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New York Times:
Trump's Philanthropy: Big Tax Write-Offs and Claims That Don't Always Add Up — Hidden financial records cast doubt on a number of his charitable commitments and show that most of his giving came from land deals that offset his income. — In President Trump's telling …
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Electronics Ward News, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Andy Mannix / Star Tribune:
Charges: Boogaloo Bois fired on Minneapolis police precinct, shouted ‘Justice for Floyd’ — Feds say Ivan Harrison Hunter helped burn and loot the Third Precinct building as part of a coordinated attack from the far-right group trying to ignite an American civil war. — TEXT SIZE — MORE
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New York Times:
Trump Family Ally Is Arrested on Cyberstalking Charge — Ken Kurson, a close friend of the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, was arrested in connection with incidents stemming from his divorce. — Ken Kurson, a close friend of President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner …
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Patrick Howley / National File:
EXCLUSIVE: Democrat Senate Candidate Mark Kelly's Yearbook Shows Him Dressed As Hitler — The post EXCLUSIVE: Democrat Senate Candidate Mark Kelly's Yearbook Shows Him Dressed As Hitler appeared first on National File. Visit NationalFile.com for more hard-hitting investigative journalism.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court says ballots can't be rejected based on signature comparisons — The Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ruled Friday that ballots in the state cannot be rejected because of signature comparisons, backing up guidance issued by the state's chief elections officer heading …
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Townhall, CBS Pittsburgh, Big League Politics, KRQE-TV, Washington Post and Forbes
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court is giving advocates for voting rights heartburn
The Supreme Court is giving advocates for voting rights heartburn
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Fox News, Associated Press, Axios, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, Slate and The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Trump Sees Reason for Hope in Voter Signups That Polls May Miss
Trump Sees Reason for Hope in Voter Signups That Polls May Miss
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Fox News and Political Wire
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Trump's sideshow fizzles out — The president tried to turn debate day into a trial of the Biden family's allegedly shady business dealings. It didn't go smoothly. — President Donald Trump leaves the podium at the conclusion of a press conference. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Politico:
GOP prays Trump stopped the bleeding
GOP prays Trump stopped the bleeding
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Fox News, The Last Refuge, Washington Post and Political Wire
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What's the Plan Now? — The office was dedicated to the long-term safety of vaccines. Experts say plans to track coronavirus vaccines are fragmented and “behind the eight ball.” — As the first coronavirus vaccines arrive …
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The Week, Breitbart and Mother Jones
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Biden Assails Trump on Virus as the President Campaigns in Florida — “If we just wore these masks, the president's own advisers have told him, we could save 100,000 lives. And we're in a circumstance where the president, thus far, still has no plan, no comprehensive plan.”
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Talking Points Memo, Becker's Hospital Review, Raw Story, Deadline, WV MetroNews and CBS News
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden campaign seeks to clarify position on fossil fuels after debate exchange
Biden campaign seeks to clarify position on fossil fuels after debate exchange
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Reuters, Associated Press, Breitbart, The Federalist, CNN, The Hill, Townhall and Washington Times
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senators engage in bitter floor feud over Barrett nomination to Supreme Court — Senate Republicans and Democrats engaged in a bitter feud Friday over the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took steps to finalize her installation to the Supreme Court by Monday evening.
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John McCormack / National Review:
Senator Hirono's Double Standard
Senator Hirono's Double Standard
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Wall Street Journal and Florida Politics
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
You're Not Supposed to Understand the Rumors About Biden — On Tuesday, Fox News' Laura Ingraham broke some news: An “investigative journalist” named Matthew Tyrmand had uncovered a cache of 26,000 emails belonging to Hunter Biden's disgraced business partner Bevan Cooney, who is now in jail.
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Salon, Raw Story, Electronics Ward News, JONATHAN TURLEY and Politico
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting — In letter this month, Facebook says the project violates provisions in its terms of service that prohibit bulk data collection — Facebook Inc. is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data …
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Politico, MIT Technology Review, The Verge, Electronics Ward News and BuzzFeed News, more at Mediagazer »
NBC News:
Coronavirus case increase sets new U.S. record, rising to over 77K in one day … The U.S. set a record Thursday as the number of new coronavirus cases rose to over 77,000, topping the previous record in July. — Nationwide, 77,640 new cases were reported for the day …
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Politico, The Daily Caller, Forbes, behindtheblack.com, Electronics Ward News, Gizmodo, New York Post, The Week, NBC Boston and Slate
New York Times:
As Governor Resists Mask Mandate, Iowans Sour on the G.O.P. — Gov. Kim Reynolds has adopted President Trump's defiant attitude toward public health guidance on the coronavirus. But while she isn't on the ballot, her leadership may be dragging down Republicans who are.
