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2:45 PM ET, October 13, 2022

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New York Times:
Trump Forms New Company, Drawing Scrutiny From N.Y. Attorney General  —  The New York attorney general, Letitia James, who is suing the former president, questioned his motive for forming a new company, which will be known in the state as the Trump Organization II.
NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee plans to vote on subpoena for Trump, sources say  —  WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the committee's plans told NBC News Thursday.
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Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
Saudis say Biden asked to hold oil production cut until after midterms  —  WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia has claimed the US requested it holds off on reducing oil production until after the midterm elections — and denied the cut meant it was taking Russia's side in its war against Ukraine.
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Mohammed Khalid Alyahya / Tablet Magazine:
How to Lose Friends and Influence Over People  —  A decade of Obama-Biden foreign policy has broken the Middle East and America's security order  —  Americans have a reputation, with others and in their own national literature, for being careless and breaking things.
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia sharply rejects U.S. criticism of oil production cut
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Joe Biden Plays the Old Ugly American
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.
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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 …
Washington Post:
Trump worker told FBI about moving Mar-a-Lago boxes on ex-president's orders
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Durham rebukes his own witness and slams FBI's Russia probe after trial setbacks  —  The final expected trial of special counsel John Durham's probe took an unexpected turn Wednesday, with Durham grilling and rebuking his own witness after the witness seemed to bolster the defense of Igor Danchenko, a key Steele dossier source.
ESPN:
Sources: Commanders boss Snyder claims ‘dirt’ on NFL owners, Goodell  —  DAN SNYDER DOES this thing when he feels cornered, say those who know him well.  He paces in a hotel suite, or on his superyacht, or at River View, his $48 million Virginia estate.  Cradling a drink in one hand …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
The top Senate G.O.P. super PAC raised $111 million in the third quarter.  —  The financial windfall is being used to pummel Democratic candidates.  In Senate battleground states, the group's ads have been hard to avoid.  —  The leading super PAC for Senate Republicans, the Senate Leadership Fund …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Thiel and GOP super PAC can't reach agreement on Arizona Senate spending
Reuters:
‘Stop the steal’ supporters train thousands of U.S. poll observers  —  Inside the El Paso County clerk's office in Colorado, where officials had gathered in July to recount votes in a Republican nominating contest for this year's midterms, dozens of angry election watchers pounded on the windows …
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Michigan county hires ‘Stop the Steal’ ringleader to recruit poll workers
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Amanda Morris / Washington Post:
Fetterman's use of captions is common in stroke recovery, experts say  —  Closed captions are often used by people with auditory processing or hearing issues  —  During his first on-camera interview since having a stroke, Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman stumbled over words …
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Prices rose again in September, ensuring tough interest rates to come  —  Data released Thursday will shape the Federal Reserve's moves to aggressively hike interest rates to cool the economy, worrying investors  —  Inflation sped up in September compared with the month before, rising 0.4 percent …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation increased 0.4% in September, more than expected despite rate hikes
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Ohio 2022: Ryan and Vance in Dead Heat for Ohio Senate Seat; Gov. DeWine Maintains Double-Digit Lead Over Whaley  —  Home Polls Ohio 2022: Ryan and Vance in Dead Heat for Ohio Senate Seat; Gov. DeWine Maintains Double-Digit Lead Over Whaley  —  The latest Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey …
Kelly Meyerhofer / Journal Sentinel:
18 months after terms expired, GOP appointees to Wisconsin's technical college board continue to serve and deny Evers' picks  —  Mary Williams isn't budging.  —  The former GOP state representative from northern Wisconsin who was appointed by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker …
New York Times:
Western Nations Rush Defensive Systems to Ukraine to Counter Russian Missiles  —  Even with Soviet-era defensive weapons, the Ukrainians have been more than holding their own, but this week's barrage prompted calls to better equip them.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — In just two days this week …
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New York Times:
Toll of Russian Strikes Mounts, Adding Urgency to Ukraine's Pleas for Weapons
Annie Karni / Vogue:
Lost and Found: What Election Season Used to Teach Us  —  Everything that I've learned about covering politics, I've learned from covering losing candidates.  —  When I was a tabloid reporter for the New York Daily News, there was Christine Quinn, the redheaded, Irish-American …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:   If Trump Runs Again, Do Not Cover Him the Same Way: A Journalist's Manifesto
Los Angeles Times:
The mystery behind L.A.'s racist tape scandal: Who leaked it — and why?  —  Three Los Angeles City Council members went to a squat office building near MacArthur Park last October to seek advice from an influential labor leader about solidifying their grip on power.
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
Musk and West, Inc.  —  The Decline of the American Bourgeoisie  —  Elon Musk's newfound sympathy with Putin's war aims and his alleged contact with the Russian dictator; Kanye West's antisemitic outburst; Musk's warm welcome of West back to Twitter.—All of these things are of a piece.
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Two Child Incest Victims Denied Abortions in Florida  —  The two young patients were forced to travel “at least two, three states away” for an abortion, according to Planned Parenthood.  —  Alerts  —  At least two child incest victims were denied abortion care since the state's 15-week abortion ban …
ABC News:
2 Connecticut officers killed after phony 911 call and ambush with AR-15: Sources  —  The slain officers were just 34 and 35 years old.  —  Two police officers were shot and killed and one is seriously injured after a gunman allegedly ambushed them at a Bristol, Connecticut, home, according to sources.
Constant Méheut / New York Times:
With Leaps and Bounds, Parkour Athletes Turn Off the Lights in Paris  —  As an energy crisis looms, nimble young activists are using superhero-like moves to switch off wasteful lights that stores leave on all night.  —  PARIS — After taking a few steps back to get a running start …
Associated Press:
Clinics offer free vasectomies, citing a surge in demand  —  Denny Dalliance had long worried about what would happen if he fathered a child because his job as a truck driver keeps him away from home most of the week.  But after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June …
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Parkland trial live updates: Nikolas Cruz spared death penalty, grieving parents react  —  “I could not be more disappointed,” dad Fred Guttenberg said after court.  —  Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been spared the death penalty and sentenced to life in prison by a Florida jury …
Politico:
Down in polls, Mandela Barnes looks for big-name reinforcement in Wisconsin  —  Trailing and eager for a campaign jolt, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee in Wisconsin, is calling the cavalry for reinforcement.  —  Barnes' campaign has privately reached …
 
 
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