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Alayna Treene / Axios:
McConnell proposes debt limit deal — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is offering Democrats a deal that could help the country avoid defaulting on its debt. — Driving the news: The proposal includes two options, which McConnell laid out in a statement on Wednesday …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
As Debt Ceiling Vote Looms, Democrats Reconsider Filibuster — Top Democrats say the Republican refusal to allow a vote to avert a federal default is the most powerful argument yet for weakening the Senate's signature procedural weapon. — WASHINGTON — With a federal default projected …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell offers Democrats deal to solve debt impasse — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is offering Democrats a deal that could end the stand-off over raising the nation's debt ceiling just weeks before a possible default. — The GOP leader issued a statement shortly …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin signals he won't support filibuster carveout for debt hike
Manchin signals he won't support filibuster carveout for debt hike
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John Shiffman / Reuters:
How AT&T helped build far-right One America News — As it lauded former President Donald Trump and spread his unfounded claims of election fraud, One America News Network saw its viewership jump. Reuters has uncovered how America's telecom giant nurtured the news channel now at the center …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Americans Give President Biden Lowest Marks Across The Board, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Say The Biden Administration Is Not Competent — mail_outline — President Joe Biden receives a negative 38 - 53 percent job approval rating, the lowest score he's received …
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Former Supreme Court Justice Gableman, head of Wisconsin election review, says he does not understand how elections work — Patrick Marley Natalie EilbertMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — GREEN BAY - The attorney leading a partisan review of Wisconsin's 2020 election acknowledged this week …
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Amina Dunn / Pew Research Center:
Two-thirds of Republicans want Trump to retain major political role; 44% want him to run again in 2024 — Two-thirds of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they would like to see former President Donald Trump continue to be a major political figure for many years to come …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Trump threat may soon get worse. Here's the under-the-radar reason for it.
The Trump threat may soon get worse. Here's the under-the-radar reason for it.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
A ‘Historical Event’: First Malaria Vaccine Approved by W.H.O. — Malaria kills about 500,000 people each year, about half of them children in Africa. — The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the first ever vaccine to prevent malaria, debuting a tool that could save the lives …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Top Trump aides set to defy subpoenas in Capitol attack investigation — Source says Meadows, Bannon and others will move to undercut House select committee inquiry - under instructions from Trump — Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and other top aides subpoenaed …
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Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Trump-Backed Candidate Loses Bid to Silence Tell-All Book Author
Trump-Backed Candidate Loses Bid to Silence Tell-All Book Author
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Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Trump struggles to find a new social media platform amid talk of third White House run
Trump struggles to find a new social media platform amid talk of third White House run
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Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Cold case team says Zodiac Killer ID'd, linking him to another murder — The Zodiac Killer terrorized the San Francisco area in the late 1960s and has never been caught — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 5 — A team of specialists who investigate cold cases says it has identified …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Chuck Grassley Congratulates Korean American Judicial Nominee: ‘Your People’ Have A Good Work Ethic — The GOP senator told Lucy Koh that her background reminds him of his daughter-in-law telling him Koreans “can make a lot out of nothing.” — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday told Lucy Koh …
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Timothy Noah / New Republic:
South Dakota Is a Moral Sewer and Should Be Abolished — South Dakota is in the news because a consortium of journalists exposed shady doings there that take advantage of the state's status as a notorious tax haven, and because the state's governor, Kristi Noem, is caught …
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KRON4, Dakota Free Press and Washington Post
Dan Sullivan / Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa Oath Keeper stays jailed after judge finds he threatened cops — Jeremy Brown, a one-time congressional candidate, attended the Jan.6 Capitol riot. Agents say they found unregistered guns, and hand grenades, in his home. — Published Earlier today
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Hospital system says it will deny transplants to the unvaccinated in ‘almost all situations’ — A Colorado-based health system says it is denying organ transplants to patients not vaccinated against the coronavirus in “almost all situations,” citing studies that show these patients are much more likely to die if they get covid-19.
