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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Rep. Andy Biggs wins GOP primary for Arizona governor  —  Trump-endorsed Rep. Andy Biggs has won the GOP primary to face Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November, setting up a marquee governor's race in one of America's most competitive states.  —  Biggs, a former chair of the hardline House Freedom Caucus …
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Politico:
'It's a stone around your neck': Arizona Republicans once again nominate 2020 election deniers  —  To make it out of a Republican primary in Arizona, there's one key litmus test: believing the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.  —  Election deniers who played prominent roles …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump-backed Rep. Andy Biggs wins GOP primary for Arizona governor
Financial Times:
The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela's oil money.  Where is it?  —  Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country's funds are going
Discussion: Zeteo and Al Jazeera
New York Times:
Saudis Reach Deal With U.S. That Could Let Them Enrich Nuclear Fuel  —  U.S. lawmakers and Israeli officials have expressed opposition to such a plan, to be announced Wednesday, fearing that the kingdom could use a civilian nuclear project to develop nuclear weapons.
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Associated Press:
Trump says US will destroy a bridge or power plant for each Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
With His Latest Threats, Trump Signals to Iran That He Is Willing to Escalate
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Exclusive: The false claims, chaos and coverups behind the Trump administration's killing of two American citizens  —  “Someone's going to get killed.”  —  The warning, from an agent of the federal Homeland Security Investigations division, sent a chill through the other officials in the room.
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Politico:
House passes stopgap funding bill, months before shutdown deadline  —  The House passed a government funding bill Tuesday night that would extend funding for all federal operations through the midterm elections — a move made months ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a shutdown.
Discussion: The Hill, NOTUS and NPR
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Julie Yoon / New York Times:
Mamdani Challenges U.S. to Execute Arrest Warrant Against Netanyahu  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani said New York could not execute an international arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, but he called on the United States to do so.  —  “Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal …
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Anthony Maranise / Washington Examiner:
New York's mayor isn't the world police — someone should tell Zohran Mamdani
Discussion: Fox News
Megan Messerly / Politico:
‘A politically impossible situation’: New poll shows Trump voters losing patience with Iran war  —  Half of President Donald Trump's MAGA base thought Iran's war was worth its economic costs in May. Now, just a little more than a third do.  —  That precipitous, 13-point drop in just two months …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Mail
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's top MAGA advisers gather to plot midterms
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Hill
MS NOW:
DOJ is quietly investigating Cory Mills  —  Mills told MS NOW on Tuesday he knows nothing about a DOJ investigation.  “This is the first I'm hearing about it,” he said.  —  The Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation into Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., according …
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:   Justice Department Secretly Investigating Republican Congressman
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Likely voters lean more Democratic for November's midterms, a change from past cycles  —  In every wave of our poll this year, screening for likely voters has nudged the congressional generic ballot a point or two bluer  —  Over the last five election cycles (the extent …
Discussion: ARLnow
Bethany Benjamin / Bloomberg:
Tesla's Cratering Cybertruck Sales Evoke Ford Edsel Comparisons  —  Both automakers expected consumers to buy hundreds of thousands of their futuristic models per year.  Tesla's pickup is missing the mark by a wider margin.  —  Ford Motor Co. introduced a car almost 70 years ago widely viewed …
Discussion: Military.com
Paul Krugman:
Oligarchy and the Media  —  Can the takeover be stopped?  —  Transcript  —  Good news.  The second richest man in America might be prevented from taking over CNN.  That's the good news.  The bad news is, aside from thefact that he probably will manage to pull it off anyway …
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Senators vote to advance Lake, Mastriano nominations  —  A Senate committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance the nominations of both Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano for diplomatic posts, despite threats from Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) to block the two high-profile nominees.
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
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Reuters:
French modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead  —  Daniel Siad, a modelling scout with ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday.  —  Siad's body was discovered on Monday evening.
