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New York Times:
Republicans Rush to Finalize Convention ('Apprentice' Producers Are Helping) — The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night. Coming into this weekend, producers at the major TV networks had only a foggy idea of what to expect.
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Tom Porter / Business Insider:
Donald Trump is to speak on all 4 nights of the RNC, and his family will take up half of the keynote speaker spots — Foto: John Moore/Getty Images Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21 …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble
An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump's vision of American greatness at center of convention
Trump's vision of American greatness at center of convention
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
In secretly recorded audio, President Trump's sister says he has ‘no principles’ and 'you can't trust him' — Maryanne Trump Barry was serving as a federal judge when she heard her brother, President Trump, suggest on Fox News, “maybe I'll have to put her at the border” amid a wave of refugees entering the United States.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
President's Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings — In a series of recordings published by The Washington Post, Maryanne Trump Barry can be heard disparaging her brother's performance as president. — WASHINGTON — Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump's older sister …
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CBS News:
Republicans see U.S. as better off now than 4 years ago ahead of convention — Battleground Tracker poll — It was mostly Democrats who watched last week's convention, and they liked what they saw. Now, as the Republicans begin theirs, we find a Republican Party whose voters not only hold …
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Bloomberg, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Beast, Washington Post, The Colorado Sun and The Week
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden enjoys post-convention bump in favorability: POLL — Biden's favorability ticked up from 40% just over a week ago to 45%. — LIVE NOW — The Democratic National Convention, which attracted a smaller audience compared to last cycle, still delivered a favorability boost …
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The Hill
Daniel Cassady / Forbes:
Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines — Postal workers in Washington State have reinstalled high-speed mail sorting machines—dismantled after controversial orders from the U.S. Postal Service— despite USPS orders not to put machines back in use. — KEY FACTS
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New York Times:
Congress Votes to Block U.S.P.S. Changes
Congress Votes to Block U.S.P.S. Changes
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Portland police stand by as Proud Boys and far-right militias flash guns and brawl with antifa counterprotesters — PORTLAND, Ore. — On Saturday afternoon, a large crowd of more than 100 far-right activists, including Proud Boys and armed militia members, descended on Portland, Ore. …
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Biden's Center Hold? — After a career built on incremental progress, Joe Biden is promising a Presidency of transformational change. The election will test whether his campaign can bring together a divided party and a beleaguered country. — “Welcome to my mom's house,” …
Sara Sidner / CNN:
The US Senate candidate who took a QAnon pledge — (CNN)When Jo Rae Perkins walked over to greet us for the very first time, she did not introduce herself or ask our names, the first thing she did was move her hand across her face and say, “What are these things on your faces?”
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on Trump's attacks on mental fitness: ‘Watch me, Mr. President’ — Biden, Harris' first joint interviews air tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC — Former Vice President Joe Biden tackled questions about his age in an exclusive interview with “World News Tonight” …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
‘Hoax’ book reveals extent of internal unease at Fox — FILE - This combination of photo shows, from left, Tucker Carlson, host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Laura Ingraham, host of “The Ingraham Angle,” and Sean Hannity, host of “Hannity” on Fox News. Brian Stelter, who wrote “Hoax …
CNN:
Oh, great: NASA says an asteroid is headed our way right before Election Day — (CNN)Well, 2020 keeps getting better all the time. — Amid a pandemic, civil unrest and a divisive US election season, we now have an asteroid zooming toward us. — On the day before the presidential vote, no less.
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New York Post
Mary Papenfuss / Yahoo News:
Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs, Former Official Says — Donald Trump told officials from the Department of Homeland Security to get their marching orders by listening to Fox Business host — Lou Dobbs “every night,” former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor told Anderson Cooper on Friday.
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U.S. Federal Election Commission:
FEC's response to possible violations — In exercising its regulatory and enforcement authority, the Commission uses a variety of methods to uncover possible election law violations. Each of the following may lead to an FEC enforcement case or Matter Under Review (MUR).
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alex Morse Was Accused, Condemned and Then Vindicated. Will His Experience Change Anything? — Vague allegations against the Massachusetts congressional candidate offer a case study in how progressives navigate issues of sex and power in politics when judgment is often swift and unforgiving.
New York Times:
Virgin Islands Will Subpoena Billionaire Investor in Epstein Case — The territory's attorney general wants to know more about Leon Black's dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, who died while facing sex-trafficking charges. — Officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands want the billionaire investor Leon Black …
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Forbes
New York Times:
Dry Thunderstorms Could Accelerate the California Wildfires — Lightning, erratic winds and no rain would make it even tougher for firefighters to battle some of the largest blazes in state history. — By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio — With wildfires burning almost one million acres of California …