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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Ozy Built a TV Show on a False Claim, Says Its Former Producer — Producers say they were led to believe they were making a talk show for A&E, which said no to the program. “You are playing a dangerous game with the truth,” the top producer wrote in his resignation email. — Read in app
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Sharon Osbourne says Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson lied when he claimed the Osbournes invested in his company — Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson boasted on CNBC in 2019 that Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne had invested in his company. It was a lie, according to Sharon Osbourne.
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CNN:
Durham issues fresh round of subpoenas in his continuing probe of FBI investigation into Trump, Russia — Washington (CNN)Special Counsel John Durham has issued a new set of subpoenas, including to a law firm with close ties to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, an indication that Durham …
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New York Times:
Trump Server Mystery Produces Fresh Conflict
Trump Server Mystery Produces Fresh Conflict
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Identity of ‘Tech Executive’ in Durham indictment over Alfa Bank claims revealed
Identity of ‘Tech Executive’ in Durham indictment over Alfa Bank claims revealed
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Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Alex Jones Just Lost 2 Sandy Hook Cases — A judge issued default judgments — a rarity in the legal world — against Jones and Infowars after the conspiracy theorist failed to produce discovery records. — Infowars host Alex Jones has lost two of several lawsuits filed against him by relatives …
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CNN:
Harriet Hageman once rebuked Trump and endorsed Liz Cheney. She's now challenging her with his support — (CNN)Harriet Hageman, who earned the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in her 2022 bid to challenge Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, once called her current opponent a “proven, courageous, constitutional conservative.”
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New York Times:
House Delays Vote on Infrastructure Bill as Democrats Feud — A liberal revolt left Democrats short of votes, but leaders insisted they would bring up the measure again on Friday, giving them more time to reach a deal on a separate climate and safety net bill. — Read in app
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Alito speaks out on Texas abortion case and ‘shadow docket’ — Justice Samuel Alito leapt into a political fray over the Supreme Court on Thursday, lashing back at critics who have accused the justices of increasingly issuing momentous decisions on its emergency docket without the benefit of a full briefing or oral arguments.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Manchin proposed $1.5T top-line number to Schumer this summer — Joe Manchin proposed a deal to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer this summer to limit the total cost of Democrats' sweeping spending bill to $1.5 trillion, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by POLITICO.
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Manchin Sets $1.5 Trillion Ceiling For Democrats' Reconciliation Bill
Manchin Sets $1.5 Trillion Ceiling For Democrats' Reconciliation Bill
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Andrew R. Arthur / CIS.org:
Afghan Provision in Must-Pass Legislation Puts U.S. National Security Last — Lowering ID standards for nationals of a country with ‘a dynamic terrorism landscape’ is a bad idea — Congressional leadership is pushing hard to pass H.R. 5304, the “continuing resolution” (CR) …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Senate narrowly turns back GOP amendment to curtail assistance to Afghan refugees
Senate narrowly turns back GOP amendment to curtail assistance to Afghan refugees
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Biden signs a short-term spending bill swiftly passed by Congress, averting a government shutdown.
Biden signs a short-term spending bill swiftly passed by Congress, averting a government shutdown.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Joe Biden's rapid retreat on climate ambitions — Rejecting a higher carbon price means renouncing the most effective tool for cutting emissions — Everyone talks about the weather, goes the quip, but nobody does anything about it. Joe Biden billed himself as the long-awaited departure …
Politico:
Harris' office does damage control over student's Israel ‘ethnic genocide’ comment — Vice President Kamala Harris' office is working behind the scenes to mend relationships with pro-Israel Democrats after not pushing back on a student who, in asking her a question, accused Israel of “ethnic genocide.”
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Tight race for Virginia governor — The survey, released Thursday, was conducted September 26 through September 29 among Virginia registered voters — McAuliffe says parents shouldn't choose their children's curriculum — Virginia voters give Democrat Terry McAuliffe …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Inside the CIA's desperate effort to rescue its Afghan allies — Often the spy business is about betrayal. But for the CIA in Afghanistan, even amid the catastrophic U.S. withdrawal in August, the story in recent months has largely been about keeping faith with its local partners.
