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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Journalists Aren't the Enemy of the People. But We're Not Your Friends. — President Trump will try to put the media on the ballot, and reporters face the increasing temptation to posture for those most eager to oust him. — The worst thing about being a reporter in the age of Donald Trump is …
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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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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump, under fire for alleged comments about veterans, has a long history of disparaging military service — As Donald Trump laid the groundwork in 1999 to run for president as the Reform Party candidate, he made a little-remembered attack on the person he saw as a rival in a possible general election campaign: Republican John McCain.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Michael Cohen's Book Says Trump Held ‘Low Opinions of All Black Folks’ — The president's former fixer describes him as a mob boss figure who made racist insults, was driven by hatred for President Barack Obama and engaged in underhanded tactics against opponents.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Kevin McCarthy warns Trump's war on mail could screw GOP — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is privately encouraging voting by mail and warned President Trump the party could be “screwed” by his fight against mail-in voting. — The big picture: “We could lose based on that …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Republicans see two conflicting paths in uphill fight to take back House majority
Republicans see two conflicting paths in uphill fight to take back House majority
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
More Than Ever, Trump Casts Himself as the Defender of White America — Presenting himself as a warrior against identity politics, the president has increasingly made appeals to the grievances of white supporters a centerpiece of his re-election campaign. — WASHINGTON — After a summer …
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Alexis Benveniste / CNN:
The Atlantic's editor-in-chief says his story about Trump calling vets ‘losers’ is just the beginning — New York (CNN Business)Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said his magazine's story about Trump calling Americans who died in battle “losers” and “suckers,” was just the tip of the iceberg.
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Alexis Benveniste / CNN:
Trump attacks the sixth-richest woman in the world for her ties to The Atlantic
Trump attacks the sixth-richest woman in the world for her ties to The Atlantic
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump continues counterattack on military comments
Trump continues counterattack on military comments
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Brian MacQuarrie Globe / The Boston Globe:
Last year, he was the country's top military officer. Now, he is retired on the South Shore. — Joe Dunford wore the Marine Corps uniform for 42 years, but the retired four-star general has swapped the battle space in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as political skirmishes in Washington, for a South Shore home a block from the ocean.
Financial Times:
UK plan to undermine withdrawal treaty threatens Brexit trade talks — Internal market bill to override parts of N Ireland protocol as Johnson says sides should move on if no deal by Oct 15 — The UK is planning new legislation that will override key parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement …
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Emma Anderson / Politico:
Boris Johnson: Britain will move on if there's no Brexit deal
Boris Johnson: Britain will move on if there's no Brexit deal
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Politico, One America News Network and Associated Press
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Bay Ridge Couple Forced Off NYC Ferry In Handcuffs Over Refusal To Wear Masks — A Brooklyn couple was pulled from a city ferry in handcuffs on Saturday night after refusing the captain's order to wear a mask or leave the boat. The husband and wife, who were headed home to Bay Ridge …
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TheBlaze, New York Post and Law & Crime
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump and allies ratchet up disinformation efforts in late stage of campaign — For President Trump and his allies, it was a week spent spreading doctored and misleading videos. — On Aug. 30, the president retweeted footage of a Black man violently pushing a White woman on a subway platform under …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Biden's lead over Trump is the steadiest on record — (CNN)New CBS News/YouGov polls reveal that former Vice President Joe Biden maintains his grip on the 2020 race for president. — Biden's up 52% to 42% over President Donald Trump among likely voters nationally, and he has a 50% to 44% edge …
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Anne Diebel / The New York Review of Books:
Trumps on the Couch — Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man — In 1996, at a boozy lunch in Manhattan, a Connecticut lawyer was told about the Trump Organization's “punishment room” by an Atlantic City lawyer who said that he had represented Donald Trump's casino interests.
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump says Department of Education will investigate use of 1619 Project in schools — (CNN)President Donald Trump is continuing to wage battle against interpretations of history which he claims are un-American. — In a Sunday morning tweet, the President said the US Department of Education …
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New York Post:
Wealthy NYC woman busted in BLM rampage — That's rich. — One of the Black Lives Matter protesters now facing felony rioting and misdemeanor graffiti charges — after a window-smashing free-for-all in Manhattan — is a wealthy Upper East Sider whose mother is an architect and whose father is a child psychiatrist.
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