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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Gets No Immediate Convention Bounce, but Still Leads Trump — Democratic nominee earns best favorability ratings yet in post-DNC poll — In a post-convention poll, former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 9 points among likely voters, compared with an 8-point margin earlier in the week.
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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 and Real Clear Politics
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.
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distortion on Dems and the pledge — FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2020, file image from video, grandchildren of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, including Finnegan Biden, Hunter Biden, Natalie Biden, Naomi Biden and Maisy Biden …
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Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance? — Claim — The Democratic National Convention omitted the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in 2020. — Rating — What's True — The phrase “under God” was omitted from at least two recitations of the Pledge …
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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns
The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns
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New York Times:
Trump's Approval Rating, Biden's Low Bar: This Week in the 2020 Race
Trump's Approval Rating, Biden's Low Bar: This Week in the 2020 Race
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Daniel Funke / @politifact:
The DNC did not omit ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance
The DNC did not omit ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance
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The Guardian
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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New York Times:
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up — At President Trump's behest, the Treasury Secretary sought out appointees who would restructure the United States Postal Service. — WASHINGTON — In early February, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin invited two Republican members …
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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
House set to vote on USPS bill amid mail-in voting controversy
House set to vote on USPS bill amid mail-in voting controversy
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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.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Judge orders Trump to pay legal fees to Stormy Daniels
Judge orders Trump to pay legal fees to Stormy Daniels
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump is leading Republicans to an unwanted record in the popular vote — (CNN)American elections tend to swing on a pendulum. No one party usually holds power for too long. Since 1952, for example, only once has a party won the presidency three elections in a row.
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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.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Tennessee governor signs bill increasing punishments for certain protests — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) quietly signed a bill into law ramping up punishments for certain kinds of protests, including losing the right to vote. — The GOP-controlled state General Assembly passed the measure …
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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.
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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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 and DSCC
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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.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
William Barr told Murdoch to ‘muzzle’ Fox News Trump critic, new book says — The attorney general, William Barr, told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality who became a critic of Donald Trump, according to a new book about the rightwing TV network.
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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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Olivia Gazis / CBS News:
Former CIA Director John Brennan interviewed for 8 hours in Durham probe
Former CIA Director John Brennan interviewed for 8 hours in Durham probe
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Associated Press, Politico and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Spruced-up White House Rose Garden set for first lady speech — WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Rose Garden has been spruced up in time for its moment in the campaign spotlight. — First lady Melania Trump will deliver her Republican National Convention speech Tuesday night from the garden …
Associated Press:
Ohio Republicans try to regroup in crucial state for Trump — CINCINNATI (AP) — Complications pummeled Ohio Republicans this week as they sought to put up a united front headed into the GOP's national convention. — One of their best-known politicians threw his support behind Democrat Joe Biden …
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New York Times:
Another Putin Critic Apparently Poisoned — Will the West take action against whoever may have harmed Aleksei Navalny? — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
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Washington Free Beacon, The US Sun and The Week
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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, New Yorker, Foreign Policy and Politico
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump accuses FDA of thwarting coronavirus response, after admin limits testing oversight — President Trump on Saturday baselessly accused the Food and Drug Administration — which he likened to the “deep state, or whoever” — of making it harder for drug companies to distribute coronavirus treatments and vaccines.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: USPS battle hits House floor — DRIVING THE DAY — THE BATTLE OVER THE USPS is going to hit the House floor this afternoon. Speaker NANCY PELOSI has called the chamber back in a rare move during the August recess to force a vote on a bill that would provide $25 BILLION …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Two Weeks For Joe Biden's 24 Minutes In Wilmington — 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, already assembled, waiting to be unloaded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Associated Press:
David Pecker out as CEO of National Enquirer parent company — NEW YORK — David Pecker is stepping down as CEO of the National Enquirer's parent, ending a reign that saw the company entangled in a campaign-finance scandal that sent President Donald Trump's personal lawyer to jail.
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