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Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Susan Collins should be concerned  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🦞 Subscribe to PN 🦞  —  CAMDEN, Me.  — Here in Maine, Susan Collins yard signs are rare.  Over the course of three days, driving about 150 miles …
Politico:
Staff warned of major security risks from giving UAE new tech access.  The White House went ahead anyway.  —  The Trump administration ignored warnings from career staff at the Commerce Department when it granted the United Arab Emirates sweeping access to advanced American semiconductors …
Maureen Farrell / New York Times:
How Donald Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital Is Cashing In Without Apology  —  The fledgling firm, run by the president's oldest son and his partner Omeed Malik, has made investments in A.I. and defense technology that have tripled in value in just months.  —  As the Republican National Convention …
The Texas Tribune:
Passengers in Houston ICE shooting say agents rammed their van before firing  —  The newly released, handwritten statements by two men who saw Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's shooting say he never threatened ICE agents.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!  — YOU'RE WELCOME TO REPUBLISH THIS ARTICLE …
Discussion: CBS News and Raw Story
Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
‘Everything Is Going Wrong at the Same Time,’ Oil Analyst Says  —  Multiple crises at three different choke points for oil flows have caused a “poly-crisis,” pushing benchmark Brent crude to its highest levels since early June, according to Sasha Foss, energy markets analyst at Marex.
Sam Fortier / NOTUS:
Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest  —  The morning after the competition, Aangad Singh's family was trying to figure out what went wrong.  They were walking through the National Museum of Natural History, going over answers, doing the math.  —  “It doesn't make sense,” said his mother, Ramandeep.
Morgan Chalfant / Semafor:
Higher share of adults in US than in other countries see danger in politics, poll finds  —  Americans are more likely than those living in any other nation to name politics as a leading risk to their safety.  —  One in 10 US adults identified politics as the “greatest source of risk” …
Discussion: Gallup, The Hill and The Guardian
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Trump's pick for No. 2 post at OMB clinches committee approval  —  President Donald Trump's nominee for the No. 2 position at the Office of Management and Budget scored initial committee approval Wednesday as Senate Republicans work to confirm him.  The Senate Homeland Security …
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump wants to nominate FIFA boss Gianni Infantino for UN secretary general following World Cup  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations, The Post has learned.  —  Infantino, 56, grew close to Trump through …
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Trump Goon Smears Acting Legend With Sick Sex Claim  —  URBAN LEGEND  —  Steven Cheung went low in his rebuttal to the Hollywood star.  —  White House Communications Director Steven Cheung took an eyebrow-raising approach when replying to Richard Gere after the actor called out the Trump administration.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge says Trump must hand over financial records to BBC  —  MIAMI, Florida- A federal magistrate judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump must turn over detailed financial information in connection with his defamation lawsuit against the BBC.  —  U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué …
Kate Taylor / Wired:
Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak  —  The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.  —  The lettuce supplier at the center of the turbo diarrhea outbreak …
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Democrats are completely blind to the DSA's brazen party coup — so the rest of us must step up  —  Communists are taking over the Democratic Party, openly and swiftly — and the Democrats are letting it happen.  —  The Democratic Socialists of America's newly posted platform starts with the idea of taking a
Discussion: Fox News
Greg David / The City Reporter:
Surprise!  NYC Nets 40,000 New Jobs on Wall Street Surge  —  New York City added 40,000 jobs in the first half of the year, far more than expected, as a boom on Wall Street continues to support the economy.  —  The strength of hiring in the financial sector has allowed the city to overcome …
ABC News:
Comer calls it ‘unacceptable’ after Alan Dershowitz fails to appear before panel probing Epstein  —  Dershowitz was scheduled to appear Monday before the House Oversight Committee.  —  Alan Dershowitz sits for a photo during a visit to Israel, in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022.
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
White House to Redirect Billions in Research Funds Toward AI, Away From Colleges  —  The overhaul will reshape $200 billion in spending a year and favors individual scientists to outpace China  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to accelerate its overhaul of federal research …
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Trump administration halts $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of fraud crackdown  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of its crackdown …
 
 
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: “Regime Change” sells 500,000 — on track for nonfiction bestseller of '26
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
Who Should Represent Michigan?  —  Michigan is home to one of the most watched Senate races …
Juhi Doshi / ABC News:
Sen. Warnock urges Democrats to investigate officials who redrew maps
Discussion: New York Post and TheGrio
Washington Post:
Latest combat deaths show risk has shifted to troops far from Iran's borders
Emily Chow / Reuters:
Hormuz vessel crossings fall further as security concerns linger
 Earlier Items: 
Tina Reed / Axios:
U.S. measles cases surpass last year's total: Tracker
The Detroit News:
Gordie Howe bridge ribbon-cutting event canceled amid trade tensions
Discussion: Reuters and Fox News
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Mitch McConnell's Aides Launch New Health Cover-Up
Troy Matthews / MeidasTouch:
More Donations from Epstein Contacts to Susan Collins Uncovered
 

 
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