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Christopher T. Sununu / New York Times:
Gov. Chris Sununu: This Is How to Beat Trump  —  This week, Republican primary candidates for president will have a chance to make their case before a national audience — with or without Donald Trump on the debate stage.  To win, they must break free of Mr. Trump's drama, step out of his shadow …
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NBC News:
GOP will lose ‘up and down the ballot’ with Trump, New Hampshire governor warns  —  In an op-ed, Republican Chris Sununu, governor of the first-in-the-nation primary state, urges second-tier candidates to drop out and consolidate behind an alternative.  —  New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu …
Discussion: BizPac Review, Raw Story and CBS News
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Trump's legal woes are part of his quasi-religious mythology of martyrdom  —  These criminal entanglements are not only means but ends - not a sideshow, but the heart and soul of Trump's campaign  —  n 16 or perhaps 17 July 2024, in Milwaukee, the Republican national convention will likely nominate …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Bulwark
NBC News:
Iowa poll: Trump challengers face huge climb to stop him in first GOP contest  —  Among likely GOP caucusgoers, 65% believe Trump hasn't committed serious crimes, while the survey also shows strong numbers considering DeSantis and Scott.  —  Former President Donald Trump starts …
Politico:
Playbook: Harris fights her biggest foe: Washington's view of her
Discussion: Insider and The Messenger
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
How every GOP presidential candidate performed with likely caucusgoers in new Iowa Poll
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump holds commanding lead in first test of 2024 Republican caucus field
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump confirms he will skip the first GOP debate — and maybe future ones, as well
CNN:
Trump and several co-defendants negotiating bond terms with Fulton County DA's office Monday  —  Former President Donald Trump and several co-defendants in the sweeping Georgia racketeering case are expected to work out the terms of their bond Monday with the Fulton County district attorney's office …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Eastman agrees to $100K bond in Georgia election case  —  Attorney John Eastman, one of former President Trump's 18 co-defendants in his recent Georgia indictment, has agreed to a $100,000 bond, court filings show.  —  A judge on Monday morning signed off on pretrial release conditions …
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Elon Musk's Shadow Rule  —  How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.  —  Last October, Colin Kahl, then the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, sat in a hotel in Paris and prepared to make a call to avert disaster in Ukraine.
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
House Freedom Caucus fires warning shot over government shutdown  —  Members of the House Freedom Caucus are making it harder for leadership to avoid a government shutdown, announcing on Monday that they'll oppose a stopgap funding bill unless it caves to their terms.
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NBC News:
Freedom Caucus rebels against a short-term funding bill with new demands  —  The new list of policy changes sought by the ultraconservative House lawmakers drew immediate pushback from Democratic leaders, who warned it would cause a shutdown.  —  WASHINGTON — The ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus …
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Vivek Ramaswamy's Truth  —  This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday.  Sign up for it here.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy leaned forward in his leather seat aboard the Cessna 750.
Discussion: Insider, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Trump's new plan to limit immigration  —  Former President Trump wants unprecedented restrictions on immigration and the border if he's elected in 2024 — such as screening prospective immigrants for “Marxist” ideologies and a naval blockade to target drug smugglers, Axios has learned.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Visiting Hawaii to Inspect Wildfire Damage  —  After remaining secluded since Friday, the president will break away from his vacation for a brief trip to Maui, where flames have demolished a town and killed more than 100 people.  —  President Biden is set to break away from his summer vacation …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Tomorrow's Visit to Maui
Bloomberg:
Run It Cold: Why Xi Jinping Is Letting China's Economy Flail  —  China is steering clear of big stimulus even in the face of deflation risks.  —  Xi Jinping's quest to rewrite the playbook that drove China's economic miracle for a generation is facing its sternest test yet.
Discussion: Semafor, Al Jazeera and Political Wire
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Two US service members arrested in stabbing death after ‘altercation’ at German fair  —  Two U.S. service members were arrested in Germany after they were connected to the stabbing death of a 28-year-old man at a street fair over the weekend, according to local and Air Force officials.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Indiana's near-total abortion ban takes effect as state Supreme Court denies appeal  —  Indiana's law banning almost all abortions will take effect immediately Monday after the state Supreme Court denied a request from the ACLU and Planned Parenthood to rehear an earlier ruling where it upheld …
 
 
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Rich Schapiro / NBC News:
‘A fallen hero’: Rudy Giuliani faces the music
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden's infrastructure building boom is missing one thing: Workers
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
As the 2024 election revs up, Asian Americans rise as a powerful voting bloc
Discussion: The Atlantic
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Youngkin retools message for new elections with ‘Parents Matter’ talks
Discussion: The Messenger and NPR
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Pence Undercuts Trump's Defense in Classified Documents Case
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
New district lines will scramble key New York House races
New York Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
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