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12:40 PM ET, July 27, 2022

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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. investigating Trump's actions in Jan. 6 criminal probe  —  People familiar with the probe said investigators are examining the former president's conversations and have seized phone records of top aides  —  The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump's actions …
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ABC News:
Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson cooperating with DOJ's Jan. 6 probe, say sources  —  Hutchinson recently testified before the House Jan. 6 committee.  —  Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, has recently cooperated …
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Asking Witnesses About Trump in Its Jan. 6 Investigation
Politico:
House Dems berate campaign arm over ‘very dangerous’ GOP primary scheme  —  A growing number of House Democrats are seething at their own campaign arm for meddling in a GOP primary to promote a pro-Trump election conspiracy theorist — after months of warning that such candidates were a threat to democracy.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Fearing a wipeout, Democrats try to unify around a simple midterm message: Republicans are ‘extremists’  —  Washington (CNN)Seized by genuine panic about the prospect of Republicans winning control of Congress and governors' mansions across the country, multiple Democratic leaders and candidates …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
The Jan. 6 hearings are breaking through in key battleground states. Partisan rifts remain.
Discussion: Associated Press
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Kemp, Warnock slightly ahead in Georgia's top races  —  U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is slightly ahead of Republican Herschel Walker in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of a race that could decide control of the Senate, while Gov. Brian Kemp has an apparent lead …
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Politico:
Walker's fumbles highlight GOP's rocky Senate roster  —  Raphael Warnock wants to debate Herschel Walker.  Republicans smell a trap.  —  As Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) sees it, Democrats are pushing for the former NFL star to debate their incumbent in Georgia's hotly contested Senate race because …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw makes sure reporters feel the burn  —  Known for her aggressive Twitter comments and brusque treatment of the media, the Florida governor's press secretary has used taunts to solidify a tough image  —  When Florida Republicans held their annual conference last week …
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Trump's Jan. 6th National Guard Lie Crumbles  —  Christopher Miller, Trump's acting defense secretary, gave a different story under oath than he did to Sean Hannity.  —  One of the biggest lies that former President Trump and his allies have perpetuated about January 6th is that Trump ordered the National Guard to secure the Capitol.
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
Pelosi has invited senior lawmakers to join Taiwan trip, top Republican says  —  Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee, said Pelosi extended invites to him and committee Chair Gregory Meeks.  McCaul had to decline.  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Political Wire
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Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
Biden Will Speak With Xi on Thursday as US-China Ties Worsen
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden to leave isolation after negative Covid tests, White House says  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tested negative for Covid and will leave isolation Wednesday after five days, the White House said.  —  Biden received a negative Covid test Tuesday evening and again Wednesday morning …
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CNN:
Biden ‘feeling great’ and back to work in person after testing negative for Covid-19 and leaving isolation
Discussion: New York Times
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
President Biden tests negative for COVID-19
Norman Lear / New York Times:
What Archie Bunker Would Have Thought of Donald Trump and Jan. 6  —  Well, I made it.  I am 100 years old today.  I wake up every morning grateful to be alive.  —  Reaching my own personal centennial is cause for a bit of reflection on my first century — and on what the next century will bring for the people and country I love.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Without Media Accountability, Republicans Will Govern Like a One-Party State  —  Last week, the Florida Republican Party held its annual Sunshine Summit, which was marked by a new policy: The mainstream media was not permitted to cover the event.  Instead, the only “news” would be transmitted through conservative-approved sources.
House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
Ahead of Hearing, Committee Reveals Major Gun Companies Collected More than $1 Billion in Revenue from Military-Style Assault Weapons  —  New Documents Also Reveal Gun Companies' Dangerous Marketing Tactics to Sell AR-15s and Failure to Monitor Use of Their Guns to Kill Americans
Discussion: The Hill
