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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
New York AG Letitia James files $250M lawsuit against Trump for defrauding lenders, others — The suit accuses Trump and his firm of “persistent and repeated business fraud.” — For 20 years, Donald Trump and his family enriched themselves through “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentations …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Appeals court: Justice Depart. can use Mar-a-Lago documents in criminal probe — Federal appeals panel says Judge Aileen Cannon “abused” her discretion in requiring outside review of seized classified documents — An appeals court sided with the Justice Department in a legal fight …
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Politico:
Trump suffers setback as appeals panel rejects Cannon ruling — A three-judge appeals court panel has granted the Justice Department's request to block aspects of U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling that delayed a criminal investigation into highly sensitive documents seized …
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
The Political Backdrop of Letitia James's Lawsuit Against Trump — Democrats have spent six years waiting for someone to hold former President Donald J. Trump accountable for what they see as a lifetime of evading consequences for his actions. — On Wednesday, Letitia James …
E. Danya Perry / Just Security:
Has a Trump Tipping Point Been Reached? Analyzing The NY Attorney General's Case Against Trump — In the last month, the array of investigations involving Donald J. Trump and many of Trump's associates and family members has reached an intense pitch. Today another bombshell detonated—one that may prove to be the most devastating.
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Media Matters for America, Vanity Fair and Politico
New York Times:
Appeals Court Restores Justice Dept.'s Access to Sensitive Files Seized From Trump
Appeals Court Restores Justice Dept.'s Access to Sensitive Files Seized From Trump
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Associated Press, Ryan Grim, Lawyers, Guns & Money, ABC News, Political Wire and Digby's Hullabaloo
CNN:
DOJ can resume criminal probe of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, appeals court says
DOJ can resume criminal probe of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, appeals court says
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Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Associated Press, Bloomberg, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit and Balloon Juice
CNN:
READ: Appeals court says DOJ can resume criminal probe of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago
READ: Appeals court says DOJ can resume criminal probe of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago
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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump and His Spurious Business Face a Reckoning
Trump and His Spurious Business Face a Reckoning
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New York Times, Politico, FOX31 Denver, CNBC, The Political Insider, Raw Story, New Republic, Axios, Courthouse News Service, Florida Politics, The Guardian, CBS News and Mother Jones
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
GOP congressional candidate said US suffered from women's suffrage and praised organization trying to repeal 19th Amendment — A Michigan candidate for the US House backed by former President Donald Trump once railed against giving women the right to vote, arguing that America has “suffered” since women's suffrage.
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
Ohio GOP House candidate has misrepresented military service — Campaigning for a northwestern Ohio congressional seat, Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, once describing “tough” …
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The Hill, Mediaite, Marist Poll, Insider, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, Rolling Stone and Media Matters for America
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Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
As mobilization begins in Russia, sold-out flights, protests and arrests — Within hours of President Vladimir Putin's speech declaring a partial military mobilization on Wednesday, men all over Russia — including some who had tried for months to ignore the messy war in Ukraine …
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AIRLIVE:
BREAKING Russian airlines ordered to stop selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65
BREAKING Russian airlines ordered to stop selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65
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Washington Post:
Americans freed in sprawling Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange
Americans freed in sprawling Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange
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Reuters, Al Arabiya, NBC News, The Daily Caller, UPI and al.com
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Kremlin Must Be in Crisis
The Kremlin Must Be in Crisis
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Daily Kos, National Review and The Hill
Miami Herald:
Operatives linked to DeSantis promised to fly migrants to Delaware — but left them stranded — A black, luxury SUV with tinted windows pulled into a parking space along the side of a drab, two-story La Quinta motel planted on the northwestern edge of 12 lanes of highway that loop around downtown San Antonio.
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Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Ron DeSantis Chartered Planes From GOP-Allied Donor to Fly Migrants to Martha's Vineyard … When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis set out on his stunt to highlight liberal hypocrisy last week, he contracted with Vertol Systems, Inc., to pull it off. For $615,000, the aviation firm founded …
CNN:
First on CNN: Ginni Thomas agrees to January 6 committee interview — The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has come to an agreement with Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to be interviewed by the panel in the coming weeks …
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee reaches deal with Ginni Thomas for an interview — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection has reached an agreement with Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to be interviewed by the panel in coming weeks …
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NBC News:
Ginni Thomas to meet with House committee investigating Jan. 6 riot — The Jan. 6 committee has reached an agreement with Ginni Thomas to be interviewed in the coming weeks, a source close to the House panel told NBC News on Wednesday. — Emails, records and reporting indicate that Thomas …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House passes bill to prevent stolen elections, despite strong GOP opposition — WASHINGTON — The House voted 229-203 on Wednesday to pass a bill aimed at preventing future election subversion, inspired by the investigation into Jan. 6 and a determination to prevent such an attack from occurring again.