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Senior al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in Syria, US defense officials say — The figure was responsible for planning, funding, and approving trans-regional al Qaeda attacks
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Rachel Hartigan / National Geographic:
The epic COVID-19 memorial on the National Mall, in one stunning photo — 4,882 photos taken over 30 hours. More than 670,000 flags representing American lives lost. An incalculable measure of grief. — BYRACHEL HARTIGAN — For more than 30 hours, photographer and National Geographic …
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Gordon Klein / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Why I Am Suing UCLA — I refused to discriminate against my students. Then the problems began. — Recently, I was suspended from my job for refusing to treat my black students as lesser than their non-black peers. — Let me back up: I teach at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, and I've been doing this for 40 years.
Lauren Weber / NBC News:
Covid is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of people in urban areas — Unvaccinated Covid patients still overwhelming health care workers — Rural Americans are dying of Covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely …
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Jordan Davidson / The Federalist:
Inspector General Finds Damning ‘Widespread’ FISA Failure After FBI Director Dismissed Concerns — Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a damning report on Thursday chastising the Federal Bureau of Investigation for “widespread” violations in the intelligence agency's applications …
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Vaughn Rasberry / Newlines Magazine:
In Search of African Arabic — The majority of the world's Arabic speakers inhabit Africa and its diasporas. So why is much of continental Africa absent in Arabic language curricula? — Vaughn Rasberry is associate professor of English at Stanford University and academic director …
New York Times:
More Than Half of Police Killings Are Undercounted, New Study Says — Researchers comparing information from death certificates with data from organizations that track police killings in the United States identified a startling discrepancy. — Read in app
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Zach Despart / Houston Chronicle:
Houston, epicenter of Harvey damage, still would get $0 under Texas' latest disaster aid plan — Harris County and the city of Houston this week blasted the Texas General Land Office's revised plan for distributing billions in federal Hurricane Harvey aid, saying that while it is an improvement …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: So long, swing seats: Gerrymandering is already shrinking the midterm map — In this edition: The slow death of the swing seat, debate echoes in New Jersey and Virginia, and a boom market in anti-Kyrsten Sinema PACs. — Please don't make me write about an August 2024 primary until at least next month.
CJ Werleman / Byline Times:
Modi Steps Up his Violence in Assam — CJ Werleman fears that the recent violence in India's eastern state, combined with the construction of ‘transit camps’ for Muslims, is a further step in ethnic cleansing by India's leadership — From the moment Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept …
Adam Wren / Insider:
I just rode the bus with Biden's education chief. You should hear what he said about Trump supporters, critical race theory, and mask mandates. — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona toured the Midwest last week. — He's touting a safe return to school amid the pandemic.
Ian Bassin / The Bulwark:
Democracy Cannot Survive the Fracturing of the Democratic Coalition — When anti-authoritarian coalitions splinter, the authoritarians take over. — (PHOTOS: GETTYIMAGES / SHUTTERSTOCK) — In the early days of the first Trump presidency, our organization cohosted a “Summit for Democracy” …
Mark Harris / Wired:
How a Secret Google Geofence Warrant Helped Catch the Capitol Riot Mob — A WIRED investigation has found 45 federal criminal cases that cite Google geolocation data to place suspects inside the US Capitol during the January 6 riot. — COURT DOCUMENTS SUGGEST the FBI has been using …
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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Business gets personal: Leftists push boundaries in protests targeting public figures — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas became the latest victim of liberal activism targeting political figures personally when protesters shrouded his Washington, D.C., home in a giant foil blanket this week.
Tom Wright / Wall Street Journal:
The Man at the Center of a Shocking U.S. Navy Scandal — Procurer, protector, supplier for all needs: Leonard Francis claims that he made himself indispensable to the U.S. Navy. Then he became the star witness in a sweeping corruption probe. — On May 22, 2008, six U.S. Navy officers allegedly piled …
Task & Purpose:
US Marine who says he rescued baby at Kabul airport investigated for appearing at Trump rally [Updated] — “The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) has initiated a command investigation regarding LCpl Hunter Clark's attendance at the event last weekend to determine if any DoD policies were violated.”