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Biden gains edge in Arizona over Trump and has big lead in Minnesota — Battleground Tracker poll — Every four years it can seem like the path to the presidency runs through the same list of well-trodden battleground states. But this time, we're on some newer turf: Democrats are contesting …
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Vox, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Politico
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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, Washington Times and The Daily Caller
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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Axios, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill and New York Post
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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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Biden's national lead matters — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Monmouth University poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden holds a 51% to 44% lead over President Donald Trump among likely voters. Among registered voters, it's Biden 51% to 42% for Trump.
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Fox News Poll Shows Americans Saying Biden Is More Mentally Sound Than Trump to Serve as President
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Deep skepticism for Trump's coronavirus response endures: POLL
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CANNONFIRE, The Hill and ABC7
Chris Jackson / Ipsos:
Ipsos - News & Polls : News - Most Americans say President Trump moved too slowly on coronavirus pandemic
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The Hill
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.
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Axios, Washington Post and The Hill
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Jake Tapper Abruptly Ends Peter Navarro Interview After Clash on Trump Covid Response: 'You're Not Answering the Question' — CNN's Jake Tapper abruptly ended his interview with White House adviser Peter Navarro after repeatedly confronting him and clashing with him on President Donald Trump's admission …
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New York Post, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Hill and The Daily Beast
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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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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Redstate, The Gateway Pundit and Law & Crime
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 …
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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Axios
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg to spend at least $100 million in Florida to benefit Joe Biden — Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg plans to spend at least $100 million in Florida to help elect Democrat Joe Biden, a massive late-stage infusion of cash that could reshape the presidential contest in a costly toss …
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Matthew Cappucci / Washington Post:
California's wildfire smoke plumes are unlike anything previously seen — Smoke plumes have reached 55,000 feet in height, with embedded thunderstorms, lightning and possible tornadoes — More than 3.1 million acres have burned in California this year, part of a record fire season that still has four months to go.
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Washington Monthly and Media Matters for America
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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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Politico
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Court Blocks Postal-Service Election Mailer in Colorado — State says agency postcard sent to households spreads inaccurate information about mail-in voting — Colorado won a temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Postal Service from sending the state's households a postcard about voting by mail …
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CNN, Bloomberg, The Hill and Common Dreams
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Trump Endorses Extrajudicial Executions: Killing of Antifa Suspect Was “Retribution” — President Donald Trump appeared to give a nod to law enforcement officers killing suspected criminals, describing the death of an alleged shooting suspect by U.S. Marshals as “retribution.”
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Vanity Fair, Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones and Mediaite
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 …
Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Trump signs executive order to lower drug prices in fight against Big Pharma — The order aims to provide Americans with the same prices foreign buyers enjoy — President Trump signed an executive order Sunday to lower the cost of prescription drugs, he revealed on Twitter.
Tom Brueggemann / IndieWire:
‘Tenet’ Earns $6.7 Million, Total Box Office Is Under $15 Million: Theaters Are in a World of Hurt — Aided by 100 additional theater openings, “Tenet” fell only 29 percent in its second North American weekend. That's a good hold — however, that represents just $6.7 million in 2,910 theaters.
Politico:
Mormons rejected Trump as blasphemous. Now he likely can't win without them. — In 2016, Mormons rejected Donald Trump in numbers unheard of for a Republican nominee — viewing the thrice-married, immigrant-bashing Republican as an affront to their values.
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Washington Post, Associated Press and Raw Story
Axios:
NRA's political influence dwindling ahead of the election — The National Rifle Association has spent $9.2 million on political expenditures this cycle, about one-sixth of the $54.4 million reported in 2016, according to Federal Election Commission data tracked by Open Secrets.
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