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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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Politico:
Caputo apologizes to HHS staff, signals desire for medical leave — The health department's top spokesperson Michael Caputo called an emergency staff meeting on Tuesday to apologize for drawing negative attention to the Trump administration's health care strategy and signaled that he might …
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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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Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Jared Kushner responds to Trump publicly downplaying coronavirus threat — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner responded to tapes of President Donald Trump downplaying the threat of the coronavirus in March by saying Trump was “very forthcoming with the American people” about the dangers of the illness.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Woodward says there was ‘denial across the board’ in White House about severity of coronavirus
Woodward says there was ‘denial across the board’ in White House about severity of coronavirus
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Denise Chow / NBC News:
Biden receives endorsement from Scientific American, magazine's first in 175-year history — Scientific American has endorsed Joe Biden for president, the first time the venerable science magazine has backed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump's Perverse Campaign Strategy
Trump's Perverse Campaign Strategy
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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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Manu Raju / CNN:
Rank-and-file House members achieve rare bipartisan consensus in bid to press Hill leaders to cut stimulus deal
Rank-and-file House members achieve rare bipartisan consensus in bid to press Hill leaders to cut stimulus deal
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Republicans unveil new agenda if they win back House
Republicans unveil new agenda if they win back House
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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 …
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 …
CNN:
Louisville has settled Breonna Taylor's wrongful death lawsuit — (CNN)The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old EMT killed by police six months ago. — A source told CNN on Tuesday the agreement was a multimillion dollar settlement.
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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Breonna Taylor's Family to Receive $12 Million Settlement From City of Louisville
Breonna Taylor's Family to Receive $12 Million Settlement From City of Louisville
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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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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” …
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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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Washington Post, Axios, The Guardian and Political Wire
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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Alex Scarborough / ESPN:
LSU coach Ed Orgeron: ‘Most’ of team has contracted coronavirus — LSU coach Ed Orgeron said on Tuesday that most of his team has contracted COVID-19. — “Not all of our players but most of our players have caught it,” Orgeron told reporters. “I think that hopefully they won't catch …
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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 …
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
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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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NY State Attorney General, National Review and The Hill
Lizzie Karpen / Columbia Daily Spectator:
Columbia University Marching Band votes to disband after 116 years — After a history of disagreements with University administration and students, the Columbia University Marching Band voted to disband on Saturday night. Photography by Kate Della Pietra.
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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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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.
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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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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Biden campaign manager on Trump's return to rallies: ‘People will die’ — Joe Biden's campaign manager forcefully defended the Democratic nominee's pandemic-altered campaign activities, asserting Tuesday that “people will die” because of rallies held by President Donald Trump …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Last week was a disaster for voting rights in the courts — President Donald Trump looks on as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a rally in November 2019. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images — Republicans won two important court victories that could potentially shape the outcome of this year's elections.
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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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.
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 …