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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Republicans Gain Edge as Voters Worry About Economy, Times/Siena Poll Finds — With elections next month, independents, especially women, are swinging to the G.O.P. despite Democrats' focus on abortion rights. Disapproval of President Biden seems to be hurting his party.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
GOP wants to push to extend Trump tax cuts after midterm elections — Republican lawmakers gear up to push 2017 tax law after midterm elections, despite potential impact on inflation — Republicans plan to push to extend key parts of President Donald Trump's tax cuts if they take control …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: Republican JD Vance has slight lead on Democrat Tim Ryan in Senate race in Ohio — Republican J.D. Vance has opened a narrow edge over Democrat Tim Ryan in the Senate race in Ohio, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, as President Joe Biden's unpopularity complicates …
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
The Problem of Marjorie Taylor Greene — What the rise of the far-right congresswoman means for the House, the G.O.P. and the nation. — “There's going to be a lot of investigations,” Marjorie Taylor Greene said, describing what she anticipates if the Republicans regain the House majority this November.
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
The End of the Good Republicans — Say goodnight: The party's over. — Ben Sasse is retiring from the Senate at the youthful age of 50. We know why. Politicians who thought they could wait out Trump now see the writing on the wall. — The party's over.
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
The sleeper state Republicans are targeting to win the Senate
The sleeper state Republicans are targeting to win the Senate
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump charged Secret Service ‘exorbitant’ rates at his hotels, records show — Former president Donald Trump's company charged the Secret Service as much as five times more than the government rate for agents to stay overnight at Trump hotels while protecting him and his family, according to expense records newly obtained by Congress.
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New York Times:
Trump Hotels Charged Secret Service Exorbitant Rates, House Inquiry Finds — Records obtained by the House Oversight Committee show the former president's properties charged more than $1.4 million to agents protecting him and his family. — WASHINGTON — The Trump Organization charged …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Kanye West plans to acquire Parler — Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, plans to acquire Parler, a Twitter-like social media app that has become a haven for conservatives. — Why it matters: In a statement, Ye said he's buying the platform to ensure people with conservative opinions …
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Ye Says He Bought Parler Because Instagram, Twitter Penalized Him — Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, said he was motivated to acquire the conservative social media service Parler by his belief that existing platforms like Instagram and Twitter are too restrictive when it comes to user speech.
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Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to acquire Parler platform
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to acquire Parler platform
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Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Kanye West agrees to buy conservative social media platform Parler, company says
Kanye West agrees to buy conservative social media platform Parler, company says
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Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Jury begins deliberating in case of Steele dossier source — A jury on Monday began deliberating the case of Igor Danchenko, a private researcher who was a primary source for a 2016 dossier of allegations about former president Donald Trump's ties to Russia and who was later accused of lying …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Jury gets Danchenko case in what may be Durham's swan song
Jury gets Danchenko case in what may be Durham's swan song
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Durham slams FBI for botching Trump-Russia investigation in closing Danchenko arguments
Durham slams FBI for botching Trump-Russia investigation in closing Danchenko arguments
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Dan Snyder / KOKH:
New poll shows Hofmeister leading Stitt in Oklahoma Governor's race — New polling from Oklahoma-based political consulting firm Ascend Action shows a close gubenetorial race just weeks ahead of November's midterm elections.
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Eric Garcia / The Independent:
Exclusive: Gisele Fetterman calls for NBC to apologise following ‘shocking’ interview with husband John Fetterman — John Fetterman's wife speaks to Eric Garcia about closed captioning and the controversy after Senate candidate's interview with NBC News — Pennsylvania Democratic Senate …
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Maura Reynolds / Politico:
Fiona Hill: ‘Elon Musk Is Transmitting a Message for Putin’ — It's been nearly eight months since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops and tanks over the border into Ukraine, and a lot has changed in that time. Ukraine has shown itself to be a far more robust military force than pretty much anyone predicted.
