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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
This wasn't the way Joe Biden wanted the first debate to go — His exchange with Kamala Harris was the standout moment of the entire first debate. — The biggest single question going into the first Democratic debate was whether any candidate would manage to lay a glove on the frontrunner, former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kamala Harris breaks out — MIAMI — For the first half of Thursday's presidential debate, Joe Biden looked as if he would somehow be able to stand at center stage yet not be the center of the bullseye of other candidates' attacks. — California Sen. Kamala Harris changed that …
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New York Times:
Biden Comes Under Attack From All Sides in Democratic Debate — MIAMI — Joseph R. Biden Jr. repeatedly found himself on the defensive in the Democratic debate on Thursday over his record as well as his personal views, with the most searing moment of the night, and the primary campaign to date …
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Democratic Debate Live Updates and Analysis: Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Harris face off on 2nd night
Democratic Debate Live Updates and Analysis: Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Harris face off on 2nd night
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Politico, Washington Post, Axios, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, CBS New York and frontpagelive.com
New York Times:
Democratic Debate: Will Biden and Sanders Face Off?
Democratic Debate: Will Biden and Sanders Face Off?
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Variety and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Transcript: Night 2 of the first Democratic debate
Transcript: Night 2 of the first Democratic debate
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The Nation and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Who talked most during the first night of the Democratic debate
Who talked most during the first night of the Democratic debate
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Vox, National Review, CNN, Mediaite, Shareblue Media, Fox News, Axios, Politico, New York Magazine, Mercury News, GeekWire, Talking Points Memo, Boston Globe and The Daily Caller
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Eric Swalwell swipes at Biden's age: I'll be a president that will ‘actually have to live with the decisions I make’
Eric Swalwell swipes at Biden's age: I'll be a president that will ‘actually have to live with the decisions I make’
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Axios and Washington Post
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Debate night: Bernie Sanders attacks Trump as “a pathological liar and a racist”
Debate night: Bernie Sanders attacks Trump as “a pathological liar and a racist”
CBS News:
Democrats square off in contentious second round of first debate
Democrats square off in contentious second round of first debate
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Breitbart, CBS Dallas and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
House Passes Senate Border Bill in Striking Defeat for Pelosi — WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a Senate humanitarian aid package without any of the House's strict protections for migrant children in overcrowded border shelters after Speaker Nancy Pelosi capitulated to Republicans …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
‘Everyone hates this place’: Border bill tears apart Democratic caucus — Democrats broke into open warfare Thursday over Speaker Nancy Pelosi's surrender to the Senate's emergency border aid package, with the caucus' long-simmering divide between progressives and centrists playing out in dramatic fashion on the House floor.
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New York Times, The Daily Beast and Axios
Burgess Everett / Politico:
House clears border aid bill after Pelosi bows to McConnell
House clears border aid bill after Pelosi bows to McConnell
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Washington Post:
House passes $4.6 billion border bill as leaders cave to moderate Democrats and GOP
House passes $4.6 billion border bill as leaders cave to moderate Democrats and GOP
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Vox, Washington Monthly and The Week
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Donald Trump Is Promising to Fight the Census Case. That Might Actually Work. — Despite a favorable ruling for opponents of the census citizenship question on Thursday, the Supreme Court did not definitively decide to exclude the citizenship question from the 2020 census.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Bars Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the challengers opposed to partisan gerrymandering, the practice in which the party that controls the state legislature draws voting maps to help elect its candidates.
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Richard L. Hasen / New York Times:
The Gerrymandering Decision Drags the Supreme Court Further Into the Mud
The Gerrymandering Decision Drags the Supreme Court Further Into the Mud
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NBC News:
Trolls target online polls following first Democratic presidential debate — Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan and Reddit implored fellow members to vote for lower-polling candidates, specifically Tulsi Gabbard and Bill de Blasio. — Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan …
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The Federalist and The Gateway Pundit
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Tulsi Gabbard Is Having A MAGA Moment After Her Debate Performance — “I think a lot of people would vote for her over Trump,” Mike Cernovich said. “MAGA people.” Ann Coulter is considering it. — Among some conservative pundits there was one clear winner of Wednesday night's Democratic primary debate …
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Mother Jones, No More Mister Nice Blog and Daily Wire
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
First poll has Tulsi Gabbard as the shock winner of the first Democratic debate and Beto O'Rourke as the clear loser — Tulsi Gabbard is the winner of the first Democratic debate in Miami on Wednesday, according to a Drudge Report poll. — The popular news aggregation internet site took …
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Liberty Unyielding, The Gateway Pundit and Florida Politics
Washington Post:
Twitter adds labels for tweets that break its rules — a move with potentially stark implications for Trump's account — The social media site will also down-rank such tweets via its algorithms to reduce circulation — SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has long said it is unlikely to take down politicians …
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Twitter:
Defining public interest on Twitter — Our highest priority is to protect the health of the public conversation on Twitter, and an important part of that is ensuring our rules and how we enforce them are easy to understand. In the past, we've allowed certain Tweets that violated our rules …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter says it will label tweets from Trump and other leaders that break its rules
Twitter says it will label tweets from Trump and other leaders that break its rules
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Big League Politics, TheBlaze and The Gateway Pundit
Financial Times:
Vladimir Putin says liberalism has ‘become obsolete’ — Vladimir Putin has trumpeted the growth of national populist movements in Europe and America, crowing that liberalism is spent as an ideological force. — In an FT interview in the Kremlin on the eve of the G20 summit in Osaka …
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Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Bill De Blasio Roasted for Quoting Che Guevara at Miami Campaign Stop … New York politics and Miami politics are not the same. This may seem like an obvious statement. But at a rally today for striking workers at the Miami International Airport, New York City mayor and 2020 presidential …
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio apologizes for quoting Che Guevara as Florida Dems pounce — MIAMI — Presidential candidate and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio apologized Thursday for what he said was an inadvertent quoting of Marxist Revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Miami, home to hundreds of thousands …
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New York Times, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit and One America News Network
Washington Post:
Tillerson told House panel that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations — Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson met privately with members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee last month to discuss the Trump administration's foreign policy, including issues related to Russia.
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Washington Post:
Tillerson: Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations
Tillerson: Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations
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POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, Vanity Fair and New York Post
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
‘It makes me angry’: Tillerson vents frustrations with Kushner
‘It makes me angry’: Tillerson vents frustrations with Kushner
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Greensburg Tribune-Review, Axios, One America News Network and ABC News
Wall Street Journal:
China to Insist U.S. Lift Huawei Ban as Part of Trade Truce — Xi to present Trump with terms for settling trade fight, including asking the U.S. to lift all punitive tariffs — OSAKA, Japan—Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to present President Trump with a set of terms the U.S …
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Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Matt Gaetz says he will press charges against woman who threw drink at him — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said this week that he plans to press charges against the person who threw a drink at him earlier this month as he was leaving a town hall event. — Gaetz said during a Fox News appearance Wednesday …
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Big League Politics, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Washington Times
NBC News:
Trump hotel in Washington charged Secret Service $200,000 in president's first year — The hotel five blocks from the White House has been used by Trump and his supporters for events that require the agency's protection. — During the first year of Donald Trump's presidency …
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Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and Shareblue Media
Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk:
Trump Administration in Talks With Crypto Startup on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plans — The Trump administration has tapped Israeli crypto startup Orbs to develop blockchain solutions for the region's longstanding political conflicts. — The disclosure comes this week from a summit convened …
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