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New York Times:
How Trump's Billion-Dollar Campaign Lost Its Cash Advantage — Five months ago, President Trump's re-election campaign had a huge financial edge over Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s. The Times conducted an extensive review of how the Trump team spent lavishly to show how that advantage evaporated.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump to announce SCOTUS list as early as Wednesday — DRIVING THE DAY — HAPPY BEGINNING TO THE END of the summer 2020 — did it even happen at all? — and thanks to Blake Hounshell for taking the wheel for a few days. — NEW ... TWO WHITE HOUSE HAPPENINGS for your radar …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs Putting Up to $100 Million of His Cash Into Race — Discussions follow heavy spending by campaign earlier in year — Biden reported record $365 million fundraising haul in August — President Donald Trump has discussed spending as much as $100 million of his own money …
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump doubles down on crime message as polls suggest it's a risky gamble
Trump doubles down on crime message as polls suggest it's a risky gamble
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National Review, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Issues & Insights, American Thinker and American Greatness
CNN:
Trump launches unprecedented attack on military leadership he appointed — (CNN)President Donald Trump launched an unprecedented public attack against the leadership of the US military on Monday, accusing them of waging wars to boost the profits of defense manufacturing companies.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump says Pentagon chiefs are accommodating weapons makers — President Donald Trump on Monday accused the United States' military leadership of being beholden to arms manufacturers, in an attack on his own administration only days after reports that he had mocked fallen soldiers.
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Yael Halon / Fox News:
John Bolton denies claim Trump disparaged fallen American soldiers in France: ‘Simply false’ — ‘The main issue was whether or not weather conditions permitted the president to go’ — Former national security adviser John Bolton disputed the main thesis of The Atlantic's recent report alleging …
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Isaac Stone Fish / Washington Post:
Why Disney's new ‘Mulan’ is a scandal — The most devastating part of “Mulan,” Disney's much-anticipated live-action remake of the 1998 animated film, isn't the story. It's the credits. The film retells the ancient Chinese tale of Hua Mulan, a filial daughter who dresses as a man to join the army …
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BBC, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Althouse, The Verge and The Wrap
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
House Oversight Committee will investigate Louis DeJoy following claims he pressured employees to make campaign donations — House Democrats are launching an investigation of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and called for his immediate suspension following accusations that he reimbursed former employees …
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
The Left Secretly Preps for MAGA Violence After Election Day — DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS — The progressive coalition Fight Back Table has been meeting to game out what happens if Joe Biden doesn't win by a landslide. It's not pretty. — Last week, a coalition of leading progressive groups gathered …
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign — WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect of a vaccine to shield Americans from coronavirus infection emerged Monday as a point of contention in the White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “disparaging” …
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Richard Wolffe / The Guardian:
John Kerry on Biden's foreign policy: 'He'd never lavish praise on dictators'
John Kerry on Biden's foreign policy: 'He'd never lavish praise on dictators'
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Washington Times and The Federalist
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says a Biden-Harris administration would ‘destroy’ country, economy
Trump says a Biden-Harris administration would ‘destroy’ country, economy
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
A battleground haunted by the ghosts of 2016 — KENOSHA — Republicans here admit they're battling intense energy on the Democratic side. After a dropoff in turnout four years ago, Democrats came roaring back in the 2018 midterms and held strong in this year's local elections.
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Politico:
Senate returns with a path to nowhere on coronavirus aid — The Senate returns from its August recess Tuesday with no signs of progress on a new coronavirus relief package — and only days to reach a deal before lawmakers head back home to campaign. — Despite weeks of high-level talks between …
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Matthew Doran / ABC:
Last two Australian correspondents pulled out of China after five-day diplomatic standoff over national security case — The ABC and the Australian Financial Review have rushed their correspondents out of China after police demanded interviews with both journalists, resulting in an extraordinary diplomatic standoff.
Gray Rohrer / Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis itching to reopen just about everything but Florida's government — TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to reopen Florida to help the state emerge from the coronavirus shutdown, but the government he oversees remains largely closed. — There hasn't been an in-person Cabinet meeting since February.
John Ismay / New York Times:
At Least 37 Million People Have Been Displaced by America's War on Terror — A new report calculates the number of people who fled because of wars fought by the United States since Sept. 11, 2001. — At least 37 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the wars fought …
Jacob Silverman / Slate:
A Russian Disinformation Operation Tried to Recruit Me — What's weird is that its output—written by real American journalists—hardly looks dangerous at all. — On Sept. 1, Larry Krakow, a butcher from Queens, was cutting meat at his job at a mom-and-pop shop on Long Island, when his phone started “dinging like crazy.”
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
Trump Emerges as Inspiration for Germany's Far Right — Among German conspiracy theorists, ultranationalists and neo-Nazis, the American president is surfacing as a rallying cry, or even as a potential “liberator.” — BERLIN — Just before hundreds of far-right activists recently tried …
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Sam Sutton / Politico:
How Covid-19 made New Jersey's Phil Murphy the most powerful governor in America — TRENTON — New Jersey endows its governors with the most executive power in the nation. Chris Christie knew it and used that broad authority to become a hero of the Republican Party …
CNN:
Fox undermines Fox — For years, Fox News has worked to undermine and discredit the work of other news organizations that have reported damning details about President Trump and his administration. But on Friday, something unusual happened: The network turned a skeptical eye toward reporting from its own correspondent.
CBS News:
Probe launched after bags of mail dumped in 2 spots in L.A. area — An investigation was underway after surveillance video captured bags of mail being dumped in the parking lot of a Glendale spa, CBS Los Angeles reports. The video, taken outside of 7Q salon, shows a Budget box truck backed into the parking lot.
Tal Schneider / Globes Online:
US Ambassador to rent Herzliya residence from Adelson — The US Embassy may have moved to Jerusalem and Sheldon Adelson is buying the Herzliya home for NIS 300 million but David Friedman will continue living there. — Last week “Globes” exclusively revealed that US billionaire Sheldon Adelson …