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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
The Biden effect: GOP starts linking down-ballot Democrats to an increasingly unpopular president — Amid president's eroding poll numbers, Republicans begin hitching potentially vulnerable Democrats to Biden — Chaffetz: Biden's crises, cratering poll numbers are ‘self-inflicted wounds’
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Washington Examiner
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Roots of Democratic Disarray — If anyone tells you they know how the battle among congressional Democrats will be resolved, wish them a good day and walk away very quickly. They managed to pass an infrastructure bill in the Senate — with Republican support! — and are now in total disagreement …
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CNN, Washington Examiner, New Republic, The Guardian and MyNorthwest.com
Politico:
Pelosi goes all in with domestic agenda on the line — Nancy Pelosi has never been in a bind like this before. — The speaker is on the cusp of muscling through a pair of bills that amount to trillions of dollars in investments that, if they make it to President Joe Biden's desk, will reshape both her and the president's legacies.
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Wall Street Journal
Politico:
As Dems race forward, Manchin pumps brakes: ‘There is no timeline’ — Democratic leadership has pushed their $3.5 trillion spending bill along without buy-in from the moderate West Virginia senator. — Sen. Joe Manchin arrives to chair the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee …
Geoff Duncan / CNN:
If my fellow Republicans want to win, they won't buy Trump's stolen election fantasy — ‘No one has lost the state of Arizona more than Donald Trump’: Berman on Arizona audit — Geoff Duncan, a Republican, is the 12th lieutenant governor of Georgia. The views expressed in this commentary are his own.
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The Hill, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Washington Post, Raw Story and HuffPost
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Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Elder energizes California GOP but steers party against the tide
Elder energizes California GOP but steers party against the tide
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Los Angeles Times
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Why the GOP is threatening to block a debt limit extension they say is needed
Why the GOP is threatening to block a debt limit extension they say is needed
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Insider, Common Dreams and MSNBC
Jim Parker / KVIA-TV:
Fort Bliss woman soldier assaulted at Afghan refugee camp — DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — The FBI is investigating the assault of a female Fort Bliss soldier by several male Afghan refugees at the Army's Doña Ana Complex camp where thousands are currently being housed, officials told ABC-7 on Friday.
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Washington Examiner, Townhall, El Paso Times, Breitbart, HotAir, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Assault on female US service member by male Afghan refugees at Fort Bliss under FBI investigation — The incident comes on the heels of two Afghan refugees being charged with federal crimes at a Wisconsin military base — Fox News Flash top headlines for September 24
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KTSM-TV, Liberty Unyielding, New York Post, RedState, National Review, Jihad Watch, Page Array, РИА …, BorderReport and Washington Examiner
Ian Austen / New York Times:
China Frees 2 Canadians After U.S. Deal Over Huawei Executive — Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor had been held by China since 2018, soon after Canada detained the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. A U.S. agreement has cleared the way for Ms. Meng's release.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Admits to Misleading Global Financial Institution
Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Admits to Misleading Global Financial Institution
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The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Biden likely won't shield Trump records from Jan. 6 investigators, White House says — President Joe Biden will not shield former President Donald Trump's records from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by invoking executive privilege, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
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Washington Examiner, The Guardian and Associated Press
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New York Times:
‘Stop the Steal’ Movement Races Forward, Ignoring Arizona Humiliation — As a Republican review of 2020 votes in Arizona sputtered to a close, Donald Trump and his allies signaled that their attack on the election, and their drive to reshape future elections, were far from over.
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Arizona recount results raise stakes for GOP-backed ballot reviews in other states
Arizona recount results raise stakes for GOP-backed ballot reviews in other states
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The Bulwark, The Hill, Daily Kos, Reuters, Raw Story, NBC News, CBS News, KVIA-TV, Washington Examiner, Insider, ABC News, Associated Press, The Daily Signal, Political Wire, Crooks and Liars, Zandar Versus The Stupid, WTOP and KRON4
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Think tank: Trump faces ‘substantial’ legal risk in Georgia case — Ahead of former President Donald Trump's return to Georgia, legal experts with the Brookings Institution think tank published a detailed analysis Friday of the potential criminal investigation he faces in Fulton County linked …
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HillReporter.com and myfox8.com
Insider:
One of the most secretive and powerful groups in GOP politics just had its cell phone numbers leaked. Here's what its members said about Trump 2024 when we started calling. — Several members of the conservative Council for National Policy were iffy on Trump running again.
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Maybe We Should Be Talking More About the Trump Coup Memo — Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — There was big news this week on what is known ominously and euphemistically as “the democracy beat,” and like all such news, it was bad.
New York Times:
The Surveillance Apparatus That Surrounded Britney Spears — An account by a former employee of the security team hired by Ms. Spears's father created the most detailed portrait yet of the singer's life under 13 years of conservatorship. — Britney Spears's father and the security firm …
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Variety
Sarah Toy / Wall Street Journal:
Schools With Face-Mask Requirements Had Fewer Covid-19 Outbreaks, CDC Study Finds — Two studies suggest that masks can help prevent classroom outbreaks and pediatric cases in the community — Face-mask requirements in schools drastically reduce the spread of Covid-19 among children …
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New York Times, Centers for Disease Control …, Digby's Hullabaloo and KVIA-TV
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Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Pediatric covid-19 cases rose faster in counties without school mask requirements, CDC says
Pediatric covid-19 cases rose faster in counties without school mask requirements, CDC says
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Chris Hayes / New Yorker:
On the Internet, We're Always Famous — What happens when the experience of celebrity becomes universal? — The fennec fox is the smallest fox on earth and cute as a button. It has mischievous dark eyes, a small black nose, and impish six-inch ears—each several times larger than its head.
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Seven-seven-what? After 74 years, D.C. braces for a new area code. — The plethora of timeless symbols that define Washington include the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and a venerated area code that evokes power and prestige: 202 — the digital entryway to the nation's capital. — For now.
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Outside the Beltway
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
‘Gutfeld!’ beats all late-night shows on their widely hyped ‘Climate Night’ — Greg Gutfeld also trounced his cable news competitors on MSNBC and CNN — Tucker roasts ‘dumbest’ CNN hosts on ‘Gutfeld!’ — Fox News' “Gutfeld!” beat all the other late-night shows Wednesday …
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Instapundit and The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
The bedwetting phase — Presented by The American Petroleum Institute (API) — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With Allie Bice. — At some point this past week, a dark realization set in among Democrats …
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Washington Post, The National Interest, Ballotpedia News, Roll Call, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Al Jazeera, KION546, Bloomberg and Florida Politics
Jere Hester / THE CITY:
Award-Winning New York News Start-up THE CITY Seeks Editor in Chief — NEW YORK, N.Y. — THE CITY, an independent, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to serving the people of New York, has launched a search for an experienced, innovative and visionary editor in chief to help lead the acclaimed local news site …
Miami Herald:
Del Rio, Texas camp cleared of Haitian migrants — The last remaining Haitian migrants who were living in squalid conditions in makeshift encampments underneath a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border have been cleared out, the head of the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.
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BuzzFeed News, CNN, UPI, CNBC, The Daily Caller, Washington Times and ABC News
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