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Tory MP Sir David Amess dies after stabbing — Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. — Police said a man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the stabbing at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. — They said they recovered a knife …
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Alan McGuinness / Sky News:
Conservative MP Sir David Amess stabbed multiple times in incident at constituency surgery
Conservative MP Sir David Amess stabbed multiple times in incident at constituency surgery
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CNN:
British lawmaker David Amess murdered in knife attack at constituency meeting
British lawmaker David Amess murdered in knife attack at constituency meeting
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Esther Webber / Politico:
UK MP David Amess dies after stabbing attack
UK MP David Amess dies after stabbing attack
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Washington Free Beacon, The London Economic and Metro.co.uk
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump allies eye election law push should he be reelected — Even before he lost his reelection bid, former President Donald Trump has been obsessed with challenging and changing election laws. Should he find himself back in the White House, his allies are hoping to turn that obsession into legislative action.
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Politico:
Can Pete Buttigieg have it all? — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With Allie Bice. — PETE BUTTIGIEG has been MIA. — While U.S. ports faced anchor-to-anchor traffic and Congress nearly melted …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson's snide dismissal of paternity leave is in stark contrast to his colleagues' fervent support — Fox News host Tucker Carlson dismissed the importance of paternity leave while taking an anti-gay swing at Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Thursday.
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The Hill, Raw Story, Insider, Crooks and Liars and The American Independent
Jennifer Oliver O'Connell / RedState:
Pete Buttigieg Returns to D.C. From Playing House, and Is About as Useful as When He Wasn't Here
Pete Buttigieg Returns to D.C. From Playing House, and Is About as Useful as When He Wasn't Here
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Twitchy
Callie Patteson / New York Post:
Pete Buttigieg has been on paternity leave amid Biden supply-chain crisis
Pete Buttigieg has been on paternity leave amid Biden supply-chain crisis
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Power Line, Townhall, BizPac Review, Breitbart and Shot in the Dark
Davis Winkie / Military Times:
Day 1 of outspoken Marine's trial brings guilty plea and political sideshow — CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — When Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller's defense team called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, to the virtual witness stand Thursday afternoon, the tablet showing her Zoom testimony …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Biden administration says it's ready to restore ‘Remain in Mexico’ along border next month — The Biden administration is prepared to reimplement the Trump-era border policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols in mid-November if the Mexican government agrees to accept the return …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
CNN, Reuters: Get ready for the return of ... Remain in Mexico?
CNN, Reuters: Get ready for the return of ... Remain in Mexico?
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Woman becomes ‘combative’ attempting assault on Capitol Police officers with baseball bat — A woman in Washington, D.C. , “became combative” and attempted to assault Capitol Police officers on Friday using a baseball bat , authorities said Friday. — The woman, who was identified …
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New York Times:
Science vs. bureaucracy — For the 15 million Americans who have received the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine, the confusing messages from the federal government just keep coming. — An F.D.A. advisory panel is scheduled to vote today on whether J. & J. recipients should receive a booster shot.
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Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
The Unvaccinated May Not Be Who You Think — Back when a viral pandemic killing millions around the world was just the plot of a scary movie, the film “Contagion” was lauded for how accurately it depicted the way such an outbreak would occur. — On the science of viral contagion …
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Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
What Is Kyrsten Sinema Doing? — In one respect, that's an easy question to answer: Kyrsten Sinema is attempting to derail the reconciliation bill, or, failing that, to at least vastly pare back its more progressive elements, on behalf of the donors and lobbyists whose interests she represents.
