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11:27 AM ET, August 3, 2022

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New York Times:
Kansas Votes to Preserve Abortion Rights Protections in Its Constitution  —  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Kansas voters resoundingly decided against removing the right to abortion from the State Constitution, according to The Associated Press, a major victory for the abortion rights movement in one of America's reliably conservative states.
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New York Times:
Kansas Abortion Amendment Election Results  —  Kansans will vote on an amendment concerning whether to remove abortion rights protections from their State Constitution.  If the measure passes, it could pave the way for state lawmakers to pass far-reaching abortion restrictions, or even to pursue a ban.
New York Times:
Here's how abortion rights supporters won in conservative Kansas.  —  Supporters of abortion rights won a huge and surprising victory on Tuesday in one of the most conservative states in the country, with Kansas voters resoundingly rejecting a constitutional amendment that would have let state legislators ban …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Election Victories by Trump Allies Showcase His Grip on the G.O.P. Base  —  PHOENIX — Primary victories in Arizona and Michigan for allies of Donald J. Trump on Tuesday reaffirmed his continued influence over the Republican Party, as the former president has sought to cleanse the party of his critics …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside the secret, yearlong campaign to torpedo Eric Greitens' attempted comeback
Discussion: Raw Story
Tessa Weinberg / Missouri Independent:
Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Hartzler, Greitens to claim GOP Senate nomination
Politico:
Roe jolts the midterms — 5 takeaways from a key primary night  —  Democrats can see glimmers of new midterm life, after the stunning defeat of an anti-abortion measure in Kansas.  Eric Greitens is the big loser in Missouri — which means the Republican Party as a whole won.
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Abortion rights shockwave rocks the midterms and 3 other takeaways from primaries
Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: Former Treasury secretaries push Manchin bill  —  Five former Treasury secretaries — including Hank Paulson, who served under President George W. Bush — signed a statement strongly backing the “Inflation Reduction Act” brokered by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Townhall
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Wall Street Journal:
The IRS Is About to Go Beast Mode  —  The Schumer-Manchin bill has $45.6 billion to audit the middle class.  —  Progressives want Joe Biden to unleash what they call “beast mode” executive power, and the Schumer-Manchin tax bill supplies the cash to turn the Internal Revenue Service into Wolverine.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Senate passes veterans health bill after Republicans cave to pressure
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Rusty Bowers, a Jan. 6 committee star witness, loses GOP primary in Arizona  —  Rusty Bowers, the Arizona House speaker, lost a bid for state Senate to a Trump-backed opponent on Tuesday.  He told NBC News last month it would take “a miracle” to win.  —  Rusty Bowers, the Republican speaker …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Election-denier Mark Finchem wins Arizona GOP secretary of state primary, NBC News projects  —  Mark Finchem, a prominent 2020 election denier and an Arizona state legislator, has won the Republican secretary of state primary, NBC News projects.  —  With 99% percent of the expected vote in …
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
NYT Columnist Hosts Chinese Government Adviser in US  —  Thomas Friedman criticized Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip  —  New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman last month hosted a delegation from a think tank helmed by a Chinese government adviser deeply enmeshed in Beijing's propaganda operations.
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Wall Street Journal:
Nancy Pelosi's Plane Took Three-Hour Detour to Get to Taiwan
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Examiner
NBC News:
Pelosi departs Taiwan as furious China holds military drills
ABC News:
Ex-White House counsel subpoenaed by federal grand jury investigating Jan. 6 attack  —  Pat Cipollone spoke to the House Jan. 6 Select Committee last month.  —  A federal grand jury has subpoenaed former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone in its investigation into the Jan. 6 assault …
CNN:
First on CNN: Jan. 6 text messages wiped from phones of key Trump Pentagon officials  —  (CNN)The Defense Department wiped the phones of top departing DOD and Army officials at the end of the Trump administration, deleting any texts from key witnesses to events surrounding the January 6 …
USA Today:
Arizona GOP candidate gets warning about election interference over tweets encouraging pen theft  —  Robert Anglen Sasha HupkaArizona Republic  —  The Maricopa County Attorney's Office on Tuesday ordered a Republican candidate to stop urging voters to replace government-issued pens at polling stations.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: 2024 GOP hopefuls back Trump's plan to purge civil servants  —  Several possible 2024 Republican presidential candidates tell Axios they support former President Trump's plan to make it easier for the president to purge federal workers. … Democrats, increasingly concerned, are scrambling to block that possibility.
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden to sign executive order aimed at helping patients travel for abortions  —  President Biden will sign an executive order Wednesday to direct his health secretary to consider actions to assist patients traveling out of state for abortions.  —  The travel-related provision in the order …
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Ron Faucheux / Washington Examiner:
How do Democrats solve a problem like Joe Biden?  —  Democratic Party strategists increasingly fear that President Joe Biden can't win reelection.  Polls show that most Democrats believe he shouldn't run.  —  One recent survey has Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg leading both Biden …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Associated Press:
Two top House Democrats decline to say Biden should run in 2024
Discussion: ABC News, HuffPost and The Hill
New York Times:
Arizona Officials Warned Fake Electors Plan Could ‘Appear Treasonous’  —  Politicians involved in Donald Trump's effort to put forth electors to falsely claim he had won Arizona said doing so without first filing a legal challenge could look like a crime.  —  Two Arizona Republicans recruited …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Answering Bill Maher's concerns on traffic and One Billion Americans  —  Solve the problem, don't shy away from growth  —  Bill Maher wants the United States of America to stop kowtowing to China and worries that we are losing to China because it's too hard to get things built in this country.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Abortion Issue Top Factor Urging Americans to Protest  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly four in 10 Americans, 39%, say they have felt the urge to organize or join a public demonstration.  This is statistically similar to the previous 36% reading in 2018 but much higher than the 10% who said the same in 1965.
Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Paul Pelosi allegedly slurred speech, had drug in system and handed over police privilege card during DUI bust  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was arrested on suspicion of DUI on May 28  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for August 2  —  Paul Pelosi, the multimillionaire husband …
 
 
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