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Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers' Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows — Days before lawyers allied with Donald Trump gave a news conference promoting election conspiracy theories, his campaign had determined that many of those claims were false, court filings reveal.
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No More Apologies: Inside Facebook's Push to Defend Its Image — Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, has signed off on an effort to show users pro-Facebook stories and to distance himself from scandals. — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, signed off last month on a new initiative code-named Project Amplify.
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Iowa Poll: 62% of Iowans disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as president — Fewer than one third of Iowans approve of the job Joe Biden is doing as president, a steep drop from earlier this year. — Thirty-one percent of Iowans approve of how Biden is handling his job …
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Iowa Poll: Chuck Grassley leads Abby Finkenauer in test of possible U.S. Senate matchup — Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley leads Democrat Abby Finkenauer by 18 percentage points among likely voters in an early test of what could be a marquee matchup in the 2022 midterms.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
This poll should terrify Democrats ahead of 2022
This poll should terrify Democrats ahead of 2022
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Boris Johnson admits he has six children — London (CNN)Boris Johnson has finally admitted that he has six children, a question he has previously dodged in numerous interviews and press conferences. — The British Prime Minister, speaking to NBC's Today show on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly …
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Boris Johnson admits he has six children — Prime minister, previously coy about his complex family life, answers interviewer during US visit — Boris Johnson has admitted for the first time that he has six children, claiming in an interview on US television that he “changes a lot of nappies”.
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Dems fear Biden's domestic agenda could implode — Internal Democratic discord has wounded President Joe Biden's massive social spending plan, raising the prospect that the package could stall out, shrink dramatically — or even fail altogether. — Myriad problems have arisen.
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Biden's agenda is in trouble. It's absolutely clear who is to blame.
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Top Democrats: ‘The votes will be there’ for Biden's embattled spending package
Top Democrats: ‘The votes will be there’ for Biden's embattled spending package
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New FL surgeon general opposes mask, vaccine mandates — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a new surgeon general for Florida on Tuesday, a Harvard-trained doctor who advocated for an approach to the coronavirus pandemic that emphasizes protecting individual rights over community-based precautions.
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DeSantis' new surgeon general questions masks, vaccines, other COVID-19 measures — TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a new state surgeon general Tuesday who has written essays questioning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, the effectiveness of masks and favoring hydroxychloroquine …
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READ: Trump lawyer's memo on six-step plan for Pence to overturn the election — (CNN)John Eastman, a conservative lawyer working with then-President Donald Trump's legal team, outlined in a two-page memo a scheme to try to persuade then-Vice President Mike Pence to subvert the Constitution …
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Initial Reaction to Eastman Memo
Initial Reaction to Eastman Memo
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Texas couple asked to leave restaurant for wearing face masks to protect their immunocompromised infant — (CNN)A Texas couple who landed themselves a rare night out with friends says it was cut short when the restaurant kicked them out for wearing face masks, which they say they wore to protect their immunocompromised 4-month-old son.
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Their Baby Died in the Hospital. Then Came the $257,000 Bill. — A New York family had good health insurance. But the bills for their daughter's care started showing up and kept coming. — Brittany Giroux Lane gave birth to her daughter, Alexandra, a few days before Christmas in 2018.
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POLITICO Playbook PM: Sinema, House mods get their way — House Democratic leaders confirmed this morning that they won't be delaying the Sept. 27 vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill — even though the party's larger $3.5 trillion reconciliation package won't likely be ready to go by then.
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Haitian migrants revolt in custody and seize control of privately contracted bus — DEL RIO, Texas — Haitian migrants who were being transported on a federally contracted private bus away from the border revolted during the ride and overtook control of the commercial vehicle before escaping, according to two law enforcement officials.
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Huge hack reveals embarrassing details of who's behind Proud Boys and other far-right websites — Researchers say it will allow them to gain important new insights into how extremists operate online — Epik long has been the favorite Internet company of the far-right …
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Angelo Codevilla, R.I.P. — Angelo Codevilla, the historian of spycraft and powerful analyst of American political and social trends, has died. It is difficult for many commentators to see beyond the current news cycle. But Codevilla, because he could see America as it is presently, could also see into the future.
