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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into John Bolton's Book — Investigators are examining whether the former national security adviser illegally disclosed classified information. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether President Trump's …
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Wall Street Journal:
Grand Jury Subpoenas Sent to John Bolton's Publisher and Agent — Former national security adviser denies wrongdoing, says White House seeks to block book for political purposes — Federal prosecutors issued grand jury subpoenas to former national security adviser John Bolton's publisher …
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CNN:
CNN polls: North Carolina a tight race, while Biden leads in Wisconsin — (CNN)The race for the presidency is near even in North Carolina and Democratic nominee Joe Biden holds a lead over President Donald Trump in Wisconsin, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in the battleground states.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Competitive Across State — Military vote weak for incumbent — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 3 to 5 point lead over Donald Trump in Florida, depending on a range of likely voter models. The Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll finds Biden with a large lead among Latino voters …
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Trump in ‘Fox & Friends’ interview claims coronavirus vaccine coming ‘in a matter of weeks’
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Danielle Pletka / Washington Post:
I never considered voting for Trump in 2016. I may be forced to vote for him this year. — Danielle Pletka is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. — In 2016, I never considered voting for Donald Trump. The Johnny-come-lately Republican and his nasty schoolyard jibes seemed …
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Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
The Anti-Flight 93 Election — The best case for Donald Trump is actually a pretty good case for Joe Biden. — I've recently noticed a miniature wave of former Never Trumpers (or at least those who claim they were Never Trump) recanting and saying they have to vote for Donald Trump …
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Frustrated lawmakers draft their own pandemic aid package — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Tuesday will put forward their own plan to deliver badly needed coronavirus relief amid a bitter stalemate between their party leaders. — The House Problem Solvers Caucus has assembled …
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Republicans unveil new agenda if they win back House
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Rank-and-file House members achieve rare bipartisan consensus in bid to press Hill leaders to cut stimulus deal
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Centrist House group offers bipartisan COVID-19 relief deal
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump's Perverse Campaign Strategy — If the president's allies are talking about the moment “shooting will begin” and “martial law,” it's not by accident. — On Sunday, Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services …
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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Breonna Taylor's Family to Receive $12 Million Settlement From City of Louisville — In the aftermath of the botched police raid in which Ms. Taylor was killed, the city also agreed to institute changes in policing. — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After months of protests that turned Breonna Taylor's name …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
He Hunted Bin Laden for CIA. Now He Wants Americans Dead. — ‘ELIMINATE THEM’ — Michael Scheuer used to hunt Osama bin Laden, whom he now says he admires. Now his quarry is Donald Trump's enemies, whom he equates with terrorists. — The former senior CIA official once in charge …
Pew Research Center:
U.S. Image Plummets Internationally as Most Say Country Has Handled Coronavirus Badly — Ratings for Trump remain poor — This analysis focuses on public opinion of the United States in 13 countries in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Views of the U.S. and its president …
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ProPublica:
Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration — Wildfires rage in the West. Hurricanes batter the East. Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation. Life has become increasingly untenable in the hardest-hit areas, but if the people there move, where will everyone go?
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Laura Ly / CNN:
Judge rules Chad Wolf likely unlawfully serving as Homeland Security secretary and temporarily blocks some asylum restrictions — (CNN)A Maryland federal judge on Friday ruled that Chad Wolf is likely unlawfully serving as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and temporarily barred …
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National Review, NY State Attorney General and The Hill
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Washington's cozy media-political cocktail circuit needs a cooling-off. Now is the perfect time. — From the perspective of the Washington women involved in “Girls' Night Out,” the social gathering was friendly, professionally helpful, and harmless. — For about 10 years …
Politico:
Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets. — A digital ad released by a fundraising arm of the Trump campaign on Sept. 11 calling on people to “support our troops” uses a stock photo of Russian-made fighter jets and Russian models dressed as soldiers.
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Bryce Baschuk / Bloomberg:
U.S. Violated Trade Rules With Tariffs on China, WTO Says — WTO panel upholds a complaint filed by China over U.S. tariffs — The U.S. imposed levies over intellectual rights violations — The World Trade Organization undercut the main justification for President Donald Trump's trade war …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin election clerks rush to mail ballots after delay — Election clerks in Wisconsin are rushing to mail absentee ballots less than 24 hours after the state Supreme Court lifted its temporary freeze on sending them while it considered a legal challenge
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin decided the 2016 election. We'll have to wait on them in 2020.
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Carter Sherman / VICE:
Staggering Number of Hysterectomies Happening at ICE Facility, Whistleblower Says — “We've questioned among ourselves, like, goodness, he's taking everybody's stuff out,” said a former nurse at the facility. “That's his specialty, he's the uterus collector.” — CS
Rick Wartzman / Fast Company:
‘We were shocked’: RAND study uncovers massive income shift to the top 1% — Just how far has the working class been left behind by the winner-take-all economy? A new analysis by the RAND Corporation examines what rising inequality has cost Americans in lost income—and the results are stunning.
Politico:
How Trump's Middle East Plan Could Boost the Region — Four years ago, in the midst of a divisive U.S. presidential election, we led a bipartisan task force taking a renewed and comprehensive look at the Middle East. In addition to the region's many problems, we identified “green shoots” …
Washington Post:
More cities and states are opening bars and restaurants despite mounting evidence of potential danger — Where indoor dining is allowed, as of Sept. 14 — Where indoor dining is allowed, as of Sept. 14 — In New York City, diners will be able to have a meal inside a restaurant at the end of the month …
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Erik Schatzker / Bloomberg:
Bill Gates Wonders Whether FDA Can Be Trusted on a Covid Vaccine — Philanthropist says political pressure cost agency credibility — Polls show confidence slipping as Trump pushes for approval — Bill Gates used to think of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the world's premier public-health authority.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Last week was a disaster for voting rights in the courts — Republicans won two important court victories that could potentially shape the outcome of this year's elections. — We are now less than two months from Election Day, and the next several weeks are likely to bring a rush …
Axios:
Boats, flags and merchandise: Trump is core to supporters' identity — If President Trump defies today's swing-state polls and pulls off another upset, what will we have missed that could have been a clue? — Here's a big one: Trump flotillas ... Trump flags bigger than American flags …
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The Day
Washington Post:
President Trump and Attorney General William Barr are a perfect match. The question is, who's using whom? — How President Trump and his attorney general use each other — One evening in May 1992, an obscure Catholic lay society in Arlington, Va., presented its annual award …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
White evangelicals and Catholics may finally be opening their ears — To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. — Jeremiah was as good as it gets in the prophet business, but he could be a bit of a downer.
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Mother Jones and Catholic News Agency
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Noted Bibliophobe Donald Trump Claims He Read 466-Page Woodward Book in One Night — President Trump appeared on Fox & Friends again this morning, rambling on for 45 minutes until the hosts mercifully told him it was time for him to leave. During his appearance he regaled the audience with a brief …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
The Right Wing's New Election Boogeyman — It's not her vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh or her vote against impeaching President Trump that could ultimately end Susan Collins' bid for another term. — For the Democrats dead-set on defeating Republican Sen. Susan Collins this November …
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