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Politico:
‘Scared s-tless’: Republicans brace for Trump's primetime speech — President Donald Trump is promising to reveal “really big news” on election security. Many Republicans wish he wouldn't. — The president's speech, expected to be delivered in prime time Thursday from the White House …
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Vaughn Hillyard / MS NOW:
Election denial activists briefed at White House ahead of Trump's primetime speech — The session, convened by Cleta Mitchell and closed by nondisclosure agreements, presented material one attendee described as recycled from conservative media. — The White House hosted …
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NPR, The Hill, Semafor and The Gateway Pundit
Annabella Rosciglione / The Daily Beast:
Biggest TV Networks Deliver Crushing Blow to Trump
Biggest TV Networks Deliver Crushing Blow to Trump
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Justin Glawe / Zeteo:
A Pro-Trump Private Investigator Is Investigating Elections in Georgia
A Pro-Trump Private Investigator Is Investigating Elections in Georgia
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The Atlantic and CBS News
Politico:
How Trump might try to relitigate 2020 — and the facts he's up against
How Trump might try to relitigate 2020 — and the facts he's up against
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Votebeat, KVIA-TV and Democracy Docket
Politico:
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Inside Trump's remaking of American elections
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Inside Trump's remaking of American elections
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Democracy Docket, Los Angeles Times and Election Law Blog
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump vote-fraud speech traps TV networks
Trump vote-fraud speech traps TV networks
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Hayes Brown / MS NOW:
Donald Trump is out of ideas
Donald Trump is out of ideas
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ABC News:
White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources — Gabriel Perez is in settlement talks with federal regulators, the sources said. — Katherine Faulders, Aaron Katersky, Peter Charalambous, and Nicholas Kerr — President Donald Trump read …
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Nathan Bomey / Axios:
White House teleprompter operator investigated over alleged Kalshi trades on Trump speeches
White House teleprompter operator investigated over alleged Kalshi trades on Trump speeches
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The Portland Press Herald:
ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer — An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. — Community: — 4 min readFont size +
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Bangor Daily News:
Ex-wife ID's ICE agent who fatally shot man in Biddeford — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed a Colombian man in Biddeford this week has been identified. — David Brouillette, 37, reportedly admitted to firing the shots that claimed the life …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Can This Pseudo-Journalist Destroy American Democracy? — DONALD TRUMP'S PRIMETIME ADDRESS Thursday is shaping up to be a grab bag of conspiracy theories, all of them intended to help Republicans take control of the midterms. He might declare that Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are somehow fake senators …
Washington Post:
Reflecting Pool peeling likely caused by application flaws, experts say — President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process. — Just now — The lining of the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting …
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New York Magazine, New Republic, Staff Stories and Raw Story
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Politico:
Thom Tillis tells Todd Blanche to meet with Epstein victims — or don't expect his support — Sen. Thom Tillis said Thursday his vote to confirm attorney general nominee Todd Blanche is contingent on Blanche meeting with victims of the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Tillis withholds Blanche vote until AG pick meets Epstein survivors
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
AG pick Blanche to meet with Epstein survivors after 2 GOP senators hedge on nomination
AG pick Blanche to meet with Epstein survivors after 2 GOP senators hedge on nomination
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Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle — President Donald Trump fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district, highlighting tensions between …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Media to Sell Faster Access to President's Social Posts — New service will let traders and investors pay for real-time feed of Truth Social posts — President Trump broke with tradition by posting near-constant policy decisions and market-moving news on his social-media platform.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Sen. Ruben Gallego had sexual relationships with two House staffers, sources reveal to The Post — WASHINGTON — Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, engaged in sexual relationships with at least two House staffers and his “very flirtatious” …
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Politico:
Trump's $1.5T defense budget is in trouble — House Republicans' latest plans to pay for the Iran war could kill President Donald Trump's dreams of a $1.5 trillion defense budget. — Party leaders are racing to pass a $60 billion bill to fill a hole in the Pentagon's balance sheet left …
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The Texas Tribune:
FBI suggests migrants' van in fatal Houston shooting had meth. A lawyer says it was salt. — TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE! — YOU'RE WELCOME TO REPUBLISH THIS ARTICLE FOR FREE AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW OUR REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES, WHICH INCLUDES USING OUR CANONICAL URL AND PIXEL TRACKER ON YOUR STORY PAGES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
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Reuters:
Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea gateway if US hits power network, sources say — Iran has asked Yemen's Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian power infrastructure, three sources told Reuters on Thursday, posing a potent new threat to global energy supplies.
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Radley Balko / New York Times:
ICE Is Out of Control. Here's What to Do About It. — In the span of a week, federal immigration enforcement agents took the lives of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian man shot in Maine, and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican man gunned down in Houston.
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Raw Story, Chicago Sun Times, America Magazine and Al Jazeera
Lauren McGaughy / New York Times:
Ken Paxton Bought 3 Utah Condos, Adding to a $9 Million Real Estate Portfolio — The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million. — Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas recently bought three condominiums at a luxury resort in Utah …
CNN:
GOP Senate candidate has close ties to White nationalist influencer, his son-in-law — Race & ethnicity Social media Senate election US elections — Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins has built a national profile as a combative, Trump-aligned online provocateur …
Madison Muller / Bloomberg:
Kalshi Will Offer Sports-Style Betting on Drug Trial Results — Kalshi to Offer Betting on Drug Trial Results — Video Player is loading. — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 63.68% Playback Rate — captions off, selected — English — This is a modal window. — Unmute
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Brandon Gomez / CNBC:
U.S. grocery slowdown deepens as shoppers buy fewer items, raising pressure on food companies … The U.S. grocery slowdown is becoming harder to ignore. — Shoppers are buying fewer items than a year ago, and grocery sales are declining as weakening unit sales are now outweighing rising prices.
Helen Huiskes / The Hill:
Tillis goes scorched-earth on SAVE America Act, threatening to stall it — Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), a retiring Republican who has become one of the most vocal critics of the Trump administration in his party, delivered harsh words for President Trump's top-priority voter ID legislation …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Plans to Limit Length of Student Visas — The new rule would cap the duration of visas at four years and require holders to apply for extensions to stay longer in the latest move to reduce legal immigration — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration will limit how long …
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Lauren Hartley / The Daily Beast:
Racist Attacker Lunges at ‘Today Show’ Host After Storming Studio — STUDIO HORROR — The man, who was looking for beloved weatherman Al Roker, managed to get past security before lunging at Craig Melvin. — A man has been arrested after he managed to slip past Today show security before lunging at host Craig Melvin.
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Ariel Rabinovitch / Global News:
‘Sovereignty comes with responsibility:’ U.S. lawmakers to Canada on wildfires — As wildfire smoke blankets parts of the country and spills into the United States, some U.S. lawmakers have sent a letter to the Canadian government saying that “sovereignty comes with responsibility.”
CNN:
Trump promoted companies on Truth Social days after buying their stocks — President Donald Trump hopped on Truth Social last year to share some “very big and exciting news.” Nvidia, the computer chip manufacturing behemoth, had just announced plans to build AI supercomputers in the United States.
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CBS News, Roll Call, Dean Blundell and Raw Story
Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Colbert's Melania Reveals MAGA Threats Forced Her to Move — GTFO — Laura Benanti said Trump supporters circulated photos of her walking her daughter to school. — Stephen Colbert's resident Melania Trump impersonator paid a hefty price for bringing her comical take on the first lady …
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