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CBS News:
Elizabeth Warren rises as Joe Biden clings to delegate edge — CBS News Battleground Tracker — This poll tells a story of Elizabeth Warren rising. But not Joe Biden falling. — The former vice president now clings to a narrow lead over Warren in our CBS News/YouGov Tracker estimate …
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CNN, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, Axios and Splinter
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Tom Steyer Qualifies for October Debates, Bringing Field to 11 — Mr. Steyer has made the cut for the Democratic presidential debates in October, though he will not be onstage this week. Tulsi Gabbard is also close to securing a spot. — Tom Steyer, the billionaire and former hedge fund …
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Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Joe Biden ahead in Democratic race, with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren filling out the top tier — Former vice president Joe Biden holds a modest lead in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, bolstered by his personal appeal and current perceptions among Democratic voters …
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Bloomberg, Politico, Washington Times, Unfogged, Political Wire and Fox News
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Warren gains, Harris slips — and the room for movement is vast
Warren gains, Harris slips — and the room for movement is vast
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CNN, twitchy.com and New York Post
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
DNC Chair Perez defends stricter criteria for next Democratic primary debate
DNC Chair Perez defends stricter criteria for next Democratic primary debate
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Breitbart
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
The One-Two Punch That Second-Tier Democrats Are Counting On
Christina Prignano / BostonGlobe.com:
Biden, Warren lead Democratic presidential primary race in Mass., poll finds
Biden, Warren lead Democratic presidential primary race in Mass., poll finds
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Political Wire
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Taliban Talks Hit a Wall Over Deeper Disagreements, Officials Say — KABUL, Afghanistan — Even as President Trump blamed a recent Taliban attack for his decision to call off nearly year-long negotiations with the insurgents, officials suggested on Sunday it had more to do with the Taliban's resistance …
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Cara Anna / Associated Press:
AP Explains: How Trump upended US-Taliban peace talks — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — With a series of tweets, President Donald Trump has upended nearly a year of U.S.-Taliban negotiations on ending America's longest war. He has “called off” the talks and asserted that a planned secret meeting between …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Fake peace plan!’: CNN conservative rains hell on Trump for publicity stunt Taliban meeting announcement — Neither of the two conservatives sitting on Sunday morning's CNN “State of the Union” panel were pleased by President Donald Trump plan — now aborted — to invite Taliban leaders …
Associated Press:
Pompeo: Taliban ‘overreached’ in attack that killed American
Pompeo: Taliban ‘overreached’ in attack that killed American
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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Vox, BizPac Review and Slate
Victoria Guida / Politico:
No deal: Trump's skills face new questions after scuttling of Afghan talks
No deal: Trump's skills face new questions after scuttling of Afghan talks
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One America News Network and Breitbart
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Previously Unknown Sources Come Forward in a New Book About Harvey Weinstein — Two years before the allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against Harvey Weinstein became public, his own brother and business partner, Bob Weinstein, confronted him, pleading with him to get medical treatment …
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Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
How the New York Times broke Harvey Weinstein — Review of ‘She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement’ by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — It was Oct. 5, 2017, just hours after the New York Times published a brutal story detailing Harvey Weinstein's alleged …
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
Train wreck Britain still shows America a thing or 2 about political courage, cowardice — Who would ever want to live in this train wreck of a Western democracy? The government is led by an utter buffoon — an oversize clown with yellow hair blowing every which way who can't utter …
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The Times & The Sunday Times and Politico
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Boris Johnson Finds His Party Loyalists Aren't as Loyal as Trump's
Boris Johnson Finds His Party Loyalists Aren't as Loyal as Trump's
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New York Post
BBC:
Amber Rudd quits government over Johnson's Brexit stance
Amber Rudd quits government over Johnson's Brexit stance
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The Times & The Sunday Times, NPR, Al Jazeera and Politico
Zosia Wanat / Politico:
French minister: EU won't grant UK Brexit delay as things stand
French minister: EU won't grant UK Brexit delay as things stand
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Reuters and One America News Network
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
He's in: Mark Sanford, SC Republican, formally declares GOP White House 2020 bid — Facing long odds in a fractured Republican Party, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford this morning formally announced his bid to challenge President Donald Trump for the White House.
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Mark Sanford Will Challenge Trump in Republican Primary
Mark Sanford Will Challenge Trump in Republican Primary
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Reason, Vanity Fair, Outside the Beltway, WFLA-TV, NPR, Hot Air, The Independent, CNBC, CNN and Mediaite
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Manager: Trump family building ‘dynasty’ for decades to come — INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign manager predicted Saturday that the president and his family will become “a dynasty that will last for decades,” transforming the Republican Party while hewing to conservative values.
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Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, No More Mister Nice Blog and Mother Jones
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Carla Marinucci / Politico:
‘The Trumps will be a dynasty that lasts for decades’
‘The Trumps will be a dynasty that lasts for decades’
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Rolling Stone, Raw Story and Fox News
Jonathan Franzen / New Yorker:
What If We Stopped Pretending? — The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can't prevent it. — “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive …
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Hullabaloo
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back — CHARLOTTESVILLE — A Monticello tour guide was explaining how enslaved people built, planted and tended a terrace of vegetables at Thomas Jefferson's estate earlier this summer when a woman interrupted to share her annoyance.
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
No sign of Trump's hurricane here in Alabama — MOBILE, Ala. — The city stands. — The grocery stores are fully stocked, the Home Depot has no lack of generators, tarps and plywood, and it's business as usual at the Waffle Houses. — Boaters on the Mobile River have been urged to caution …
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New York Times, U.S. Political News … and KTLA
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Joe Mcdonald / Associated Press:
China's trade with US shrinks as tariff war worsens — BEIJING (AP) — China's trade with the United States is falling as the two sides prepare for negotiations with no signs of progress toward ending a tariff war that threatens global economic growth. — Imports of American goods tumbled 22% …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Trade between U.S. and China plummets ahead of October negotiations
Trade between U.S. and China plummets ahead of October negotiations
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Associated Press and Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
California boat fire probe widens as FBI and Coast Guard serve search warrants on Conception owner — In a significant expansion of the investigation into the Labor Day boat fire that killed 34 people, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Coast Guard …