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2 shot dead and 1 injured in Kenosha during protests; police looking for man armed with a long gun — Kenosha Police said early Wednesday morning that two people had been shot and killed and a third injured during protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake; authorities were looking for a man armed with a long gun.
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Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Suspect Charged With Murder After 2 Shot Dead At Kenosha Protest — Suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was reportedly arrested in his hometown of Antioch, Illinois, 20 miles from Kenosha where the shootings occurred. — Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of three people ― …
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Washington Post:
Two dead and one wounded in Kenosha shootings during Jacob Blake protests — KENOSHA, Wis. — Two people were killed and one was seriously wounded by gunfire late Tuesday at a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake Jr., Kenosha police said early Wednesday.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Two Killed and One Injured on Third Night of Unrest in Kenosha, Wis. — The violence occurred early Wednesday during a confrontation between demonstrators and a group of men armed with guns as protests continued over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. — KENOSHA, Wis. …
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Bruce C.T. Wright / NewsOne:
Who Is Kyle Rittenhouse? Jacob Blake Protest Shooter Is Reportedly A White Teen Affiliated With Cops — At least two people were killed in the shooting. — Officials arrested and were set to charge a 17-year-old male with first-degree murder for a deadly shooting rampage that killed …
Fredrick Kunkle / Washington Post:
Protesters target D.C. diners, triggering backlash after heckling woman — Lauren Victor refused to go along with raising her fist — although she supports the movement — A demonstration that began Monday evening in the District to protest the shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin wound …
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Associated Press:
Kenosha police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests
Kenosha police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests
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Robert Chappell / Madison365:
Kenosha police opened fire less than 5 minutes after being called: scanner audio
Kenosha police opened fire less than 5 minutes after being called: scanner audio
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Kenosha gunman Kyle Rittenhouse arrested for murder after cops let him flee out of state
Kenosha gunman Kyle Rittenhouse arrested for murder after cops let him flee out of state
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says he will send federal law enforcement, National Guard to Kenosha after Jacob Blake shooting
Trump says he will send federal law enforcement, National Guard to Kenosha after Jacob Blake shooting
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CNN:
CDC was pressured ‘from the top down’ to change coronavirus testing guidance, official says — (CNN)A sudden change in federal guidelines on coronavirus testing came this week as a result of pressure from the upper ranks of the Trump administration, a federal health official close to the process tells CNN.
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Katherine J. Wu / New York Times:
C.D.C. Now Says People Without Covid-19 Symptoms Do Not Need Testing — The revision prompted confusion and alarm from experts, who called the move “potentially dangerous.” — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly modified its coronavirus testing guidelines this week …
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Top U.S. Officials Instructed the C.D.C. to Change Testing Guidelines — New York City's transit agency warned of major cuts to the subway without $12 billion in federal aid. Kenya's president extended a nationwide nightly curfew for another 30 days.
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Coronavirus concerns fall and Trump approval ticks higher in swing states, CNBC/Change Research poll finds — Serious concerns about the coronavirus fell in six 2020 swing states, while approval of President Donald Trump's handling of Covid-19 rose, according to a new CNBC/Change Research poll.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump pops to 52%: ‘Best job approval rating on record,’ up with blacks, even Democrats — Buoyed by blacks and independent voters, as well as urban dwellers shocked by the Black Lives Matter protest violence raging in some cities, President Trump's approval rating has hit a new high, according to a survey heavy with minority voters.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Republicans revel in Trump's prime-time convention surprises
Republicans revel in Trump's prime-time convention surprises
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Axios:
How Trump could pull off another upset — It feels like August of 2016 all over again. Polls show Donald Trump losing big. Pundits proclaim he can't win. Reporters sneer at Trump voters on Twitter and cable. — Why it matters: There are several signs that should give the Trump-is-toast self-assured pause.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump goes dark on TV as early voting looms
Trump goes dark on TV as early voting looms
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Harris will be Democrats' main counter to Trump on Thursday
Harris will be Democrats' main counter to Trump on Thursday
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Why the Fuck is the Secretary of State Talking, From Israel, at the Republican National Convention? — Violating norms, standards, ethical guidelines, rules, laws and common sense is nothing new for Pompeo, but his speech Tuesday night will break new ground. — BEAST INSIDE
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: ‘This is absolutely not how it works’
POLITICO Playbook: ‘This is absolutely not how it works’
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
RNC Speaker Cancelled After Boosting QAnon Conspiracy Theory About Jewish Plot to Enslave the World
RNC Speaker Cancelled After Boosting QAnon Conspiracy Theory About Jewish Plot to Enslave the World
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USA Today:
Trump's RNC naturalization ceremony at White House: Tasteless, hollow and probably illegal — I watched the Republican convention start to finish for two days. I'm a former Republican and a Never Trumper, so I understand that none of it was meant to speak to me.
