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12:35 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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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
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.
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
53 People Died in Mass Shootings in August Alone in the U.S.
Discussion: Slate
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
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
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
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 …
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
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.
William D. Cohan / New York Times:
Only the Fed Can Save Us  —  Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve must stand up to Trump.  If they don't, the American economy is heading for disaster.  —  Mr. Cohan is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and the author of four books about Wall Street.  —  Here's the moment I realized the next financial crisis is inevitable.
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.
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 …
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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