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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Releases Tax Returns Ahead of Debate With Trump — The Democratic nominee paid nearly $300,000 in federal taxes for 2019, drawing a tax-disclosure contrast with the president — Former Vice President Joe Biden released his 2019 tax returns on Tuesday, showing that he paid nearly $300,000 …
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Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Analysis: Question of how Donald Trump's Scottish resorts are financed even more urgent — The revelatory reporting by the New York Times into Donald Trump's taxes shines a light on an area of the US president's finances that has long been shrouded in mystery, and with mere weeks to go until …
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The Nation, Business Insider, The American Independent, FiveThirtyEight and Mother Jones
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The art of diversion — On Sunday, the New York Times obtained Trump's tax returns, which revealed that he paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017. But wait, look over there! — Project Veritas, an organization run by right-wing polemicist James O'Keefe, claims it has …
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
New York Times and Trump taxes: Why it's not a campaign bombshell — How much will this affect the election? — Flipboard — President Trump calls New York Times tax report ‘totally made up’ — The battle over Amy Coney Barrett is pretty much over before it begins. That story is so Saturday.
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Fox News:
Trump camp seeks extra debate rule: Third party inspectors to look for electronic devices in candidates' ears — Biden campaign asking for two breaks during the 90 minute commercial free showdown — Top Trump campaign advisers preview first presidential debate
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump's adversarial relationship with presidential debate moderator Chris Wallace, explained
Trump's adversarial relationship with presidential debate moderator Chris Wallace, explained
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The Daily Dot, Raw Story, CBS News, The Nation and The Mahablog
Fox News:
Biden releases 2019 tax returns before debate, calls for Trump to release his
Biden releases 2019 tax returns before debate, calls for Trump to release his
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Patricia Kelly Yeo / The Daily Beast:
Schumer Refuses to Meet With Amy Coney Barrett, Calls Process ‘Illegitimate’ — BARRETT, SPURNED — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he doesn't plan to meet with Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's Supreme Court nominee officially announced Saturday.
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Andrew Perez / The Daily Poster:
We Still Don't Know Who Is Paying For Trump's SCOTUS Seats
We Still Don't Know Who Is Paying For Trump's SCOTUS Seats
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's Supreme Court choice meets with GOP senators as Republicans fast-track nomination
Trump's Supreme Court choice meets with GOP senators as Republicans fast-track nomination
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Political Wire, Associated Press, The Hill, USA Today, Talking Points Memo, The American Independent, WTOP, Bangor Daily News and Deseret News
Associated Press:
Barrett tied to faith group ex-members say subjugates women
Barrett tied to faith group ex-members say subjugates women
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Townhall, The Daily Caller, HillReporter.com, Raw Story, Bangor Daily News and Washington Free Beacon
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats want to avoid Kavanaugh 2.0
Senate Democrats want to avoid Kavanaugh 2.0
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Reuters, Twitchy and One America News Network
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Trump Secretly Mocks His Christian Supporters — One day in 2015, Donald Trump beckoned Michael Cohen, his longtime confidant and personal attorney, into his office. Trump was brandishing a printout of an article about an Atlanta-based megachurch pastor trying to raise $60 million from his flock to buy a private jet.
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Electoral College Rating Changes: Ohio and Iowa Move to Toss Up — In mid-June, we moved both Iowa and Ohio from Likely Republican to Lean Republican. At the time, we noted that while the polls were looking shaky for Pres. Trump, they were also catching him at what could be his lowest point of the cycle.
