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DOJ ensnares FORTY Trump cronies in historic escalation Delaware, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire all have primaries today!

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  Today’s Action: Get out the vote in the primaries! "Succession," "Ted Lasso" top Emmys Today's Top Stories: Justice Department issues 40 subpoenas linked to Trump behavior before Jan. 6 The DOJ’s latest actions, which include more than three dozen subpoenas as well as phone seizures from two top Trump advisers, is a dramatic uptick in the agency’s investigation, which is separate from the unprecedented stolen documents debacle uncovered last month at Mar-a-Lago. It's a lot to keep up with, we know. Take Action:  Expel the congressmen who tried to get Trump pardons for their role in Jan. 6th! Senate Republicans set to introduce nationwide ban on abortions today While GOP candidates across the US have moved to disappear hardline anti-abortion stances they took during their primaries, particularly in battleground states, the Republican Party is making it unmistakably clear — women's reproductive healthcare decisions will be made by and for the state, in a...

POLITICO NIGHTLY: The rise of the debate-dodgers

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  View in browser   BY  MYAH WARD With help from Jeremy White Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman speaks at a rally in Erie, Pa. | Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo STAGE FRIGHT  — Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman   finally committed today   to one debate with celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz , after weeks of pressure in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the nation. Oz, who is trailing in the polls, has hammered on the issue, questioning the Democrat’s ability to debate after Fetterman suffered a stroke in May. As he continues to recover, Fetterman’s campaign is looking into the possibility of a closed-captioning monitor   to accommodate his issues with auditory processing. Whatever form the forum takes, Pennsylvanians won’t see multiple debates like in years past — Fetterman is only committing to a single debate sometime next month, though he didn’t specify a date in his exclusive interview with POLITICO’s Holly Otterbein. Across the country, it’s be...