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Associated Press:
Judge Chutkan denies Trump's request to recuse herself in federal election subversion case — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Wednesday she won't recuse herself from Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington, rejecting the former president's claims …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Asked His Lawyers for Ways to Suppress His ‘Perfect Call’ — The former president says his demand to ‘find’ votes in Georgia was absolutely pristine. Some of his lawyers have a different view — IN PUBLIC, DONALD Trump says his conversation with the Georgia secretary of state asking to …
New York Times:
Ruling Against Trump Cuts to the Heart of His Identity — The finding by a judge in a New York civil case that Donald Trump committed fraud in valuing his real estate properties undermined the narrative of the business career that launched him in politics. — Nearly every aspect …
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Aliza Chasan / CBS News:
Gen. Milley says he has “appropriate” safety measures after Trump social media threat — Outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has “appropriate measures” to ensure his safety, he said this week in his first public response to shocking comments made by former President …
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Biden tops Trump by 5 points in new survey
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
President Drink Bleach says what? Trump now claims he beat George W. Bush and Barack Obama
President Drink Bleach says what? Trump now claims he beat George W. Bush and Barack Obama
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The Hill, The Mahablog and IJR
Suzanne Bates / Deseret News:
Poll: Republicans see Trump as a ‘person of faith’ ... more so than Mitt Romney, Mike Pence and others
Poll: Republicans see Trump as a ‘person of faith’ ... more so than Mitt Romney, Mike Pence and others
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Mary K. Jacob / New York Post:
Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate worth ‘at least’ $300M, not $18M as NY judge cites — A New York judge's Tuesday ruling valuing Donald Trump's sprawling, headline-making Florida estate at $18 million has left industry experts perplexed. — In his verdict, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How much would your house be worth if the Trump Organization owned it? — A year offering no shortage of bad news for Donald Trump outdid itself Tuesday afternoon, with New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruling that the former president's namesake business, the Trump Organization …
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David Cay Johnston / DCReport.org:
Judge Gives Trump Organization the Corporate Death Penalty — Donald Trump is no longer in business. — Worse, the self-proclaimed multibillionaire may soon be personally bankrupt as a result, stripped of just about everything because for years he engaged in calculated bank fraud …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Votes to Strip Defense Secretary of Salary as Right Wing Flexes Muscles — Little more than three days before a government shutdown, the Republican-led House spent the day adding hard-right proposals to a series of doomed spending bills. — The Republican-led House voted on Wednesday …
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Washington Post:
Shutdown odds grow as House GOP leaders reject Senate's spending bill
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Washington Post:
McCarthy's new shutdown strategy: Shifting the blame
McCarthy's new shutdown strategy: Shifting the blame
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
McCarthy told conference he won't allow vote on Senate stopgap: GOP lawmakers
McCarthy told conference he won't allow vote on Senate stopgap: GOP lawmakers
Politico:
Dems eye their price to bail out the speaker
Dems eye their price to bail out the speaker
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Trump Tries to Court Blue-Collar Workers at a Nonunion Factory — A day after President Biden appeared on a union picket line, the former president will speak at an auto parts factory, but it's unclear whether any striking workers will be in the crowd. — Former President Donald J. Trump …
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Jamie L. LaReau / Detroit Free Press:
‘Let me be blunt’: UAW VP for GM has strong words about Trump's visit to Michigan — The UAW's lead negotiator in contract talks with General Motors on Wednesday issued a scathing assessment of former President Donald Trump hours before Trump was due to speak in Detroit.
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John Nichols / The Nation:
My President Joined a Picket Line
My President Joined a Picket Line
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The impeachment inquiry is starting exactly as might have been expected — When the Democratic majority in the House held the first public hearing in its 2019 impeachment inquiry targeting President Trump, it heard testimony from members of Trump's administration who could speak to the central allegation …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Jared Kushner pressured Washington Post to fire editor over Russia, book says — Marty Baron says Trump's son-in-law leaned on Post publisher to withdraw support of Russia election interference investigation — Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner …
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US Department of Justice:
Four-Time Congressional Candidate Charged in Long-Running Misuse of Campaign Funds — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California — LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors today unsealed a grand jury indictment that accuses a Torrance man who was a candidate …
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Politico:
The 2024 field braces for a ‘devastating’ fall, with drop-outs on the horizon — Candidates had already come and gone at this point in the 2016 campaign. — Tim Scott, Chris Christie and Doug Burgum are still polling in low single digits nationally, while former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson failed to qualify for Wednesday's debate.
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Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
In Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps — Dozens of leaders, mostly from Western states, have asked the Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions that restrict enforcement against public camping. — Garbage, feces and needles run through …
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NBC10 Philadelphia:
At least 20 arrested in night of looting throughout Philly, police say — Large crowds — mostly consisting of juveniles — looted multiple stores and damaged property across Philadelphia Tuesday night, police said. — It was around 8 p.m. when, officials said, police started receiving calls …
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Washington Post:
Latino leaders dismiss Sen. Menendez's claim of racial targeting — Rep. Pete Aguilar, the highest-ranking Latino in the House, rejected Menendez's claim that he is being targeted because he is Latino — As the highest-ranking Latino member in Congress called for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign Wednesday …
Johnny Rubin / House Committee on Ways and Means:
Bombshell: Ways and Means Releases New Documents Revealing Hunter Biden Selling Access to White House, Investigators Blocked from Pursuing Evidence Related to President Biden — WASHINGTON, D.C. - New documents released by the Ways and Means Committee today reveal Joe Biden's connections to his son Hunter Biden's business dealings.
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Steve Reilly / The Messenger:
Trump's Georgia Prosecutor Fires Back at Efforts to Have RICO Case Charges Dismissed — Fani Willis filed a series of responses this week to motions from Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell seeking to dismiss the underlying Fulton County DA's charges — A Facebook icon representing …
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Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Musk's X disabled feature for reporting electoral misinformation - researcher — Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections, a research organisation said on Wednesday, throwing fresh concern about false claims spreading just before major U.S. and Australian votes.
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Ayelet Sheffey / Insider:
Student-loan borrowers have a new safeguard in place to ensure their debt doesn't pile up once they graduate — The Education Department released its final version of the gainful employment rule. — It would prevent borrowers from enrolling in program that leaves them with too much debt compared to earnings.
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Scott Stump / NBC News:
Colin Kaepernick writes letter offering to join Jets after Aaron Rodgers injury — The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who has been out of the NFL since 2016, offered to play on the Jets' practice squad as the team struggles without Rodgers. — Seven years after he last took an NFL snap …
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