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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Cindy McCain video on Joe Biden to air at DNC — WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during Tuesday night's Democratic National Convention programming focused on Biden's close friendship with her late husband, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
AOC backs Sanders for president, ignores Biden in brief remarks — In one of the shortest speeches of the convention, progressive star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not endorse Biden for president Tuesday but instead nominated his 2020 rival, Bernie Sanders.
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Cindy McCain is the latest Republican to speak on Biden's behalf at convention — Cindy McCain, wife of the late Sen. John McCain and a longtime Republican, will be among those highlighted on Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, where she will outline the “unlikely friendship” …
David Siders / Politico:
What we're looking for on Night 2 of the Democratic convention
What we're looking for on Night 2 of the Democratic convention
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Colin Powell latest Republican to be featured during Democratic convention
Colin Powell latest Republican to be featured during Democratic convention
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump declares ‘we won’ on border wall during visit, hits ‘deadly’ Biden immigration plan in Arizona visit
Trump declares ‘we won’ on border wall during visit, hits ‘deadly’ Biden immigration plan in Arizona visit
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
DNC 2020: Bill Clinton, AOC, Jill Biden and what to watch for on Night 2
DNC 2020: Bill Clinton, AOC, Jill Biden and what to watch for on Night 2
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Politico, Fox News, Breitbart, ABC News, The Guardian, CNBC and New York Times
Adam Carlson / People.com:
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' First Joint Interview: ‘Audacity’ of Partnering & Their ‘Modern Family’ Values
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' First Joint Interview: ‘Audacity’ of Partnering & Their ‘Modern Family’ Values
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Leaves Stephen Colbert Speechless
Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Leaves Stephen Colbert Speechless
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New York Times, CNN, New York Post, Washington Post, Vox and Reason
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Senate made criminal referral of Trump Jr., Bannon, Kushner and two others to federal prosecutors — WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic chairmen of the Senate Intelligence Committee made criminal referrals of Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Erik Prince and Sam Clovis …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mueller prosecutor says there are new revelations in Senate Russia report — Andrew Weissmann, one of the lead prosecutors on special counsel Robert Mueller's team and the architect of the case against Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, said there is “definitely new information” …
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Trump's 2016 campaign chair was a ‘grave counterintelligence threat,’ had contact with Russian intelligence, Senate panel finds — The Trump campaign chairman's contacts with Kremlin-linked officials posed a “grave counterintelligence threat,” according to the final volume …
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
The Senate Report on Trump and Russia Is a Triumph for Truth
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bipartisan Senate Report Shows How Trump Colluded With Russia in 2016
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Bipartisan Senate report describes 2016 Trump campaign eager to accept help from foreign power
Bipartisan Senate report describes 2016 Trump campaign eager to accept help from foreign power
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About.usps.com:
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Statement — WASHINGTON, DC — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued the following statement today: — “The United States Postal Service will play a critical role this year in delivering election mail for millions of voters across the country.
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Eric Cortellessa / Washington Monthly:
Susan Collins Engineered the USPS Disaster She's Now Protesting — Trump may be trying to sabotage the election, but the war against the Postal Service goes back decades. — At this point, it should come as no surprise that the vast majority of Congressional Republicans have responded …
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Washington Post:
At least 21 states plan to sue the Postal Service over service delays, threat to election
At least 21 states plan to sue the Postal Service over service delays, threat to election
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
US Postal Service delays force Department of Veterans Affairs to shift prescription delivery methods
US Postal Service delays force Department of Veterans Affairs to shift prescription delivery methods
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Raw Story and Task & Purpose
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP and Trump ties run deep on the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors
GOP and Trump ties run deep on the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors
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TheBlaze
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Would you mind giving it a crack?’ Bill Clinton leans back and smiles while receiving neck massage from Epstein victim, 22, in never-before-seen photos during trip on pedophile's plane to Africa in 2002 - as he addresses Dem convention TONIGHT — Bill Clinton is seen enjoying …
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
The security guard blurted ‘I love you’ to Joe Biden in an elevator. One viral video later, she nominated him for president. — WILMINGTON, Del. — She was last seen blurting “I love you” to Joe Biden as she escorted him in an elevator to an editorial board meeting at the New York Times last December …
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Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
U.S. congressman facing campaign finance probe struggles in Florida primary battle — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Freshman U.S. Representative Ross Spano was struggling to hold his seat in Congress against a challenger in a Florida Republican primary on Tuesday, amid a federal investigation …
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Senate Republicans preparing $500B virus relief proposal — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leaders are preparing a slimmed-down virus relief package of roughly $500 billion that will include extended payments for unemployed people and smaller businesses, a GOP senator said Tuesday.
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
After Reopening, Notre Dame to Move Classes Online Due to Coronavirus Cases — The school reopened last week, but male senior students who attended off-campus parties are leading a Covid-19 surge — The University of Notre Dame is canceling in-person classes and moving them online …
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The Daily Beast:
TV News Networks Worried About Airing Two Hours of Trump's Convention — Sources said the networks have given DNC officials a new reason they won't air their event in full: Because they'd also have to air Trump's in full—lies, warts, and all. — Over the last few U.S. presidential election cycles …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Alice Johnson's Life Sentence Was Commuted by Trump. Now She Will Speak at His Convention.
Alice Johnson's Life Sentence Was Commuted by Trump. Now She Will Speak at His Convention.
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Businesses warn they won't participate in Trump's payroll tax plan — A raft of big-name business groups is warning many employers won't participate in President Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral plan. — Calling it “unworkable,” they said in a letter Tuesday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin …
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House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Engel Statement on State Department Temper Tantrum — Bronx, NY—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement: — “As the Committee gets closer to answers on a range of pressing oversight issues, Secretary Pompeo has tried to thwart us at every turn.
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John M. Barry / New York Times:
A Warning for the United States From the Author of ‘The Great Influenza’ — If we don't get the virus under control, the devastation will get worse. — Mr. Barry is the author of “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History.” — “Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia voters to be made ‘inactive’ after absentee mail undeliverable — Tens of thousands of Georgia voter registrations are on track to be changed to inactive status because absentee ballot applications mailed to them last spring were undeliverable. — These voters will still be able …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Former DHS official: Trump will ‘align with dictators around the world’ if he wins — (CNN)A former senior Trump administration official who is endorsing Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Tuesday that if President Donald Trump wins a second term he will “align with dictators around the world.”
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Shawn Wheat / WIBW-TV:
Goodyear responds to zero-tolerance policy slide labeled by employee as discriminatory — TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Goodyear employee says the company has put out a new policy that has some calling it not equal for all. — A photo seen circulating on social media shows a slide …
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Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:
Controversial Women's March Leaders Back in DNC's Good Graces — Tamika Mallory spoke briefly during a meeting of the Black Caucus this week, while Linda Sarsour appeared on a livestream for the Muslims and Allies Assembly. — Eighteen months after seeming to pull their sponsorship …
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The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump questions the legitimacy of any election in which he loses — During his latest call-in interview to Fox News' morning program yesterday, Donald Trump was asked if he'd accept the results of his own country's election in the event of his defeat. Predictably, the president, as he's done many times before, hedged.
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