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Washington Post:
‘Unmasking’ probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report — The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to review whether Obama-era officials improperly requested the identities of individuals whose names were redacted …
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New York Post:
Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad — Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year before the elder Biden pressured government officials in Ukraine into firing …
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Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
Why The Amy Coney Barrett Hearings Are Verging On The Absurd — In her first day of questioning from senators, Supreme Court nominee Amy Comey Barrett wouldn't say how she would rule on abortion cases. Or Obamacare cases. Or gun rights cases. Or really anything else.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Postpone the election? Voter intimidation? Amy Coney Barrett is open to it.
Postpone the election? Voter intimidation? Amy Coney Barrett is open to it.
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Wall Street Journal, ABC News, CNN, New York Times, Raw Story, Associated Press and Florida Politics
John Duffy / Teacher-Scholar-Activist:
An Open Letter to Judge Amy Coney Barrett From Your Notre Dame Colleagues
An Open Letter to Judge Amy Coney Barrett From Your Notre Dame Colleagues
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump's words haunt Amy Coney Barrett as she vows not to be a ‘pawn’ on Supreme Court
Trump's words haunt Amy Coney Barrett as she vows not to be a ‘pawn’ on Supreme Court
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Bulk of Voters Continue to Back Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation
Bulk of Voters Continue to Back Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation
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Washington Post, The Hill and Bloomberg
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Amy Coney Barrett Explained Why She Doesn't Care About Preexisting Conditions
Amy Coney Barrett Explained Why She Doesn't Care About Preexisting Conditions
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Wall Street Journal, Axios, WOWK-TV, Politico and Vanity Fair
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Judge Amy Coney Barrett flips the script on Democrats over health care, notes when she adopted daughter
Judge Amy Coney Barrett flips the script on Democrats over health care, notes when she adopted daughter
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The Daily Beast, BBC and The Hill
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC Says Trump Will Hold Town Hall Meeting Thursday, Competing Against Biden — President Trump may not be debating Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the same stage on Thursday night as originally planned. But the two candidates will still face off head-to-head. — NBC News confirmed on Wednesday …
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NBC News:
NBC News to host town hall with Trump on Thursday — President Donald Trump will take part in an NBC News town hall event in Miami on Thursday, the network announced on Wednesday. — The town hall, moderated by “TODAY” anchor Savannah Guthrie, will take place on the same evening …
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Labor secretary's wife, who was at Rose Garden event, tests positive for coronavirus — (CNN)The Labor Department announced in a news release Tuesday night that Secretary Eugene Scalia's wife, Trish, has tested positive for coronavirus. The announcement said that Eugene Scalia has tested negative …
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Wife of Trump's labor secretary, who was at Barrett Rose Garden event, tests positive for Covid
Wife of Trump's labor secretary, who was at Barrett Rose Garden event, tests positive for Covid
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
First lady unseen as Trump restarts campaign after COVID-19
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention but appalls top scientists — Maverick scientists who call for allowing the coronavirus to spread freely at “natural” rates among healthy young people while keeping most aspects of the economy up and running …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: White House Embraces ‘Herd Immunity’ Declaration
Covid-19 Live Updates: White House Embraces ‘Herd Immunity’ Declaration
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New York Times:
‘Straight to Gunshots’: How a U.S. Task Force Killed an Antifa Activist — New accounts from the scene raise questions about whether Michael Reinoehl, suspected of killing a far-right Trump supporter, pulled out a gun before officers fatally shot him. — Michael Reinoehl was on the run.
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Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Trump's campaign nearly went broke for the 2020 home stretch amid Brad Parscale's $200 million budgeting misfire, Republicans tell Insider … - Before his ouster earlier this summer as President Donald Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale had been banking on a $200 million cash surge for October, Republicans told Insider.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Democrats dominate early voting in Florida — MIAMI — Republicans typically hold a slight edge in absentee ballot returns in Florida elections. But this year, there's been a stunning development. — For the first time ever at this stage of a general election, Democrats here are outvoting Republicans …
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Axios:
Joe Biden is the luckiest, least scrutinized frontrunner — Eight months ago, Joe Biden was in danger of losing the Democratic nomination. Now he's a prohibitive favorite for president — who got there with lots of luck and shockingly little scrutiny. — Why it matters …
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New York Times and The Guardian
Reuters:
U.S. Justice Department accuses Melania Trump book author of breaking nondisclosure pact — The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, author of a tell-all book about first lady Melania Trump, of breaking their nondisclosure agreement and asked a court …
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
DOJ says Trump's tweets “declassifying” Russia documents are not orders
DOJ says Trump's tweets “declassifying” Russia documents are not orders
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ: Trump's ‘total declassification’ of Russiagate docs has no effect
DOJ: Trump's ‘total declassification’ of Russiagate docs has no effect
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The Week
Tim Alberta / Politico:
'He's just so angry all the time': Trump hemorrhaging support among suburban women — LANSING — Michigan is looking less competitive by the day, and there's a growing likelihood of Joe Biden blowing out Donald Trump here come November 3. — All three Rust Belt states that Trump improbably won in 2016 …
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New York Times
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump, Trailing in Pennsylvania, Launches Familiar Attacks on Biden — At a rally in Johnstown, Pa., the president's aides nudged him toward a populist script. But he also had other issues in mind. — WASHINGTON — With just three weeks until Election Day, and President Trump on the defensive …
Ryan Deto / Pittsburgh City Paper:
Pittsburgh-area mail carrier under investigation is apparent QAnon conspiracy theorist — Yesterday, the Baldwin home of Sean Troesch was raided by special agents from the United States Postal Service, who confiscated eight large garbage bags of suspected undelivered mail, according to KDKA.
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Raw Story, CBS Pittsburgh and KVIA-TV
The Federalist:
In Minneapolis, Rage And Fear Have Hobbled A Great American City — The one-two punch of riots over George Floyd's death and shutdowns over the pandemic have taken a terrible toll on the City of Lakes. — MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The intersection in south Minneapolis where George Floyd died …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
How can 42 percent of Americans still support the worst president in our history? — I have some good news and some bad news. The good news: 52 percent of Americans support Joe Biden in the FiveThirtyEight poll average. The bad news: 42 percent support President Trump. Why isn't Trump losing by a whole lot more?
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The Guardian, NPR and New York Post
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Touts Falconer's Benghazi Blood-Sacrifice Conspiracy Theory — Trump's endorsement of the insane story shot it to national prominence, fueling the bizarre allegations about blood sacrifice and Bin Laden body doubles. — President Donald Trump backed a budding conspiracy theory …
David Enrich / New York Times:
No, There Isn't Evidence That Trump Owes Money to Russia — President Trump owes a lot of money: hundreds of millions of dollars of it. — Whom he owes it to has been the subject of countless conspiracy theories. Lately, liberals and other social media accounts have been spreading rumors …
WRAL-TV:
Poll: Trump losing ground in NC — RALEIGH, N.C. — Three weeks out from Election Day, President Donald Trump is losing ground to Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the battleground state of North Carolina, according to the results of a WRAL News poll released Tuesday.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Another pro-Trump ad uses footage from Russia — A new pro-Trump super PAC ad uses stock footage from Russia and Belarus in a major ad buy that's airing in three swing states. It's the fourth time in three months that an ad promoting President Donald Trump's reelection has used footage from Russia.
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The Hill and Political Wire
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Nuclear arms talks spiral into confusion as Russia rejects US ‘delusion’ … US-Russian arms control talks have sunk into confusion after the top American negotiator claimed there was “an agreement in principle” between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, a claim Moscow quickly rejected as a “delusion”.