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Trump is rushing to hire seasoned lawyers — but he keeps hearing ‘No’ — The former president's current legal team includes a Florida insurance lawyer who's never had a federal case, a past general counsel for a parking-garage company and a former host at far-right One America News
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F.B.I. Interviewed Top White House Lawyers About Missing Trump Documents — Pat A. Cipollone and Patrick F. Philbin are the most senior people who worked for the former president who are known to have been interviewed in the investigation into his handling of classified material.

Trump wants Mar-a-Lago affidavit released, as some aides ponder risk — The affidavit has emerged as the latest flashpoint in the ongoing criminal probe involving classified materials at Mar-a-Lago — Former president Donald Trump has called on a judge to unseal the affidavit central …
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Myths & Misunderstandings Relating to Mar-a-Lago Documents Investigation — In the days since former President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had executed a search warrant at his home and business at Mar-a-Lago …

Inside the frantic, final days of record-keeping that landed Trump in hot water — Standing amid half-packed boxes in early 2021, staffers in the West Wing grabbed packages of presidential M&M's and tried to obtain giant photos of the president and the first couple that adorned the walls …

FBI arrests former Rep. T.J. Cox on dozens of fraud charges — The FBI arrested former one-term Democratic Rep. T.J. Cox on dozens of charges related to financial fraud, according to public records with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office. — The arrest took place around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday …
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BIDEN SIGNS IRA: Democrats just passed a major bill. Obama's reaction is PERFECT! — President Joe Biden today signed the Inflation Reduction Act — the Democrats' massive climate, health, and tax bill — into law, marking a major victory for the president and the Democratic Party in delivering …
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Biden Signs Bill Aimed at Lowering Drug Costs, Boosting Renewable Energy
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Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
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White House not saying when the Inflation Reduction Act will begin to cut inflation
White House not saying when the Inflation Reduction Act will begin to cut inflation
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Benji Jones / Vox:
Hidden inside the Inflation Reduction Act: $20 billion to help fix our farms
Hidden inside the Inflation Reduction Act: $20 billion to help fix our farms
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Liz Cheney loses primary as Trump topples his most prominent GOP critic — The Wyoming lawmaker is projected to lose to Harriet Hageman, ABC News reports. — Representative Liz Cheney, arrives for hearing at the Capitol in Washington, July 12, 2022. — Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images, FILE
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Cheney on Election Day: This isn't the end, it's the beginning
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Liz Cheney Is Defeated by Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman in Wyoming
Liz Cheney Is Defeated by Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman in Wyoming
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David Reaboi / Late Republic Nonsense:
A Few Good Reasons to Hate Liz Cheney
A Few Good Reasons to Hate Liz Cheney
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Louisiana Woman Is Forced Carry Headless Fetus to Term or Travel to Florida for Legal Abortion — “It's hard knowing that I'm carrying it to bury it,” Nancy Davis, already a mother of one child, said. — Alerts — A pregnant woman in Louisiana says she's being forced to choose between carrying fetus …
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Florida court blocks teen from getting abortion, must continue pregnancy
Florida court blocks teen from getting abortion, must continue pregnancy
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Video Shows Dr. Oz Saying He Has Two Houses. He Actually Has 10. — It's a simple question for most people: How many houses do you own? But apparently, it's not so simple for Dr. Oz. … It's a question most Americans can answer pretty easily: “How many houses do you own?”
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Media Matters for America and New York Magazine

Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe — A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trump's campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury that's looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
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The Clown Prince of Pennsylvania Avenue — Jared Kushner did more damage to the presidency and the Trump agenda during his four year reign of error at — 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue than anyone. — Take credit for what worked. Shift the blame for what didn't.
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Arizona Republican secretary of state nominee kept ‘Treason Watch List’ and posted about stockpiling ammunition on Pinterest — The Republican nominee for secretary of state in Arizona is a self-proclaimed member of the far-right extremist group the Oath Keepers who repeatedly shared anti …
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Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter — Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists — A Saudi student at Leeds University who had returned home to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced …
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Washington Post and Common Dreams

