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Manchin says he won't support any new climate spending or tax hikes — The West Virginia senator informed Democratic leaders on Thursday as negotiations over economic legislation continue — Listen — Gift Article — Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) informed Democratic leaders on Thursday …
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How One Senator Doomed the Democrats' Climate Plan — Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia led his party and his president through months of tortured talks, with nothing to show for it as the planet dangerously heats up. — WASHINGTON — First, he killed a plan that would have forced power plants …
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Manchin Pulls Plug on Climate and Tax Talks, Shrinking Domestic Plan — The West Virginia Democrat's decision dealt a crushing blow to President Biden's domestic agenda, effectively ruling out action on anything beyond prescription drug pricing and health care subsidies. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Democrats' economic package may have just turned into a health-care bill
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CNN:
First on CNN: DC police officer in Trump Jan. 6 motorcade corroborates details of heated Secret Service exchange to committee — (CNN)A Washington, DC, police officer has corroborated to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, details regarding a heated exchange former President Donald Trump …
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United States Secret Service:
U.S. Secret Service Media Relations — The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false. In fact, the Secret Service has been fully cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) in every respect …
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Secret Service erased texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, official says — Listen — Gift Article — A government watchdog accused the U.S. Secret Service of erasing texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after his office requested them as part of an inquiry into the U.S. Capitol attack, according to a letter sent to lawmakers this week.
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Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Secret Service Deleted Jan. 6 Text Messages After Oversight Officials Requested Them
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Politico:
‘Oh, God, no’: Republicans fear voter backlash after Indiana child rape case — INDIANAPOLIS—Republicans knew the minute Roe v. Wade was overturned that they had a political problem, particularly with moderates in the suburbs who they need to vote for GOP candidates in the midterms.
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Matt Christy / Fox 59:
Abortion report confirms Indiana doctor followed law after AG vowed investigation — INDIANAPOLIS — After Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita threatened to go after the license of an Indiana physician who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio, documents obtained …
Tracey A. Wilkinson / New York Times:
Dr. Caitlin Bernard Was Meant to Write This With Me Before She Was Attacked for Doing Her Job — Earlier this week I was preparing to write a guest essay with my colleague, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an ob-gyn here in Indiana. We wanted to write about the chilling effect that the overturning …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Ohio rape shows how a story can spread faster than facts
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Michael Schaffer / Politico:
‘A real chilling effect’: A Lefty Scholar is Dumping CAP — For AEI — Ruy Teixeira is one of Washington's most prominent left-leaning think-tank scholars, a fixture at the Center for American Progress since the liberal organization's founding in 2003. But as of August 1 …
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
A Berkeley professor's Senate testimony didn't go how the left thinks it did — Listen — Gift Article — Everyone agrees it was an epic own. There's much less agreement about who got owned. — In Tuesday's Senate hearing on the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe vs. Wade …
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Biden visits east Jerusalem without Israeli flag on limousine — Move seen as directly undermining Israeli sovereignty over eastern part of capital. — US President Joe Biden's motorcade no longer had Israeli flags on it during a visit to a Palestinian hospital in east Jerusalem on Friday …
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Alexander Ward / Politico:
U.S. announces $316M for Palestinians as Biden visits West Bank
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BBC:
Saudi Arabia: Biden set to meet Crown Prince amid criticism
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Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
Biden says ‘the ground is not ripe’ for peace talks, but hopes Arab ties can help.
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Politico:
Republicans wince as their Ukrainian-born colleague thrashes Zelenskyy — House Republicans gave Ukraine-born Rep. Victoria Spartz a coveted platform to speak out against Russia's war. They're coming to regret that. — Spartz (R-Ind.), who has traveled to Ukraine a half-dozen times since …
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Why Democrats are begging Trump to start 2024 right now — Democrats aren't just eager for Donald Trump to cannonball into the 2024 presidential race before the fall midterms. Across the country, they are actively plotting ways to immediately capitalize on a pre-November announcement.
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Ryan Krull / News, Riverfront Times:
Pregnant Women Can't Get Divorced in Missouri — The state's divorce law has come under more scrutiny since the overturning of Roe v. Wade … December 2020 was a turbulent month for Danielle Drake, 32, of Lake of the Ozarks. On December 1, her husband said he was going out with a friend, but he lied.
The Dworkin Report:
Michael Cohen just explained how Trump set up a GOP Congressman seeking a pardon — Scott interviews friend and former political opponent, Michael Cohen in part one of this two-part interview. He provided key insight into the unsavory way that the disgraced ex-president handled …
Nicole Santa Cruz / ProPublica:
Her Ex-Husband Is Suing a Clinic Over the Abortion She Had Four Years Ago — Experts say the Arizona lawsuit shows how civil suits could be used to intimidate providers and punish people who've had abortions. … Nearly four years after a woman ended an unwanted pregnancy with abortion pills obtained …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Judge issues arrest warrant for Colorado county clerk Tina Peters — A judge in Colorado issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Tina Peters, the Mesa County clerk who was barred from overseeing elections after she was indicted on charges of tampering with election equipment and official misconduct.
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Julian Mark / Washington Post:
A Texas meteorologist warned of power outages. Then the lights went out. — Listen — Gift Article — During his 3 p.m. weather report on Wednesday, Travis Herzog, a meteorologist for KTRK in Houston, stood in front of a screen showing the astronomically high temperatures broiling Texas …
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Forget pronouns. Democrats need to become the party of building things. — Listen — Gift Article — Ron DeSantis emailed me the other day — me and hundreds of thousands of others, I imagine. “Our country is currently facing a great threat,” the Florida governor began.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
After staff exodus, Vice President Harris to lose longest-serving aide — Rohini Kosoglu, one of the highest-ranking Asian Americans in the administration, says she wants to spend more time with family — Listen — Gift Article — Vice President Harris is set to lose one of her closest …
Vivian Nereim / Bloomberg:
MBS's $500 Billion Desert Dream Just Keeps Getting Weirder … One day last September, a curious email arrived in Chris Hables Gray's inbox. An author and self-described anarchist, feminist, and revolutionary, Gray fits right into Santa Cruz, Calif., where he lives.
Axios:
GOP fears Senate debacle — Top Republicans, once confident about winning control of the Senate in the midterms, fear they'll blow it after nominating several deeply flawed candidates in winnable states, according to conversations with GOP strategists, pollsters and other officials.
Tara McGowan / Poynter:
Democracy dies behind a paywall — Paywalls bolster news organizations' bottom lines, but leave Americans in the dark. As a public service, let everyone read election stories for free. — Much has already been said, tweeted and complained about The Washington Post's tagline …
Debra Soh / Washington Examiner:
No one seems to know what a woman is — The World Health Organization recently announced it will be updating its gender mainstreaming manual “in light of new scientific evidence and conceptual progress.” The guidance addresses how gender inequality affects health outcomes.
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
If Ron DeSantis is Actually Less Dangerous Than Trump, Maybe He Should Say So — He supported Stop the Steal. Why assume he wouldn't follow in Trump's anti-democratic footsteps? — There's a weird proxy debate happening right now in the pundit class regarding the hypothetical Trump vs …
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Tal Kopan / The Boston Globe:
Flouting public opinion by overturning Roe, the Supreme Court could be risking its legitimacy — WASHINGTON — As his conservative colleagues overturned Roe v. Wade last month, Chief Justice John Roberts warned that their dramatic decision would be “a serious jolt to the legal system.”
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