Biden’s best hope for 2024 might be Donald Trump

BY AMIE PARNES AND MORGAN CHALFANT

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President Biden sees himself as the Democrat with the best chance of beating Donald Trump. 

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Trump faces rising chances of a 2024 primary challenge

BY JULIA MANCHESTER

The prospect that former President Trump could face challengers from his own party in 2024 is growing even as the former president inches ever closer to another White House run.

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Growing support for political violence raises alarms

BY JOHN KRUZEL AND REBECCA BEITSCH

Just hours after his arrest last month near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a 26-year-old California man carrying a Glock 17 pistol, burglary tools and zip ties told an FBI agent what had inspired his cross-country trip to assassinate the conservative Supreme Court justice. 

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Former chief of staff says it sets ‘a very risky precedent’ for Pence to testify in front of Jan. 6 committee

BY CHLOE FOLMAR

The ex-chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that it would set a “very risky precedent” for Pence to testify in front of the House Jan. 6 committee.

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Judge rejects Eastman’s request to protect phone from investigators

BY CHLOE FOLMAR

A U.S. district judge denied former President Trump’s lawyer John Eastman’s motion to implement a temporary restraining order preventing the Department of Justice (DOJ) from accessing his phone.

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Conservative lawyer sent memo about plans to overturn election to Trump in December 2020

BY JARED GANS

A conservative lawyer sent a memo in late December 2020 to then-President Trump on how he could combat the election fraud he alleged happened in that year’s presidential election and overturn the election results. 

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Five takeaways from Biden’s Middle East trip

BY ALEX GANGITANO, MORGAN CHALFANT AND BRETT SAMUELS

President Biden on Saturday capped his first trip to the Middle East since taking office, a four-day visit that saw both progress and controversy.

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Biden administration under pressure to up Ukraine’s rocket firepower

BY ELLEN MITCHELL

The Biden administration is under pressure to stream more offensive and defensive rocket systems into Ukraine as the former Soviet country faces a critical tipping point on the battlefield with Russia. 

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US dollar’s power is a boon to Americans traveling abroad

BY KARL EVERS-HILLSTROM AND SYLVAN LANE

The surging value of the U.S. dollar in recent weeks is a boon to the American traveler, who will get more bang for their buck overseas despite surging inflation at home.  

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Five times Joe Manchin has bucked the Democrats

BY NIALL STANAGE

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is the most conservative Democrat in the Senate — and perhaps the most controversial, at least with the rest of his party.

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Democrats should use 14th Amendment insurrection clause to keep Trump off the ballot in 2024

BY ALAN B. MORRISON

OPINION | After the testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, is there any doubt that Donald Trump fomented the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021?

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Post-Roe tectonic shifts: Abortion could be headed back to the Supreme Court

BY JONATHAN TURLEY

OPINION | Throughout its history, the Supreme Court has overturned long-standing precedents, as it did recently in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Such changes are like the shifting of tectonic plates, triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the legal lithosphere. In the law, the adjustment can take years, as collateral doctrines and applications shake out along new fault lines. 

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The Associated Press: US agencies temporarily barred from enforcing LGBTQ guidance

BY MARK GILLISPIE

A judge in Tennessee has temporarily barred two federal agencies from enforcing directives issued by President Joe Biden’s administration that extended protections for LGBTQ people in schools and workplaces.

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The Wall Street Journal: Earnings season off to a slow start, clouding the outlook for stocks

BY KAREN LANGLEY AND PIA SINGH

Investors hoping a strong start to earnings season would jolt the stock market from its slump haven’t gotten much satisfaction.

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The New York Times: Griner case draws attention to 'wrongful detentions'

BY LARA JAKES

Brittney Griner. Austin Tice. The Citgo 6. And now, potentially, three American military veterans who were captured by enemy forces after traveling to Ukraine to fight Russia. They are among nearly 50 Americans who the State Department believes are wrongfully detained by foreign governments.

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The Washington Post: Gas prices may surge again ahead of midterm elections

BY EVAN HALPER

Drivers relieved by the recent dip in gas prices may be in for a shock when the summer winds down, with energy analysts warning a fresh round of price surges could emerge as soon as October.

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