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Associated Press:
Lebanese confront devastation after massive Beirut explosion — BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut confronted a scene of utter devastation Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the port rippled across the Lebanese capital, killing at least 100 people, wounding thousands …
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CNN:
US defense officials contradict Trump: No indication yet of attack in Beirut — (CNN)Three US Defense Department officials told CNN that as of Tuesday night there was no indication that the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday were an “attack,” contradicting an earlier claim from President Donald Trump.
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Hezbollah stockpiled chemical behind Beirut blast in London and Germany — The Beirut explosion took place at a warehouse that held 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been confiscated from a ship. — Hezbollah kept three metric tons of ammonium nitrate, the explosive thought to be behind …
Faysal Itani / New York Times:
Lebanon's Mushroom Cloud of Incompetence — Yesterday's explosion, which destroyed Beirut's port, much of the city and countless lives, was the result of business as usual. — Mr. Itani is a political analyst. — My first summer job was at the port of Beirut. It was the late '90s and I was just a teenager.
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Allan Lichtman / New York Times:
He Predicted Trump's Win in 2016. Now He's Ready to Call 2020. — Most historians just study the past. But Allan Lichtman has successfully predicted the future. — This is professor Allan Lichtman. He's taught history at American University for almost 50 years. He's a former steeplechase champion.
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Cori Bush Defeats William Lacy Clay in a Show of Progressive Might — The upset of the veteran congressman from St. Louis sent tremors though the Democratic establishment in Missouri and Washington, D.C. — ST. LOUIS — Cori Bush, a progressive activist and a leader of the swelling protest movement …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Down Goes Clay: Cori Bush Knocks Off Half-Century Dynasty
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Progressive challenger Cori Bush beats Rep. Lacy Clay in primary
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Max Cohen / Politico:
Biden hits back at reporter asking if he took a cognitive test: ‘Are you a junkie?’ — Joe Biden rebuked a reporter who asked if the former vice president had taken a cognitive test, claiming that asking the question was similar to asking the interviewer if he was using cocaine.
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Brittany Shepherd / Yahoo News:
Biden pushes back on cognitive test question: ‘Why the hell would I take a test?’
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
‘She is absolutely our No. 1 draft pick’: GOP pines for Rice as Biden VP — Joe Biden still may be undecided about whom to pick for a running mate, but Donald Trump's team knows exactly whom it wants: Susan Rice. — Trump's aides and allies accuse Rice — without delving too deeply into the evidence …
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG's office — The internal State Department watchdog, whom President Trump installed after the previous inspector general was abruptly fired, has resigned, the department said in a statement, marking another significant shake …
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CNN:
Acting State Department watchdog resigns months after previous inspector general was fired — Pompeo defends Trump in firing of inspector general — Washington (CNN)The acting State Department watchdog Stephen Akard has resigned after serving in the role for less than 3 months following …
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Mitch McConnell, the Turtle, Is Losing the Race Now — The majority leader dedicated himself to Republican of convenience Donald Trump, and it's looking like he may not be the majority leader for much longer. — BEAST INSIDE — It's been a bad, bad, bad summer for Mitch McConnell.
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Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:
Trump campaign sues Nevada over bill expanding mail-in voting for general election — President Donald Trump's campaign has sued Nevada over a contentious bill recently approved in the ongoing special session of the Nevada Legislature that expands mail-in voting for the 2020 general election …
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Senate: Ranking the Top Dozen Best Targets — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — National Republicans breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday night, as Rep. Roger Marshall (R, KS-1) beat 2018 gubernatorial nominee Kris Kobach (R) in the Kansas Senate primary.
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CNN:
Trump still not grasping the severity of the pandemic, source tells CNN — (CNN)President Donald Trump was still struggling to fully grasp the severity of the coronavirus pandemic during a task force meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday, a source familiar with the meeting told CNN.
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Trump's campaign knocks on a million doors a week. Biden's knocks on zero. — Donald Trump's campaign says it knocked on over 1 million doors in the past week alone. — Joe Biden's campaign says it knocked on zero. — The Republican and Democratic parties — from the presidential candidates …
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Joe Sutton / CNN:
Trump campaign sues Nevada over plan to mail ballots to all registered voters
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Craig Chamberlain / News Bureau:
Journalists' Twitter use shows them talking within smaller bubbles — CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Journalists in Washington, D.C., have long been accused of living in a “Beltway bubble,” isolated from the broader public, talking too much to each other. — Their interactions on Twitter, however …
New York Times:
Republicans Aid Kanye West's Bid to Get on the 2020 Ballot — At least three people involved in the effort to get Kanye West's name before voters in several states have G.O.P. connections, renewing questions about the aim of his campaign. — At least three people who have been active …
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
A Well-Connected GOP Strategist Is Helping Kanye West Get on the Ballot in Wisconsin
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Larry McShane / New York Daily News:
Legendary journalist and writer Pete Hamill dead at 85 after fall — Pete Hamill, the Brooklyn-born bard of the five boroughs and eloquent voice of his beloved hometown as both newspaper columnist and best-selling author, died Wednesday morning. He was 85.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence — WASHINGTON, D.C. — When asked whether they want the police to spend more time, the same amount of time or less time than they currently do in their area, most Black Americans — 61% — want the police presence to remain the same.
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Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
It's Not Just You. We've All Got a Case of the Covid-19 Blues. — New data show that Americans are suffering from record levels of mental distress. — I am trying to think of when I first realized we'd all run smack into a wall. — Was it two weeks ago, when a friend …
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Washington Post:
Facebook's fact checkers have ruled claims in Trump ads are false — but no one is telling Facebook's users — Fact checkers were unanimous in their assessments when President Trump began claiming in June that Democrat Joe Biden wanted to “defund” police forces. Politifact called the allegations “false,” as did CheckYourFact.
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New York Times:
Will Bill Barr Try to Help Trump Win the Election? — Two investigations appear to be potential fodder for pre-election political machinations. — Mr. Goodman, editor in chief of Just Security, and Mr. Weissmann, a senior prosecutor in the Mueller investigation, teach law at N.Y.U.
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
I Was Bloodied and Dazed. Beirut Strangers Treated Me Like a Friend. — In a land conditioned by calamity, people knew what to do, including helping wounded people they didn't know. — BEIRUT — I was just about to look at a video a friend had sent me on Tuesday afternoon …
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Jena McGregor / Washington Post:
Remote work really does mean longer days — and more meetings — Those who sense that this grand experiment in working from home comes with plenty of downsides — longer days, more meetings and more emails to answer — are now backed up by data — The massive global shift to remote work since …
Jim DeFede / CBS Miami:
Exclusive: Gov. Ron DeSantis Acknowledges State's Unemployment System Was Built With ‘Pointless Roadblocks’ To Pay Out ‘Least Number Of Claims’ — MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Gov. Ron DeSantis is acknowledging or the first time that the state unemployment system was deliberately designed to frustrate people …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump sneered at the Civil Rights Act. We know why. — The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is widely viewed as one of the most consequential laws in the history of the republic. After overcoming filibuster attempts by white supremacists (I highly recommend Clay Risen's magnificent telling …
Associated Press:
Missouri voters approve Medicaid expansion, making it 38th state to do so — COLUMBIA, Mo. — Voters on Tuesday made Missouri the 38th state to approve expanding Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults. — Support for the constitutional amendment means …
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Interior secretary calls Confederate statue protesters ‘bad-doers,’ confirms feds are monitoring their social media feeds — WASHINGTON — 1130 WISN is a conservative talk radio station in southeastern Wisconsin and, by dint of its reach, is not a regular stop for high-level White House officials.
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