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Trump Plays President in Prime Time
Trump Plays President in Prime Time
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Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
Yale Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld Has Been Suspended for Sexual Harassment — On Monday morning, members of the Yale Law School faculty received a terse message from their provost informing them that Professor Jed Rubenfeld “will leave his position as a member of the YLS faculty for a two-year period …
Washington Post:
Lewd cheerleader videos, sexist rules: Ex-employees decry Washington's NFL team workplace — In “Beauties on the Beach,” the official video chronicling the making of the Washington NFL team's 2008 cheerleader swimsuit calendar, the women frolic in the sand, rave about their custom bikinis …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
They tried to get Trump to care about right-wing terrorism. He ignored them. — Elizabeth Neumann spent March 13 and 14 of 2019 at a conference in the picturesque Spanish port city of Málaga. The topic: terrorism. Western leaders were deeply worried about the dangers foreign …
Politico:
U.S. service members injured in Syria after skirmish with Russian forces — U.S. service members were injured after an altercation with Russian forces in northeast Syria this week, according to a draft military statement and a person familiar with the matter.
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CNN:
Republicans' fake feminism might have worked — Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book “OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind.” Follow her on Twitter. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own. View more opinion articles on CNN.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The RNC Has Made a Compelling Case for America's Imminent Collapse — America has never been greater than it is today — or at greater risk of collapsing tomorrow. — This is the central message of the Republican National Convention through its first two nights.
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E. Jean Carroll / The Atlantic:
‘I Moved on Her Very Heavily’: Part 1 — In her 2019 memoir, What Do We Need Men For?, E. Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of rape, in a Bergdorf's dressing room in the mid-1990s. After the president denied ever meeting her and dismissed her story as a Democratic plot, she sued him for defamation.
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
U.S. Imposes Restrictions on Certain PRC State-Owned Enterprises and Executives for Malign Activities in the South China Sea — The United States supports a free and open South China Sea. We respect the sovereign rights of all nations, regardless of size, and seek to preserve peace …
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Gavin Bade / Politico:
U.S. blacklists 24 Chinese firms, escalating military and trade tensions
U.S. blacklists 24 Chinese firms, escalating military and trade tensions
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FiveThirtyEight:
Is The Electoral Map Changing? — We looked at how 16 battleground states have voted in the last five presidential elections to see how they might go in 2020 — From one presidential election to the next, the battleground states that make — or break — the election remain largely the same.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway undermined the truth like no other Trump official. And journalists enabled her. — Among the many appalling scenes in the many tell-all books written from an inside-the-Trump-administration perspective, one in particular spoke volumes about how Kellyanne Conway operates:
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
After Three Years Attacking L.G.B.T.Q. Rights, Trump Suddenly Tries Outreach — L.G.B.T.Q. advocates say the president has tried to divide their coalition by targeting transgender people in policy rollbacks. — The month of June was filled with big moments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Requesting Data From Governors of States that Issued COVID-19 Orders that May Have Resulted in Deaths of Elderly Nursing Home Residents — Data will help inform whether the Department of Justice will initiate investigations under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act …