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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Winners and losers from the third Democratic debate — The Democrats met in Houston on Thursday night for the third Democratic debate of 2019, this time all on one night. After nearly three hours of sparring between the 10 candidates who qualified, here's who won, who lost, and what it means moving forward.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
For most of the night, Biden weathers a volley of attacks — HOUSTON — With all the leading Democratic candidates on the same stage for the first time this year, former vice president Joe Biden on Thursday delivered the kind of performance his supporters have been waiting for …
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Jacobin, Business Insider, Hullabaloo, New York Times, Vox, Politico, Los Angeles Times, Outside the Beltway, Deadspin and Politifact.com Truth …
Matt Welch / Reason:
There's Only 1 Democrat Talking About the Constitution, and It's (Shudder) Joe Biden — Let us not now pretend that Joe Biden brought anything like coherence to Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate in Houston. — At some point near the exhausted end of the nearly three-hour affair …
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Analysis: Biden looks like a front-runner, until he doesn't — WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is the Democratic front-runner. And there were moments in Thursday night's debate when he looked the part. — Standing between a pair of liberal senators offering radical change …
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Victory Girls Blog, Fortune, FOX40 and Deseret News
Washington Post:
Who talked the most during the third Democratic debate
Who talked the most during the third Democratic debate
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Politico, PJ Media Home and Vox
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Democratic debate live updates: Candidates take their messages to the spin room
Democratic debate live updates: Candidates take their messages to the spin room
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Transcript: The third Democratic debate
Transcript: The third Democratic debate
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Townhall, The Nation, The Federalist, Michigan Advance, Splinter, Raw Story, WHYY, Politico, Advocate, The Week, Breitbart, Political Wire, National Review, New York Times, Jacobin and Axios
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
How Warren Won Without Having a Big Moment
How Warren Won Without Having a Big Moment
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ABC News, U.S. Political News … and The Week
BuzzFeed News:
The Real Democratic Primary Starts Now. And It's All About Elizabeth Warren.
The Real Democratic Primary Starts Now. And It's All About Elizabeth Warren.
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Politico, PJ Media Home and CNN
Dylan Scott / Vox:
What we learned from the Biden-Sanders-Warren debate fight over Medicare-for-all
What we learned from the Biden-Sanders-Warren debate fight over Medicare-for-all
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The Federalist, Breitbart and Talking Points Memo
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In debate, Democrats steer clear of economy
In debate, Democrats steer clear of economy
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Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Julián Castro goes there on Joe Biden's age: ‘Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?’
Julián Castro goes there on Joe Biden's age: ‘Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?’
John F. Harris / Politico:
Biden fails to step up or fall down
Biden fails to step up or fall down
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U.S. Political News …, Axios, ABC News, RRH Elections and New York Times
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
The Big Three Are Still Dominant in the Democratic Race After the Third Debate
The Big Three Are Still Dominant in the Democratic Race After the Third Debate
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Vox, The Atlantic and Deseret News
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Here's Joe Biden on Schools, Maduro, and, Uh, Record Players
Here's Joe Biden on Schools, Maduro, and, Uh, Record Players
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The Gateway Pundit, The Week and Mediaite
Boris Kachka / New York Magazine:
Among the Moderate Chic at Bari Weiss's Book Party The embattled Establishment assembles to celebrate the Times Op-Ed columnist's book on antisemitism. — Bari Weiss — editor, Times columnist, Twitter piñata, extrovert, and now author — began the launch party for her first book …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
O'Rourke responds to ‘death threat’ from Texas lawmaker — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke early Friday morning characterized an incendiary tweet from a Texas state representative as “a death threat” against him, and charged that the Republican lawmaker should be stripped of his assault weapon.
