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Washington Post:
Russia is grabbing men off the street to fight in Ukraine — Police and military officers swooped down on a Moscow business center this week unannounced. They were looking for men to fight in Ukraine — and they seized nearly every one they saw. Some musicians, rehearsing. A courier there to deliver a parcel.
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Insider, Wall Street Journal and The Western Journal
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Washington Post:
Iran plans to send missiles, drones to Russia for Ukraine war, officials say — Increased flow of weapons from Iran could help offset steep Russian weapons losses, rebuild supply of precision-guided munitions — Iran is strengthening its commitment to supply arms for Russia's assault on Ukraine …
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Fox News, The Times of Israel, Agence France-Presse and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Russia's escalation won't turn tide of the war, experts say
Russia's escalation won't turn tide of the war, experts say
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TASS
Plain Dealer:
Tim Ryan for U.S. Senate — This election season's battle for control of the U.S. Senate that has been raging across the 35 states where Senate seats are up for grabs portends significant, long-range consequences for how this country is governed, as each party tries to break the current 50-50 partisan deadlock.
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The Hill and PoliticusUSA
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CBS News:
GOP keeps lead for House control, Democrats' momentum stalls amid economy worries — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll — For two months the Democrats chipped away at the Republicans' lead in the battle for House control, helped by motivated abortion-rights voters and what turned …
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Los Angeles Times and The Hill
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Democrats Spent $2 Trillion to Save the Economy. They Don't Want to Talk About It. — Polls show voters liked direct payments from President Biden's 2021 economic rescue bill. But they have become fodder for Republican inflation attacks. — In the midst of a critical runoff campaign …
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Washington Examiner, Althouse, The National Interest and Bloomberg
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Dana Bash, Kari Lake clash over 2020 election fraud claims — Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake sparred with CNN's Dana Bash over unfounded claims of mass election fraud in 2020 during an interview on Sunday. — “You called the 2020 election corrupt, stolen, rotten and rigged …
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Axios, Washington Examiner, RedState, Vanity Fair, The Post Millennial and CNN
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Ruby Cramer / Washington Post:
On Kari Lake's campaign for Arizona governor, the mic is always hot — The former Phoenix TV news anchor has emerged as a Republican phenom by amplifying Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen and embracing the hard-right politics of abortion and immigration
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CNN, The Western Journal, No More Mister Nice Blog and Blue Virginia
CNN:
Kari Lake won't commit to accepting 2022 election results
Kari Lake won't commit to accepting 2022 election results
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New York Times, Breitbart and Raw Story
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Kari Lake refuses to say whether she would accept loss in Arizona election
Kari Lake refuses to say whether she would accept loss in Arizona election
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Insider, The Daily Beast, USA Today, RedState, Rolling Stone, Washington Times, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Hill, Breitbart and Political Wire
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman is the best choice to represent Pennsylvania's priorities in the U.S. Senate | Endorsement — By many measures, the first two years of the Biden administration have been fruitful for Pennsylvania.The president's plan to slash prescription-drug costs for older Americans …
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The Hill and New Jersey Online
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Do Voters Care About John Fetterman's Stroke?
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump attacks American Jews, posting they must ‘get their act together’ on Israel — Former president Donald Trump attacked American Jews in a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, saying Jews in the United States must “get their act together” and show more appreciation for the state of Israel “before it is too late.”
Zach Everson / Forbes:
A Trump Political Committee Bought $131,000 Worth Of Books. Four Days Later, Jared Kushner's Hit The Best-Seller List — One of Donald Trump's political committees spent $158,000 on books just weeks after the release of Jared Kushner's memoir. — “Breaking History: A White House Memoir” hit book shelves on Aug. 23.
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Political Wire
Charlotte Higgins / The Guardian:
Russian troops kill Ukrainian musician for refusing role in Kherson concert — International condemnation swift after conductor Yuriy Kerpatenko shot dead in his home — Charlotte Higgins and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv — Russian soldiers have shot dead a Ukrainian musician in his home …
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Al Jazeera, Vanity Fair and Reuters
Ray Stern / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Attorney General's Office asks FBI, IRS to investigate group behind ‘2000 Mules’ — Republican candidates for top statewide offices in Arizona have said they believe what they saw in the election-conspiracy movie “2000 Mules.” — Now, the state Attorney General's Office is asking …
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Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and Election Explorer
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
We Should Try to Prevent Another Alex Jones — Alex Jones achieved the epitome of despicability and now has been ordered to pay for it. His lies — that parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 had been actors taking part in a government plot to manufacture a pretext for stricter gun control — were blatant.
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Insight
Associated Press:
Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants — Two years ago, candidate Joe Biden loudly denounced President Donald Trump for immigration policies that inflicted “cruelty and exclusion at every turn,” including toward those fleeing the “brutal” government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.
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Washington Times, Media Matters for America, New York Post, Insider, Fox News and Associated Press