Vance, DeSantis rally puts ‘highly unusual’ restrictions on press — Journalists must agree to give access to their footage to the event organizer, pro-Trump GOP youth group Turning Point USA, and explain how they intend to use it — Journalists hoping to cover a Republican rally featuring Florida …

Boston Children's Hospital warns employees over far-right online harassment campaign — Boston Children's Hospital has warned employees about mounting threats and is coordinating with law enforcement after far-right activists on social media began targeting the hospital with false claims about its treatment of young transgender people.
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Back to school ad shows Texas child wearing body armor for first day back — The Mothers Against Greg Abbott PAC premiered a new back to school-themed campaign ad on Monday, just as children across the Lone Star State started returning to the classroom. In the 30-second clip …
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Black and Asian Hate in San Francisco — “Ching chong aye yah,” hurled one of the two Black kids to an elderly Asian woman on the 30-Stockon bus in San Francisco. I had kept quiet for a few minutes but I couldn't keep quiet anymore. — “Hey, if these Chinese people called you a nigger you'd be mad,” I told the kid.

Not Just Kansas; Women Motivated to Vote in States with Repro Rights at Risk — As we detailed in our analysis last week, the electorate in Kansas changed dramatically in the days after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision leaked. Kansans turned out in record numbers in the primary and delivered …

Biden administration cancels $3.9 billion in student debt for 208,000 borrowers defrauded by ITT Tech — The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it would cancel the student loans for 208,000 borrowers who attended ITT Technical Institute. — The relief totals $3.9 billion.
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Fox News Channel's Greg Gutfeld Beats Stephen Colbert To Claim Title As Ratings King Of Late Night — Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld had his highest-rated week ever last week, with his late night show Gutfeld! sweeping all of the broadcast late-night hosts, CBS' Stephen Colbert, NBC's Jimmy Fallon and ABC's Jimmel Kimmel.
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In Berlin, Abbas says Israel committed ‘holocausts’; Scholz grimaces but is silent — Chancellor later tells outraged German media such use of the term is ‘unbearable’; PA leader makes comments while declining to express regret for Munich massacre — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud …
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City Comptroller Denies Every Single Financial Claim for Hurricane Ida Flooding — The office asserts the system is broken and City Hall can help more, as it follows a century-old legal precedent and rejects payout requests for flood damage. — Nearly a year after the remnants …
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Sweeps Week on FBI TV! — National news media and federal law enforcement are now as indistinguishable in America as in any autocratic country anywhere — CNN Newsroom anchor Jim Acosta, famed for being the WWE version of a media tough guy during the Trump years, curled up like a kitten …

An Oval Office incident from 2019 perfectly illustrates Trump's approach to state secrets, say ex intel officials — Senior intelligence officials realized early on that President Donald Trump wasn't going to read even short written summaries of his regular intelligence briefings.

Evers administration changes direction after appointing convicted felon to juvenile justice group. Appointee faces a trial in new case. — The Evers administration has reversed course on the recent appointment of a convicted felon, who is awaiting trial on five additional felony and misdemeanor charges …
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White House climate official sanctioned by key science body — The National Academy of Sciences has barred Jane Lubchenco, a key White House climate aide, from involvement in NAS publications and activities for five years for violating its code of conduct before joining the administration, the organization said.
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Georgia election data copied under direction of Trump attorney — Subpoenaed documents confirm breach in Coffee County — A group of Donald Trump supporters copied a trove of sensitive Georgia election files in Coffee County after the 2020 presidential election, a breach that included data …
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Even on Biden's Big Day, He's Still in Trump's Long Shadow — For the sitting president, even a triumphant ceremony to sign major domestic legislation can hardly break through the nonstop attention on his predecessor. — Moments before President Biden signed a legacy-defining package …
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‘Morally wrong’: 9/11 families urge Biden to return $3.5B to Afghans — With help from Lawrence Ukenye and Phelim Kine — FIRST IN NATSEC DAILY — Nearly 80 family members of 9/11 victims urge President JOE BIDEN to reverse his order and send back billions in Afghanistan's U.S.-held frozen assets.
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Trump trades places with his enemies — To him, the FBI search was an end to itself. — Cut the crap. There's absolutely no question that the former president has been issuing threats since last week when federal agents searched his Florida home for secret government documents.
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