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New York Times:
Trump Records Shed New Light on Chinese Business Pursuits — As he raises questions about his opponent's standing with China, President Trump's taxes reveal details about his own activities there, including a previously unknown bank account. — President Trump and his allies have tried …
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Politico:
Bloomberg knocks Trump back on his heels in Florida — Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's $100 million investment in Florida to defeat Donald Trump is recasting the presidential contest in the president's must-win state, forcing his campaign to spend big to shore up his position and freeing …
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Trump Campaign's $63 Million Dwarfed by Biden's $177 Million — New financial filings showed the extent of the president's cash troubles, as he is now badly outmatched by Joe Biden. — President Trump's re-election campaign committee ended September with only $63.1 million …
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Politico:
Trump's cash woes mount as Biden laps him — President Donald Trump's campaign finance problems are even worse than they looked a few weeks ago. — Joe Biden's campaign outraised Trump's by an eye-catching $200 million in September and started October with $177 million in the bank.
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New York Times and Raw Story
Rick Linsk / Reuters:
Lawyers spurn Trump campaign in individual donations, including from Jones Day — (Reuters) - Lawyers at Jones Day, which has earned millions as outside counsel to U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, have donated nearly $90,000 to the campaign committee of Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP pollster Luntz blasts Trump campaign as worst he's ever seen — Prominent Republican pollster Frank Luntz blasted President Trump and his campaign on Tuesday for focusing on Hunter Biden in the stretch run to Election Day, calling Trump's campaign the worst he's ever seen and saying …
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New York Times:
Trump cuts a ‘60 Minutes’ interview short, and then taunts Lesley Stahl on Twitter. — President Trump abruptly cut off an interview with the “60 Minutes” star Lesley Stahl at the White House on Tuesday and then taunted her on Twitter, posting a short behind-the-scenes video of her at the taping …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump ends ‘60 Minutes’ interview, attacks Lesley Stahl on Twitter
Trump ends ‘60 Minutes’ interview, attacks Lesley Stahl on Twitter
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Giovanni Russonello / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Coffers Shrink to $63 Million Two Weeks Before Election Day
Trump Campaign Coffers Shrink to $63 Million Two Weeks Before Election Day
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI says it has ‘nothing to add’ to Ratcliffe's remarks about Hunter Biden, Russian disinformation — The FBI notified Congress late Tuesday that it has “nothing to add at this time” to a statement made by President Trump's director of national intelligence disputing the idea that Russia orchestrated …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Bidens and China Business
The Bidens and China Business
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Bevan Cooney Moved from Prison Cell after Providing Email Account Exposing Hunter Biden
Exclusive — Bevan Cooney Moved from Prison Cell after Providing Email Account Exposing Hunter Biden
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The American Spectator, The Gateway Pundit and The Post Millennial
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
FBI and DOJ do not believe Hunter Biden laptop part of Russian disinformation campaign
FBI and DOJ do not believe Hunter Biden laptop part of Russian disinformation campaign
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Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Studies Point To Big Drop In COVID-19 Death Rates — Toggle more options — Two new peer-reviewed studies are showing a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The drop is seen in all groups, including older patients and those with underlying conditions …
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CNN:
Election officials in at least two states contact law enforcement after threatening emails sent to voters — (CNN)Elections officials in Florida and Alaska contacted law enforcement Tuesday after registered voters reported receiving threatening emails that said, “Vote for Trump or else!”
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New York Times:
McConnell Moves to Head Off Stimulus Deal as Pelosi Reports Progress — The top Senate Republican told colleagues that he had advised the White House against striking a pre-election deal with Democrats to deliver pandemic aid, fearing political repercussions.
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Washington Post:
McConnell warns White House against making stimulus deal as Pelosi and Mnuchin inch closer
McConnell warns White House against making stimulus deal as Pelosi and Mnuchin inch closer
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Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Trump touts fracking policy in Pennsylvania rally, says Biden ‘will shut it all down’ — Trump: ‘Only by voting for me can you save your fracking in Pennsylvania’ — Trump says voters must choose between American dream and socialism — President Trump told backers at an Erie, Pa. …
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Associated Press:
Trump tends to his electoral map, Biden prepping for debate
Trump tends to his electoral map, Biden prepping for debate
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Barack Obama to hold first in-person event for Biden
Barack Obama to hold first in-person event for Biden
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Heather Perlberg / Bloomberg:
Apollo Board to Examine Leon Black's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein — Black asked board panel to review dealings at regular meeting — Board members tapped law firm Dechert to conduct interviews — Apollo Global Management Inc. board members are investigating co-founder Leon Black's ties …
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Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
Apollo Board Panel to Review Leon Black's Ties With Jeffrey Epstein
Apollo Board Panel to Review Leon Black's Ties With Jeffrey Epstein
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New York Times
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Administration officials alarmed by White House push to fast track lucrative 5G spectrum contract, sources say — Washington (CNN)Senior officials throughout various departments and agencies of the Trump administration tell CNN they are alarmed at White House pressure to grant what would essentially …
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NBC News:
Lawyers say they can't find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by Trump administration … WASHINGTON — Lawyers appointed by a federal judge to identify migrant families who were separated by the Trump administration say that they have yet to track down the parents of 545 children …
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Associated Press:
Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren't welcome in the classroom.
