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John Harwood / CNN:
As he fends off more revelations, Trump is running short of time and targets — (CNN)Judging from earlier scandals, revelations about President Donald Trump's deceit about coronavirus and derogation of fallen soldiers won't repel many of his supporters. — But that doesn't mean the revelations don't hurt him.
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Raw Story, Fox News and The Daily Caller
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Shadi Hamid / The Atlantic:
The Democrats May Not Be Able to Concede — This is the era of expecting the worst while hoping for the merely tolerable. Some might say that the worst is already happening—economic disaster and 190,000 dead from a pandemic—while the president and his surrogates insist, in a feat of self-delusion, that the “best is yet to come.”
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National Journal, Lawyers, Guns & Money, ABC News, The Message Box, The Hill, Redstate, Mediaite and The National Interest
Grant Hermes / WDIV-TV:
Michigan Lt. Gov. on virus response: ‘Trump is a liar who has killed people’
Michigan Lt. Gov. on virus response: ‘Trump is a liar who has killed people’
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The Hill
CBS News:
Biden gains edge in Arizona over Trump and has big lead in Minnesota — Battleground Tracker poll
Biden gains edge in Arizona over Trump and has big lead in Minnesota — Battleground Tracker poll
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Vox and Politico
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Fox News Poll Shows Americans Saying Biden Is More Mentally Sound Than Trump to Serve as President
Fox News Poll Shows Americans Saying Biden Is More Mentally Sound Than Trump to Serve as President
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Raw Story, The Mahablog, Press Herald, Vox and Conservative Review
LAist:
LAist Reporter Josie Huang Arrested While Covering Protest — Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrested KPCC/LAist Correspondent Josie Huang late Saturday while she was covering the ambush shooting of two deputies in Compton. — Even as she was being thrown to the ground, Huang …
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Los Angeles Times, ABC7, Townhall, Breitbart, The Federalist, NPR, The Hill, Variety, Slate, Patterico's Pontifications, Deadline and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
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Emily Zanotti / The Daily Wire:
LA Sheriffs: NPR Reporter Arrested For ‘Interfering’ With Cops As They Tried To Control BLM Protests Outside Hospital — A Los Angeles National Public Radio reporter was arrested early Sunday, Los Angeles County Sheriffs said, after she “interfered” with police trying to prevent alleged Black …
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ABC7, Slate, Redstate and The Gateway Pundit
James Downie / Washington Post:
The whiny core of Trumpism — Few Trump White House members have survived the administration's tumult as well as Peter Navarro. The economics professor and failed California political candidate is officially the director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy; unofficially …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Top White House aide's interview goes haywire over Trump coronavirus remarks — An interview with top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday went off the rails after he was pressed about revelations last week that President Donald Trump intentionally downplayed coronavirus in the early months of the pandemic.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything. Then Its Own Scandal Hit. — Internal documents show how a source ended up in jail — and the fallout in the newsroom. — Where were you when you first heard about the Snowden leak? — The huge breach of the National Security Agency's …
CNN:
Trump to hold first entirely indoor rally in nearly three months — (CNN)President Donald Trump is expected to rally thousands of supporters indoors on Sunday for the first time in nearly three months. — The campaign rally in Henderson, Nevada — which will be held inside a facility …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
On Western swing, Trump aims to court pivotal Latino voters — LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday aimed for further inroads with Latinos who could prove vital in closely contested states that could determine the White House race, promoting economic gains they made before the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bloomberg
New York Times:
Oracle Chosen as TikTok's Tech Partner, as Microsoft's Bid Is Rejected — The moves came as the clock ticks down on President Trump's executive order to block the Chinese-owned social media app. — WASHINGTON — The Chinese owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle to be the app's technology partner …
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Gizmodo, NBC Boston, KNSD-TV, Deadline, The Verge and ABC7, more at Techmeme »
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Oracle leapfrogs Microsoft as most likely TikTok buyer
Oracle leapfrogs Microsoft as most likely TikTok buyer
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South China Morning Post, One America News Network, Engadget, The Verge, The Wrap, ABC7 and Conservative Review, more at Techmeme »
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Goodbye, readers, and good luck — you'll need it — It's time to quit. Since coming to Washington in 1969 as a young reporter, I have written, by my crude calculation, about 2 million words, most of them columns for The Post, Newsweek and the National Journal.
Politico:
Officials: Iran weighs plot to kill U.S. ambassador to South Africa — The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen the intelligence.
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Fox News and New York Post
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
I'm numb to crazy stuff Trump says, but utterly terrified of crazy stuff Americans believe — I'm starting to think everything we know about Bob Woodward, arguably America's most famous living journalist, is wrong. I mean, nothing will ever erase what the Washington Post-reporter-turned-author accomplished …
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Donald Trump's conversations with Bob Woodward about coronavirus, Black Lives Matter and nuclear war — In taped conversations with a Washington Post journalist, President Trump said he wanted to downplay the severity of the coronavirus. And the recordings reveal the President's view …
Julia Terruso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A Pennsylvania town once known as ‘communism on the prairie’ is all about Trump now — NORVELT, Pa. — Lois Weyandt was only 7 when her family moved to this government-built town in Southwestern Pennsylvania. — They had lost their home during the Great Depression, and Norvelt …
CNN:
Joe Biden: There's a smarter way to be tough on Iran — Former Vice President Joe Biden is the Democratic nominee for President. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. — (CNN)When Donald Trump ran for President, he promised a “better deal” …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
'Biden didn't stop the black plague': GOP chair Ronna Romney humiliated trying to blame Biden for Trump's COVID failure — COVID-19 is so-named because it first surfaced on the planet in 2019. It's something that Republicans seem to be struggling to understand.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden-Trump a 5-point race in post-convention poll — Both tickets have secured the backing of their key voting blocs — The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket is ahead of the Donald Trump-Mike Pence ticket by a 51-46 percent margin. That 5 percentage-point advantage sits right …
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Axios, New York Post and The Hill
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Biden's national lead matters
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Trump says he has signed new executive order to lower drug prices — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had signed a new executive order aimed at lowering drug prices in the United States by linking them to those of other nations.
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NPR, STAT and Washington Times
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Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Trump signs executive order to lower drug prices in fight against Big Pharma
Trump signs executive order to lower drug prices in fight against Big Pharma
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The Hill and One America News Network
New York Times:
Wildfires Live Updates: ‘It Is Apocalyptic,’ Senator Says of Destruction — At least 24 people have died in the fires. In Oregon, which has taken the biggest blow in the last few days, officials have warned that the toll could climb. — RIGHT NOW Severe air pollution that has left people across …
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Matthew Cappucci / Washington Post:
California's wildfire smoke plumes are unlike anything previously seen
California's wildfire smoke plumes are unlike anything previously seen
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Washington Monthly and Media Matters for America
New York Times:
In Visiting a Charred California, Trump Confronts a Scientific Reality He Denies — A president who has mocked climate change and pushed policies that accelerate it is set to be briefed on the scorched earth and ash-filled skies that experts say are the predictable result.
Washington Post:
How former Trump adviser Steve Bannon joined forces with a Chinese billionaire who has divided the president's allies — When federal agents arrested former chief White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon off the coast of Connecticut on Aug. 20, he was relaxing on a 150-foot yacht belonging …
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Pompeo bringing back ‘Madison Dinners’ mid-pandemic — WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is quietly relaunching his extravagant, taxpayer-funded “Madison Dinners” during the coronavirus pandemic, even as Congress scrutinizes his use of government resources to entertain CEOs …