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NEW -- That new threat Trump keeps making? About ending trade with countries that export more to the US than they import?

It would throw America into a massive recession, is all.

Unclear if Trump understands that, which is the scariest part.
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The DHS secretary's Coast Guard jet had to abruptly land after losing its right engine. https://t.co/TtodPj3o8I

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JUST IN: Maria Bartiromo has abruptly exited Fox News after more than a decade, the network announced. https://t.co/Y4PSSc17aQ

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🚨 NEW: Losing primary candidates almost always fall in line — but Rep. Jasmine Crockett is breaking that norm.

She endorsed James Talarico and said she would “absolutely” campaign for him, but hasn’t. Instead, she has repeatedly suggested Black voters aren’t excited about his campaign.

“I don’t know who is in her social circles, or who she’s talking to,” the TX Democratic Party Chair @KendallScudder told me. “The people I talk to seem very excited, but you know, her lived experience is different than mine.”

And many more Democrats have weighed in.

Read from me + @ArthurDelaneyHP here:
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Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and conspiracy theorist, lost in his race to claim the GOP nomination for Minnesota governor. https://t.co/XyeevS8Mmg

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If he wins the November general election, Alfonso would be among the youngest-serving lawmakers at just 27 years old. https://t.co/t79E4d46zp

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BREAKING: Progressive Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan wins the Democratic primary in Minnesota's Senate race, defeating moderate Rep. Angie Craig and overcoming an avalanche of outside spending against her https://t.co/uvglaWh63i

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NEW: Minnesota’s progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic nomination in the race for U.S. Senate, defeating moderate Rep. Angie Craig. https://t.co/DKlBFFQAdN

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NEW: 78-year-old Democratic Rep. John Larson, who has served in Congress since the 1990s, has lost his Connecticut primary to a younger challenger. https://t.co/5nxPKcGEYV

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JUST IN: Trump-backed Sen. Darline Graham is projected to advance to a GOP primary runoff in the race to succeed her deceased brother Lindsey Graham. https://t.co/BHdmTekARf

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NEW: Rep. Ilhan Omar is demanding answers from DHS after local police discovered an ICE agent sitting outside of her latest town hall in a car with mismatched license plates, a violation of Minnesota law. https://t.co/xZR0aygZtQ

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NEW -- Trump keeps claiming that Iran is "desperate" for a deal.

It's not true.

How do we know? Because the purported "dealmaker-in-chief" explained to the whole world just six weeks ago why Iran has all the leverage.

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NEW from me: A senior Trump official is using his govt social media account to smear sitting federal judges, sparking accusations he's putting their safety at risk as judges already face a spike in threats.

This “puts a bullseye” on em, one judge told me. https://t.co/M0x2wKchLI

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The Reflecting Pool Perp case could be an even bigger embarrassment than Sandwich Guy, @jamieson reports https://t.co/XJmU7kOpeL

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Texas provided no evidence that Houston-based midwife Maria Rojas violated the state’s abortion ban, a state appeals court ruled. https://t.co/XsrhVxTF4j

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Abortion is likely to take center stage in the Maine Senate race — a must-win for Democrats if they hope to win back control of the chamber. https://t.co/aeeRIjpLZh

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It's been 39 days since anyone has publicly seen Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

I asked his office for any updates on his mysterious health condition or his plans to return to the Senate, and got... a statement from 11 days ago. https://t.co/fGaswKwKyY

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NEW: Trump's deeply unpopular war in Iran -- the one he said was ending months ago -- is escalating.

With an eye on the midterms, Dems plan to keep forcing the GOP to choose between bucking Trump vs owning his deadly disaster. https://t.co/XkQbVTY20h w/ @ArthurDelaneyHP