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Political Wire
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“If There Is Another Tick Down, It's a Total Bloodbath”: How Trump's Self-Destructive Candidacy Could Blow Up the Electoral Map — Democrats' massive fundraising, downballot energy, and seniors turning against Trump signal a potential blue-wave election with unexpected flips.
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Washington Post:
Republicans, it's time to choose between autocracy and a republic — Republicans Reed Galen, Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson are co-founders of the Lincoln Project. Stuart Stevens is a senior adviser to the Lincoln Project. — This is for the many men and women in Washington with whom we have worked over the past 30-plus years.
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
51% of Voters Now Back Barrett's Confirmation, Most Support Ever for a Trump Supreme Court Nominee — Slim majority, including 32% of Democrats and 44% of independents, supports confirming Amy Coney Barrett — Last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings provided a high-profile opportunity …
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Politico and Ohio Capital Journal
John C. Danforth / Washington Post:
Trump's attack on the debate commission is an attack on the election itself — John C. Danforth, a Republican, represented Missouri in the U.S. Senate for three terms and has served on the Commission on Presidential Debates since 1994. — Like all members of the Commission on Presidential Debates …
Bloomberg:
Biden Looking to Longtime Aide Ron Klain for Chief of Staff — Klain worked on Obama administration's economic recovery plan — Steve Ricchetti also still in running for top staff job — Longtime Democratic aide Ron Klain is the leading candidate to be presidential nominee Joe Biden's chief …
ABC News:
The Note: Why Obama still matters to both Biden and Trump — Obama has been an omnipresent force this campaign, if often slightly off-stage. — COVID-19 relief before election ‘depends on the administration’: Pelosi — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is interviewed on “This Week.”
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Haris Alic / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Sought ‘Grand Bargain’ to Reduce Deficit Through Cuts to Social Security — Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, worked to forge a “grand bargain” with congressional Republicans on deficit reduction during the Obama years. As part of the effort, the former vice president …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Documents in Ghislaine Maxwell criminal case expected to be released by Thursday — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered the release of a deposition that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell gave in 2016 related to her dealings with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and which she had fought to keep under wraps.
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Axios:
Louisville officer: “Breonna Taylor would be alive” if we had served no-knock warrant — Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, the Louisville officer who led the botched police raid that caused the death of Breonna Taylor, said the No. 1 thing he wishes he had done differently is either served a “no-knock” …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump's 2020 cure-all: Rallies, rallies and more rallies — President Donald Trump yearns for the magic of his 2016 upstart campaign: the multi-rally days, crisscrossing the country in a Trump-branded plane, the screaming crowds. — So he's designed a 2016 redux in 2020 to recapture that spirit …
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Reuters
Washington Free Beacon:
WATCH: Unhinged Joe Biden Attacks the Free Press, Democracy Itself — As the professional journalists in the mainstream media are constantly reminding us, criticizing the media is akin to condoning violence against a vulnerable class of hardworking Americans who desire nothing more than to pursue …
Joshua Klein / Breitbart:
Former Clinton Aide Behind Calls for Investigation Following Pompeo Pledge to Release Hillary Emails — The American Oversight liberal interest group has called for an investigation in response to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stating this month that the State Department …
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Silicon Valley megadonors unleash a last-minute, $100 million barrage of ads against Trump — Billionaire Dustin Moskovitz is making his biggest political play of the cycle. Asana — Facebook billionaire co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has put more than $20 million into a little-known Democratic super PAC that is spending big.
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
LeBron James on Black Voter Participation, Misinformation and Trump — In an interview, the recently crowned N.B.A. champion addressed his latest political push: combating misinformation among Black communities before Election Day. — More Than a Vote, the collective of athletes headlined …
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