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12:25 AM ET, August 25, 2020

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Associated Press:
Republican Convention takeaways: All Trump, all the time  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump aggressively asserted control over the Republican National Convention on Monday, overshadowing the prime-time speakers, as he made clear he wants voters to focus on him.
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The Daily Beast:
Biden Campaign Hopping Mad at CBS and ABC for Gifting Trump Bonus Airtime  —  The big networks resolved to carry only an hour of the conventions per night, but on Monday they aired portions of an unhinged, daytime Trump speech.  The Biden camp wants answers.
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
GOP warns of chaos, danger of Biden presidency: Live analysis  —  Good evening and welcome to POLITICO's Republican National Convention live chat.  —  We've got a great cast of reporters here tonight to talk about the first night of the GOP convention - and what it means for the general election.
Discussion: The Hill
Matthew Dowd / ABC News:
Where do we stand now that the DNC is over and the RNC begins?:  ANALYSIS  —  ABC News Chief Political Analyst Matthew Dowd assesses what's been learned.  —  What have we learned and where do we stand today, after the Democratic National Convention, on the day the Republican National Convention begins?
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with RNC speech  —  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint statement to the press with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after their meeting, in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020.  (Debbie Hill/Pool via AP)
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Matt Gaetz: “Biden knows failure”
Corpus Christi Caller-Times:
Poll: Joe Biden ends Democratic convention with 1-point lead over Donald Trump in Texas
Discussion: The Hill
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Nikki Haley and Tim Scott Make Case for Trump on Convention Night 1
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The Republicans who won't be speaking at the convention, and what that says about the GOP
Aram Roston / Reuters:
Business partner of Falwells says affair with evangelical power couple spanned seven years  —  Giancarlo Granda says his sexual relationship with the Falwells began when he was 20.  He says he had sex with Becki Falwell while Jerry Falwell Jr, head of Liberty University and a staunch supporter of President Trump, looked on.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Major GOP donor gives emotional speech  —  Maximo Alvarez, owner of Sunshine Gasoline Distributors in Florida, delivered an emotion-filled speech in favor of President Trump and against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.  —  What stands out about Alvarez, aside from his personal story …
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
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CNN:
Former RNC chair Michael Steele joins anti-Trump group  —  (CNN)Former chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele is joining the Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans working to prevent President Donald Trump's re-election.  —  “Today is the day where things should matter …
Megan Henney / Fox News:
McCloskeys, St. Louis gun-wielding couple, warn: ‘Your family will not be safe in the radical Democrats’ America'  —  The McCloskeys said the ‘radicals are not content just marching in the streets’  —  Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who garnered national media attention …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Former Trump DHS officials launch anti-Trump group  —  Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security in the Trump administration who endorsed Joe Biden last week, has started a group of current and former administration officials and other Republican leaders …
NBC News:
Biden creates ‘safe harbor’ for renegade Republicans who've dumped Trump
David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
New York attorney general files legal action against Trump Organization, revealing state investigation into the company's financial dealings  —  The New York attorney general is investigating President Trump's private business for allegedly misleading lenders by inflating the value of its assets …
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Marianna Spring / BBC:
Man who believed virus was hoax loses wife to Covid-19  —  A Florida taxi driver, who believed false claims that coronavirus was a hoax, has lost his wife to Covid-19.  —  Brian Lee Hitchens and his wife, Erin, had read claims online that the virus was fabricated, linked to 5G or similar to the flu.
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Jim Inhofe caught in decades-long corruption scandal to get government contracts to his close associates  —  Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) turns 86 this year, and it's unclear if he's forgotten the promise he made to his voters to root out corruption in Washington.
New York Times:
Republicans Nominate Trump at RNC, Who Flings Baseless Attacks at Biden  —  President Trump and his party engaged in sweeping revisionism about his management of the coronavirus pandemic, his record on race relations and much else.  And they painted a dystopian picture of what the nation would look like under a Biden administratio
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Full Analysis of Republican National Convention Night 1 Hide, Video
Discussion: Raw Story
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Shooting of Jacob Blake Is a Wake-Up Call  —  The national conversation may have moved on from police violence, but the shootings themselves continue.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic  —  The shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is at once freshly horrifying and achingly familiar …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others  —  CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top U.S. infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a COVID-19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe and effective in large trials …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
New Details of China's Efforts to Remove Critic in U.S. Revealed in Hawaii Court  —  Case details work of GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy, and the alleged fraud mastermind who paid him  —  A senior Chinese government official enlisted the help of a top fundraising official …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: UAE cancels Israel meeting after Netanyahu opposes F-35 arms deal  —  The United Arab Emirates canceled a planned trilateral meeting with the U.S. and Israel last Friday to send a message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his opposition to a pending arms deal between the U.S. and UAE …
 
 
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First-Time Gun Buyers Grow to Nearly 5 Million in 2020
Discussion: National Review and Breitbart
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