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Nancy Pelosi / Washington Post:
Why I'm leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan  —  Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, is speaker of the House of Representatives.  —  Some 43 years ago, the United States Congress overwhelmingly passed — and President Jimmy Carter signed into law — the Taiwan Relations Act …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The real crisis over Taiwan will start after Pelosi comes home  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her delegation have landed in Taiwan, where the immediate worry is the small, but serious possibility, of direct military confrontation with China.  But the larger impact of Pelosi's visit …
Xinhua:
Statement by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Pelosi's visit to Taiwan  —  China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday issued a statement on Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region.  Following is the full text of the statement:
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Pelosi's Taiwan trip a culmination of decades of challenging China  —  Over several administrations, the congresswoman often held an opinion unpopular among Democratic colleagues, and her posture at times was viewed as unhelpful in U.S.-China relations  —  In 1991, Rep. Nancy Pelosi stood …
Bloomberg:   Pelosi's Taiwan Trip Spurs Chinese Battery Giant to Pause Plant Debut
CNN:
First on CNN: Jan. 6 text messages wiped from phones of key Trump Pentagon officials  —  (CNN)The Defense Department wiped the phones of top departing DOD and Army officials at the end of the Trump administration, deleting any texts from key witnesses to events surrounding the January 6 …
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New York Times:
Arizona Officials Warned Fake Electors Plan Could ‘Appear Treasonous’  —  Politicians involved in Donald Trump's effort to put forth electors to falsely claim he had won Arizona said doing so without first filing a legal challenge could look like a crime.  —  Two Arizona Republicans recruited …
New York Times:
Live Updates: Kansas Voters Rush to Defense of Abortion Rights  —  The state resoundingly rejected an amendment erasing the right to abortion from its Constitution.  In Missouri, the scandal-plagued Eric Greitens was trounced in his Senate primary by Eric Schmitt, the state's attorney general.
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NBC News:
Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion ban in first post-Roe litigation
ABC News:
Ex-White House counsel subpoenaed by federal grand jury investigating Jan. 6 attack  —  Pat Cipollone spoke to the House Jan. 6 Select Committee last month.  —  A federal grand jury has subpoenaed former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone in its investigation into the Jan. 6 assault …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Trump Faces Questions About His Net Worth in Interview He Tried to Avoid  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has embraced the verbal sparring of legal depositions in the past, but now faces significant risk.  —  For decades, Donald J. Trump has boasted with impunity about a subject close to his heart and ego: his net worth.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tessa Weinberg / Missouri Independent:
Missouri AG Eric Schmitt beats Hartzler, Greitens to claim GOP Senate nomination  —  Attorney General Eric Schmitt poses with a supporter after claiming the Republican nomination for Missouri's open U.S. Senate seat on Aug. 2, 2022 (Tessa Weinberg/Missouri Independent).
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: Americans favor Manchin-Schumer climate deal by wide margins  —  United States Senator from West Virginia  —  President of the United States since 2021  —  Amid worsening economic numbers — and President Biden's lowest approval rating to date — a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll suggests …
Discussion: Fox News
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
Senate passes veterans health bill after Republicans cave to pressure  —  The $280 billion package will provide health care benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits.  It passed after days of protests from former service members and comedian Jon Stewart.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Profits Slump at CNN as Ratings Plummet  —  The network is on a pace to drop below $1 billion in profit for the first time in years, according to people familiar with its operations, amid steep declines in TV viewership.  —  One of the first moves the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery …
Ben Morse / CNN:
Tiger Woods turned down $700-$800 million offer to join Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, says CEO Greg Norman  —  (CNN)Tiger Woods turned down an offer worth approximately $700-$800 million to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, according to the tour's CEO Greg Norman.
Discussion: Fortune
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Mark Schlabach / ESPN:
Tiger Woods turned down offer in ‘neighborhood’ of $700-$800 million when approached to join LIV Golf, Greg Norman says
Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
Sandy Hook parents: Alex Jones claims created ‘living hell’  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Fighting back tears and finally given the chance to confront conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the parents of a 6-year-old killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting described being put through a …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Misleading Kansas abortion texts linked to Republican-aligned firm  —  The numbers used to spread the texts were leased to Alliance Forge, a Nevada-based firm that provides texting services to Republican campaigns  —  The text messages arrived on Monday, the day before Kansans were set …
Financial Times:
Samsung and SK Hynix rethink China exposure following US Chips act  —  Leading Korean chipmakers re-evaluate further Chinese investments in response to Washington restrictions  —  Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are re-evaluating their investments in China, as the leading Korean chipmakers respond …
Bill Glauber / Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson calls for subjecting Medicare and Social Security to annual budget talks  —  Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson indicated Tuesday that Medicare and Social Security should be subjected to annual budget deliberations, a move that could upend guaranteed benefits relied upon by millions of Americans.
Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
Trump's purported free speech social media platform Truth Social is hiding user posts, threatening to create a ‘curated echo chamber,’ research group finds  — A new report found instances where Trump's TRUTH Social kept posts from being visible.  — The posts discussed abortion …
Heather Stewart / The Guardian:
Jeremy Corbyn urges west to stop arming Ukraine  —  Ex-Labour leader also tells Beirut-based TV channel he was criticised over antisemitism because of stance on Palestine  —  Jeremy Corbyn has urged western countries to stop arming Ukraine, and claimed he was criticised over antisemitism …
Discussion: HotAir
Walker Orenstein / MinnPost:
Asked about Biden in 2024, Craig says ‘new leaders’ needed in D.C.  —  U.S. Rep. Angie Craig on Tuesday would not say if she would support President Joe Biden if he runs for a second term in 2024 and urged a “new generation” of Democratic leadership.  —  “I'm talking about Congress …
Wall Street Journal:
The IRS Is About to Go Beast Mode  —  The Schumer-Manchin bill has $45.6 billion to audit the middle class.  —  Progressives want Joe Biden to unleash what they call “beast mode” executive power, and the Schumer-Manchin tax bill supplies the cash to turn the Internal Revenue Service into Wolverine.
Discussion: DonnyFerguson.com
Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
AOC is the Democrats' best shot against Trump in 2024  —  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  When Barack Obama came out of nowhere to win his Senate seat in 2004, it almost felt preordained.  As if he was the person we had been waiting for to breathe fresh air into the Democratic Party.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin, Sinema ‘exchanging text’ on climate, tax deal  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) says he is exchanging materials with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) to help her better understand the broad tax reform and climate bill he negotiated with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) …
Discussion: Fox News
Claire Parker / Washington Post:
U.S. imposes sanctions on Putin's reported girlfriend  —  The United States imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's reported romantic partner Tuesday, part of the latest raft of penalties targeting Kremlin-linked officials and entities in response to Russia's war in Ukraine.
 
 
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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MSNBC:
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Tariq Panja / New York Times:
Sources: FIFA is close to giving Apple the global rights for its 2025 World Cup-style soccer competition in the US, likely for ~25% of FIFA's first $4B estimate

Adam B. Vary / Variety:
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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