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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, claims she's a lawyer. Is she? — There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any — When President Trump plucked Katie Zacharia from obscurity and appointed her as his new press secretary, he called her “an attorney.”
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
White House scrambles over questions on new press secretary's background — President Donald Trump said Katie Zacharia is an “attorney,” but her bar credentials are unclear. — SummaryLoading... The White House on Tuesday scrambled to answer questions about the legal qualifications …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump's new press secretary raises eyebrows with bar exam response — President Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia raised eyebrows on Tuesday when she was asked where she passed the bar exam, telling reporters that she did so when she moved to China.
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Mouthpiece Hit With Brutal Reviews for Big Debut … The reviews are in for President Donald Trump's new press secretary. — Katie Zacharia, 41, suffered savage reviews from administration insiders and critics alike within minutes of taking the podium as White House press secretary for the first time Tuesday morning.
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Megan Brand / NBC News:
Trump's new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia keeps first briefing short
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Fox News:
Fox News Power Rankings: As the House falls, the Senate stays in play — Republicans face rural voter backlash over gas and diesel prices as 20 more House races shift toward Democrats — There are two big differences between the previous Trump-era midterms and this year's contest.
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Jack Jenkins / RNS:
Faith leaders on the ballot: 11 races to watch — Get RNS' thoughtful, essential religion reporting every morning. Sign up for free! — (RNS) — This election cycle is shaping up to be an unusually faith-fueled affair. — The shift has been especially striking on the Democratic side …
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Jack Crosbie / Rolling Stone:
‘Republicans Are F-ked’: GOP Strategists Process Trump's Impact Ahead of Midterms — Conservatives are scrambling to find a silver lining in the chaos that the president's second term unleashed. — Ask a Republican about the midterms these days and you're likely to get an answer that falls somewhere in the five stages of grief.
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Mike Zapler / Axios:
Dems' red-state showings raise prospect of a bigger 2028 map
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Senate Republicans Pouring $8 Million More Into Nebraska Race
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Spend Big to Defend Nebraska Senate Seat
Republicans Spend Big to Defend Nebraska Senate Seat
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece — Ms. Guilfoyle was asked to quit by the White House after a string of damaging reports, including that she had asked a Republican donor to pay off a credit card. — Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as the U.S. ambassador to Greece on Tuesday …
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
And Bye, Bye to Miss Kimberly's Big Greek Slice of Pie — This has been a sordid, classless, just ICK on the ICKter scale couple of days for a woman who was once nestled in the bosom of Republican power. — Kimberly Guilfoyle (whose good judgment could have been questioned years ago …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigns after allegations of improper conduct — President Donald Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigned on Tuesday after allegations of improper conduct but insisted she'll “vigorously defend” herself.
Finya Swai / The Hill:
Trump donor says he'll sue Guilfoyle, attorneys
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Laura Bassett / Nightcap:
Anatomy of a fake scandal — In case you missed this political earthquake, Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico spent nine days off the campaign trail this month recovering from the flu. He's a Type 1 diabetic, which can severely complicate a flu virus, and it was otherwise very nice …
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk's megaphone propels conspiracy theory about James Talarico — The billionaire has a history of elevating false claims like the one about the Democratic Senate nominee, but his control of X gives him outsize influence ahead of the midterms. — SummaryLoading...
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Dan Levy demands men speak up after Shane Gillis demeans women on ‘SNL’ — Comedian Shane Gillis said “f*ck” during a sketch on live network television and referenced Joe Rogan on Saturday. It may have been the least offensive thing he said all night. — The comedian's latest turn hosting …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump cancels deposition in BBC case, lawyers say — President Donald Trump was set to be deposed Friday in a defamation lawsuit he filed against the British Broadcasting Corporation, but his lawyers recently canceled the session and said he is unavailable through at least mid-December, according to a court filing.