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Beto O'Rourke Is Mortgaging His Future
Beto O'Rourke Is Mortgaging His Future
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CNN, National Review and Townhall
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
O'Rourke's debate-stage vow: 'Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15'
O'Rourke's debate-stage vow: 'Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15'
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Giuliani Divorce: It's Ugly, It's Operatic. What Did You Expect? — The marriage of Rudolph and Judith Giuliani is coming to an end, and despite a judge's urging, the wreckage is being laid bare for all to see. — On a spring afternoon in 2000, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani used a news conference …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Ivanka tells donors she got her moral compass from her dad — At a mid-August fundraiser in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Ivanka Trump was asked to name the personality traits she inherited most from her parents. — Without much of a pause, Trump told the crowd of roughly 120 high-end donors …
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Matt Fuller / U.S. Political News …:
Trump Gives A Rambling Mess Of A Speech At The GOP's Baltimore Retreat — And He's A Hit — The takeover of the Republican Party is complete. — BALTIMORE ― In disjointed, jumbled remarks delivered in a city that he proclaimed in July was “a disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
As Democrats Debate, Trump Offers Alternative: A Rambling Speech
As Democrats Debate, Trump Offers Alternative: A Rambling Speech
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Trump's plan to pay for border wall with Air Force funds risks national security, report says — The report, compiled by the U.S. Air Force and obtained by NBC News, details the importance of each of the 51 military projects chosen by the Trump administration to lose their funding.
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Air Force says it sent crews to Trump's Scottish resort up to 40 times
Air Force says it sent crews to Trump's Scottish resort up to 40 times
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Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Fox News Ordered to Face Suit by Deceased DNC Staffer's Parents — Fox News must defend a lawsuit by the parents of a Democratic Party staffer whose unsolved 2016 murder touched off a flurry of right-wing conspiracy theories, an appeals court said Friday in reinstating the case.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Hunters Raise $72 Million. She Still Isn't President. — Judicial Watch has raked in record financial support during the Trump era—much of it not from the investigative work the group touts, but direct-mail campaigns pleading for money. — BEAST INSIDE
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Andrew Yang announces $120,000 giveaway during debate — Presidential candidate Andrew Yang announced at Thursday night's debate that his campaign will randomly select 10 families and give them a total of $120,000 over the next year as part of a pilot program for his universal basic income plan.
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Trump: I look orange, but so do you because of energy-efficient light bulbs — “The light is the worst,” Trump said. His administration earlier this month announced it would roll back regulations for increased energy efficiency. — On a night that featured the Democratic debate …
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CNN:
A 12-year-old from the Bahamas has reunited with her mom in Florida after days in a shelter for unaccompanied minors — (CNN)A 12-year-old from the Bahamas who'd been held for days in a Florida shelter for unaccompanied minors has been released from custody and reunited with her mother, US Customs and Border Protection said Thursday.
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
State IG Set to Recommend Discipline for Trump's Top Iran Hand — Brian Hook is reportedly in the running for national security adviser, and any discipline for his role in politically motivated State Dept. firings would likely hurt his chances. — The State Department is preparing …
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Stefanos Chen / New York Times:
One in Four of New York's New Luxury Apartments Are Unsold — A quarter of the new condos built since 2013 in New York City have not yet found buyers, according to a new analysis of closed sales. — Picture an empty apartment — there are thousands in Manhattan's new towers …
Washington Post:
Americans increasingly see climate change as a crisis, poll shows — A growing number of Americans describe climate change as a crisis, and two-thirds say President Trump is doing too little to tackle the problem. — The results, from a poll conducted by The Washington Post …
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Politico:
Trump counter-programs Dem debate with his greatest hits — Pelosi looks to change the subject on impeachment — Cruz will oppose Trump's judicial nominee — HOLY COW — House Republicans were hoping to have their spirits lifted at this year's annual retreat, which comes following …
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Max Rose / Staten Island Advance:
Rep. Max Rose: Why I oppose Trump impeachment — For the past decade, the American people have been sending a clear and unmistakable message: End the hyper-partisanship and do your jobs. Yet, both parties have taken electoral victories as mandates to ignore that message to do what they want.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
White House moving forward to strip California of vehicle authority: sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to revoke California's authority to set its own vehicle greenhouse gas standards and declare that states are pre-empted from setting …
Al-Monitor:
Iran in no hurry to allow women into stadiums after ‘Blue Girl’ death — ARTICLE SUMMARY — The suicide of an Iranian soccer fan has reignited the issue of allowing women into Iran's stadiums, but the administration is unlikely to work toward a solution anytime soon. — ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images
New York Times:
Which Candidates Got the Most Speaking Time in the Democratic Debate — Each Time a Candidate Spoke on Each Topic — Candidates are sized by the length of time of each response. — Opening statements — Health care — Biden on Warren: “I know that the senator says