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal and Daily Kos
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Vaccinated travelers from abroad can enter the U.S. on Nov. 8. — International travelers fully vaccinated against the coronavirus who have been barred from entering the United States during the pandemic will be able to enter the country on Nov. 8, according to a White House official …
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New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal and The Hill
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. to lift curbs from Nov. 8 for vaccinated foreign travelers - official
U.S. to lift curbs from Nov. 8 for vaccinated foreign travelers - official
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KCRW:
Biden has 99 problems and the ports back logs are just one — Listen 50 min MORE — The Port of Los Angeles will now be running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, under a new plan announced by President Biden. Right now his administration is juggling a lot of problems that are weighing …
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CNN, RedState and Chicago Sun-Times
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Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Southern California Dems distancing from Biden admin on supply chain crisis, oil spill disaster
Southern California Dems distancing from Biden admin on supply chain crisis, oil spill disaster
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Washington Post:
Justice Department will ask Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law while legal fights play out — The Department of Justice said Friday that it will go back to the Supreme Court to request that it put on hold Texas's restrictive abortion law while legal battles continue.
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Politico, CNBC, The Hill, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, CNN, Associated Press, NPR, POLITICUSUSA, ABC13, Roll Call, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Aleteia, TheGrio and Political Wire
Elisha Fieldstadt / Associated Press:
Nikolas Cruz plans to plead guilty to 17 counts of murder for 2018 Parkland school shooting — Nikolas Cruz to plead guilty to Parkland school shooting — Nikolas Cruz plans to plead guilty to 17 murder counts in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, his lawyers said.
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Wall Street Journal:
Federal Judges or Their Brokers Traded Stocks of Litigants During Cases — Dozens of judges have reported share purchases and sales made while they presided in suits involving those companies, a WSJ investigation found — Mary Geiger Lewis acquired Walmart Inc. stock.
James Clayton / BBC:
Apple takes down Koran app in China — Apple has taken down one of the world's most popular Koran apps in China, following a request from officials. — Quran Majeed is available across the world on the App Store - and has nearly 150,000 reviews. It is used by millions of Muslims.
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Models and bottles: When Melania's pal Paolo blew through D.C. — DRIVING THE DAY — This is the story of what happened when a notorious New York City playboy not named DONALD TRUMP tried to replicate his act in Washington. — Few people are more intertwined with Donald and MELANIA TRUMP than PAOLO ZAMPOLLI.
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Raw Story
Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News:
How Celebrity Gossip Site Crazy Days And Nights Went QAnon — It was early June and “Penny Farthing” had finally had enough. — “I've been a faithful reader of this site since like 2008 but I have just about had enough of the QAnon garbage that gets posted lately.
Megan Carpentier / Oxygen Official Site:
Native American Woman In Oklahoma Convicted Of Manslaughter Over Miscarriage — Brittney Poolaw faces four years in prison for a miscarriage she suffered less than halfway through her pregnancy. — Prosectors in Oklahoma successfully argued to a jury this month that a woman who had a miscarriage …
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Reason, Alternet.org and Boing Boing
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Fired FBI official Andrew McCabe wins retirement benefits and back pay in settlement — The Justice Department has agreed to restore full law enforcement benefits and provide some attorney fees for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired by the Trump administration only hours before his retirement three years ago.
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Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
‘Be Human’ — Notes on a gathering of democracy leaders and human-rights activists — Someone says to me, “Jay, this is Andrei.” I say, “Hi, Andrei.” Then I look at his name tag, which includes his last name. My eyes widen. My heart skips a beat or two.
Jackie Calmes / Los Angeles Times:
Why journalists are failing the public with ‘both-siderism’ in political coverage — American politics has changed dramatically since my post-Watergate generation of journalists began covering the story. Political journalism hasn't kept up. — For years it was easy to cover “both sides” …
Christian Spencer / The Hill:
After white students displayed Confederate flag at school, Black students suspended for planning protest — Story at a glance: — White students at Coosa High School in Georgia waved the Confederate flag and hurled racial slurs leading up to homecoming. — The students with the Confederate flag did not face repercussions.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Two GOP incumbents vow to run in redrawn West Virginia district — Redistricting in West Virginia is pitting two GOP House incumbents against each other in a newly drawn district, the first instance of the process forcing two lawmakers to run against each other as a result of new lines informed by the 2020 census.
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