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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Barr tells Republicans Durham report won't be ready by election — Attorney General Bill Barr has begun telling top Republicans that the Justice Department's sweeping review into the origins of the Russia investigation will not be released before the election, a senior White House official …
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New York Times:
Trump Lashes Out at His Aides With Calls to Indict Political Rivals — The pressure on his top administration officials to take action came as President Trump bristled at the restraints of his illness. — WASHINGTON — President Trump berated his own cabinet officers on Thursday …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Coughing Trump tells Hannity he's healthy and ready to hold rallies — New York (CNN Business)Recuperating from the coronavirus and plunging in the polls, President Trump is retreating to his safe spaces: Twitter, Fox, and rallies. — On Thursday Trump started and ended his day on Fox.
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New York Times:
TRUMP ENGINEERED A SUDDEN WINDFALL IN 2016 AS CAMPAIGN FUNDS DWINDLED — Tax records expose more than $21 million in highly unusual payments from the Las Vegas hotel Donald Trump owns with Phil Ruffin, routed through other Trump companies and paid out in cash. — Donald J. Trump needed money.
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Ted Cruz warns the election ‘could be a bloodbath of Watergate proportions’ for GOP — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warned that Republicans could see “a bloodbath of Watergate proportions” if voters are angry and broke when casting their ballots this year. — He blamed Rep. Nancy Pelosi …
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CNN:
Stimulus negotiations: Trump signs off on a $1.8 trillion counter offer to Pelosi — Tapper: Trump's messages on stimulus are dizzying — (CNN)President Donald Trump has signed off on a roughly $1.8 trillion stimulus offer to be presented to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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Axios:
McConnell says stimulus “unlikely” before election despite Trump's desperation
McConnell says stimulus “unlikely” before election despite Trump's desperation
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Politico:
White House floats new Covid deal to Pelosi as McConnell remains skeptical
White House floats new Covid deal to Pelosi as McConnell remains skeptical
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New York Times:
Trump's Struggles Ripple Across the Sun Belt, Endangering G.O.P. Stronghold — President Trump is fading nationally as he alienates women, seniors and suburbanites, polls show. But private G.O.P. surveys show he is in close races in solidly red states, too.
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: With Clock Ticking Down, Trump Lashes Out
2020 Election Live Updates: With Clock Ticking Down, Trump Lashes Out
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Twitter:
Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election — Twitter plays a critical role around the globe by empowering democratic conversation, driving civic participation, facilitating meaningful political debate, and enabling people to hold those in power accountable.
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Will Turn Off Some Features to Fight Election Misinformation
Twitter Will Turn Off Some Features to Fight Election Misinformation
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ABC News:
Trump planning to host 1st in-person event since diagnosis at White House on Saturday: Sources — His doctor said the president can hold “public engagements” starting Saturday. — Trump calls virtual debate ‘waste of time’ — The latest on the next presidential debate …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Won't Travel Over Weekend, Ending Florida Rally Plan — President Donald Trump will remain at the White House this weekend, people familiar with the matter said, after he said he wanted to hold rallies in Florida and Pennsylvania despite questions over the stage of his recovery from Covid-19.
Timothy Annett / Bloomberg:
Fauci Calls White House Ceremony a ‘Super-Spreader Event’ — Trump, others tested positive for coronavirus after event — Many attendees had shunned masks, mingled closely indoors — Anthony Fauci, the U.S.'s top infectious-disease expert, said that a gathering in the White House Rose Garden …
Andrew Welsh-huggins / Associated Press:
Ohio county says nearly 50,000 voters received wrong ballots — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots in the county that is home to Ohio's capital, elections officials said Friday as they promised corrected ballots would be mailed within 72 hours.
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Ohio's Franklin County sees nearly 50K voters getting wrong absentee ballots, elections officials say
Ohio's Franklin County sees nearly 50K voters getting wrong absentee ballots, elections officials say
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Jessie Balmert / Cincinnati.com:
Federal judge: Ohio elections chief Frank LaRose can't limit ballot drop boxes, LaRose will appeal
Federal judge: Ohio elections chief Frank LaRose can't limit ballot drop boxes, LaRose will appeal
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Hannah Gilberstadt / Pew Research Center:
Amid Campaign Turmoil, Biden Holds Wide Leads on Coronavirus, Unifying the Country — Most Trump, Biden supporters say their differences go beyond policies to ‘core American values and goals’ — Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans view …
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Sara Atske / Pew Research Center:
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CNN:
Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose talks on Roe v. Wade hosted by anti-abortion groups on Senate paperwork — (CNN)Judge Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose two talks she gave in 2013 hosted by two anti-abortion student groups on paperwork provided to the Senate ahead of her confirmation hearing …
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Will Undergo Televised Medical Evaluation on Friday Night, Fox News Announces — SAY AAH — Cancel your Friday night plans immediately and prepare to be thrilled and maybe a little bit sick—because President Donald Trump is apparently going to have a “medical evaluation” on television.
