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6:45 AM ET, September 14, 2020

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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 …
Discussion: CNN
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Top White House aide's interview goes haywire over Trump coronavirus remarks
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
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 …
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 …
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.
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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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Biden's national lead matters
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Vox
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Fox News and New York Post
CNN:
Trump holds first entirely indoor rally in nearly three months  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump spoke to thousands of supporters indoors on Sunday for the first time in nearly three months.  —  Trump attacked Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's voting record and mental acuity …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
On Western swing, Trump aims to court pivotal Latino voters
Discussion: Bloomberg
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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.
Discussion: Twitchy
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Deadline and Axios
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Coronavirus cases are growing in 11 U.S. states as Fauci warns of ‘disturbing’ data  — Covid-19 cases were growing by 5% or more, based on a weekly average to smooth out daily reporting, in 11 states as of Sunday, according to a CNBC analysis of data collected by Johns Hopkins University, an increase from eight states on Friday.
Discussion: NBC Boston
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” …
Discussion: Politico
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.
Discussion: Reuters
Grant Hermes / WDIV-TV:
Michigan Lt. Gov. on virus response: ‘Trump is a liar who has killed people’  —  Michigan officials condemn Trump's response to coronavirus pandemic, more  —  Michigan's Lieutenant Governor said that the U.S. President's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic “has killed people” during a live virtual event on Saturday.
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
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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Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Trump signs executive order to lower drug prices in fight against Big Pharma
 
 
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Kris Maher / Wall Street Journal:
Remote Schooling Out of Reach for Many Students in West Virginia Without Internet
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
G-20 leaders, don't forget the women's rights advocates rotting in Saudi prisons
Tamara Keith / NPR:
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Discussion: The Hill
Asma Khalid / NPR:
Republicans Are Knocking On Doors. Democrats Aren't. Biden's Campaign Says That's OK
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Axios:
NRA's political influence dwindling ahead of the election
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Washington Post:
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
How Kamala Harris's Immigrant Parents Found a Home, and Each Other, in a Black Study Group
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