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2:50 PM ET, September 4, 2022

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David Wilson / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German killed outside home  —  Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, one of Nevada's most accomplished and trusted journalists, was found dead with stab wounds outside his home Saturday morning.
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Trump Returns to Rally Team MAGA  —  WILKES-BARRE, Pa.—Donald Trump's rally on Saturday night was his first major public appearance since the FBI searched his Florida home—and you could tell.  A kind of manic, vengeful energy circulated among the throngs of supporters in the blue stadium seats at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In Pa. visit, Trump attacks Biden for ‘vicious, hateful and divisive’ address  —  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump lashed out at President Joe Biden on Saturday night, saying the Democrat's recent address in Philadelphia was “the most vicious, hateful, and divisive speech ever delivered …
U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Russia:
Ambassador Sullivan's Departure  —  U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation John J. Sullivan has concluded his tenure as U.S. envoy and departed Moscow today.  Ambassador Sullivan was appointed in December 2019 and has served as Ambassador for almost three years.
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Associated Press:
U.S. ambassador to Russia leaving post as Ukraine war drags on  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America's top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career …
Simon Schuster / MLive.com:
Campaign finance filings show Tudor Dixon's campaign at ‘critical juncture’  —  The differences on paper are stark.  —  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's campaign held 26 fundraisers in 35 days, has 49 people on its payroll and $14 million in the bank as of Aug. 22.
Washington Post:
Florida let them vote.  Then DeSantis's election police arrested them.  —  BELLE GLADE, Fla. — When Leo Grant Jr. cast his ballot in the 2020 election, it was the first time the 53-year-old had ever voted — an act that made him feel like he was setting a good example for his three sons and fulfilling his role as a citizen.
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump suggests the Mar-a-Lago documents were bound for his library.  But advisers say he's rarely talked about it.  —  A central question involving the records former President Donald Trump stored at his Mar-a-Lago home is why he was keeping reams of government documents and classified material.
John Blake / CNN:
When ‘wokeness’ comes to Middle-earth: Why some say diverse casting ruins the new ‘Lord of the Rings’ series  —  Cynthia Addai-Robinson portrays Queen Regent Miriel in Amazon's new “Lord of the Rings” series, “The Rings of Power.”  Addai-Robinson is among a number of actors of color playing …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Distinguished pol of the week: Biden hits his stride  —  Republicans who excuse a coup, vilify the FBI and rationalize defeated former president Donald Trump's holding on to highly sensitive national security secrets as he left the White House are whining that President Biden, at a fundraiser, called the MAGA movement “semi-fascist.”
Associated Press:
Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series  —  Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT.  The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys.  —  Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.”
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Carolyn Giardina / The Hollywood Reporter:
Barack Obama Wins Emmy
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democrats Make A Play To Win Over Seniors, Long A Base For GOP  —  Across the country, the party is focusing on prescription drug costs and Social Security.  —  PHOENIX — Democrats in key races around the country are making an aggressive push for older voters, a key bloc in lower-turnout midterm elections …
Discussion: USA Today
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
John Legend Bet on Himself  —  The singer-songwriter and Instagram Dad talks about his next album, his time as a management consultant, and his falling out with Kanye West.  —  “I'm not dressed for public consumption,” John Legend apologized, before turning on his Zoom camera.
Washington Post:
Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms website  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Reversing course under growing public pressure, major tech security company Cloudflare Inc. announced Saturday that it would stop protecting the Kiwi Farms website, best known as a place for stalkers to organize hacks …
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NBC News:   Internet services company Cloudflare blocks fringe web forum Kiwi Farms citing targeted threats
 
 
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Stephanie Lai / New York Times:
In the California Desert, L.G.B.T.Q. Voters Could Sway a Key House Race
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Biden's Student Loan Cancellation is a Trumpian Abuse of Emergency Powers
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Chile Votes on Constitution That Would Enshrine Record Number of Rights
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2 dead, 5 hurt in Norfolk mass shooting on Killam Ave.
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Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death
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What Is Owed to Pakistan, Now One-Third Underwater
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Pastor Timothy Keller Speaks to the Head and the Heart
Tom Bonier / New York Times:
Women Are So Fired Up to Vote, I've Never Seen Anything Like It
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