Washington Post:
America is poised to enter into its worst stretch yet of the pandemic — The nation nears a record-breaking daily number of coronavirus cases. — America is poised to enter the worst stretch ever of the coronavirus pandemic, with cases spiking and the country on the precipice of shattering …
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The Guardian and ABC News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Plan to Make Biden Look Senile Disappeared Without a Trace — In the cold light of day, the most important development from the final presidential debate may be something that did not happen at all: Joe Biden embarrassing himself in a fit of mental disintegration.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge orders Justice Department to verify its filings in Flynn case — The federal judge presiding over the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn has ordered the Justice Department to conduct an unusual review of its filings in the case and certify by Monday whether any have been manipulated.
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Fox News, Political Wire and Washington Times
Nature:
Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States — Nature Medicine (2020) Cite this article — Abstract — We use COVID-19 case and mortality data from 1 February 2020 to 21 September 2020 and a deterministic SEIR (susceptible, exposed, infectious and recovered) …
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STAT, New York Times, Boston Herald, Political Wire, New York Post, Washington Post, Bloomberg, ABC7, CBS Baltimore and The Week
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Kristen Welker asked the candidates about The Talk. That moment proved the value of newsroom diversity. — Any debate moderator could have asked the candidates the question about The Talk — the terrible conversation that parents must have with their children of color to warn them about the hazards …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. Postal Service returns 137 mail processing machines to service — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service told a U.S. judge on Friday it has returned 137 mail processing machines to service since August as it works to deliver millions of ballots.
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ABC News and One America News Network
Wall Street Journal:
CNN President Jeff Zucker Faces What Might Be His Last Lap — Under AT&T, cable boss felt blindsided by a recent overhaul of WarnerMedia that slimmed down his role — CNN president Jeff Zucker survived plenty of corporate intrigue since telecom giant AT&T swallowed up the cable network's parent company two years ago.
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Trump campaign spokesperson says parents of separated children don't want them back — The Trump campaign's communications director asserted on Friday that the reason some migrant families separated by the administration at the U.S. border have not been reunited is because the parents do not want their children back.
Politico:
‘Warning flare’: New swing-state data shows massive Democratic early-vote lead — Democrats have opened up a yawning gap in early voting over Republicans in six of the most crucial battleground states — but that only begins to tell the story of their advantage heading into Election Day.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
63 million people watched final presidential debate — 63 million viewers tuned into the final debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday evening, according to Nielsen ratings. That's over 13% fewer viewers than the first presidential debate in late September.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is drowning in his own lies. Here are the latest signs of it. — It's one of the defining phrases of the Trump era. Stephen K. Bannon, candidly reflecting in early 2018 on President Trump's strategy for effective political communication, noted that the real opposition Trump faces is not Democrats, but the media.
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Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:
Judge denies temporary restraining order request by Trump campaign, Nevada Republicans to stop Clark County mail vote counting — The same day the Trump campaign and Nevada Republican Party filed a lawsuit seeking to halt mail ballot counting in Clark County, a judge denied their request for a temporary restraining order.
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BuzzFeed News, Bloomberg, courthousenews.com, Law & Crime and Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrat Trails Narrowly in Key Montana Senate Race — Democrats, including Biden, are competitive in a red state, and Bullock is three points behind in the contest the party cares about most. — Republicans hold a narrow lead up and down the ballot in Montana, according …
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Washington Post, The Hill, Electronics Ward News and KECI
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Focus Group Slams Trump for No Empathy in Final Presidential Debate — Analysts and pundits are praising President Trump for turning in a more “restrained” performance at this year's final presidential debate. Though it's true the president presented a calmer façade …
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Reuters and Associated Press
Washington Post:
Loan payments loom as Trump fights for his political future - and the future of his business — At President Trump's hotel in Chicago, the most recent board meeting began with bad news. This year's numbers were awful. Revenue had plunged. The hotel was just 24 percent occupied.
Religion News Service:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as ‘non-denominational Christian’ — Flip — WASHINGTON (RNS) — In an exclusive interview with Religion News Service, President Trump said in a written statement that he no longer identifies as a Presbyterian and now sees himself as a non-denominational Christian.
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Biden Trolls Trump With New COVID Website — 404 ERROR … Joe Biden wants the very online crowd to know that Donald Trump does not have a pandemic plan. — At least, that's the pitch the Democratic nominee's campaign is making through a gag website, TrumpCovidPlan.com …
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Donald Trump's issue with windmills might not be about birds — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump return to the White House after the final presidential debate on October 23. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images — If the president were really worried about birds …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Spin, hyperbole and deception: How Trump claimed credit for an Obama veterans achievement … Play Video — The first time President Trump claimed false credit for the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act — which President Barack Obama signed into law in 2014 — was on June 6, 2018.
bellingcat:
Russia's Clandestine Chemical Weapons Programme and the GRU's Unit 29155 — On October 15, 2020, the European Union imposed sanctions on six senior Russian officials and a leading Russian research institute over the alleged use of a nerve agent from the Novichok family in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Republicans have been facing an outbreak among lawmakers and aides. But they don't want to talk about it. — Wisconsin Republican lawmakers and top GOP aides have been facing a coronavirus outbreak in recent weeks following a series of in-person events, including a retirement party …