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
U.S. Treasury Announces Record Enforcement Actions Against Bank of America — Third-Largest Penalty in Treasury History; Largest in OCC History — WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced enforcement actions imposing more than $1.21 billion in penalties against Bank of America …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Public execution opposition grows as Trump expresses private misgivings — The plan to livestream the firing squad execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter is garnering mounting discomfort from the Catholic Church, the Hill and survivors of the shooting.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
TikTok, Newsmax say they won't air possible livestreamed public execution
TikTok, Newsmax say they won't air possible livestreamed public execution
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Politico:
‘She totally blew it’: How Kamala Harris wasted a year to make her case — Kamala Harris has kept the door open to running for president again in 2028. What she failed to do over the past year, even one-time supporters and allies of the former vice president say, is give voters a reason to reconsider her if she does.
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Greg Ryan / Bloomberg:
New Hampshire GOP Senate Candidate Blasts Trump on Iran, Russia — Republican John Sununu criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the first debate in an unexpectedly close New Hampshire US Senate race.
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump to fly 3,400 miles to Alaska in hopes of saving a Senate seat
Trump to fly 3,400 miles to Alaska in hopes of saving a Senate seat
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Hamilton reports $10.6M Q3 haul for Kansas Senate race — Adam Hamilton raised $10.6 million in the third quarter of 2026 across his Senate campaign and his joint fundraising committees, his campaign tells POLITICO, a significant haul for the Kansas Democrat.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Rep. Ilhan Omar under investigation by Jeanine Pirro's office — U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office is probing Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) financial disclosures, the day after federal agents searched the congresswoman's Washington, D.C. home. — The big picture …
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New York Times:
Lawyer for Fed Governor Cook Denounces Trump's New Investigation — A lawyer for Lisa Cook raised “significant concerns” over the “objectivity and fitness of the committee” assembled by President Trump as a way to remove her as a governor at the Federal Reserve.
New Republic:
MAGA Voters Turn on Trump in Focus Group Bombshell: “Nothing but Lies” — Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark recently held a focus group with people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 that took an extraordinary turn. After being shown Trump's vile taxpayer-funded ad, in which he rages about expelling …
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Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Yells at Trump Administration for Cutting Down Golf Course Trees — Several government officials called to testify about hasty removal on Washington site where president dreams of building championship-level course — An angry federal judge overseeing litigation challenging President Trump's plan …
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
A Ballroom Donor, a Sanctions Waiver, $201 Million in Public Money: The Mystery of Konstantin Sokolov — Ever since he contributed to the White House ballroom project last year, things have gone well for Konstantin A. Sokolov: the Treasury Department gave a company he manages a license …
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won't. — It wasn't the kind of call a grocery store gets every day. A customer with a thick Eastern European accent was on the phone saying he wanted to buy several thousand cans of Red Bull.
Tariq Panja / New York Times:
FIFA's Trump Tower Deal: 7 Years, $4 Million, One Mostly Unused Office — The deal is another sign of how Gianni Infantino, the leader of soccer's global governing body, has sought closer ties to President Trump. — About a year before the World Cup, FIFA held a splashy opening for its latest office …
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Kate Shaw / New York Times:
Democrats Need a Plan for Supreme Court Reform. Here's a Start. — The Supreme Court justices took the bench last week to hear oral arguments, but the start of this term feels different from previous ones. For one thing, with the sharp increase in activity on the shadow docket …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
Judge says Elon Musk engaged in ‘little more than state sanctioned intimidation’ when he accused a DHS official of a crime — A federal judge tore into Elon Musk for reposting a photo of a former Federal Emergency Management Agency official and accusing her of “criminal” conduct.
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: “Medicare for All” support surges — Supporters of “Medicare for All” now outnumber opponents by nearly 2-to-1, according to a new survey of U.S. adults from the Axios-Ipsos American Health Index. … - But the public's openness is driven more by desperation than by confidence in government.
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Bloomberg:
CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades — Chairman's adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack. — When President Donald Trump backed away from threats to strike Iranian power plants on March 23 …
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Guilfoyle's Collapse Comes as White House Struggles to Fend Off Allegations of Excess — With midterms fast approaching, Democrats amplify allegations that administration officials are preoccupied with enriching themselves at taxpayers' expense — Good afternoon.
Axios:
Inside Trump, Netanyahu's dilemma: Strike Iran before elections or wait — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump last week discussed the possibility of launching a major new operation against Iran before the Israeli and U.S. elections, according to two U.S. officials …
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