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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:
POLITICO Playbook: What two new polls tell us about the midterms — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — HAPPENING NOW — The funeral of QUEEN ELIZABETH II is underway. Watch live via BBC ... WaPo: World watches Britain lay its longest-reigning monarch to rest …
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Out of the Ordinary, The Hill and New York Times
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.
Washington Post:
Why Elise Stefanik may be moving up by moving down — Good morning, Early Birds. Frank Zappa, John Denver and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister testified before the Senate Commerce Committee 37 years ago today. “A circus atmosphere pervaded the Russell Senate Office Building …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Punchbowl News
CBS News:
Biden tells 60 Minutes U.S. troops would defend Taiwan, but White House says this is not official U.S. policy
Biden tells 60 Minutes U.S. troops would defend Taiwan, but White House says this is not official U.S. policy
Kevin Tober / Newsbusters:
State-Run TV: 60 Minutes Drools Over Biden in Syrupy Interview
State-Run TV: 60 Minutes Drools Over Biden in Syrupy Interview
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Power Line and CBS News
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
On 60 Minutes, President Biden Admits His Student-Loan Order Is Illegal
Washington Post:
Post Politics Now … Today, President Biden plans to return to Washington after attending …
Post Politics Now … Today, President Biden plans to return to Washington after attending …
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Politico, CBS News and The Daily Wire
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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Politico, CNN, New York Times, Mediaite, Raw Story, Insider, Townhall and The Daily Wire
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Associated Press:
Family of American says he was freed by Taliban in swap — An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released, his family said Monday, as a Taliban drug lord jailed by the United States was also freed and returned to Kabul.
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Stars & Stripes, HotAir, The Hill, Washington Post, CBS News, Chicago Sun-Times, Axios and Associated Press
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CNN:
American held captive in Afghanistan for more than 2 years is released in prisoner swap — Mark Frerichs, an American held captive in Afghanistan for more than two years, has been released in a prisoner swap, a senior Biden administration official confirmed Monday.
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Proud Boys memo reveals meticulous planning for ‘street-level violence’ — Document of 23 pages shows the lengths to which the far-right group goes to prepare for potentially violent encounters and exposes the militaristic structure and language it has adopted
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Raw Story
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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CBS News, Bloomberg, Raw Story and Financial Times
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Members / The Dispatch:
Kevin D. Williamson Joins The Dispatch — And we have a special membership offer for the occasion. — We've written to you in recent weeks about some big things coming down the pike here at The Dispatch: — Our post-election What's Next conference will feature Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey …
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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Raw Story, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Times of Israel and TASS
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Pentagon opens sweeping review of clandestine psychological operations — Complaints about the U.S. military's influence operations using Facebook and Twitter have raised concern in the White House and federal agencies. — The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping audit of how it conducts …
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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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Morning Shots, Mickeleh's Take, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Phil's Newsletter
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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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The Hill, Just The News and 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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Raw Story
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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The Hill, The Daily Beast and Vox
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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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Politico, National Review, CNSNews, Fortune, Japan Times, The Hill, Just The News and Al Jazeera
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.
NBC News:
All of Puerto Rico without power after Hurricane Fiona makes landfall — Hurricane Fiona wipes out Puerto Rico's power — Puerto Rico was without power as nightfall approached Sunday amid catastrophic flooding, hurricane-force winds and the destruction of at least one bridge …
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Washington Post, Raw Story, NPR, WSAV-TV, CBS News and NewsNation
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