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Erica Orden / CNN:
In tell-all book, Michael Cohen says Trump hired a ‘Faux-Bama’ during White House run — (CNN)Before Donald Trump ever sought the Oval Office, he was preoccupied by its occupant President Barack Obama, publicly questioning his birthplace and privately describing him as “a Manchurian candidate” …
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Washington Post:
In new book, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen describes alleged episodes of racism and says president likes how Putin runs Russia — President Trump's longtime lawyer and personal fixer, Michael Cohen, alleges in a new book that Trump made “overt and covert attempts to get Russia to interfere …
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Trump erases Biden's lead in Texas, as Hegar chips away at Cornyn's edge in Senate race — New Dallas Morning News/UT-Tyler poll shows Texas remains a battleground, but the president has regained momentum despite ongoing pandemic and economic woes. — WASHINGTON - Texas remains a toss-up in the presidential race.
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CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker: National, Wisconsin contests steady amid protests; more think Biden trying to calm situation — The presidential horse race remains unchanged by recent protests — Joe Biden still leads President Trump by the same margins nationally and in the battleground state of Wisconsin.
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Bloomberg, The Hill, YouGov, POLITICUSUSA and Associated Press
Bloomberg:
Trump Ended 2018 France Trip Having Art Loaded on Air Force One — President decided he wanted pieces from ambassador's residence — Painting, bust, figurines flown home to display at White House — After Donald Trump's planned trip to a French cemetery for fallen Marines …
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Political Wire and NBC News
Washington Post:
Louis DeJoy's rise as GOP fundraiser was powered by contributions from company workers who were later reimbursed, former employees say — Louis DeJoy's prolific campaign fundraising, which helped position him as a top Republican power broker in North Carolina and ultimately as head …
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Political Wire
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump prepares a new fall offensive: Branding Kamala Harris — Kamala Harris is about to get the Trump treatment. — President Donald Trump has long excelled at ridiculing opponents and fomenting rivalries among those around him — from contestants on “The Apprentice” to his top aides inside the White House.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's law and order campaign isn't working — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new CNN/SSRS poll has former Vice President Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by a 51% to 43% margin. — That 8-point margin matches a Grinnell College/Selzer & Co. poll published this week as well and is in-line with the national polling average.
New York Times:
A New Front in America's Pandemic: College Towns — The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return. — IOWA CITY, Iowa — Last month, facing a budget shortfall of at least $75 million because of the pandemic, the University …
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Politico
New York Times:
At Least 4 Boats Sink During ‘Trump Boat Parade’ in Texas, Officials Say — No injuries were immediately reported at the event, which was taking place on Lake Travis. — The authorities rescued numerous people from the waters of Lake Travis in Texas on Saturday after at least four boats sank …
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Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
Multiple vessels sink during a Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis in Texas and people are rescued from the water - as nationwide MAGA celebrations kick off for the Labor Day weekend
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Axios
Hojun Choi / Austin American-Statesman:
Hundreds rally but some boats are swamped in Lake Travis parade for Trump
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NBC News
New York Times:
In Final Stretch, Biden Defends Lead Against Trump's Onslaught — The president is attempting to overtake his Democratic challenger with a strategy of racial polarization in heavily white Midwestern states, even as Democrats make inroads in the Republican-leaning South and West.
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Daily Mail:
Wealthy NYC college student, 20, is among eight arrested for ‘causing $100,000 worth of damage to businesses in Manhattan during BLM rampage’ — A wealthy college student is among the eight people arrested on rioting charges after participants in a Black Lives Matter protest went on a rampage in Manhattan …
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The Gateway Pundit and New York Post
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New York Post:
Wealthy NYC woman busted in BLM rampage
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The Post Millennial, Fox News and Althouse
Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News:
He once thought Hillary Clinton and Lady Gaga ate babies. Now he wants to help people out of QAnon — Stephen Ross went from being one of Lady Gaga's “little monsters” in high school to believing she was a cannibal pedophile. — The Massachusetts native says he was a sheltered kid with …
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Our Long, Forgotten History of Election-Related Violence — President Trump has sparked dangerous lawlessness, but killing and destruction linked to political antagonisms are nothing new for this country. — In the fall of 1856, according to news reports, a Baltimore resident named Charles Brown was …
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
This rural Virginia community thought it could escape the pandemic. Now, it has among the highest number of new cases in the state. — ST. PAUL, Va. — In the brightest red corner of Virginia, where “Trump Digs Coal” signs dot the Appalachian mountain hollers, Jerry Estep first brushed off the coronavirus as an urban plague.
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
What Joe Biden didn't let himself see in Pennsylvania — PITTSBURGH — Sometimes, we are presented with opportunities that could change how we view the world outside the bubble of our daily lives. One event can change how we see people, talk to people, and understand people and where they live …
Maria Carrasco / Politico:
Michigan secretary of state warns Election Day could be Election Week — Asked by NBC host Chuck Todd whether she was concerned over candidates being falsely declared as the winner on election night, she said yes. — “The changes in the postal service, if nothing else …
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Companies Recruit 350,000 Poll Workers for U.S. Election — Hundreds of businesses are giving employees paid time off to work the polls and to vote — Big employers including Gap Inc.'s Old Navy, Target Corp. and Warby Parker are telling employees they can take paid time off to volunteer …
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump referred to Marines buried at cemetery in France in crude and derogatory terms, a former senior administration official says — (CNN)President Donald Trump referred to fallen US service members at the Aisne-Marne cemetery in crude and derogatory terms during a November 2018 trip to France …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's bad marriage with the military has finally exploded
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Raw Story
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Here's what the media must do to fend off an election-night disaster — I learned about the hazards of election night the hard way. In late 2000, only a year into my job as the Buffalo News's top editor, I had to make the high-anxiety wee-hours decision about a main headline for the paper's first Wednesday morning print editions.
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