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Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
McCollister endorses Biden, invites other Nebraska Republicans to join — Sen. John McCollister of Omaha said Friday he's joining a number of fellow Republicans in deciding to formally endorse Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in his bid to unseat Republican President Donald Trump.
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Michelle Obama won the Democratic convention — No speaker at the Democratic National Convention came close to generating as much online enthusiasm as Michelle Obama, according to NewsWhip data shared exclusively with Axios. — Why it matters: By these measures, the most effective messenger …
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Associated Press, Real Clear Politics and Just The News
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Biden's campaign says it raised $70 million during DNC watched live by 122 million people
Biden's campaign says it raised $70 million during DNC watched live by 122 million people
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Bloomberg, The Guardian, The Week and Boston.com
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Biden draws highest TV ratings of Democratic convention, but down from 2016
Biden draws highest TV ratings of Democratic convention, but down from 2016
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Axios, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Fox News, Townhall, Sean Hannity, Breitbart and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Meghan Roos / Newsweek:
GOP Vermont Gov. Says He Won't Vote for Trump But ‘Would Consider’ Supporting Biden
GOP Vermont Gov. Says He Won't Vote for Trump But ‘Would Consider’ Supporting Biden
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Townhall, HillReporter.com and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Ex-CIA director John Brennan questioned for 8 hours in U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe, a Brennan adviser says — Former CIA director John Brennan was interviewed for eight hours Friday by the federal prosecutor specially assigned by Attorney General William P. Barr to review …
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The Daily Caller, Breitbart and Twitchy
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Olivia Gazis / CBS News:
Former CIA Director John Brennan interviewed for 8 hours in Durham probe — Former CIA Director John Brennan was interviewed for eight hours on Friday by U.S. Attorney John Durham as part of Durham's ongoing review of the origins of the investigation launched into Russia's 2016 election interference …
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Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Kanye West's Presidential Campaign Is Both Proceeding and Unraveling — The last 48 hours have presented a series of new challenges for Kanye West's haphazard campaign for president. — In a span of two days, West was booted from the ballot in five states: Illinois, Montana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Thomas Barrabi / Fox Business:
Navy SEAL banned by Delta over mask flap wants meeting with CEO — Robert O'Neill, the retired Navy SEAL credited with killing terrorist Osama Bin Laden, said Friday he would like the opportunity to speak with Delta CEO Ed Bastian Bastian to reach a resolution after the airline banned …
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Ex-Green Beret Charged With Spying for Russia in Elaborate Scheme — Prosecutors said he provided classified information to Russian intelligence operatives for years, betraying the United States. — WASHINGTON — A former Army Green Beret captain was accused on Friday of violating espionage laws …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Raw Story and WCCO | CBS Minnesota
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The Daily Beast:
National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Out After AMI Merger — The tabloid king has been dethroned as the financially troubled American Media Inc. merges with a company that markets face masks and vitamin supplements. — American Media Inc.'s longtime chairman and chief executive David Pecker …
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The Moderate Voice
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KASW-TV:
McSally asks supporters to ‘fast a meal’ so they can donate to her campaign — In an audio clip, Sen. Martha McSally asked supporters to “fast a meal” so they can donate to her campaign but her people said it was just a joke.
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Raw Story, HillReporter.com, DSCC and Political Wire
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Dennis Welch / KASW-TV:
Sen. McSally urges supporters to donate to her campaign instead of buying a meal
Sen. McSally urges supporters to donate to her campaign instead of buying a meal
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Arizona Republic, The Hill and New York Post
CNN:
Appeals court sets September 1 hearing on deadline for Trump's financial records subpoena — (CNN)A federal appeals court denied President Donald Trump's attempt to halt the enforcement of a subpoena for his financial records but at the same time set a rapid schedule for oral arguments in the case …
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NBC New York, Bloomberg, Political Wire and Sputnik News
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Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Trump remains largely silent on reported poisoning of Russian dissident as Europe, US lawmakers offer support — (CNN)The Trump administration has not made any substantial statement on the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, in sharp contrast to European reaction …
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New York Post and The Week
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Financial Times:
Alexei Navalny given all clear to be evacuated from Russia
Alexei Navalny given all clear to be evacuated from Russia
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Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
The world must pay attention to the suspected poisoning of Alexei Navalny. My own case shows why.
