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Craig Karmin / Wall Street Journal:
Trumps Selling Prized Washington, D.C., Hotel for $375 Million — CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, is in contract to acquire the hotel lease for the Trump International Hotel — Donald Trump's family hotel company has reached an agreement to sell the rights to its glittering Washington …
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Trump's company to sell D.C. hotel lease for $375 million, report says
Trump's company to sell D.C. hotel lease for $375 million, report says
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CNN:
Exasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris' frustrating start as vice president — (CNN)Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff …
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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Name Mitch Landrieu to Lead Roughly $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan — The former Louisiana lieutenant governor led the city of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018 — WASHINGTON—President Biden intends to name former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to supervise the roughly $1 trillion …
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The White House:
President Biden Announces Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu as Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator — Ahead of signing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act tomorrow, President Biden is naming Mitch Landrieu as senior advisor responsible for coordinating for implementation …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
New book alleges Fox's Maria Bartiromo shouted at Bill Barr about imagined voter fraud — (CNN Business)Former attorney general Bill Barr says Fox News host Maria Bartiromo called him up “screaming” about imaginary voter fraud, according to his account in a new book.
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Shibani Mahtani / Washington Post:
American journalist Danny Fenster released from Myanmar jail despite 11 year sentence — American journalist Danny Fenster, held since May in a Myanmar jail, was released Monday and allowed to leave the country en route to rejoin his family in the United States, according to his employer and former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson.
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
McConnell sought to disinvite Trump from Biden's inaugural — According to a new book from Jonathan Karl, Trump got wind of the plan and preemptively announced he wasn't attending — The level of distrust that Mitch McConnell had for then-President Donald Trump in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riots …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
In wake of Bannon indictment, Republicans warn of payback — GOP lawmakers say Democrats, by pursuing contempt charges against a Trump ally, are paving the way for them to go after Biden aides if they retake the House in 2022. — Republicans are rallying around former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon …
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden has underestimated problems facing the country — and Democrats fear that has become a political problem — In June, senior White House officials promised that rising inflation was just “transitory.” — In July, President Biden declared that “the virus is on the run.”
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Washington Post:
Inflation emerges as defining economic challenge of Biden presidency, with no obvious solution at hand
Inflation emerges as defining economic challenge of Biden presidency, with no obvious solution at hand
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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Biden advisers say pandemic, not policies, fueling inflation
Biden advisers say pandemic, not policies, fueling inflation
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New York Times:
How Republicans Have an Edge in the Emerging 2022 Congressional Maps — On a highly distorted congressional map that is still taking shape, the party has added enough safe House districts to capture control of the chamber based on its redistricting edge alone.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Flu shots uptake is now partisan. It didn't use to be — (CNN)Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine has, unfortunately, become partisan like so much else in our society. Almost every Democratic adult (90% to 95%) has gotten a shot, while a little less than two-thirds of Republican adults have.
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Financial Times:
Ukraine warned of ‘high probability’ of Russian military escalation this winter — Kyiv's deputy defence minister tells FT western intelligence not just based on troop surge at border — Western intelligence suggests a “high probability of destabilisation” of Ukraine by Russia as soon …
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The Economist:
Russia is stoking tension with Ukraine and the EU
Russia is stoking tension with Ukraine and the EU
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Anti-Vax Conspiracist Emerald Robinson is Reportedly Out at Newsmax: ‘The Decision Has Essentially Been Made’ — Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson has been off the air since earlier this month after she posted a lunatic tweet claiming that the Covid-19 vaccines contained a bioluminescent demonic tracker.
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Terry Tang / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: ‘Sesame Street’ debuts Asian American muppet — What's in a name? Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant to live there. — “So, in Korean traditionally the two syllables they each mean something different and Ji means, like, smart or wise.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
His Reasons for Opposing Trump Were Biblical. Now a Top Christian Editor Is Out. — A clash over culture and politics comes to World, a groundbreaking journalistic institution that covers evangelical Christians. — When Marvin Olasky gets angry emails from readers …
Politico:
Dems' bitter pill: Popular health provisions won't kick in until after the midterms — There was little they could have done to speed up implementation of key parts of their bill. They're hoping voters will reward them regardless. — “Build Back Better has got to get done …
Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
Moammar Gadhafi's Son Launches Libyan Presidential Bid — Saif al-Islam Gadhafi has called the 2011 rebellion that led to his father's brutal death ‘evil’ — Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya's slain dictator, launched a presidential campaign on Sunday in an attempt to retake control …
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Ahmed Elumami / Reuters:
Son of former Libyan ruler Gaddafi runs for president
Son of former Libyan ruler Gaddafi runs for president
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Rolling Stone:
Marilyn Manson: The Monster Hiding in Plain Sight — He was a provocative media darling for decades. Offstage, exes allege, he was an abuser who made their lives hell. A Rolling Stone investigation based on court documents and more than 55 new interviews — It started as a vocal booth.
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Washington Post:
Biden to propose 20-year drilling ban around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a sacred tribal site — Officials will announce the move, which affects a contested swath of federal land in New Mexico, at the White House Tribal Nations Summit — The Biden administration on Monday …
Joseph Marks / Washington Post:
Conspiracy theories are an election security threat, new report says — Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! Today is the 62nd anniversary of the events recounted in Truman Capote's “In Cold Blood.” Read it if you haven't. — Below: A hacker sent fake cyberattack alerts from FBI email accounts …