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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Ron DeSantis sends two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard — Florida governor sends migrants to Martha's Vineyard as part of program ‘to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations’ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sends planes of illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard
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Brooke Kushwaha / The Vineyard Gazette:
Planeloads of Venezuelan Migrants Arrive at Martha's Vineyard Airport — Planes carrying approximately 48 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia landed unexpectedly at Martha's Vineyard Airport Wednesday afternoon. Island officials and volunteers quickly rallied to find temporary shelter for the group.
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New York Times:
Florida Flies 2 Planeloads of Migrants to Martha's Vineyard — The moneyed summer resort became an unlikely arena in the fight over illegal immigration. Republican states have bused thousands of migrants to New York and Washington. — About 50 migrants unexpectedly arrived by plane …
Ana Ceballos / Miami Herald:
DeSantis' office takes credit for sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard
DeSantis' office takes credit for sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard
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Associated Press:
Biden says a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike — President Biden said early Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.
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Washington Post:
Biden says ‘tentative’ deal reached to avert rail strike — In a statement, the president said the agreement will guarantee “better pay, improved working conditions, and peace of mind around their health care costs” for the workers — The White House on Thursday morning announced it had reached a …
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Associated Press:
Biden approval rises sharply ahead of midterms: AP-NORC poll — President Joe Biden's popularity improved substantially from his lowest point this summer, but concerns about his handling of the economy persist, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Railroad Unions and Companies Reach a Tentative Deal to Avoid a Strike — President Biden announced the agreement after negotiations brokered by the labor secretary lasted deep into the night. — WASHINGTON — Freight rail companies and unions representing tens of thousands of workers reached …
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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Railroad Strike Averted as Tentative Deal Is Reached
U.S. Railroad Strike Averted as Tentative Deal Is Reached
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NBC News:
Biden announces tentative deal to avert rail strike that threatened massive disruption
Biden announces tentative deal to avert rail strike that threatened massive disruption
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Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
Rail systems brace for shutdowns, Amtrak cancels routes as strike threat nears
Rail systems brace for shutdowns, Amtrak cancels routes as strike threat nears
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CNN:
Exclusive: Mark Meadows complied with DOJ subpoena in January 6 probe — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has complied with a subpoena from the Justice Department's investigation into events surrounding January 6, 2021, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN …
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Punchbowl News:
9/15/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … THESE COMMENTS CAME DURING A DINNER AT TRATTORIA ALBERTO, AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT ON CAPITOL HILL FREQUENTED BY LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES. SENATORS AT THE DINNER INCLUDED CHRIS COONS OF DELAWARE, MARK KELLY OF ARIZONA, CHRIS VAN HOLLEN OF MARYLAND …
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CNN:
Jeffrey Clark told DC Bar that DOJ search of his home linked to false statements, conspiracy, obstruction investigation — The Justice Department is investigating felony violations of false statements, conspiracy and obstruction as part of its January 6, 2021, probe that led to a recent search …
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Axios:
McConnell's renegades — Two of the highest-profile Republicans in the Senate are publicly defying Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on high-stakes issues vital to the GOP's chances of retaking the majority next year. … They see the “freelancing” — as one source close to the leader described it …
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Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
Mitch McConnell's Refusal to Seat Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court Is Coming Back to Haunt Him — It's a beguiling fantasy: Mitch McConnell lies bolt awake at 3 o'clock in the morning staring disconsolately at the ceiling. If you listen closely, you can hear him mutter, “Merrick Garland.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Kagan repeats warning that Supreme Court is damaging its legitimacy
Kagan repeats warning that Supreme Court is damaging its legitimacy
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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Trump told Jordan's king he would give him the West Bank, shocking Abdullah II, book says — President Trump once offered what he considered “a great deal” to Jordan's King Abdullah II: control of the West Bank, whose Palestinian population long sought to topple the monarchy.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
'You're blowing this': New book reveals Melania Trump criticized her husband's handling of Covid — Former President Donald Trump's top general feared he would authorize a strike on Iran as his presidency ended. His intelligence chief wonde red what Russia had on him.
