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5:05 PM ET, October 13, 2022

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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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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Voters may care more about the cost of French fries than January 6 panel's compelling evidence  —  The House select committee investigating the US Capitol insurrection long ago dropped the notion of being a narrowly focused quest for the facts as members use their probe to try to defend democracy …
The Hill:
Jan. 6 Committee votes unanimously to subpoena Trump  —  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol took the remarkable step Thursday of voting to subpoena former President Trump during what could be its final public hearing.  —  The televised vote comes …
Politico:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump
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.
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.
Discussion: jihadwatch.org, The Hill and Al Jazeera
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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.
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia sharply rejects U.S. criticism of oil production cut
Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects Trump request on Mar-a-Lago documents  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to reinstate Judge Aileen Cannon's order that a special master review classified documents taken in an FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's Florida home and private club.  There were no noted dissents.
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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.
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Peter Thiel to put more money behind Masters as McConnell group balks  —  The investor, who initially resisted contributing more than $15 million, is now eyeing another cash infusion up to $5 million  —  Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor who pumped $15 million into a super PAC that helped …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
The top Senate G.O.P. super PAC raised $111 million in the third quarter.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Examiner
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Thiel and GOP super PAC can't reach agreement on Arizona Senate spending
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.
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 …
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Sarah Betancourt / GBH:
Texas sheriff certifies the Martha's Vineyard migrants are crime victims, opening the door for special visas  —  A Texas sheriff has certified that the nearly 50 migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were victims of a crime.  That certification is a key step …
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 …
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Live Updates: Families Shocked as Jury Spares Life of Parkland Killer  —  “The monster that killed them gets to live another day,” said Tony Montalto, whose daughter, Gina, was among the 17 people murdered in a Florida high school.  The jury foreman said three jurors had voted against the death penalty.
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Parkland trial live updates: Nikolas Cruz spared death penalty, grieving parents react
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 …
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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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
Inflation Sits at 8.2% as Core Prices Hit Four-Decade High
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
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.
Houston Keene / Fox News:
New York Republicans demand Garland investigate Empire State AG Letitia James over Nikki Haley group tax leak  —  The Republicans accused James of leaking Stand For America's donor list  —  Claudia Tenney: Letitia James is one of the most corrupt attorney generals we have
Discussion: IJR and CNSNews
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 …
Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine:
The Reporter Who Knows What Jerome Powell Is Thinking  —  Or, at least, that is Nick Timiraos's reputation on Wall Street and in Washington.  —  When financial reporters enter the headquarters of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at the intersection of 20th and C Streets in Washington …
Discussion: Foreign Policy
Rich Lowry / Politico:
No, We Aren't Headed to Civil War  —  In two days at Shiloh in April 1862, the Union and Confederate armies suffered 23,000 casualties, a shattering total that was the worst of the war to that point.  —  If we aren't on a path to the carnage of Shiloh, we are on a straight-line trajectory …
Eli Hager / NBC News:
CPS workers search millions of homes a year.  A mom who resisted paid a price.  —  Child protective services agencies inspect the homes of roughly 3.5 million children annually.  Only about 5% are ultimately found to have been physically or sexually abused.
 
 
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Carlos Lozada / New York Times:
Ben Sasse Is Nothing if Not Thoughtful. Right?
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Proud Boys' only ‘idea’ is violence. Penn State is wrong to give its leader a platform.
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Biden admin announces border op with Mexico, increased removals of Venezuelans
Associated Press:
How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians
Annie Karni / Vogue:
Lost and Found: What Election Season Used to Teach Us
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ABC News:
2 Connecticut officers killed after phony 911 call and ambush with AR-15: Sources
Jessica Cody / American Thinker:
Is This the Beginning of the End for George Soros?
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Social Security recipients expected to get big benefit boost
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Judge concerned that juror is flirting with defendant in Whitmer kidnap trial
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