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House Democrats strip Iron Dome money from government funding bill — House Democrats on Tuesday stripped $1 billion for Israel's Iron Dome defense system from its short-term government funding bill after backlash from progressives, people familiar with the decision tell Axios.
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Dems Cave to Anti-Israel Radicals To Advance Funding Bill
Dems Cave to Anti-Israel Radicals To Advance Funding Bill
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Sinema Cueing Up To Go Indy (Must Read) — Absolutely fascinating look at Kyrsten Sinema's efforts to position herself as an independent in Arizona, possibly formally but definitely in effect. It makes pretty clear she's not done with politics or angling for a high dollar lobbying gig, as some speculate.
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U.S. default this fall would cost 6 million jobs, wipe out $15 trillion in wealth, study says — GOP refuses to help Democrats raise debt ceiling as study spells out devastating consequences of inaction — America could plunge into an immediate recession if Congress fails to raise …
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US: Treatment of Haitian Migrants Discriminatory — Chased by Border Agents on Horseback; Returned to Danger in Haiti — (Washington, DC) - The US deployment of border agents on horseback against Haitian migrants on September 19, 2021, stems from abusive and racially discriminatory immigration policies …
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Daina Beth Solomon / Reuters:
White House condemns border guard use of whip-like cord against Haitian migrants
White House condemns border guard use of whip-like cord against Haitian migrants
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Where are the tests? — Your daughter wakes up with a scratchy throat, and you can't decide whether she should go to school. — You can't shake a runny nose and start wondering whether it's really because of allergies. — You're planning a family gathering, but you are nervous about your aging parents being there.
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Remarks by President Biden Before the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly — THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, my fellow delegates, to all those who dedicate themselves to this noble mission of this institution: It's my honor to speak to you for the first time as President of the United States.
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Full transcript: Biden addresses 76th UN General Assembly
Full transcript: Biden addresses 76th UN General Assembly
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Ohio Senate candidate who compared refugees to alligators is the grandson of refugees aided by resettlement organizations — (CNN)An Ohio Senate candidate who has pushed strong anti-refugee messages against Afghans and others is the grandson of refugees from Europe who settled in the Cleveland area …
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State Department Plans ‘China House’ to Counter Beijing — Some fear larger State Department China desk could be a “massive bureaucratic blob.” — The U.S. State Department is planning to expand the number of officials dedicated to monitoring China, a bid to track Beijing's growing footprint in key countries around the world.
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The Trailer: A socialist beat the mayor of Buffalo in a primary. He's still running. — In this edition: Democrats vs. socialism in Buffalo, six easy steps to steal the presidency, and liberals get organized in Hawaii. — Yes, I had wings while I was in Buffalo, you can stop asking me, and this is The Trailer.
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James Craig says he supports abortion ban in secret recording — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig was swarmed by protesters at his campaign launch at Belle Isle. — Republican gubernatorial candidate James Craig said if elected he would block any attempt by Democrats …
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Democrats' dwindling 2022 map — Democrats are trying to unseat only about half as many Republican House members next year as they did in 2020, trimming their target list from 39 to 21. — Why it matters: The narrowing map — which reflects where Democrats see their best chance of flipping seats …
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Politico Playbook: Hey, the Hunter-laptop story was legit after all — The deuce you say. Maybe the rest of the national media shouldn't have rushed to bury the story of Hunter Biden's laptop in the first place, huh? A new book from a Politico reporter belatedly clears the decks …
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GOP Senate candidates back Trump on almost everything. But only Greitens has joined him in publicly attacking McConnell. — Former Missouri governor Eric Greitens (R), who is running for Senate, said Tuesday that if he wins next year, he will not support Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Al Franken has a new comedy tour. His targets? Former Senate colleagues. — NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — For more than eight years in the Senate, Al Franken largely stifled the funny, as though he coexisted with a powerful alter ego in desperate need of submission: Senator Franken and “Saturday Night Live” Al.
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Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Really Is — Behind shipping delays and soaring prices are workers still at mortal risk of COVID-19. — At this point, the maddeningly unpredictable Delta variant has changed the expected course of the coronavirus pandemic so much that it can be hard …