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10:30 PM ET, July 20, 2022

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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senators announce bipartisan bills to stop candidates from stealing elections  —  WASHINGTON — After months of negotiating, a group of senators announced two proposals Wednesday designed to close gaps in federal law and prevent future candidates from stealing elections.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Bipartisan Senate Group Strikes Deal to Rewrite Electoral Count Act  —  The changes outlined by the senators are intended to prevent a repeat of the effort on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the presidential election in Congress.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Ned Foley / Election Law Blog:
Why Congress should swiftly enact the Senate's bipartisan ECA reform bill
Discussion: Washington Post
Leigh Ann Caldwell / Washington Post:
Trump wanted Pence to reject votes for Biden. A new bill would prevent that.
Discussion: CBS News
NBC News:
In Harvard study of Jan. 6 rioters, top motivation is clear: Trump  —  Researchers at Harvard University who conducted the largest study yet of what motivated Jan. 6 rioters say the data is clear: The most common responses focused on former President Donald Trump and his lies about the election.
Discussion: Twitchy and NBC Boston
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Washington Post:
Even a day after Jan. 6, Trump balked at condemning the violence  —  The House committee investigating the Capitol attack expects to show portions of outtakes Thursday from remarks Trump delivered Jan. 7, when aides pressed him to repudiate the riot.  —  Gift Article
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Merrick Garland: Nothing to prevent investigating Trump or anyone else for Jan. 6 attack
CNN:
Federal investigation of Hunter Biden reaches critical juncture, sources say  —  The federal investigation into Hunter Biden's business activities is nearing a critical juncture as investigators weigh possible charges and prosecutors confront Justice Department guidelines …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Biden Approval Hits New Low Amid Public Discontent With Both Parties, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly Half Of Americans Worry About Being Mass Shooting Victim  — mail_outline  —  One and a half years since President Joe Biden took office, Americans give President Biden …
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Aubrie Spady / Fox News:
NEW LOW: Biden approval rating hits all-time low, only 19% support among Hispanics, poll shows
Discussion: Townhall and RedState
Washington Post:
Secret Service watchdog knew in February that texts had been purged  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  A watchdog agency learned in February that the Secret Service had purged nearly all cellphone texts from around the time of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but chose not to alert Congress …
Discussion: Vanity Fair
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP freezes up on same-sex marriage  —  Mitt Romney doesn't think it's necessary.  Richard Burr hasn't read it.  And Todd Young is “fixated” on microchips.  —  Those are some of the answers Republicans gave Wednesday on whether they'd back legislation writing same-sex marriage into law.
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CNN:
Former Trump White House aide who met with January 6 panel attacks witnesses, lawmakers in profane and sexist rant  —  (CNN)A former Trump White House aide who met with the January 6 committee earlier this week went on a profane and sexist rant on a livestream after his testimony …
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and CBS News
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Jordan Green / Raw Story:   Witness Garrett Ziegler lashes out at J6 committee in white nationalist grievance rant
Ari Hawkins / Politico:
Larry Hogan snubs Republican victor in Maryland, escalating Trump proxy war  —  Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland signaled on Wednesday that he opposed the gubernatorial candidate backed by Donald Trump, the latest escalation of a proxy war between the term-limited Republican governor and the former president.
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
The GOP Just Nominated a ‘QAnon Whackjob’ and a ‘True Confederate’ in Maryland
Julian Routh / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
John Fetterman, in first interview since stroke, talks recovery and return to U.S. Senate campaign trail  —  This story will be updated.  —  In his first media interview since suffering a stroke days before the May primary election, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman …
Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
New evidence disputes Trump's citizenship question rationale for census  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Previously unreleased internal communications indicate the Trump administration tried to add a citizenship question to the census with the goal of affecting congressional apportionment …
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Documents detail the secret strategy behind Trump's census citizenship question push
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Roll Call and The Root
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
New Findings Detail Trump Plan to Use Census for Partisan Gain
Discussion: UPI and Raw Story
C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
Steve Bannon's offer to testify in the House January 6 inquiry might have backfired at his criminal trial  — Steve Bannon's lawyers told jurors about his recent offer to testify in the House January 6 inquiry.  — Prosecutors called the offer “sudden” and underscored that it cost the House panel precious time.
