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Washington Post:
Trump worker told FBI about moving Mar-a-Lago boxes on ex-president's orders — Key witness and security-camera footage offer evidence of Trump's actions after government subpoena, people familiar say — A Trump employee has told federal agents about moving boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Threatened to Out Confidential Sources From Russia Investigation — The former president is still itching to compromise the intelligence sources he blames for the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 campaign — DONALD TRUMP IN the final days of his presidency repeatedly threatened …
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Pamela Brown / CNN:
Trump employee tells FBI that Trump directed boxes to be moved at Mar-a-Lago after subpoena served — A Trump employee has told the FBI about being directed by the former President to move boxes out of a basement storage room to his residence at Mar-a-Lago after Donald Trump's legal team received …
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New York Times:
Trump Aide Was Seen on Security Footage Moving Boxes at Mar-a-Lago — The aide, Walt Nauta, moved the boxes from a storage room before and after the Justice Department issued a subpoena demanding the return of all classified documents held by the former president.
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Live Updates: Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Victims' Families Nearly $1 Billion — A jury in Connecticut awarded damages to the families of eight victims killed in the 2012 shooting and an F.B.I. agent who responded to the scene. Jones had already been found liable for defamation …
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Joanna Slater / Washington Post:
Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families — A Connecticut jury ordered Infowars founder Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook shooting for the suffering caused by years of lies that the massacre was a hoax.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
NBC reporter's interview with Fetterman draws criticism — An NBC News correspondent who interviewed Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman said Wednesday that her reporting should not be seen as commentary on his fitness for office after he suffered a stroke.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
We sat in on John Fetterman's endorsement interview. Here's what he said about Bob Casey, abortion, and inflation. — John Fetterman said he'd emulate Democratic Sen. Bob Casey if he's elected to the Senate, while distancing himself from both the left and right wings of his party during …
NBC News:
Full Fetterman interview: 'I believe I'm going to be able to serve effectively' after stroke
Full Fetterman interview: 'I believe I'm going to be able to serve effectively' after stroke
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Jacob Solis / The Nevada Independent:
Fourteen members of Laxalt family endorse Democratic rival, Cortez Masto, in Senate race — Fourteen members of Republican Senate candidate and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt's family announced Wednesday that they would collectively endorse his Democratic opponent …
Los Angeles Times:
Nury Martinez resigns from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal — Nury Martinez resigned her seat on the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, days after the release of an explosive leaked audio of a racist, crude conversation. — “It is with a broken heart that I resign …
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CNN:
Oath Keeper testifies about mass of guns allegedly stored near DC on January 6 — A veteran and member of the Oath Keepers testified Wednesday that the far-right group amassed more weapons outside Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021, than he had seen since his days in the military.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
5 big questions left for the Jan. 6 committee
5 big questions left for the Jan. 6 committee
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / The Daily Beast:
Trump Must Face Grilling in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Suit, Judge Rules — FACE THE MUSIC — A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that Donald Trump will have to sit for a deposition next week, despite attempts by Trump's attorneys to delay the testimony.
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Judge rules Trump must sit for deposition in rape accuser's lawsuit next week
Judge rules Trump must sit for deposition in rape accuser's lawsuit next week
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James Wigderson / Journal Sentinel:
I'm a lifelong Republican but sometimes party loyalty asks too much. I'm voting for Mandela Barnes and Tony Evers. — In his book about President John F. Kennedy, “A Thousand Days,” the historian Arthur Schlesinger wrote about Kennedy's disappointment with the Massachusetts Democratic Party's nominee for Senate, Gov. Foster Furcolo.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Democrat Tim Ryan called to scrap ‘unfair’ bail system in US during presidential run — Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan told a New Hampshire audience in 2019, during his short-lived presidential bid, that “I would be for eliminating” bail nationwide — claiming the system was “inherently unfair.”
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Tim Ryan's Alpha Maneuver
Tim Ryan's Alpha Maneuver
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Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Announces New Migration Enforcement Process for Venezuelans — Venezuelans who seek to enter the U.S. illegally will be returned to Mexico; New lawful pathway created for some Venezuelans — WASHINGTON - Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's ongoing work to build a fair …
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Thousands of Georgia voters' eligibility challenged before election — Republicans use Georgia election law to try to cancel registrations — While working for the U.S. Navy in California, Gamaliel Turner learned that his right to vote in Georgia had been challenged by the chairman of his home county's Republican Party.
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Jacob Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
A Pair of 1880s Jeans Just Sold for $76,000. Their Pocket Reveals a Complicated Piece of Levi's History. — Inside the sale of a vintage pair of jeans, pulled from a dusty abandoned mineshaft, for nearly six figures to a Gen Z buyer — On Oct. 1, in a remote RV park in northern New Mexico …
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Biden says late son Beau ‘lost his life in Iraq’ during monument ceremony — President Joe Biden invoked the memory of his late son Beau Biden Wednesday while declaring the Camp Hale Continental Divide a national monument but said the former Delaware attorney general and military reservist “lost his life in Iraq.”
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Axios:
Scoop: Peter Thiel offers to double down on Arizona Senate race — Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel has told the McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund he is willing to make a multimillion-dollar investment in the Arizona race on the condition the super PAC finds matching funds, Axios has learned.
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Politico:
The campaign elixir that wasn't — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice and Daniel Lippman. — When President JOE BIDEN signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law on Aug. 16 …
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Rachel Ramirez / CNN:
Lake Mead water crisis is exposing volcanic rock from eruptions 12 million years ago — Lake Mead's falling water level has exposed several shocking things in recent months - previously sunken boats, old war ships and human remains. Now scientists are reporting a new discovery on Lake Mead's dry bed …
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Kadia Goba / Semafor Media:
Republican senators balked at demands from an anti-abortion group. So the advocates backed down. — The anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America issued an ultimatum, but they couldn't bring powerful conservatives along. … On September 19, Republican senators received …
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple to Withhold Its Latest Employee Perks From Unionized Store — Apple Inc. is withholding its latest employee benefits from staff who work at its sole unionized retail store, a move that could potentially inflame labor tensions at the technology giant. — The company told retail …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
If Trump Runs Again, Do Not Cover Him the Same Way: A Journalist's Manifesto — I believed in traditional reporting, but Trump changed me — and it should change the rest of the media too. — Perspective by Margaret Sullivan — Despite my nearly four decades in journalism …
ABC News:
Treasury Department to probe DeSantis' use of COVID relief money to fund migrant lights — “We plan to get this work underway as quickly as possible,” Treasury said. — Ron DeSantis speaks during the 2022 Victory Dinner in Hollywood, Fla., July 23, 2022. — Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE
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Dennis Prager / Media Matters for America:
“There's no secular argument against adult incest” — QAnon and white nationalist-linked media provide friendly platform for Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake — Spotify's Joe Rogan has repeatedly spread the baseless conspiracy theory that January 6 was a false flag orchestrated by the FBI
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Meduza.io:
Russia's ‘irrecoverable losses’ in Ukraine: more than 90,000 troops dead, disabled, or AWOL — More than 90,000 troops make up Russia's “irrecoverable” military losses in Ukraine, as reported by the Russian media project iStories (or Vazhnye Istorii). One of the two sources of this information works …
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CT Insider:
CT governor candidate Bob Stefanowski acknowledges work on scrutinized Saudi-backed project — Faced with questions about a meeting with an executive in charge of a highly scrutinized project in Saudi Arabia, gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski for the first time has acknowledged his work …