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Annie Karni / New York Times:   Assault Weapons Makers Pulled In Over $1 Billion as Violence Surged, Report Says
Jack Stebbins / CNBC:   Assault weapon sales generated more than $1 billion for gun-makers over a decade, House panel says
Orlando Sentinel:
Dark power: How FPL, other utilities neutralize opponents, grow profits  —  The CEO of the biggest power company in the U.S. had a problem.  A Democratic state senator was proposing a law that could cut into Florida Power & Light's profits.  Landlords would be able to sell cheap rooftop solar power directly …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Florida Times Union
The Daily Beast:
Dr. Oz's Turkish Nationalist Pals Living in His Secret N.J. Condo  —  Dr. Oz failed to report his ownership of a Garden State apartment, home to friends tied to groups involved in Armenian genocide denial. … Dr. Mehmet Oz owns an undisclosed apartment in New Jersey that houses close associates …
Abrahm Lustgarten / New York Times:
Caribbean nations are trapped between the global financial system and a looming climate disaster.  One country's leaders have been fighting to find a way out.  —  The Barbados Rebellion  —  By Abrahm Lustgarten Photographs by Erika Larsen  —  Late on May 31, 2018, five days after she was sworn …
BBC:
Hungary PM Viktor Orban adviser Hegedus resigns over ‘pure Nazi’ speech  —  A member of Viktor Orban's inner circle has resigned after the Hungarian prime minister spoke out against becoming “peoples of mixed race”.  —  Zsuzsa Hegedus, who has known the nationalist Mr Orban for 20 years …
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Journal Sentinel:
Sources: Alex Lasry will withdraw from Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate primary, solidifying Mandela Barnes' front-runner status  —  Bill Glauber Daniel BiceMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  In a stunning move with less than two weeks before the primary, Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry …
Discussion: NBC News, New York Times and CNN
New York Times:
OAN, a Dependable Trump Promoter, Faces a ‘Death Blow’  —  After Verizon drops the network at the end of this week, OAN's cable TV audience will shrink dramatically.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The future of One America News, which established itself as a powerful voice …
EJ Montini / Arizona Republic:
Arizona's fake Electoral College electors are again in the news.  Why not in jail?  —  Opinion: Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward and attorney Jack Wilenchik are noted in the latest reports on the coup attempt to keep Donald Trump in office.  —  Media reports on Tuesday again highlighted …
Natalie Musumeci / Insider:
Alex Jones should pay $150 million to Sandy Hook parents for his ‘massive campaign of lies’ about the massacre, lawyer tells jury  — Alex Jones should pay $150 million in damages to boy's parents, an attorney said at his Sandy Hook defamation trial.  — The sum “will do justice …
Discussion: Gizmodo and UPI
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Parents of Sandy Hook Victim at Alex Jones Trial Seek $150 Million in Damages
Andrea Kesack / PennLive:
Doug Mastriano is unfit for office  —  When you think of distinguished leaders from Pennsylvania, you think of Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, and Gouverneur Morris, to name a few.  It would be a tragedy if State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor, were to succeed them.
Daniel Desrochers / Kansas City Star:
Eric Greitens' lost chapter: Inside his disappearance from public life before Senate run  —  Around 20 minutes before Eric Greitens officially became the former governor of Missouri, he put out a 1,485 word list of his gubernatorial accomplishments.  —  It served as a resume of sorts …
Discussion: April 16
Bloomberg:
Wuhan Locks Down 1 Million Residents in Echo of Pandemic's Start  —  A district on the outskirts of Wuhan has been locked down, the first time the Chinese city that saw the world's first Covid-19 lockdown has imposed such a measure since 2020, underscoring how far the country is from post-pandemic normalcy.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Reuters:
Exclusive: Cassava Sciences faces U.S. criminal probe tied to Alzheimer's drug, sources say  —  The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Cassava Sciences Inc (SAVA.O) involving whether the biotech company manipulated research results for its experimental Alzheimer's drug …
 
 
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Congressman Hank Johnson:
Rep. Johnson Introduces Supreme Court Justice Term Limit Measure to Restore Balance, Legitimacy for SCOTUS
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
The Jan. 6 Hearings Hurt Trump With Independents. Will It Cost the GOP in November?
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
GOP's links to extremism surface in congressional primary
Discussion: The Root
Reuters:
Iranian tanker to retrieve oil cargo confiscated by US this week
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The Irish Times:
Clare Daly added to list of alleged Russia propagandists by Ukraine's security service
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Exclusive: Hulu to begin accepting political issue ads
David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
State bar investigates two Georgia Trump electors
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
 

 
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