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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
'The View's' Sunny Hostin Schools Bari Weiss on ‘Court Packing’ — Former “New York Times” columnist Bari Weiss filled the void left by Meghan McCain on Tuesday's episode of “The View.” — Bari Weiss has been relatively quiet since she canceled herself from The New York Times earlier this year.
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Richard Hasen / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh has wild ideas about voting. They likely won't matter on Election Day. — The Supreme Court's recent rulings don't mean the justices will decide the presidential race. — Should we panic about Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's concurring opinion in the Wisconsin voting case that the Supreme Court decided Monday night?
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Raging Trump wants the Supreme Court to save him. Here's why it probably won't. — President Trump is now raging at the media for the sin of covering the pandemic and urging people to change their votes to him, demonstrating fury over an unalterable reality: This election …
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Shawna Chen / Axios:
Wisconsin Democrats: Don't return absentee ballots by mail
Wisconsin Democrats: Don't return absentee ballots by mail
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Barrett to use Supreme Court chambers previously used by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Barrett to use Supreme Court chambers previously used by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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One America News Network, National Review and Twitchy
New York Times:
How Trump Maneuvered His Way Out of Trouble in Chicago — When his skyscraper proved a disappointment, Donald Trump defaulted on his loans, sued his bank, got much of the debt forgiven — and largely avoided paying taxes on it. — The financial crisis was in full swing when Donald J. Trump traveled …
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The Hill, Raw Story and Financial Times
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Trump Campaign Shifts Florida Ad Spending Burden to RNC — Focus moves to northern states where Trump prevailed in 2016 — Buoyed by fundraising, Biden holds 3-1 edge in recent spending — Donald Trump's campaign has slashed its advertising budget in Florida …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Bloomberg Funds Last-Minute Advertising Blitz for Biden in Texas and Ohio — The billionaire former New York City mayor has concentrated largely on Florida in the general election. But his private polling found President Trump vulnerable in two of the country's biggest red states.
Washington Post:
Ballrooms, candles and luxury cottages: During Trump's term, millions of government and GOP dollars have flowed to his properties — ‘The 45th President’: One in a series looking back at the Trump presidency — President Trump welcomed the Japanese prime minister at Mar-a-Lago, in front of a towering arrangement of roses.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Feds Obtained FISA Warrant Against Hunter Biden's Chinese Business Associate, Documents Show — A federal court authorized a foreign surveillance warrant against one of Hunter Biden's Chinese business partners, court documents show. — The existence of a FISA warrant against the Biden associate …
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Washington Examiner, The National Pulse, The Gateway Pundit, The Post Millennial and Mediaite
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Tori B. Powell / The Daily Beast:
Hunter Biden Touted Dad's Relations in Colombia in Foreign Investment Pitch
Hunter Biden Touted Dad's Relations in Colombia in Foreign Investment Pitch
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Trump's campaign website hacked by cryptocurrency scammers — President Trump's campaign website was briefly and partially hacked Tuesday afternoon as unknown adversaries took over the “About” page and replaced it with what appeared to be a scam to collect cryptocurrency.
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Amid USPS delays, election experts and campaigns weigh in: Don't mail your ballot — A week before the election and as several voting-rights battles play out, Postal Service delays have forced the Trump and Biden campaigns to shake up their playbooks. — For millions of voters …
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Caitlin O'Kane / CBS News:
U.S. Postal Service employee charged for throwing out mail, including more than 100 absentee ballots
U.S. Postal Service employee charged for throwing out mail, including more than 100 absentee ballots
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justice Thomas' wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden — WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify unsubstantiated claims of corruption by Joe Biden. — Ginni Thomas, a longtime conservative activist …
TMZ.com:
Lesley Stahl Gets Security Due to Death Threat After Trump Interview — The “60 Minutes” interview President Trump cut short over what he felt was unfair questioning from Lesley Stahl has left her, and her family, in a dangerous situation ... TMZ has learned.