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David Greenberg / New York Times:
A Sober Look at the ‘Cartoonishly Chaotic’ Trump White House
A Sober Look at the ‘Cartoonishly Chaotic’ Trump White House
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David Gelles / New York Times:
Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company — A half century after founding the outdoor apparel maker Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, the eccentric rock climber who became a reluctant billionaire with his unconventional spin on capitalism, has given the company away.
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Politico:
Hidden hand involved in Stewart Rhodes' bid to derail Oath Keepers Jan. 6 trial — A perennial political candidate from Montana who was once denied admission to the bar because of his criminal record and “connections to white supremacy groups” has been playing a behind the scenes role …
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Oath Keepers lawyer and federal judge in screaming match in court over US Capitol riot case
Oath Keepers lawyer and federal judge in screaming match in court over US Capitol riot case
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Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Doctored videos exacerbate Fetterman speech issues in viral social media posts — Numerous videos on TikTok and Twitter appeared to be edited to exacerbate the candidate's speech issues after his stroke. They've been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
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Twilio Blog:
A Message from Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson — This is an email that was sent out to all Twilio employees today from Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson. — Twilions, — Over the years, we've made lots of changes to the way Twilio operates and is organized, but none harder than what I'm sharing today.
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Politico:
‘Every day feels like something else is piling on’: Trump world bears down — When former President Donald Trump stepped off his private jet in the Washington, D.C., area on Sunday night, he set off a wave of social media hysteria. — Among the theories: He was turning himself …
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Rachel Cohen / Air Force Times:
An F-16 pilot died when his ejection seat failed. Was it counterfeit? — An Air Force investigation of a fatal fighter jet crash in 2020 quietly discovered that key components of the pilot's ejection seat may have been counterfeit, Air Force Times has learned.
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The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump Pundit Accused of Pocketing $200K Meant for Ukraine Body Armor — In a lawsuit filed in Florida, conservative pundit John Cardillo is accused of making off with nearly $200,000 meant to purchase body armor for Ukrainian police officers. — Pro-Trump pundit John Cardillo is known …
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Raw Story
Andrea Bernstein / ProPublica:
For Donald Trump, Information Has Always Been Power — People have wondered why the former president collected classified intel, speculating that he is just a packrat. But he has a long history of gathering and wielding sensitive info to help himself.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden urges Mexico to take migrants under COVID expulsion order he promised to end — As border crossings have soared to record highs, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is quietly pressing Mexico to accept more migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela under …
New York Times:
In Dramatic Shift, Right-Wing Bloc Wins Slim Majority in Sweden — Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Wednesday that she would resign. Despite the success of the far-right Sweden Democrats, they will influence but are not expected to be formally part of the governing coalition.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Inflation, abortion motivating voter turnout — The generic House ballot test has moved in Democrats' favor — Any Inflation Reduction Act help is ‘years away,’ but midterms are in less than 60 days: Byron York — If the 2022 midterm election is about inflation and crime, that helps the GOP.
Thomas Curwen / Los Angeles Times:
Henry Fuhrmann, Times editor and ‘word nerd’ who fought for fairness in grammar, dies — No one had really paid too much attention to the hyphen. In matters of race and heritage — as in “African-Americans” or “Italian-Americans” — it was easily overlooked, an innocuous piece of punctuation that seemed to make sense.
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
This Candidate Thinks The 2020 Election Was Illegitimate. But He'd Rather You Didn't Know That. — Roughly 200 Republican candidates running for Senate, House, governor, attorney general or secretary of state have indicated publicly that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate, despite all the evidence to the contrary.1
David K. Li / NBC News:
Michigan man who killed his wife went down a ‘rabbit hole’ of conspiracy theories after Trump's 2020 loss, daughter says — Michigan woman ‘shocked’ after ‘radicalized’ father is fatally shot by police after he killed wife — The Michigan man who gunned down his wife …
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