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RealClearInvestigations:
Pelosis Take a Big Stake in CrowdStrike — The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike rose to global prominence in mid-June 2016 when it publicly accused Russia of hacking the Democratic National Committee and stealing its data. The previously unknown company's explosive allegation set off …
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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by 5 points in Texas, UT/TT Poll finds — The president leads the former vice president 50%-45% in Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. — Copy link — President Donald Trump leads former Vice President Joe Biden with the support …
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Marshall Zelinger / KUSA-TV:
9NEWS/Colorado Politics poll: Biden, Hickenlooper both ahead, Prop. 115 contest is close
9NEWS/Colorado Politics poll: Biden, Hickenlooper both ahead, Prop. 115 contest is close
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Washington Post:
Hope Hicks returned to the White House to pull Trump across the finish line. Then coronavirus hit. — When she returned to the White House on March 9 after two years away and a lucrative stint in corporate PR, Hope Hicks was supposed to be a talisman to re-create the magic of President Trump's against-the-odds 2016 campaign.
Fox News:
Debate commission claims Steve Scully's Twitter account hacked after Scaramucci tweet makes waves — C-SPAN host's tweet read: ‘@Scaramucci should I respond to trump’ — Debate commission co-chair suggests Steve Scully was ‘hacked’ as Scaramucci tweet makes waves
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Debate moderator Steve Scully raises eyebrows with tweet asking Scaramucci ‘should I respond to Trump’
Debate moderator Steve Scully raises eyebrows with tweet asking Scaramucci ‘should I respond to Trump’
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: The Northeast Held the Virus in Check. Now Cases Are Inching Up Again. — RIGHT NOW Broadway will stay closed at least through May. — Here's what you need to know: — ‘Eventually, slowly, it comes back’: The U.S. Northeast sees signs of a second wave.
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Washington Post:
Trump got a $21 million tax break for saving the forest outside his NY mansion. Now the deal is under investigation. — Five years ago, Donald Trump promised to preserve more than 150 acres of rolling woodlands in an exclusive swath of New York suburbia prized for its luxury homes and rural tranquility.
Associated Press:
Judge denies motion to extend Florida's voter registration — A federal judge has denied a motion to extend voter registration in Florida after a computer meltdown on the final day of registration might have prevented thousands of potential voters from taking part in November's presidential election
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The Daily Beast:
MAGA-Crazy Retirement Village Now Fears COVID—and Pence — “The virus was a hoax here until Trump got it,” one resident said. — MIAMI—Fresh off a vice presidential debate where he sported a reddish, sickly-looking eye, Vice President Mike Pence appears to be charging ahead with a plan …
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Palm Beach Post:
Post endorses: For the sake of our now fragile democracy, Biden for president — Rarely have so many Americans yearned so strongly to remove a sitting president. — Count The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board among them. — Donald J. Trump's intentionally divisive presidency is hurtling us toward …
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Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
US should not approve vaccine based on UK data, says Pelosi — Warning from Democratic House speaker comes on concerns that Trump will rush it out — Nancy Pelosi warned that a Covid-19 vaccine should not be authorised for use in the US based on data from British trials …
Aaron Sanderford / Omaha World-Herald:
Kara Eastman receives endorsement from Sen. McCollister, Republican who called out Trump — Democrat Kara Eastman celebrated her own aisle-crossing endorsement on Friday, with Republican State Sen. John McCollister bucking his party and backing her U.S. House bid.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton Says She Was Right All Along — Only one Democrat other than Joe Biden has experience running for president against Donald Trump, and she's not quite over 2016, or confident that Biden will be able to do what she couldn't. — Hillary Clinton has been in lockdown like everyone else.
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
How the “QAnon Candidate” Marjorie Taylor Greene Reached the Doorstep of Congress — “There's nothing she can do to lose my vote, unless she murdered a baby or something,” a local Republican official said. “Nothing.” — Georgia's Fourteenth Congressional District was created …
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Aaron Parseghian / WXMI:
Man charged in plot to kidnap Whitmer shared stage with West Michigan sheriff at rally — The Null brothers had ties to militia groups and were frequently seen at local demonstrations. Including at a rally in protest of Governor Whitmer's stay-at-home order, held last May in Grand Rapids.
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