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Politico:
Ahead of Trump speech, DHS says it found thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says his agency found thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls in California and three other states as President Donald Trump prepared to renew his focus …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Exaggerates Claims About Election Vulnerabilities in Speech — President Trump drew selectively from documents his aides published online to insinuate that U.S. elections have been compromised for years and that government officials had suppressed the evidence. — Here's the latest.
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Reuters:
White House weighs releasing controversial intel on China and US elections, sources say — The White House is considering releasing sensitive intelligence related to China and its ability to interfere in U.S. elections that some Trump officials worry could be misleading, according to four people with knowledge of the deliberations.
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Trump's Underwhelming Announcement on Voting Does Not Even Purport to Show That Any Illegal Votes Were Cast in the 2020 Election or That Voting Machines Have Been Hacked or Vote Totals Inaccurate; He Also Made a Pitch to Pass the SAVE America Act But Offered No New Federal Mandates
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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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Scripps News and The Hill
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump speech on election security alleges ‘vulnerability’ — President Donald Trump gave a prime-time address on election security that the White House said would contain major revelations, but stopped short of adopting the most incendiary claims made by his supporters. Show more
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Annabella Rosciglione / The Daily Beast:
Biggest TV Networks Deliver Crushing Blow to Trump — NOT TUNING IN — Donald Trump's forthcoming address will not be aired in full on at least two major networks. — Two major broadcasters said they will not be airing President Donald Trump's primetime address in full.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
How Politico's Negligence and Ignorance Helped Float Another DHS Lie
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CNN:
Advisers debate Trump's primetime election speech amid fears of continued campaign to sow mistrust
Advisers debate Trump's primetime election speech amid fears of continued campaign to sow mistrust
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Just Did More Damage to American Elections Than China
Trump Just Did More Damage to American Elections Than China
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC and ABC Won't Carry Trump Primetime Election Speech
NBC and ABC Won't Carry Trump Primetime Election Speech
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
In Prime Time, Trump Criticizes Networks for Not Carrying His Speech
In Prime Time, Trump Criticizes Networks for Not Carrying His Speech
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump pushes debunked election lies, demands SAVE America Act in primetime speech
Trump pushes debunked election lies, demands SAVE America Act in primetime speech
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New York Times, Reuters, CBS News, Robert Reich, Los Angeles Times and Newsweek
Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Trump Obsession That Carries a Cost for Democracy
A Trump Obsession That Carries a Cost for Democracy
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American Prospect and Wall Street Journal
Scripps News:
President Donald Trump claims new documents show widespread vulnerabilities in US election security
President Donald Trump claims new documents show widespread vulnerabilities in US election security
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Politico, Breitbart, Christian Science Monitor and Talking Points Memo
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Trump speech intensifies pressure campaign against broadcasters
Trump speech intensifies pressure campaign against broadcasters
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The Gateway Pundit and The Independent
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Assessing the Documents: Voter Registration in Michigan
Assessing the Documents: Voter Registration in Michigan
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The Gateway Pundit and The Post Millennial
Jim Himes / New York Times:
Trump's Election Denial Has Never Been More Dangerous
Trump's Election Denial Has Never Been More Dangerous
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
White House touts Trump speech as Democrats warn of recycled falsehoods
White House touts Trump speech as Democrats warn of recycled falsehoods
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MS NOW, Semafor, Breitbart, The Hill and National Politics
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Georgia's Senators Ridicule Trump's Election Fraud Claims
Georgia's Senators Ridicule Trump's Election Fraud Claims
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ABC News, Zeteo, The Gateway Pundit and NOTUS
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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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood …
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Reuters:
Truth Social to sell Wall Street firms the ‘fastest’ access to Trump's posts — President Donald Trump's posts on the platform regularly move markets. High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders and investors. … Trump Media & Technology Group has unveiled a paid-for …
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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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John Towfighi / CNN:
Truth Social will sell Wall Street quicker access to posts
Truth Social will sell Wall Street quicker access to posts
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Washington Post:
Lettuce supplier identified as potential source of cyclosporiasis outbreak — The CDC has linked the Taylor Farms produce supplied to Taco Bell to the outbreak of the parasitic illness, according to two persons familiar with the investigation. — Summary
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The White House:
Vulnerabilities in Electronic Voting and Ballot-Counting Systems — For years Americans were blatantly lied to about the security of our election infrastructure, including electronic voting machines and ballot-counting systems. We are releasing a series of previously-classified U.S …
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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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 …
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Media Matters for America and Raw Story
Chris Marquette / Politico:
After Tillis' demands, Todd Blanche meets with Jeffrey Epstein's victims — Hours after Sen. Thom Tillis demanded acting Attorney General Todd Blanche meet with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, President Donald Trump's nominee to permanently lead the Justice Department did just that.
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Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Epstein Survivors Give Todd Blanche A Failing Grade After Meeting In New Statement
Epstein Survivors Give Todd Blanche A Failing Grade After Meeting In New Statement
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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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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.”
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Inside Bibi's mystery Trump meeting — White House officials were surprised in recent days to read in the Israeli press that President Trump would host Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. — In fact, no meeting has been scheduled. … Each of those meetings was scheduled within a matter of hours or days.
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
G.O.P. Rifts Deepen Over $95 Billion Budget Plan for Iran War and SAVE Act — A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections. — It was a plan House G.O.P. leaders hoped …
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Politico, Committee for a …, Raw Story, NewsMax.com, The Daily Signal and The Hill
Politico:
Trump's health nominees are in flux with vote pending — The Trump administration's nominees to lead two critical health agencies are in limbo a day after their confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Committee. Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, the committee chair, wouldn't say on Thursday …