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Joe Biden says he has cancer in possible gaffe  —  President Biden said Wednesday that he has cancer — making either a gaffe or a stunningly casual health announcement during a speech about global warming in Massachusetts.  —  Biden was describing the health effects of emissions …
Alice Kantor / Bloomberg:
Americans Who Can't Afford Homes Are Moving to Europe Instead  —  More Americans are relocating to Europe, driven across the Atlantic by the rising cost of living, inflated house prices, a surging dollar and political rancor at home.  —  Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and France are among the most popular destinations.
Tess Owen / VICE:
Indiana Mall Gunman Appears to Have Posted Plans on 4chan  —  Police have told VICE News they are familiar with the posts and are investigating.  —  TO  —  TORONTO, CA  —  Hours before a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on a food court in a suburban mall near Indianapolis on Sunday …
David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
Endemic Covid-19 Looks Pretty Brutal  —  It may surprise you to learn, given the mood of the country — and indeed the world — about the pandemic that probably half of all Covid infections have happened this calendar year — and it's only July.  By December, the figure could be 80 percent or more.
NBC News:
‘A real moral force’: Conservatives praise Pence for being courageous on Jan. 6  —  WASHINGTON — Some House Republicans praised former Vice President Mike Pence for certifying the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, and encouraged him to run for president in 2024 in a closed-door gathering Wednesday.
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Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Was Yellowstone's Deadliest Wolf Hunt in 100 Years an Inside Job?  —  Daylight was fading over the Northern Range of Yellowstone National Park.  It was late January, and a cold front had just moved in.  Nearing the park's boundary, the young wolf would have been unfazed by the plunging temperatures.
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Welcome to the New Era of Political Memoir, Where Leaving Readers Uneasy Is the Point  —  This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.  Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.  —  Maybe Donald Trump was onto something with those non-disclosure agreements.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Confessions of a Conservative Apostate  —  What does it mean to be a conservative now? … For weeks I've been watching a parade of Republican officials describe how they worked inside a Republican administration under Donald Trump as the GOP fell to a bunch of kooks, opportunists, racists, and aspiring fascists.
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Officials reorganize HHS to boost pandemic response  —  Plan would elevate ASPR, which plays key role in emergencies, to be an agency on par with CDC, FDA  —  Listen  —  Gift Article … The Biden administration is reorganizing the federal health department to create an independent division …
John Solomon / Just The News:
Mystery solved: DOJ secretly thwarted release of Russia documents declassified by Trump  —  In the final hours of the Trump presidency, the U.S. Justice Department raised privacy concerns to thwart the release of hundreds of pages of documents that Donald Trump had declassified …
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
The Democrats' progressives need a new story  —  The one they're telling is hurting Biden, the party and themselves.  —  Last week, I wrote about an aspect of the Washington press corps that does not get the attention it deserves, especially not from the Washington press corps.
 
 
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Star Tribune:
Minnesota GOP candidate Matt Birk unapologetic about controversial comments on abortion, rape
Discussion: The Hill
Aris Folley / The Hill:
House approves more than $400 billion of government funding in ‘minibus’ package
Anadolu Ajansı Güncel Haberler:
US forces must leave areas of Syria east of Euphrates River: Turkish president
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be Britain's next PM; Truss would be a better US ally
Discussion: Politico
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden's Executive Actions on Climate to Address Extreme Heat and Boost Offshore Wind
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Two GOP primary losers in Colorado fail to pay for recounts
New York Times:
Heat Wave Complicates Global Energy Crisis and Climate Fight
Discussion: National Review and The Globe
 Earlier Items: 
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
In Defense of the Justice Department
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
What Driving Means for America
Discussion: Althouse
Manny Garcia / Austin American-Statesman:
Uvalde families deserve the Texas House Committee report in Spanish. Here it is.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Laura Weiss / New Republic:
After Roe's Repeal, CVS Told Pharmacists to Withhold Certain Prescriptions
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge orders Giuliani to testify before Fulton grand jury
Scott Tobias / The Reveal:
The case of the disappearing blockbuster: James Cameron's ‘True Lies’
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Okay, but Cassandra cannot possibly be right *again*