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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 …
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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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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The White House:
Life After Default … The credit of the United States is built on centuries of stability and responsibility. This country has never intentionally defaulted on its obligations because of the debt limit. But the U.S. Treasury Department estimates that it will have very limited resources …
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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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Biden: Changing the filibuster rules to let Dems raise the debt ceiling is “a real possibility”
Biden: Changing the filibuster rules to let Dems raise the debt ceiling is “a real possibility”
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden summons bank CEOs, other business leaders as debt ceiling showdown with GOP escalates
Biden summons bank CEOs, other business leaders as debt ceiling showdown with GOP escalates
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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 …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Trump threat may soon get worse. Here's the under-the-radar reason for it. — The sunny reading of the threat posed by Donald Trump goes like this: Yes, Trump hatched multiple schemes to overturn the 2020 election, but their implausibility, his incompetence and the unwillingness …
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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C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
The January 6th investigators told us they're worried their work will be pointless if they don't move faster
The January 6th investigators told us they're worried their work will be pointless if they don't move faster
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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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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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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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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!”
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Politico:
Top Covid experts privately urge Biden admin to scale back booster campaign — A vocal contingent of prominent doctors and scientists is pressing the Biden administration to scrap its plans to provide booster shots to all previously vaccinated adults, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Science Closes In on Covid's Origins — Four studies—including two from WHO—provide powerful evidence favoring the lab-leak theory. — Where did Covid-19 come from? The answer can be found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself. To get to the truth, we need only unleash the power of science.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Search for a Covid Test
The Search for a Covid Test
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Sister Toldjah / RedState:
Terry McAuliffe May Need a Wellness Check as Campaign Suffers Another Big Blow — With just a few weeks to go before Election Day, the implosion of his campaign could not be coming at a worse time for Virginia Democrat gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe. And today, things got worse.
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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 …
Washington Post:
In weighing 2024 run, Pence tests whether there is political life after Trump — One night last week, a crowd of more than 100 Mike Pence loyalists — senators, congressmen, donors, aides, friends and family — gathered on the roof of a Pennsylvania Avenue office building to celebrate …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump praises Pence for criticism of Jan. 6 coverage
Trump praises Pence for criticism of Jan. 6 coverage
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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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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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Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Trump struggles to find a new social media platform amid talk of third White House run — Months after announcing plans to launch a social media platform, former President Donald Trump is still struggling to come up with a clear plan. — Trump plans to own whatever is built …
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
In Idaho, a power play while the governor's away — BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little said he will rescind an executive order involving Covid-19 vaccines by Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, and the commanding general of the Idaho National Guard also on Tuesday told McGeachin she can't activate troops to send to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Manchin's ‘red line’ on abortion splits Democrats — Democrats are clashing over whether to include in their sweeping spending plan a decades-old amendment that blocks Medicaid and other federal health programs from being used to cover abortions. — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) …
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Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
Both of These Politicians Opposed Iron Dome Funding. Only One Was Called Antisemitic — While Republican Senator Rand Paul drew criticism this week from the likes of AIPAC, it was nowhere near the level heaped on Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as well as other progressives, for their stance on Iron Dome
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump True Believers Have Their Reasons — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. — Just who believes the claim that Trump won in 2020 and that the election was stolen from him? Who are these tens of millions of Americans …
Brenda Alexander / Yahoo News:
Sage Steele removed from ESPN following comments on Obama, vaccine; former colleague Jemele Hill calls her out — Hill called Steele a “clown” after Steele made references to Obama's ethnicity. — Sage Steele has been temporarily removed from ESPN for her comments on a podcast …
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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier. — Rich countries contribute an average of $14,000 per year for a toddler's care, compared with $500 in the U.S. The Democrats' spending bill tries to shrink the gap. — Typical 2-year-olds in Denmark attend child care during the day …