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12:15 PM ET, September 1, 2019

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CBS7.com:
Midland Police: Suspect taken into custody at Cinergy of Midland, 20 people hurt in active shooting  —  MIDLAND/ODESSA, Tx.  (KOSA) — UPDATE: The City of Midland tells CBS7 that authorities have taken a suspect into custody at the Cinergy of Midland.  No other details have been released.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: U.S. mass killings reach total for all of 2018  —  ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a shooting in West Texas (all times local):  —  A database shows that the West Texas shooting brings the number of mass killings in the U.S. so far this year to 25, which is as many mass killings as in all of 2018.
Deanna Watson / USA Today:
Texas gun law changes take effect one day after deadly shooting near Odessa and Midland  —  A traffic stop triggered a deadly shooting rampage.  Warning: Some viewers may find this video disturbing.  —  CONNECT  —  A bulk of gun law changes took effect in Texas on Sunday …
Discussion: Daily Kos, KTLA and FOX6Now.com
Washington Post:
5 killed, 21 injured in a mass shooting in Odessa, Tex.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Politico
New York Times:
How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year?  —  A new wave of tariffs by the Trump administration went into effect on Sunday, rendering the majority of goods imported to the United States from China subject to import taxes.  —  It is the latest move in a drawn-out conflict between the world's two largest economies.
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
As Trump Escalates Trade War, U.S. and China Move Further Apart With No End in Sight
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The 2020 electoral map could be the smallest in years.  Here's why.  —  In a politically divided nation, with attitudes among many voters hardened and resistant to changing, the 2020 general election could be contested on the narrowest electoral terrain in recent memory.
Discussion: Althouse
Axios:
Trump campaign plots to make allegations of social media bias core part of 2020 strategy  —  President Trump's campaign and key allies plan to make allegations of bias by social media platforms a core part of their 2020 strategy, officials tell Axios.  —  The big picture: Look for ads …
Discussion: Political Wire
Anna Gronewold / Politico:
N.Y. Republicans rush to challenge indicted incumbent Collins in deep red district  —  ALBANY — A potentially bitter conflict is brewing among Republicans in New York's reddest congressional district, where incumbent Republican Rep. Chris Collins' indictment on insider trading charges …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
In Trump country, a group of coal miners rebel over lost jobs, missed paychecks  —  CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Sitting in lawn chairs plopped in the middle of train tracks, two coal miners smoked and chewed tobacco to pass the time.  There's been little else to do here for the past four weeks …
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice  —  The singer on living with Parkinson's, the perils of stardom, and mourning what the border has become.  —  It's been ten years since Linda Ronstadt, once the most highly paid woman in rock and roll, sang her last concert.
Washington Post:
Sacklers could hold on to most of personal fortune in proposed Purdue settlement  —  The Sackler family, which grew into one of the nation's wealthiest dynasties through sales of the widely abused painkiller OxyContin, could emerge from a legal settlement under negotiation …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Some secrets do keep.  A year later, the Trump official who penned an explosive op-ed is still unknown.  —  Almost a year later, we still don't know.  —  Outside of a tiny circle of insiders, no one knows who wrote the instantly viral op-ed column about President Trump that appeared in the New York Times last Sept. 5.
Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:
Rick Scott: Florida ‘not off the hook’ when it comes to Hurricane Dorian  —  With Hurricane Dorian's trajectory still uncertain and Florida potentially avoiding a direct hit, Florida Sen. Rick Scott wants residents to know that they're not out of the woods just yet.
Discussion: Breitbart
Eddy Wax / Politico:
German president asks for Polish forgiveness at World War II commemoration  —  German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asked for Poland's forgiveness as he marked the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II on Sunday.  —  Speaking at a ceremony in the Polish town of Wieluń …
 
 
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William D. Cohan / New York Times:
Only the Fed Can Save Us
John Sexton / Hot Air:
Washington Post: Did A Barista Mishear A Name Or Was It Anti-Islamic Bias?
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
53 People Died in Mass Shootings in August Alone in the U.S.
Discussion: Slate
Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Pakistani-born Queens teen's 'ISIS plot to drop bombs into traffic and stab innocent …
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Leslie H. Gelb, 82, Former Diplomat and New York Times Journalist, Dies
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Here are 14 reasons I'll vote for any Democrat over Trump
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David Sirota / Bern Notice:
Bernie 2020 Demands Retraction of Inaccurate WashPost “Fact Check” On Medical Bankruptcy
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