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2:30 PM ET, September 9, 2021

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Axios:
Scoop: The most dangerous Trump exposé  —  Stephanie Grisham has quietly written a top-secret memoir of her four years in Donald Trump's White House, and a publishing source says she'll reveal “surprising new scandals.”  —  What to watch: The book — “I'll Take Your Questions Now …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump's closest White House adviser to release book  —  Melania Trump's chief of staff resigns in wake of riots  —  (CNN)Stephanie Grisham, whose career with the Trump administration included stints as East Wing communications director, White House press secretary and chief of staff …
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:   Does Pence really call his wife ‘mother’? Aide says it's ‘a myth that drives me crazy’
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump White House tried to play down US injuries in attack by Iran, says ex-official
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Amy Klobuchar:
Statement from Senator Amy Klobuchar  —  I wanted to share an update about my health.  —  In February of this year, doctors at Mayo Clinic found small white spots called calcifications during a routine mammogram.  After this was discovered, I had a biopsy at Piper Breast Center in Minneapolis …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:   Sen. Amy Klobuchar reveals breast cancer diagnosis
Washington Post:
White House pulling nomination of ATF chief amid pushback over gun-control advocacy  —  The White House is planning to withdraw David Chipman's nomination to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this week amid bipartisan pushback over his gun control advocacy …
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
White House set to withdraw ATF nominee  —  The White House is planning to withdraw David Chipman's nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, according to three sources close to the process.  —  Chipman is currently a senior policy advisor to Giffords, a gun control group …
Stephen Gutowski / The Reload:
White House Pulls ATF Nominee After Exclusive Reporting From The Reload Raises Character Questions  —  David Chipman will not be the director of the ATF.  —  Multiple sources have told Politico, The Washington Post, and CNN the White House plans to withdraw his nomination after failing to garner 50 votes in the Senate.
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden to announce additional vaccine mandates as he unveils new Covid strategy  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will seek to ramp up pressure on the unvaccinated on Thursday by announcing additional federal vaccine mandates, calling for the private sector to do the same …
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CNN:
Biden to announce that all federal workers must be vaccinated, with no option for testing
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Biden's six-prong COVID-19 plan includes vaccine and mask mandates: preview of Thursday speech
Discussion: The Hill and National Review
Erin Coulehan / WFLA-TV:
Ivermectin causes sterilization in 85 percent of men, 2011 Nigerian study finds  —  You have been added to Coronavirus News Newsletter … EL PASO, Texas (KTSM/WFLA) — The effects of ivermectin therapy on human males can have an effect on men's reproductive health, according …
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Erin Coulehan / KTSM-TV:
Ivermectin story correction
Erin Aubry Kaplan / Politico:
The Off-Mic Moment That Changed My View of Larry Elder  —  Larry Elder, the surprising front-running candidate to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in next week's California recall election, has had quite a summer.  Mostly, it's because of the peculiarity of the recall itself: If less than half …
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A perfect distillation of Trump's malleable, always-be-closing approach to politics  —  As Abraham Lincoln spoke at the Gettysburg battlefield in November 1865, the corpses of thousands of men were buried nearby, men who were among the 23,000 Americans killed there that summer.
Discussion: Donald J. Trump and Insider
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
The statue of Robert E. Lee is gone, but the mystery of the time capsule persists
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Americans favor Manchin's “strategic pause”  —  Six in 10 Americans favor the call by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for a “strategic pause” on Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending plan, according to new polling by the bipartisan policy group No Labels shared with Axios.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dem strategist: Our party better brace for a wipeout in 2022 midterms
Discussion: Insider, CNN and NOQ Report
Adrian Carrasquillo / Newsweek:   As Biden Popularity Falls, Democrats Fear Losing Senate, 30 to 50 House Seats
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Prepares to Sue Texas Over Abortion Law  —  Lawsuit challenging law limiting procedure to first six weeks of pregnancy set to be filed in coming days  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is preparing to sue Texas over its new law banning most abortions …
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
The Capitol Police Said Jan. 6 Unrest On Capitol Grounds Would Be “Highly Improbable”  —  The chief of the Capitol Police and its top intelligence officer personally approved permits for six demonstrations to be held on Jan. 6, 2021, despite signs that one of the applications was filed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive-Proud Boys leader urged group not to ‘turn on each other’ in riot probe  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As four of his fellow Proud Boy leaders sat in jail this summer, charged with conspiracy in the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the group's chairman, Enrique Tarrio …
