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Oren Oppenheim / ABC News:
Missouri's GOP governor calls special session to redraw congressional districts — The governor's proposed map redraws the Democratic-held 5th district. — LIVE — Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe speaks to supporters Aug. 6, 2024, in Jefferson City following his primary election win.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
If Redistricting Goes as Expected, Which Party Will Come Out Ahead? — Democrats would probably need to win the national popular vote by two or three percentage points to retake the House next year. — The next phase of the redistricting war is starting to come into focus.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Redistricting Push Creates Chaos for Incumbents in Both Parties — Republicans and Democrats in Congress are wary of the potential consequences of President Trump's drive to redraw districts. — When President Trump set out to force a gerrymander in Texas that would help Republicans keep control …
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
While Trump Rattles the World, China Basks in the Limelight — Russian and Indian leaders to meet Xi as Trump courts Putin and alienates Modi — BEIJING—The leaders of three of the world's four most powerful nations will meet in China this weekend to discuss how to react to the upending …
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Kapil Komireddi / New York Times:
The U.S. Wooed India for 30 Years. Trump Blew That Up in a Few Months. — For three decades, successive American presidents have invested enormous diplomatic capital to cultivate a friendship with India. — Bill Clinton, who laid the foundations of the modern U.S.-India partnership, called the two democracies “natural allies.”
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Newsweek, NewsMax.com and The Japan Times
Devika Bhattacharya / India Today:
Elephant and Dragon unite, PM Modi-Xi send message to Trump amid tariff storm
Elephant and Dragon unite, PM Modi-Xi send message to Trump amid tariff storm
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Washington Post:
As RFK Jr. upends America's public health system, Trump cheers him on — Trump pledged that he'd empower Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “go wild” on health care. The president has kept his promise — to the alarm of public health leaders and even some Republicans. — Just now
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Rep. Ro Khanna says Trump is following Nixon's playbook in attempt to ‘interfere’ with the Federal Reserve
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Catherine Lucey / Bloomberg:
Trump's Revenge Summer Heats Up With Fed Ouster, Bolton Raid
Trump's Revenge Summer Heats Up With Fed Ouster, Bolton Raid
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Washington Post:
Ruling on Trump's tariffs is a major setback for the White House — An appellate court ruling could stymie the import taxes that Trump has used to raise revenue, negotiate with foreign leaders and even head off global conflicts. — President Donald Trump has used the threat of tariffs …
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Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D. — He also wants to restrict mail-in voting and allow only paper ballots. The Constitution doesn't give the president explicit authority over election law. — President Trump said late Saturday that he would issue an executive order …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Chicago mayor signs order with blueprint for fighting a potential Trump crackdown — Mayor Brandon Johnson said the order directs his city to use “every legal mechanism” to combat a potential deployment of troops or federal law enforcement to Chicago. — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed …
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Deirdre Heavey / Fox News:
Newsom deploys crime teams statewide as White House mocks ‘copying Trump agenda’
Newsom deploys crime teams statewide as White House mocks ‘copying Trump agenda’
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Washington Post:
Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population — The Trump administration and international partners are discussing proposals to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.
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Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Lays Out ‘America First’ Plan For Helping Ukraine End War, Casts Doubt On Putin-Zelenskyy Meeting — THE OVAL OFFICE - President Donald Trump told the Daily Caller on Friday that a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting seems unlikely, and American jets may be needed to help Europe secure an end to the war.
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump casts doubt on Putin-Zelensky meeting: ‘Maybe they have to fight a little longer’
Trump casts doubt on Putin-Zelensky meeting: ‘Maybe they have to fight a little longer’
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
This Is What—and Who—We're Losing in RFK's Purge — The story of one scientist, a career in public health, and the crisis at the CDC. — UNTIL THIS PAST THURSDAY, Demetre Daskalakis was in charge of the CDC's division for immunization and respiratory disease—making him, arguably …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences — The age-verification laws rapidly expanding across the United States and United Kingdom are bringing with them some surprising downsides, including bursts of traffic to seedy parts of the web.
Bloomberg:
Ukraine's Ex-Parliamentary Speaker Is Shot Dead in Lviv — Andriy Parubiy, former speaker of Ukraine's parliament and a leader of the Maidan protests in 2013-14, was killed on Saturday in the western city of Lviv. — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a post on the X social media platform, called it a “horrendous murder.”
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Chip Reid / CBS News:
Mark Knoller, longtime CBS News correspondent, dies at 73 — Longtime CBS News correspondent Mark Knoller has died at the age of 73. — He died in Washington, D.C., according to a close friend. The cause of death was not disclosed, but he suffered from diabetes and had been in ill health.
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Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
President Trump is alive and well after bizarre, false online speculation suggested he died — WASHINGTON — Online rumors of President Trump's demise were greatly exaggerated — much to the dismay of creepy leftist critics. — The president took a brief hiatus from public appearances this week …
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
In Trump's Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit … Dr. Peggy Carr, the chief statistician at the Education Department, was dismissed after a 36-year career as part of the Trump administration's plan to drastically reduce the size of the federal work force.Jared Soares for The New York Times
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The political ‘diploma divide’ now applies to members of Congress — A new academic study shows a plummeting level of GOP lawmakers who attended Ivy League or other elite universities and graduate schools. — There's a new divide on Capitol Hill over education.
Washington Post:
China is why we should support the VOA, not shut it down — Kari Lake says VOA cooperated with the Chinese Communist Party. In reality, VOA fights propaganda. — Just now … Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media — parent of the Voice of America …
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Bondi fires DOJ staffer who flipped off National Guard in DC — and was seen boasting about it — Attorney General Pam Bondi fired another Department of Justice paralegal Friday — after the environmental division employee flipped off a National Guard member on her way to work.
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Reuters:
Lawyer Alan Dershowitz loses appeal in CNN defamation case — Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz lost his bid on Friday to overturn a ruling that dismissed his defamation lawsuit against CNN over the news channel's coverage of remarks he made during President Donald Trump's 2020 impeachment trial.
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Maya Goldman / Axios:
RFK Jr.'s polling divide: Food vs. vaccines — Americans across the political spectrum support efforts to increase food regulation, a major priority for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — but there's a partisan split over his views on childhood vaccines.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Turns to Small Group of Advisers, Shrinks National Security Council — NSC's role in overseeing national security decisions has been curtailed — WASHINGTON—When President Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in June, U.S. diplomats who would normally be told of the decision were left in the dark.
Vox:
The Covid revenge policy — Trump brought us the Covid vaccine. Now he's trying to take it away. … In his first term, President Donald Trump touted the “medical miracle” of the mRNA Covid-19 vaccine that he helped deliver to market through the unprecedented public-private partnership known as Operation Warp Speed.
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