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Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams and The Post Millennial
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Miles Parks / NPR:
The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election
The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election
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Stephanie Pagones / New York Post:
Shannon Brandt free after admitting he mowed down ‘Republican’ teen over politics — ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY: — The North Dakota man who allegedly admitted to fatally striking a teenage pedestrian with his car because the pair had “a political argument” was released from jail on Tuesday after posting $50,000 bond, records show.
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American Prospect:
Permitting Reform Is A Decoy For Ramping Up Gas — A new Manchin-Schumer deal is being marketed as a clean energy hack, but it's mostly about gas exports. — harrisrock092122-manchin — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks with reporters as he departs a vote at the U.S. Capitol Sept. 21, 2022.
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Manchin releases energy permitting bill, hopes GOP, Dems rally around it
Manchin releases energy permitting bill, hopes GOP, Dems rally around it
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The Hill, CNN, Politico, Bloomberg and Washington Times
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Gavin Newsom Is Gross and Embarrassing and Will Never Be President — So he should stop making an embarrassing national spectacle of himself. — Dear readers, — I have a rant. — In theory, Gavin Newsom is running for re-election as governor of California.
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IJR, Florida's Voice and National Review
New York Times:
Senate Ratifies Pact to Curb a Broad Category of Potent Greenhouse Gases — In a bipartisan vote, lawmakers voted to join an international agreement to phase out the hydrofluorocarbons commonly found in refrigerators and air-conditioners. — WASHINGTON — The Senate voted on Wednesday …
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Breanne Deppisch / Washington Examiner:
Senate ratifies treaty to curb emissions of greenhouse gas refrigerants
Senate ratifies treaty to curb emissions of greenhouse gas refrigerants
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Roll Call, The Hill, CNN, The Daily Caller, Politico, Associated Press, Al Jazeera and Wall Street Journal
KNSD-TV:
‘Fat Leonard,’ Fugitive Defense Contractor Convicted in Navy Bribery Case, Arrested in Venezuela — Leonard Glenn Francis, better known as “Fat Leonard,” a defense contractor who disappeared weeks before he was set to be sentenced for one of the largest bribery scandals in the nation's military history …
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Bloomberg, CNN, Los Angeles Times and CBS News
Ohpi / OH Predictive Insights:
US Senate Race: Kelly Takes a Double-Digit Lead Over Masters — Secretary of State Race: 1 in 4 Likely Voters are Undecided — Toplines and Crosstabs can be found here — PHOENIX (September 21st, 2022)- Similar to how the Arizona weather doesn't seem to cool off, neither does this election season.
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Robert Sarver:
Statement from Robert Sarver — Robert Sarver, managing partner of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, today issued the following statement. — Words that I deeply regret now overshadow nearly two decades of building organizations that brought people together - and strengthened the Phoenix area …
NBC News:
Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman offers new Jan. 6 details at trial of QAnon believer — Capitol Police Officer Goodman testifies in Jan. 6 trial for QAnon believer — WASHINGTON — Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman, who is credited with protecting members of Congress during …
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MSNBC
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
North Korea denies sending arms to Russia amid Ukraine war — North Korea says it hasn't exported any weapons to Russia during the war in Ukraine and has no plans to do so, and said U.S. intelligence reports of weapons transfers were an attempt to tarnish North Korea's image.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
John Fetterman, Mehmet Oz should release medical records — Further delays in scheduling a debate between U.S. Senate candidates John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz have raised more questions about Mr. Fetterman's health, including his ability to communicate and process information.
Christopher Carbone / Daily Mail:
Decomposing HUMAN remains can legally be used as compost from 2027 thanks to new California law aimed at tackling climate change — A California law makes it legal to turn human remains into compost — The process involves placing the body inside a reusable container along with wood chips …
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