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Can We Trust Pennsylvania's Polls? — They show Joe Biden clinching crucial counties. So why does it feel so different on the ground here? — Mr. McCreesh is an editorial assistant for the Opinion section. — BENSALEM, Pa. — Two men, one in a Ford F-15 truck bedecked with Trump decals …
CNN:
Trump appears to give a pass to the domestic kidnapping plot against Whitmer — (CNN)President Donald Trump repeatedly attacked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, during his rally in Lansing, Michigan, on Tuesday, at one point taking credit for the FBI thwarting a plot to kidnap …
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Cites Treatment of Hunter Biden Articles in Call to Change Law Protecting Online Platforms — Letter to lawmakers on eve of testimony by Twitter, Facebook CEOs and a week before election cites restrictions to New York Post articles — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department …
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Washington Post:
Former U.S. attorneys — all Republicans — back Biden, saying Trump threatens ‘the rule of law’ — Twenty former U.S. attorneys — all of them Republicans — on Tuesday publicly called President Trump “a threat to the rule of law in our country,” and urged that he be replaced in November …
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Washington Post:
Early-voting surge scrambles Election Day expectations as some states gallop toward 2016 turnout levels — After weeks of early and mail voting, at least 66 million Americans have already cast their ballots for next week's election, a historic figure that has upended expectations about Election …
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New York Times:
As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science — The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has recently removed …
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Jonathan Watts / The Guardian:
‘Sleeping giant’ Arctic methane deposits starting to release, scientists find — Exclusive: expedition discovers new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered — Scientists have found evidence that frozen methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean - known as the …
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Occupy Democrats
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell insists his health is ‘just fine,’ declines to explain photos showing bruised hands — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared his health is “just fine” Tuesday as he declined to explain photographs last week showing his hands bruised and bandaged.
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Brianna Ehley / Politico:
White House science office takes credit for ‘ending’ pandemic as infections mount — The White House's science policy office on Tuesday ranked “ending the Covid-19 pandemic” atop the list of President Donald Trump's top first-term accomplishments, even as the country registers record amounts of infections and hospitals fill up again.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Obama unloads on Trump at rally for Biden: 'We can't afford 4 more years of this'
Obama unloads on Trump at rally for Biden: 'We can't afford 4 more years of this'
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Senior Trump official tests positive for coronavirus after trip to Europe — A senior Trump administration official tested positive for the coronavirus after a recent trip to Britain, Hungary and France, raising concerns about the spread of the virus to high-level officials across the Atlantic …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Sanders and Warren Accuse N.Y. Democrats of False Advertising — Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren say that their images were improperly used on a flier that they view as an attack on the Working Families Party. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren entered …
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Blocked in Bid to Shield Trump From Rape Defamation Suit — The Justice Department tried to intervene to represent President Trump against the lawsuit by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who claims he lied when he denied raping her. — A federal judge ruled on Tuesday …
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
SDNY Prosecutors Dismiss Kris Kobach's Attempt to ‘Inject’ Himself into Steve Bannon Fraud Case; More People May Be Implicated — Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York filed a testy memo opposing an attempt by non-parties We Build the Wall and its general counsel-cum …
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David Wasserman / NBC News:
The polls could be wrong. But that may help Biden, not just Trump. — As Election Day approaches and President Donald Trump continues to trail Joe Biden by high single digits both nationally and in key states, their respective bases are buzzing with either hope or dread that “the polls could be wrong again.”
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New York Times:
Pushing Deep Into G.O.P. Turf, Democrats Are Poised to Expand House Majority — House Democrats are training their resources on once-solid Republican footholds in affluent suburban districts where voters feel alienated by President Trump. — VERONA, N.Y. — Pushing further into Republican territory …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. prompts heated overnight protests in West Philly — Police officers fatally shot a 27-year-old Black man armed with a knife during a confrontation Monday afternoon in West Philadelphia, an incident that quickly raised tensions in the neighborhood …
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Election 2020 live updates: Melania Trump delivers pointed political attack on trail — She took aim at Democrats on issues from the pandemic to impeachment. — ABC News Live Update: New White House outbreak in VP's inner circle — Plus, more than 225,00 people in the U.S. have died …
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Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Right-wing hoaxers Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman hit with felony charges in Cleveland tied to multi-state voter robocall campaign — CLEVELAND, Ohio - A grand jury in Cleveland on Tuesday indicted right-wing political hoaxers Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman with felony charges connected …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Campaign Backs Off Hunter Biden Attacks — Despite the Trump-loving internet obsessing over it, and the president referencing it, the campaign has left it almost entirely out of its ad push. — Despite aggressive efforts by Donald Trump and allies to make corruption allegations …
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us-cert.cisa.gov:
Alert (AA20-301A) — North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat Focus: Kimsuky — Summary — This joint cybersecurity advisory was coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF).
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Edgar Walters / The Texas Tribune:
Texas social workers will no longer be allowed to discriminate against LGBTQ Texans and people with disabilities — The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council voted unanimously to restore protections for social workers' LGBTQ and disabled clients after backlash from advocates and lawmakers.
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