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Politico:
Flynn lawyer spoke with Trump, she reveals in contentious hearing — A federal judge on Tuesday pressed the lead lawyer for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn about her contacts with President Donald Trump and whether she had urged him or Attorney General William Barr to take any actions to influence the ongoing case.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Barr's Justice Department serves up talking points for Trump
Barr's Justice Department serves up talking points for Trump
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NBC News, Associated Press, One America News Network and Raw Story
Sarah Lynch / Reuters:
Flynn's lawyer says she talked to Trump about case, raising ethical concerns
Flynn's lawyer says she talked to Trump about case, raising ethical concerns
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Mueller pushes back on insider book faulting special counsel for not doing more to hold Trump accountable — Former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III pushed back Tuesday against a prosecutor in his office whose tell-all book alleges investigators should have done more to hold President Trump accountable …
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The Guardian, The Hill, NPR, Raw Story, Political Wire, Law & Crime and TIME
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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
An Insider's Look at How the Mueller Investigation Fell Flat
An Insider's Look at How the Mueller Investigation Fell Flat
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National Memo and CNN
Daily Mail:
Hospitalized Brad Parscale 'is under investigation for stealing up to $40million from Trump's campaign and $10million from the RNC', as he spirals out of control over White House ‘gravy train’ ending and mounting debt from his lavish lifest — Brad Parscale is under investigation …
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Business Insider, TheBlaze and Raw Story
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
HOW REALITY-TV FAME HANDED TRUMP A $427 MILLION LIFELINE — Tax records show that “The Apprentice” rescued Donald J. Trump, bringing him new sources of cash and a myth that would propel him to the White House. — From the back seat of a stretch limousine heading to meet the first contestants …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's Pennsylvania problem — With the first general election presidential debate set for Tuesday night, state polls are coming thick and fast. And perhaps none of them speak to how much President Trump has his work cut out for him than Pennsylvania. — Two new polls released Monday …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
In Pennsylvania, advantage Biden with a big boost from women: POLL
In Pennsylvania, advantage Biden with a big boost from women: POLL
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Trump — not Biden — is being underestimated going into the debate — In 2016, during one of her first prep sessions for the presidential debates with Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton listened to a litany of attacks from Philippe Reines, a longtime aide who was playing the role of Trump …
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
‘This is a nightmare’: New Yorkers get absentee ballots with the wrong return envelope — This year, Brooklyn resident Kabeer Malhotra requested an absentee ballot for the first time, hoping to avoid the perils of a voting booth during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Townhall, NBC New York, New York Times, Redstate and THE CITY
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Vanita Gupta / Washington Post:
Trump doesn't decide who wins the election. We do. — Vanita Gupta is president and chief executive of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She is the former head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. — In recent weeks, President Trump has been escalating …
Henry Fountain / New York Times:
Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest — A series of research papers renews hope that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the sun produces energy might be achievable. — Scientists developing a compact version of a nuclear fusion reactor have shown …
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Marginal REVOLUTION
New York Times:
Trump Has Sold Off America's Credibility for His Personal Gain — From China to Ukraine, this president has acted at odds with American foreign policy. Imagine what he could do with four more years. — Lt. Col. Vindman served on the National Security Council.
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Ben Nadler / Associated Press:
Pair of endorsements adds more fuel to Georgia Senate race — A pair of new high-profile endorsements are adding fuel to an already contentious special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — ATLANTA — A pair …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Hill
Sophie Carson / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
SOPHIE CARSON , MADELINE HEIM | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Milwaukee and Madison are no longer Wisconsin's coronavirus hotspots. — As the state's outbreak balloons to one of the nation's worst, the surge of cases and hospitalizations in Northeast Wisconsin is unlike anything the region has experienced since the pandemic began.
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Postal Service workers quietly resist DeJoy's changes with eye on election — Many USPS employees see recent cost-cutting changes that have slowed mail delivery as violating the spirit, if not the letter, of the law. — This summer, as controversial new procedures at the U.S. Postal Service snarled …
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Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller:
Police Used A Legally Dubious Tactic In Louisville, And I Found Myself Caught In The Middle Of It. Here's What Happened ... 11:02 pm. — Then I called my editor. 11:07 pm. No dice. Not sure what he would do anyhow. The police were closing in. — These were my last communications …
Tamara Lush / Associated Press:
They wanted disruption in 2016. Now they're Trump defectors — Shawna Jensen's moment of reckoning came in March, as she sat in her suburban Fort Worth, Texas, living room next to her fireplace. Her laptop was open to a Zoom happy hour with five girlfriends. She sucked in a breath, gripping her glass of red wine.
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Jay Price / NPR:
A Military 1st: A Supercarrier Is Named After An African American Sailor — FROM NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO - WUNC — Military names can echo down through the ages, a fact underlined by the current fight in Washington, D.C., between President Trump and Congress, which has voted to strip …