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NBC News reports: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told her Brothers of Italy party on Tuesday that it should expunge from its ranks anyone who idolizes Italy’s fascist past. Her call came after an undercover media investigation last week released a video of members of her party’s youth wing making fascist salutes and chanting “Sieg Heil.” In a letter to party …

Axios reports: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to remove the gag order against Donald Trump and to delay the sentencing for Trump’s criminal conviction in New York until after the Nov. 5 election. The long-shot petition seeks to inject Missouri into Trump’s criminal case in New York by claiming that rulings by Judge Juan …

Reuters reports: U.S. President Joe Biden pulled even with his Republican challenger Donald Trump this week in the race to win the November election, a sign the contest remains close even after a widely panned debate performance by the Democrat, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Biden and Trump each had 40% support among registered voters in the two-day poll …

Politico reports: Two hardline anti-abortion delegates to next week’s GOP platform committee have been stripped of their positions, according to several members of the Republican National Committee, underscoring a broader fear among evangelicals and other social conservatives that the party is poised to moderate its stance on abortion at the direction of former President Donald Trump. The Trump campaign’s efforts …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Heart’s Ann Wilson — who, together with her sister, Nancy, announced in May that they were canceling their 2024 European summer tour — revealed that she recently underwent surgery for cancer. In an Instagram post, Wilson said the “operation was successful & I’m feeling great but my doctors are now advising me to undergo a course of …

“These stark predictions are a desperate pivot from their horrible reality. But again, they’re always pivoting back to the same world that got them into this same disaster, which is Trump derangement fueled by these dystopian, extremist fantasies. “Like once again, the world is going to end. Obviously, Sotomayor’s examples, the media’s examples, they’re completely ludicrous, people know that. “But …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Hurricane Beryl’s track beyond the next three days is getting increasingly challenging to predict, and the “cone of uncertainty” once the storm enters the Gulf shifted north Tuesday afternoon to include Texas. The Category 5 storm had winds of 155 mph at 5 p.m. CST Tuesday and is expected to weaken some due to wind …

“Listen, I’ve said this from the beginning. I’m not a church boy. I am not running like that. I had a very, very rambunctious youth. I said in my announcement speech that I have so many skeletons in my closet that if they if they could all vote, I could run for king of the world. So, you know, Vanity …

The Tampa Bay Times reports: St. Petersburg police have arrested a man who they say vandalized an LGBTQ+ street mural by doing burnouts on it. Christian Maier, 18, of St. Petersburg was arrested Monday on charges of felony criminal mischief and racing or stunt driving on a public street, the police department said in a news release. The Progressive Pride …

Rep. Jared Golden writes for the Bangor Daily News: After the first presidential debate, lots of Democrats are panicking about whether President Joe Biden should step down as the party’s nominee. Biden’s poor performance in the debate was not a surprise. It also didn’t rattle me as it has others, because the outcome of this election has been clear to …