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Politico:
The Sinema-Manchin split that shaped Dems' deal  —  For months, Joe Manchin was the Democrat with all the leverage.  At the end, even he had to cede some ground.  —  After Manchin agreed with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on the party-line tax, health care and energy bill …
Reuters:
U.S. Senate passes major $430 billion bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs  —  The U.S. Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes, a major victory for President Joe Biden that Democrats hope …
Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
Senate passes $739bn healthcare and climate bill after months of wrangling  —  Inflation Reduction Act will reduce planet-heating emissions and lower prescription drug costs - and give Biden a crucial victory  —  Senate Democrats passed their climate and healthcare spending package on Sunday …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Washington Post
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The politics of making history  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  RECONCILIATION LATEST — The overnight vote-a-rama is winding down and a final vote on the Inflation Reduction Act in the Senate will come this afternoon.
Discussion: Washington Post, Breitbart and CNN
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Pro-SALT deduction House Democrats say they'll back Senate bill
The White House:
Statement by President Biden on Senate Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
Politico:
Senate Dems pass long-awaited climate, tax and health care bill
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Senate approves Inflation Reduction Act, clinching long-delayed health and climate bill
Associated Press:
Biden steps out of the room and finds legacy-defining wins
Discussion: Politico and Wide World of News
CNN:
Senate passes Democrats' sweeping health care and climate bill
Deepa Shivaram / NPR:
Democrats passed a major climate, health and tax bill. Here's what's in it
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate involved in voting-system breach, documents show  —  The Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general led a team that gained unauthorized access to voting equipment while hunting for evidence to support former President Donald …
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Michigan AG calls for special prosecutor in case now involving her Trump-backed opponent  —  Michigan's attorney general is requesting a special prosecutor be named to investigate her Trump-endorsed opponent, citing evidence tying him to a potentially criminal scheme to seize and tamper with voting machines …
Caitlin Dickerson / The Atlantic:
An American Catastrophe  —  As a therapist for children who are being processed through the American immigration system, Cynthia Quintana has a routine that she repeats each time she meets a new patient in her office in Grand Rapids, Michigan: She calls the parents or closest relatives …
Discussion: Mediaite
NBC News:
Mass shooting leaves at least 9 injured in downtown Cincinnati  —  Mass shooting in Cincinnati leaves at least 9 injured  —  At least nine people were injured in a mass shooting in downtown Cincinnati in the early hours of Sunday, police said.  —  As the suspect was actively shooting …
Rachel Cohrs / STAT:
In a massive victory for Democrats, Medicare is poised to negotiate drug prices  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden is on the verge of his own crowning health care achievement to call, in his words, a BFD.  —  After two decades, Democrats are finally on track to break the firewall between …
Stephen Pollard / Telegraph:
Amnesty is now utterly morally bankrupt  —  Its anti-Western obsession has driven it into the gutter  —  For anyone who has followed Amnesty International in recent years, its attack on Ukraine for daring to defend itself against Russia and thus “putting civilians at risk” was entirely in character.
Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘No One Can Convince Me’ Jan. 6 Rioters Weren't Antifa  —  The 2020 election conspiracy theorist added that those criminally charged “for things they shouldn't have done” during the Capitol attack are being unfairly treated.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene …
Discussion: Mediaite
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Iran, U.S. Close In on Nuclear Deal Text but Hurdles Remain  —  Tehran says it will only sign a final deal after U.N. drops probe into its nuclear program  —  Negotiations between Iran and the U.S. on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are close to completion, the European Union's senior negotiator …
Discussion: Al-Monitor
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Celebrity candidates threaten GOP's hopes of a Senate majority  —  Inexperienced Republican candidates are threatening to cost Mitch McConnell a long-anticipated Senate majority in this year's midterms. … - Senate Minority Leader McConnell (R-Ky.) acknowledged the lowered expectations days ago …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Liz Cheney Is Ready to Lose.  But She's Not Ready to Quit.  —  The Republican says her crusade to stop Donald J. Trump will continue — even if she loses her primary next week.  Restoring a “very sick” G.O.P. will take years, she says, “if it can be healed.”
 
 
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