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Fulton grand jury subpoenas Giuliani, Graham, Trump confidantes — The Fulton County special grand jury investigating potential criminal interference in Georgia's 2020 elections has subpoenaed key members of former President Donald Trump's legal team, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani …
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Giuliani, Eastman, Graham among those subpoenaed in Georgia election probe — Elie Honig analyzes what the grand jury in Georgia means for Trump 04:08 — (CNN)An Atlanta-area grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia …
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Chabad rabbi says alleged July 4 Chicago shooter entered his synagogue on Passover — Rabbi Yosef Schanowitz, whose house of worship is near the site of Monday's shooting in heavily Jewish Highland Park, says he sternly asked Robert Crimo to leave — Following the shooting during …
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NBC's Ben Collins Says Highland Park Suspect Crimo Was ‘Trump Fan’ But Don't Blame Trump: ‘This Is Not Tied to One Guy’ — NBC News correspondent Ben Collins told the Morning Joe Crew that despite being a “Trump fan,” Highland Park mass shooting suspect Robert Crimo III is part of a deeper subculture that goes beyond politics.
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Suspect wore disguise, blended in with crowd after shooting from rooftop and killing 7, wounding 30 in Highland Park
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Security director: Suspect in July 4 Highland Park shooting was ‘sizing up’ synagogue
Security director: Suspect in July 4 Highland Park shooting was ‘sizing up’ synagogue
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Chicago shooting person of interest left online trail of violent imagery
Chicago shooting person of interest left online trail of violent imagery
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After string of Supreme Court setbacks, Democrats wonder whether Biden White House is capable of urgency moment demands — Debra Messing was fed up. The former “Will & Grace” star was among dozens of celebrity Democratic supporters and activists who joined a call with White House aides …
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Democrats Are Headed for a Disaster With Unfilled Judicial Vacancies
Democrats Are Headed for a Disaster With Unfilled Judicial Vacancies
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Boris Johnson rocked by resignation of top ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid — LONDON — Boris Johnson was left fighting for his political life after two senior Cabinet ministers, including his chancellor, quit with a blast at his integrity. — Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak …
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Sunak and Javid quit cabinet as PM admits Pincher mistake — Watch: Sunak and Javid quit cabinet as PM admits Pincher mistake — Play video Watch: Sunak and Javid quit cabinet as PM admits Pincher mistake — Summary — Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit …
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New Jan. 6 Trump documentary footage revealed — POLITICO has exclusively obtained a trailer for Alex Holder's “Unprecedented,” the British filmmaker's upcoming Discovery+ docuseries about the Trump family. — The two-minute-plus trailer was included among the hours of footage that Holder turned …
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Doug Mastriano's Election-Takeover Plan — Stop the Steal is only a pretense for seizing control. — By now, political junkies are familiar with the rucksack of election-denying baggage that Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano schleps around: He organized …
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Democrats look to raise $10M for key governors' races with abortion access fund
Democrats look to raise $10M for key governors' races with abortion access fund
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Joe Rogan reveals if he will ever host Donald Trump on his podcast — He claims he'll never pull the Trump card. — Despite hosting a smorgasbord of polarizing figures on his show, pot-stirring podcaster Joe Rogan claimed there's one person that'll never appear on his podcast: Former US president Donald Trump.

On Conservative Radio, Misleading Message Is Clear: ‘Democrats Cheat’ — Election fraud claims from 2020 are widespread on talk radio, contributing to the belief that the midterm results cannot be trusted. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Stuart Thompson writes about online information flows.
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Russia orders Jewish Agency to stop all operations in country - exclusive — Dramatic order given to Jewish Agency by government officials in Moscow • Israeli government considering next steps — The Russian government has ordered the Jewish Agency to cease all operations inside the country …
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The Supreme Court is poised to cut the heart out of majority rule — The Supreme Court's extremist justices are aiming their next dagger at the heart of the entire democratic enterprise: voters' right to pick leaders of their choice. — On Thursday, the court announced that it will hear Moore vs. Harper …
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EXC: Top New Biden Staffer Defended Underage, Gay Prostitution Website Raided By Feds in Jaw-Dropping 2015 Article. — A recent, high-level hire at the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy defended a controversial gay prostitution website with a track record of allowing children …
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More Americans Struggling; Inflation, Gas Prices Top Family Concerns — Majority say federal government actions are hurting them — West Long Branch, NJ - The number of Americans who are financially struggling has increased by double digits in the past year as inflation and gas prices top …
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“You're NOT A WOMAN Just Because You Got Surgery!” Macy Gray on Transgender Identity — American R&B and soul singer Macy Gray joins Piers Morgan Uncensored to discuss issues on racial inequality, transgender identity and even the advice success...
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'I'm terrified': Brittney Griner sends Biden handwritten letter amid trial in Russia — WNBA star Brittney Griner asked President Joe Biden to bring her home from detention in Russia, where she is being tried on drug smuggling charges, telling the president in a handwritten letter: “I'm terrified.”
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Suspect confesses to killing Malta journalist — The man accused of detonating a car bomb that killed a prominent Maltese journalist has confessed to the crime in an interview with a Reuters reporter and says he will soon implicate others in plotting to assassinate her.
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Christian Nationalists Are Excited About What Comes Next — Ms. Stewart has reported on the religious right for more than a decade. She is the author of “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism.” — The shape of the Christian nationalist movement …
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Sorry, Mitt Romney. Denial is not an equal-opportunity offense. — Aside from Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), few Republicans have been as consistent in their condemnation of defeated former president Donald Trump as Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah).
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Russians Fear Commanders Are Selling Their Own Troops' Locations for Cash — An intercepted phone call reveals that Russians believe their own commanders are selling out troops for cash, according to the Ukrainian intelligence agencies. — A Russian colonel was accused of selling information …
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Virginia, Maryland officials push back on Supreme Court request to curb protests at justices' homes — A plea from the Supreme Court marshal to prohibit pro-abortion rights picketing outside the homes of justices got a lukewarm reception from certain Virginia and Maryland officials.
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In Louisiana, a dark turn in the post-Roe wars signals danger ahead — Barely moments after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, jubilant activists excitedly turned to the next step: criminalizing abortion to the maximal extent possible. This includes blocking women …

American Factories Are Making Stuff Again as CEOs Take Production Out of China — There has been a sense in financial circles that the fever among American executives to shorten supply lines and bring production back home would prove short-lived. As soon as the pandemic started to fade, so too would the fad, the thinking went.

The Supreme Court is the most conservative in 90 years — In 2018 just after he announced his retirement, Justice Anthony Kennedy, who sat at the ideological center of the court for much of his 30-year tenure, met with a groups of reporters. Was he worried that some of the precedents he helped establish …
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Confidence in U.S. Institutions Down; Average at New Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are less confident in major U.S. institutions than they were a year ago, with significant declines for 11 of the 16 institutions tested and no improvements for any. The largest declines in confidence …
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Oil from U.S. reserves head overseas as gasoline prices stay high — More than 5 million barrels of oil that were part of a historic U.S. emergency oil reserves release aimed at lowering domestic fuel prices were exported to Europe and Asia last month, according to data and sources …
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