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Axios:
Exclusive: Fetterman to praise Trump in bombshell GOP convention video  —  DALLAS — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) is preparing to make a bombshell appearance Wednesday night at the GOP convention, in a video praising President Trump and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick for helping America's steel industry, Axios has learned.
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Bloomberg:
Republican Midterm Convention: Trump Urges Voters to Let Him ‘Finish the Job’  —  For months, President Donald Trump has said affordability concerns are a hoax and his economy is roaring.  —  Americans aren't convinced, polls show.  So facing waning popularity and depleted enthusiasm …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump plans to send $500 Obamacare rebates before election  —  The Trump administration plans to send $500 rebate checks to as many as 1 million people who it says were overcharged for their coverage under Obamacare, Axios has learned. … - The payments also underscore a tenet …
Discussion: New York Post and NewsMax.com
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Promises $5,000 Payment to US Adults if GOP Wins Midterms  —  President Donald Trump floated a dividend for American voters if his party wins the upcoming November midterm elections, promising a $5,000 payment to each US citizen adult if Republicans keep control of the House and Senate.
Politico:
Vance's Dallas dance  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Thursday morning from Dallas, where we're wondering what shocks might come from the convention stage today after John Fetterman's surprise appearance and Donald Trump's pledge to send Americans $5,000 checks if Republicans keep control of Congress.
Discussion: NBC News, CBS News and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Fetterman Has a Surprise Cameo at Trump's Convention  —  Senator John Fetterman, who has become alienated from his own party, appeared in a short video filmed in front of a steel mill, saying he is “always going to reject the extremes in socialism.”  —  Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania …
Calen Razor / Politico:
‘Trump dividend’ wins instant GOP critics  —  Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Congress in disarray on AI safety rules  — Dems hold their fire on Fetterman  — Jordan's plan to pass on top panel spots  —  President Donald Trump dropped a hot mess of a half-baked midterm promise in lawmakers' laps last night.
Tamara Keith / NPR:
After Trump promised to pay $5,000 if Republicans win, here's what to expect Thursday  —  At the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, President Trump made a stunning and implausible pledge: to send every American adult a $5,000 cash dividend.  But only if his party maintains control …
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Republicans gather in Dallas for two-day midterm convention billed as a ‘Trump-a-Palooza’  —  Republicans are gathering in Dallas on Wednesday for a highly unusual midterm convention, a “Trump-a-Palooza” that will put President Donald Trump at the center of this fall's midterm elections — whether the candidates running like it or not.
Ashley Ahn / Politico:
Trump pledges a $5,000 ‘dividend’ to all US adults if the GOP wins the midterms
Ingrid Fuary-Wagner / Bloomberg:
Can Trump Really Pay Every Adult American a $5,000 ‘Dividend’?
NBC News:
Sen. John Fetterman makes a surprise cameo praising Republicans at the GOP convention
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News is treating the GOP's midterm convention as a very special episode of Hannity
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says oil and gas prices won't fall until ‘right after’ midterm election
Scott Waldman / Politico:
Trump says Iran war will end ‘immediately’ after midterms
Washington Post:
Supreme Court is asked to settle Missouri dispute causing electoral chaos  —  The appeal comes after conflicting rulings on whether the state can use a new congressional map that favors Republicans for November's midterm elections.  —  Summary  —  A group seeking to block Missouri from using …
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New York Times:
Fight Over Missouri House Map Returns to U.S. Supreme Court  —  The appeal came as the Missouri Supreme Court weighed whether to hold the state's top election official in contempt.  —  The fast-moving legal battle over Missouri's congressional map returned to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday …
Avery Lotz / Axios:   Trump's midterm mess collides with a courtroom time crunch
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Missouri's GOP-friendly congressional map returns to Supreme Court
Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump administration proposes dramatic overhaul of 2030 census that changes who counts as living in America  —  The Trump administration proposed a sweeping overhaul of how people in America are counted in the 2030 census on Wednesday, including moving to exclude immigrants in the country illegally …
Discussion: American Greatness
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump administration proposes changes to census that could exclude millions
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump's Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race
New York Times:
Military Aide Accidentally Deploys Emergency Slide on New Air Force One  —  The mishap occurred while the Qatari-donated jet was parked on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.  It delayed President Trump's departure to a Republican convention in Dallas.  —  A military aide accidentally deployed …
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Salt Lake Tribune:
Trump's DOJ is investigating Utah's election chief for refusing to hand over voter data, it says in letter  —  The Justice Department is investigating Utah's top election official for refusing to hand over the state's entire, unredacted voter database, it informed her in a letter dated Friday and obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Jim Jordan says he will relinquish Judiciary gavel, pass on a return to Oversight  —  DALLAS — Rep. Jim Jordan said Wednesday he plans to end his eight-year run leading Republicans on two of the House's most prominent committees after this Congress, raising fresh questions about what comes next for the veteran Ohio lawmaker.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Hans Nichols / Axios:
House GOP super PAC puts Democratic challengers in starring roles … The Congressional Leadership Fund — a super PAC affiliated with Johnson (R-La.) — is keeping the focus squarely on the Democrats running for Congress.  — The two strategies aren't necessarily at odds.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Washington Sun
Peter Baker / New York Times:
60 Posts in 10 Hours: How Trump's Social Media Reflects His Version of Reality  —  With an assist from A.I., President Trump offers a window into how he wants to be seen — and, critics say, a barometer of his mental state.  —  Just before noon on a holiday weekend, while many Americans were at the beach …
 
 
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