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Boris Bondarev / Foreign Affairs:
The Sources of Russian Misconduct
The Sources of Russian Misconduct
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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
White House calls Trump's attack on American Jews antisemitic — The White House on Monday called Donald Trump's attack on American Jews antisemitic after the former president wrote online that American Jews need to “get their act together” and show more appreciation for the state of Israel “before it is too late.”
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Furrygate: A Litterbox of Lies — A friend's wife's CrossFit trainer's mom saw a post on a Facebook group about kids identifying as cats and using litterboxes at school. — (THE BULWARK / SHUTTERSTOCK) — What are the teachers doing with their students' poo poo?
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Caitlin Tilley / Daily Mail:
Boston University CREATES a new Covid strain that has an 80% kill rate — echoing dangerous experiments feared to have started pandemic — Researchers added Omicron's spike protein to the original Wuhan Covid strain — Omicron's spike is highly mutated which made it the most infectious variant ever
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New York Times:
Right-Wing Leaders Mobilize Corps of Election Activists — Officials are prepared for aggressive challenges in midterm elections. “We're going to adjudicate every battle,” Stephen K. Bannon said. — On the eve of a primary runoff election in June, a Republican candidate for secretary …
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Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Oath Keepers Trial Rocked by Wacky Sexts Between Militia Boss and Lawyer — The case against the far-right group for its role in the Capitol riot was already disturbing. Then came evidence of what prosecutors say is an inappropriate relationship. — Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes …
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Johnson's campaign is paying the law firm of a Trump attorney allegedly connected to Jan. 6 fake elector plot — Sen. Ron Johnson recently made two payments to a law firm led by a Wisconsin attorney embroiled in the Justice Department's Jan. 6 probe, tapping the firm in part to assist in a possible recount …
Mike Lee / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mike Lee has earned a reputation as a principled conservative — Mike Lee serves as a United States senator representing the state of Utah. Since taking office, Senator Lee has earned a reputation as a principled conservative. He believes elected officials are responsible for keeping …
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Politico:
Biden Covid officials scramble to plan for Omicron subvariant threat — Top Biden health officials are increasingly concerned about the rise of new Covid variants in the U.S. that appear to evade existing treatments used to protect immunocompromised people from severe illness, according to three senior administration officials.
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Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says he's considering a run for president in 2024 — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said he would consider running for president in 2024. — “It's something that I would consider given the right circumstances and given the right mood of the country,” he said.
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Redfield & Wilton Strategies:
Latest GB Voting Intention (16 October 2022) — Our Most Recent Research — Redfield & Wilton Strategies' latest voting intention poll in Great Britain finds the Labour Party leading by 36%, seven points higher as in our most recent poll on Thursday last week, and the largest lead recorded …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Biden has spent more than a fourth of his presidency working from Delaware, outpacing Trump's regular trips away — President Joe Biden spent the weekend at his home in Delaware, where he met up with his wife, other family members and - if they followed usual practice - Willow the cat and Commander the dog.
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Rachael Riley / The Fayetteville Observer:
Special Forces vet charged in Jan. 6 riot accuses Biden of ‘poisoning jury pool’ — WASHINGTON D.C. — A former 3rd Special Forces Group soldier accused of assaulting officers with a flagpole during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot is blaming President Joe Biden for impacting his ability to receive a fair trial.
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Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Embattled GOP Candidate J.R. Majewski Also Exaggerated Academic Credential — Majewski, the Ohio Republican accused of misrepresenting his military record, also fudged information about his degree. — A GOP congressional candidate from Ohio who is accused of embellishing his U.S. Air Force record …
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Jeannie Baumann / Bloomberg:
Trump's CDC Changed Covid Reports Under Political Pressure, Panel Finds — The CDC bowed to the Trump administration's demands to change the editorial process of its weekly scientific journal after warnings from then health secretary Alex Azar to “get in line,” a House investigation found.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kari Lake's sugarcoated Trumpism is scarier than the original — It sounded very much like Trumpism. Appearing on CNN, Kari Lake defiantly refused on Sunday to accept the results of the Arizona gubernatorial election. She fearmongered about the southern border, insisting hordes of criminals are invading the country.
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