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Charles Cooke / HotAir:
No reconciliation bill could be “too small” — When pressed, Manchin likes to describe the spree he has in mind as “targeted” and “paid for.” But even if this were true — even if every dollar spent were matched to a dollar raised by taxation — it would still miss the point.
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Manchin's ‘red line’ on abortion splits Democrats
Manchin's ‘red line’ on abortion splits Democrats
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Caught on Video: Rashida Tlaib Admits She Only Wears Mask for Cameras — Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) thinks masks only need to be worn if someone is there to catch you without one, according to remarks caught on video during a Detroit community event. — The “Squad” member told attendees …
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Adam Schiff / Vanity Fair:
Screaming Matches, Oxygen Masks, and Wild Stampedes: A Congressman Describes January 6 From the House Floor — “This is because of you!” a Democrat yelled at a Republican as protesters battered at the doors and Capitol police officers urged lawmakers to “move!”
Rodrigo Viga Gaier / Reuters:
Brazil police find 3 mln euro Nazi haul at home of suspected pedophile — Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Wednesday they had found a haul of Nazi memorabilia and weapons worth an estimated 3 million euros at the home of a Brazilian man suspected of raping a minor.
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Jessica Anderson / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland man allegedly fatally shot his pharmacist brother for ‘killing people’ with the COVID vaccine, court records show — A Cumberland man allegedly killed his brother and sister-in-law in their Ellicott City home last week because his brother, a pharmacist, administered COVID-19 vaccines …
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Associated Press:
Troubled student loan forgiveness program gets an overhaul — The Biden administration is moving to relax the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements — a change that could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers …
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Washington Post:
How Trump's health department fell in love with charter jets — Documents offer new insight into the strategy of shuttling former HHS secretary Tom Price around America — In April 2017, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services grappled with an urgent request …
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Raw Story
Deborah Haynes / Sky News:
NATO expels eight Russian ‘undeclared intelligence officers’ in response to suspected killings and espionage — The move, which is understood to have been agreed on Tuesday, comes after revelations emerged about suspected Moscow involvement in a deadly explosion at an ammunition depot in the Czech Republic in 2014.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mike Lee may finally pay for his Trump sycophancy — Mike Lee knew better. — The Republican senator from Utah knew John Eastman's crackpot theory to overthrow the election was hogwash. Nevertheless, he took the path of least resistance. He did not go public with the attempted coup.
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Politico:
Former Trump DOJ No. 2 sits for interview with Jan. 6 committee — Richard Donoghue — formerly the Justice Department's second-in-command — appeared for a closed-door interview on Friday with the select panel investigating Jan. 6, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN spent nearly 80% of September under 1 million viewers — The liberal network saw a 41% drop from September 2020 — Chris Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former ABC colleague — The news cycle has hardly slowed down since President Joe Biden took office, but CNN doesn't appear to be reaping the benefits.
Aya Elamroussi / CNN:
Texas man sentenced to 15 months in prison for posting Covid-19 hoax on social media — (CNN)A Texas man was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for spreading a hoax related to Covid-19 on social media, prosecutors said. — Evidence showed Christopher Charles Perez, 40 …
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
How Tight Is Trump's Grip on the GOP? Take a Look at the Ohio Senate Primary — Five candidates offer slight variations on Trumpism, in a contest that will test the ex-president's popularity — WELLINGTON, Ohio—For three decades, Rob Portman checked all the boxes of a classic pro …
New York Times:
Bill de Blasio Thinks He Could Be Governor. Does Anyone Else? — A run for higher office by New York City's mayor might be viewed skeptically across the state, but he says he wants to remain in public life. — Mayor Bill de Blasio has begun to tell people privately that he plans to run …
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Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Former FBI Agents Blame ‘Misogynist’ Culture For Botched Larry Nassar Investigation — The Department of Justice said it will review the misconduct of agents in the USA Gymnastics case, but FBI veterans say the problems run much deeper. — Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney was just a teenager in 2015 …