of Bombshell Election Case Doc
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No amount of evidence will convince Republicans of Trump's 2020 guilt
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Jack Smith Lays Out New Evidence in Trump's Jan. 6 Case
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Trump's Response When He Learned Pence's Life Was In Danger On Jan. 6: 'So What?"

Inside Jim Jordan's campaign for top House Republican
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Debate performance gives Vance 2028 White House boost
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Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case and accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’
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Bombshell immunity filing details Trump's alleged ‘increasingly desperate’ bid to overturn 2020 election
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Biden administration can move forward with student loan forgiveness, federal judge rules … A federal judge will let expire a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration's sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan, which could deliver relief to tens of millions of Americans.
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John Roberts' Sordid Legacy: 14 Pages of Mean Tweets — “One of the ways Trump” disseminated false claims of election fraud, Jack Smith's immunity briefing describes, “was by Tweet, day in and day out.” — I'm still wading through Jack Smith's immunity briefing.


Liz Cheney to join Harris on campaign trail at birthplace of GOP — Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will join Vice President Harris at a campaign event on Thursday in Ripon, Wisc., known as the birthplace of the Republican Party, according to a senior campaign official.
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Wisconsin GOP group launches pro-Harris campaign with open letter
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UK Cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Keeps Control of Diego Garcia Military Base — Deal ensures the operation of a key US military base, UK says — Political agreement comes after two years of negotiations — Britain struck a deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands …
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UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
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Harris holds a 66-electoral-vote lead over Trump, calculates prominent data scientist — Kamala Harris turned the tables on Trump, according to betting markets, and hasn't looked back. — Data scientist Thomas Miller has crafted a model for forecasting the 2024 presidential election that …


Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir — Exclusive: ‘I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life’, former first lady writes in memoir — Melania Trump made an extraordinary declaration in an eagerly awaited memoir to be published …
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Melania Trump says she forced Donald to drop hardline immigration policy
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CNN requested an interview with Melania Trump. Her book publisher asked for $250,000 in exchange — Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump's book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir. After several exchanges …
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Giuliani's daughter: ‘The biggest threat to our country is Trump’ — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's (R) daughter said she thinks the biggest threat to America is former President Trump. — Caroline Giuliani has spoken out in recent days about her father's entanglements with Trump and the upcoming election.
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Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn't have enough funding to last through hurricane season … The Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs but does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday.


Why conservatives get suspended more than liberals on social media — Happy Thursday! I'm filling in for Cristiano today. Send news tips to: will.oremus@washpost.com. — Below: Vice President Harris is ‘coming around’ to 'Little Tech's' agenda. But first:
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U.S. Faces Economic Turbulence Just as Recession Fears Eased — War in the Middle East, a strike by port workers and a devastating hurricane have injected uncertainty into the U.S. economy. — The United States economy is suddenly staring down an array of new and potentially damaging crises …
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Washington Post, The Hill, Fox Business and Washington Examiner


U.S. and Microsoft seize dozens of domains tied to Russian hacking group — U.S. authorities have seized dozens of internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to steal valuable information from U.S. government computers and email accounts, the Department of Justice revealed Thursday.
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