The world must pay attention to the suspected poisoning of Alexei Navalny. My own case shows why.
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Forbes, New York Times, Politico, New Yorker and Foreign Policy
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Gets Hope Hicks' Financials — Late on Friday, CREW received Hope Hicks' financial disclosure forms filed when she reentered the Trump administration. The forms show that her time away from the White House was lucrative for the once and future senior Trump aide.
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
House set to vote on USPS bill amid mail-in voting controversy — Pelosi: “In a time of a pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central.” — The House is set to vote on a bill related to the ailing U.S. Postal Service in an unusual Saturday session amid an ongoing political controversy over mail-in voting.
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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
The postmaster general just robbed Democrats of their dumb Postal Service mystery
The postmaster general just robbed Democrats of their dumb Postal Service mystery
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The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Raw Story, The Yeshiva World and Mother Jones
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
A Glimmer of Hope for Trump? How Bush Mounted a Comeback in 1988 — For Biden, a cautionary tale. For Trump, a search for his own Willie Horton. — George H.W. Bush was in trouble. It was July 1988 and Michael Dukakis, the Democratic candidate for president, was on a roll after his party's convention in New York.
Evan Simko-Bednarski / CNN:
Court orders Donald Trump to pay legal fees in Stormy Daniels suit — (CNN)A California Superior Court judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $44,100 to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, to reimburse her attorneys' fees in the legal battle surrounding her nondisclosure agreement.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Joe Biden captured the romance of decency — In making a convention speech without the benefit of an actual convention, Joe Biden was denied certain advantages. Staring into the unblinking lens of a camera, he could not carry his remarks along on periodic waves of applause.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Biden Always Had a Simple Message. He Rode It to the Nomination.
Biden Always Had a Simple Message. He Rode It to the Nomination.
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Mediaite, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Politico and The Yeshiva World
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Joe Biden, America's Un-Trump
Joe Biden, America's Un-Trump
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ABC News, Redstate, Associated Press, Just The News, Al Jazeera, The Yeshiva World and The Hill
Pam Fessler / NPR:
More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016 — Audio will be available later today. — An extraordinarily high number of ballots — more than 550,000 — have been rejected in this year's presidential primaries, according to a new analysis by NPR.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016 — In a private meeting inside Trump Tower days before his inauguration, Donald Trump told a group of civil rights leaders something most Republicans wouldn't dare publicly acknowledge: lower turnout among Black voters did …
Washington Post:
President Trump's attempt to bypass Congress on stimulus is offering only limited economic relief — Just two weeks after President Trump approved executive actions aimed at bypassing stalled stimulus negotiations with Congress, only one state has said it is paying new jobless benefits …
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Financial Times, NBC Connecticut, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Bangor Daily News
Michael Casagrande / al.com:
New restrictions coming to Alabama campus, Greek houses amid ‘significant’ COVID increase — University of Alabama Fall 2020 First Day — Changes are coming to the University of Alabama COVID-19 plan three days into the new semester. — The school on Friday announced a moratorium …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Two Weeks For Joe Biden's 24 Minutes: Inside The Rapidly Planned Democratic Convention — WILMINGTON, Del. — The stage where Joe Biden was set to assume the Democratic nomination for president, fulfilling a dream of more than four decades in national politics, was sitting in parts on the backs of trucks …
Harmeet Kaur / CNN:
Covid-19 cases tied to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota have reached across state lines — (CNN)Coronavirus cases linked to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota last week have now reached across state lines to Nebraska, public health officials said.
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