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How DeSantis’s Twitter Spaces Event Compares to Past Livestreams
The Republican presidential candidate’s announcement on Twitter had a high of about 300,000 concurrent listeners during the event and a total of 3.4 million listeners as of Thursday.
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Jamie Dimon to Be Deposed as JPMorgan Faces Reckoning for Epstein Ties
Two lawsuits claim that the nation’s largest bank ignored signs about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking because it was profiting from its relationship with him.
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DeSantis attacks Trump for ‘going left,’ in barrage of newly direct jabs
After months of veiled criticism and dodged questions, DeSantis’s case against Trump — the polling leader for the GOP nomination — is coming into clearer view.
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Texas House panel recommends impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton
The vote by the Committee on General Investigating came a day after the committee’s investigators testified about the findings of their months-long probe into Paxton’s alleged misconduct.
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Supreme Court weakens EPA power to enforce Clean Water Act
Justice Samuel A. Alito, writing for the majority in the 5-4 opinion, said the EPA’s interpretation of its powers went too far.
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Trump vs. DeSantis: It’s about to get weird
It wasn’t just the botched Twitter launch; it was everything that followed, and what it portends in a party that has increasingly embraced provocation as policy.
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Biden’s problem with the debt ceiling blame game
The president and the Democrats don’t appear to have the upper hand as much as Obama did. In fact, an unprecedented new poll shows slightly more would blame Biden for a default.
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White House and G.O.P. Close In on Deal to Raise Debt Limit and Cut Spending
The details had yet to be finalized, but negotiators were discussing a compromise that would allow Republicans to point to spending reductions and Democrats to say they had protected against large cuts.
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DeSantis Plows Ahead With Whirlwind of Friendly Interviews and a Tour
Trying to regroup after a bumpy Twitter rollout, Ron DeSantis sought to make new headlines, suggesting that he might consider pardoning Donald Trump if he faced federal charges.
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Military Spending Emerges as Big Dispute in Debt-Limit Talks
President Biden has offered to freeze discretionary spending, including for defense. Republicans want to spend more for the military, and cut more elsewhere.