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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Sanders' Sinema spat — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) withheld support for a joint statement condemning last weekend's protests against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) because it also wouldn't include a rebuke of her political views, Axios has learned. — Why it matters …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin demands progressives prioritize — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is telling colleagues that progressives need to pick just one of President Biden's three signature policies for helping working families and discard the other two, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Report Cites New Details of Trump Pressure on Justice Dept. Over Election — A Senate panel fleshed out how Donald Trump pursued his plan to install a loyalist as acting attorney general to pursue unfounded reports of fraud. — WASHINGTON — Even by the standards of President Donald J. Trump …
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Politico:
Dems take GOP's short-term debt fix offer, kicking deadline to December — Democrats are planning to accept an offer from Mitch McConnell to let them raise the debt ceiling into December without a GOP filibuster, multiple senators said after a closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why McConnell backed down — DRIVING THE DAY — HUNTER BIDEN showcased his art to about 200 people at Milk Studios in Hollywood, Calif., The Daily Mail's Josh Boswell reports. Guests included “World Champion boxer SUGAR RAY LEONARD ... Los Angeles Mayor ERIC GARCETTI” …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
McConnell proposes debt limit deal
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New York Times:
Federal Judge Pauses Strict Texas Law Banning Most Abortions — A sharply worded ruling sided with the Justice Department, which sued to block the measure last month after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday granted the Justice Department's request …
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Abortion Law — Judge grants Justice Department request for preliminary injunction against six-week abortion ban — A federal judge late Wednesday blocked enforcement of a Texas ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a legal blow against a novel law …
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Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an “offensive deprivation” of a constitutional right by banning most abortions in the nation's second-most populous state since September.
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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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Jessica Anderson / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland man allegedly fatally shot his pharmacist brother for ‘killing people’ with the COVID vaccine, court records show
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Idaho's governor left the state. His lieutenant governor took power and banned state vaccine mandates.
Emily Alpert Reyes / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. to require proof of COVID vaccination at indoor restaurants, salons, other venues
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Tulsa World:
Joy Hofmeister to flip parties, challenge Kevin Stitt for governor in 2022 … State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister is running for governor — as a Democrat. — The 57-year-old lifelong Republican told the Tulsa World in an exclusive interview that she is changing her party registration …
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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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Caroline Downey / National Review:
69 Percent of Hispanics Disapprove of Biden's Handling of Immigration
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Justices Make a Surprising Proposal in Torture Case — Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, three justices said it was time to hear from the first detainee subjected to brutal interrogation by the C.I.A. — WASHINGTON — Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
The foul-mouthed farmer sticking his neck out for Democrats' agenda — When Jon Tester returned from a White House meeting last month, Amy Klobuchar congratulated him for his “nice quote” about the debt ceiling. — As Klobuchar read back Tester's expletive-infused words, he recalled protesting: “'Come on.
The Daily Beast:
Lewandowski Demanded Cash After MAGA-Land Kicked Him to the Curb — “It doesn't matter if he'd asked for five dollars, it wasn't going to happen,” one individual familiar with the situation said. — Last week, Donald Trump announced the exile of his confidant and former top campaign aide Corey Lewandowski …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Mike Pence did a service to democracy on Jan. 6. Why is he trying to undo it now? — No one understands better than former vice president Mike Pence the corrosive forces of disinformation that led to the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6. — Pence's refusal that day to bend …
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ESPN:
Saudi Arabian takeover of Newcastle nears completion - sources — A Saudi Arabia-led takeover of Newcastle United is expected to be completed within the next 48 hours, sources have told ESPN. — The Premier League are expected to announce Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) …
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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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Critical race theory was the hot topic on Fox News this summer. Not so much anymore. — Concern about the intellectual framework triggered clashes at local school board meetings. But it seems to be dropping off the public radar now. — Do you remember what the hottest topic on Fox News was this summer?
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Ruben Gallego is left's favorite to take on Sinema — Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) has emerged as an early favorite to primary Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D) in Arizona as fury on the left grows over her opposition to the party's sweeping reconciliation package. — As Democrats' patience with Sinema runs …
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Roll Call and Political Wire
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Rand Paul bedevils fellow Republicans again with Israel aid holdup — After spending much of the summer portraying Democrats as anti-Israel, Republicans are now in the awkward position of an intraparty feud that's holding up military assistance to the U.S. ally.
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The Dispatch
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden, a convert to mandates, making economic case for shots — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is wielding his weapon of last resort in the nation's fight against COVID-19, as he champions vaccination requirements across the country in an effort to force the roughly 67 million …
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Chicago Sun-Times and The Hill
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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Bobby Burack / OutKick:
Bill Maher Explains Why His Crowd Is Now A Mix Of Conservatives and Liberals … No one in media has triggered the Left more this year than Bill Maher. Liberals feel Maher has betrayed them, so they now call him an “angry white man.” Or something. — Despite that caterwauling, Maher hasn't betrayed the Left.
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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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Terry Gross / NPR:
Former White House Russia expert Fiona Hill warns the U.S. is on a path to autocracy — Russia expert Fiona Hill warns that American democracy is under attack — from within. — In November 2019, Hill became one of the key witnesses at then-President Donald Trump's first impeachment hearing …
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Adam Sexton / WMUR:
New Hampshire state representative resigns as committee chair after sharing controversial document about COVID-19 vaccine — Rep. Karen Umberger replacing Rep. Ken Weyler on committees — Hide Transcript Show Transcript — Stay up to speed on all the latest local and national political news.
Courtney Gross / Spectrum News NY1:
Ballot Blunders: Looking at patronage and nepotism at NYC Board of Elections — NEW YORK — Last week, we were looking for one commissioner at the New York City Board of Elections (BOE). — But Gino Marmorato was not interested in talking. — NY1 wanted to discuss his deep ties to the Bronx Republican party.
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Craig Jenkins / Vulture:
Dave Chappelle's Endless Feedback Loop — The first time I saw Dave Chappelle on television, I thought, This guy is funny, but he's getting canceled. I'd seen Half Baked, Blue Streak, and 200 Cigarettes, and I came to Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show expecting more caustic stoner wit.
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