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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
President Joe Biden: The 2022 60 Minutes Interview — Summer was going so well for the president; the White House threw a party last week with a concert by James Taylor. Mr. Biden's streak began in June when he signed a bipartisan gun safety law. Then, in August, over Republican objections …
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Politico:
Biden on ‘60 Minutes’: ‘The pandemic is over’ — President Joe Biden said “the pandemic is over” in discussing Covid during an interview that aired on Sunday evening on CBS' “60 Minutes.” — “The pandemic is over,” the president told Scott Pelley as they talked last week at the Detroit Auto Show.
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CBS News:
Biden tells 60 Minutes U.S. troops would defend Taiwan, but White House says this is not official U.S. policy — Last Thursday, the same day 60 Minutes spoke to President Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin met with China's leader, Xi Jinping. There's concern that Russia's war in Ukraine could inspire China to attack the island of Taiwan.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
On 60 Minutes, President Biden Admits His Student-Loan Order Is Illegal — On 60 Minutes this evening, President admitted aloud that his decision to transfer up to a trillion dollars in student loan debt to taxpayers without Congressional approval is flatly unconstitutional:
Washington Post:
Post Politics Now … Today, President Biden plans to return to Washington after attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London. It's a big week on the world stage for the American president: He is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly, hold a meeting …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Biden says U.S. troops would defend Taiwan in event of attack by China — President Biden has again confirmed that U.S. troops would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack from China, the clearest recent statement Biden has made about how far the United States would go to support Taiwan militarily.
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Fumes: DeSantis Stole My Plan for Shipping Migrants — Conservative pundits are fawning over DeSantis' cruel political stunt to fly immigrants to Massachusetts. Trump thinks the “credit” should be his — IN RECENT DAYS, Donald Trump has privately voiced his anger over Florida Republican …
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USA Today:
Massachusetts seeks human trafficking probe targeting Florida Gov. DeSantis over migrants
Massachusetts seeks human trafficking probe targeting Florida Gov. DeSantis over migrants
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New York Times:
Trump Rally Plays Music Resembling QAnon Song, and Crowds React — In Ohio, a dark address by the former president featured music that was all but identical to a theme song for the conspiracy theory movement. — Former President Donald J. Trump appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on Saturday …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
This QAnon-flavored soundtrack to Trump, GOP's fascist right turn should terrify you
This QAnon-flavored soundtrack to Trump, GOP's fascist right turn should terrify you
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NBC News:
Putin's new Ukraine problem: Even the war's biggest supporters are growing dissatisfied — LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin has a problem. — For more than two decades now, Putin's expanding grip on power has been predicated on his portrayed strength and justified as essential to Russia's existence.
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Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
Biden warns Putin: 'Don't' use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Biden warns Putin: 'Don't' use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Youngkin to hold Arizona events supporting Lake — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to stump for Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake next month, escalating his midterm campaign efforts ahead of a prospective 2024 presidential bid. — Youngkin is embarking on the Arizona trip …
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Iran's president rails against Israel and U.S. sanctions — The United States first placed financial sanctions on Iran back in 1979, during the hostage crisis. For nearly four decades the U.S. State Department has designated Iran one of the world's leading state sponsors of terrorism.
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New York Times:
Hurricane Fiona Knocks Out Power to All of Puerto Rico, Governor Says — Hurricane Fiona knocked out power to all of Puerto Rico on Sunday, its governor said, as forecasters warned that the storm could bring as much as two feet of rain and cause life-threatening floods and landslides.
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Politico:
Tensions rise between the LA Times and its billionaire owner — This past May, a young reporter for the Los Angeles Times working a weekend shift filed a 190-word story about people suspected of stealing expensive watches before fleeing in a black Rolls-Royce. — The item by Jeong Park enraged activists.
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Congress Blows Its Shot to Stop Trump's ‘Deep State’ Revenge — Lawmakers know that Trump, if he is elected again, wants to give himself the power to fire key federal workers. They're running out of time to stop him. — In the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump quietly attempted …
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Axios:
Scoop: Team Trump sees special master as deep FBI skeptic — Raymond Dearie's appointment as special master to review records the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago was a positive development for former President Trump, whose lawyers recommended him. But their call for the low-profile New York judge …
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Raw Story
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyer Settles Secretary's ‘B*tch’ Discrimination Case — Alina Habba, Donald Trump's go-to lawyer on civil cases, got sued for being a racist and insensitive boss. She just settled the matter out of court this month. … Donald Trump's go-to lawyer in New Jersey, Alina Habba …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump ally goes on trial for ‘espionage lite’ and obstruction — Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of a former Donald Trump adviser whom authorities allege was involved in a two-year effort to try to influence the policy decisions of the Trump campaign and administration to benefit the United Arab Emirates.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
John Durham's final act: exposing the FBI — Russiagate special counsel John Durham is in the homestretch. His grand jury wrapped up work last week, apparently with no new indictments on the horizon. Attorney General Merrick Garland is said to anticipate receiving his final report by the end of the year.
Politico:
Republicans try a pocketbook play to vilify Warnock — To defeat Raphael Warnock this fall, Republicans have to pull off a tricky feat: Making the pastor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s home church come off like any other self-serving politician. — The GOP's failure to successfully frame …
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Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
DeSantis campaign ad features Christian nationalist pastor with antisemitic views — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a television ad for his reelection bid, featured a controversial pastor who shamed Jews for not converting to Christianity. — In the ad, titled “Results,” …
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