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Policies Ignite Battle at UT Austin  —  Public university's efforts to comply with Texas ban on mask and vaccine mandates fuel outcry from faculty and others  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin drew up a series of projections for how Covid-19 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI releases new footage of possible RNC, DNC pipe-bomb suspect  —  The FBI on Wednesday released new video of a person believed to have placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters in D.C. the night before the U.S. Capitol riot and revealed that investigators …
Associated Press:
The Latest: US says al-Qaida could regenerate in Afghanistan  —  U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power.
Lily Kuo / Washington Post:
Xi Jinping's crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society  —  The orders have been sudden, dramatic and often baffling.  Last week, “American Idol”-style competitions and shows featuring men deemed too effeminate were banned by Chinese authorities.  Days earlier, one of China's …
Discussion: HotAir, New York Times and UnHerd
Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost:
Trump Insiders Are Quietly Paying Teen Memers For Posts  —  Documents show that meme accounts rife with disinformation have also become shadowy advertising tools for some notable Republicans.  —  In the fever swamps of Instagram, a network of right-wing meme accounts run by teenage boys …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Wealth Lobby Is Buying Up Democrats to Defeat Biden's Tax Reform “One of the biggest scams in the history of forever.”  —  Last week, Democratic senator turned anti-tax lobbyist Heidi Heitkamp, who represented North Dakota for one term before losing in 2018, appeared on CNBC …
Joshua Prager / The Atlantic:
The Roe Baby  —  Nearly half a century ago, Roe v. Wade secured a woman's legal right to obtain an abortion.  The ruling has been contested with ever-increasing intensity, dividing and reshaping American politics.  And yet for all its prominence, the person most profoundly connected …
Discussion: New York Post, Forbes, CBS News and Bookshop
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Taliban to allow around 200 dual nationals to leave Afghanistan  —  The Taliban have agreed to allow around 200 Afghans with dual citizenship, including about 30 Americans, to leave the country Thursday on a flight from Kabul, according to the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.
Pablo Manríquez / Latino Rebels:
Congress Can Ignore Immigration Guidance From Senate Parliamentarian  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Elizabeth MacDonough, the Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, will finally hear arguments this Friday for including immigration reform in the Democrats' multi-trillion-dollar budget proposal …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Kevin Carey / New York Times:
Men Fall Behind in College Enrollment.  Women Still Play Catch-Up at Work.  —  Women are overrepresented in low-paying professions that require college credentials.  —  The coronavirus upended the lives of millions of college students.  The Wall Street Journal reported this week that men …
Eileen Drage O'Reilly / Axios:
Monster risk: Fauci says COVID cases 10x too high  —  Americans are now getting infected with COVID-19 at 10 times the rate needed to end the pandemic, which will persist until more people get vaccinated, NIAID director Anthony Fauci tells Axios.  —  Threat level: “The endgame is to suppress the virus.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Christie steps out of Trump's shadow — and stokes 2024 buzz  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is launching a comeback tour as he considers whether to mount a 2024 presidential bid that could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump.  —  The former governor is set to deliver …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP senator declines to address Trump claim that she is joining him in opposing Liz Cheney  —  EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming would neither confirm nor deny former President Donald Trump's claim that she is joining him in opposing Rep. Liz Cheney's reelection bid.
 
 
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
House Democrat says she'll oppose parts of $3.5T spending package
Politico:
White House approves partnership with vets evacuating U.S. citizens, Afghan allies
Thomas Lecaque / The Bulwark:
The Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for Your Schools
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Big Tech Companies Helped Fund Far-Right Groups Pushing for Texas Abortion Ban
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
God Has No Place in Supreme Court Opinions
Discussion: National Review and frcblog.com
 Earlier Items: 
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Pro-Trump lawyers face $200,000 legal bill for ‘frivolous’ election case
Discussion: The Hill, Above the Law and Forbes
Hillman Foundation:
Jane Mayer wins September Sidney for Revealing the Republican Megabucks Behind the Big Lie of Election Fraud
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
It is far too soon for people to write off Joe Biden
RealClearInvestigations:
Introducing RealClearInvestigations' Jan. 6-BLM Riots Dataset
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
The new 99%: These are the people who are getting serious cases of COVID-19
 

 
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
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