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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Texts from Loeffler's phone shed light on activities ahead of Jan. 6 and 2021 runoff — Tricia Raffensperger's text message, six days after the 2020 elections, was as blistering as it was direct. — Hours after Kelly Loeffler, then Georgia's junior U.S. senator, called for her husband …
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
‘A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane Headed Democrats’ Way' — With less than three weeks to go before the midterms, the GOP appears to be gaining momentum, as inflation and the economy dominate voters' concerns. And while the Senate outlook still remains plausibly optimistic for Democrats, the House presents a darker picture.
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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
GOP holds big leads on key economic issues ahead of the November elections, CNBC survey shows — The third-quarter CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds some modest improvements in economic attitudes and in President Joe Biden's approval ratings across the country, but Americans still harbor …
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HotAir, The Hill, New York Post and The Daily Caller
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Biden Not Paying Enough Attention to Most Important Issues — GOP maintains edge in contest to lead Congress — West Long Branch, NJ - More Americans are struggling economically than felt that way at the prior midterm elections four years ago. Most say President Joe Biden …
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The Hill, Al Jazeera, Politico and Iowa Capital Dispatch
New York Times:
With Crucial Elections Looming, Biden Breaks Tradition of Big Campaign Rallies
With Crucial Elections Looming, Biden Breaks Tradition of Big Campaign Rallies
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The Hill, Kansas City Star, Wide World of News and USA Today
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: It's the gas prices, stupid
POLITICO Playbook: It's the gas prices, stupid
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Slow Boring, The Hill, 1 to, PolitiFact and Daily Kos
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Tim Ryan asks why Democrats 'don't smell blood' and help him in Ohio
Tim Ryan asks why Democrats 'don't smell blood' and help him in Ohio
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Fox News, The Economist, Roll Call, Ohio Capital Journal, The Hill, WOWK-TV, Politico, CBS News, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
E.V. Bonanza Flows to Red States That Denounce Biden Climate Policies
E.V. Bonanza Flows to Red States That Denounce Biden Climate Policies
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Katherine Faulders / Associated Press:
Jan. 6 committee has yet to find a Trump lawyer who'll accept service of subpoena, sources say — The panel voted to subpoena the former president last week. — Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., on Oct. 8, 2022.
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Politico:
Trump taps firm to handle his Jan. 6 committee subpoena — The firm, the Dhillon Law Group, has handled litigation for other Jan. 6 select committee witnesses. — Former President Donald Trump has hired a firm to engage with the Jan. 6 select committee on its forthcoming subpoena of him, POLITICO has learned.
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump considers allowing federal investigators to search Mar-a-Lago again
EXCLUSIVE: Trump considers allowing federal investigators to search Mar-a-Lago again
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Insider, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Liberty Loft, Forbes and CBS News
New York Times:
Judge Says Trump Signed Statement With Data His Lawyers Told Him Was False
Judge Says Trump Signed Statement With Data His Lawyers Told Him Was False
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
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The Times:
Liz Truss resigns as prime minister — follow latest … Liz Truss has announced she is resigning after 44 days in office, becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. — She announced that she would stand down after losing the confidence of Tory MPs and cabinet ministers.
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New York Times:
U.K. Live Updates: Liz Truss Resigns as Prime Minister
U.K. Live Updates: Liz Truss Resigns as Prime Minister
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos
Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos
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Reuters, Reason, National Review, Chicago Sun-Times, Denver Post, CoinDesk, Al Jazeera, ABC7, Raw Story, Telegraph, Mediaite, Politico, New York Times, Common Dreams and Bloomberg
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
We Need To Stop Calling Ourselves Conservatives — The conservative project has failed, and conservatives need to forge a new political identity that reflects our revolutionary moment. — Given the state of America in 2022, conservatives should stop calling themselves conservatives. — Why?
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American Prospect
Associated Press:
Election deniers could make deep changes to Arizona voting — Gathered at a table in the state Capitol a little less than two years ago, two Republicans and a Democrat took part in a ceremony proscribed in state law that made official Joe Biden's 10,500-vote victory in Arizona's 2020 presidential contest.
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BACKSTORY JOURNAL, Raw Story and CBS News
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Washington Post:
U.S. has viewed wreckage of kamikaze drones Russia used in Ukraine — Such information could prove crucial in helping the United States and its Ukrainian allies better identify and ultimately defeat the unmanned craft — The U.S. government has examined the wreckage of Iranian-made drones shot …
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Associated Press:
Prison escapee accused of sending threatening letter containing powder to Jan. 6 committee chair — SCRANTON, Pa. — Federal prosecutors have accused a Pennsylvania prison escapee of sending a letter with threats to kill President Biden and the chairman of the Jan. 6 committee, among others …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Woke Superhero Movie Blown Up in $1 Million Con — The film was a Confederacy-themed superhero comic book character created by a right-wing blogger. But then the money disappeared. — An attempt to make a right-wing superhero movie has ended in disaster, with $1 million missing …
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Raw Story
CBS News:
Cortez Masto and Laxalt neck and neck in Nevada Senate race — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll — Another battleground state, another toss-up contest. In one of Republicans' best pick-up opportunities, Republican challenger Adam Laxalt and Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto are neck and neck.
Politico:
Biden world privately thinks McCarthy could fold on Ukraine aid — The GOP's internal rift over how long to keep U.S. aid flowing to war-ravaged Ukraine is spilling into public view weeks before a midterm election that could hand the party full control of Congress.
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The Bulwark, The Hill, The Guardian, Big League Politics, Newsday, The Foreign Desk, Politico, Voice of America, Insider, Breitbart and Daily Kos
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Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
Kevin McCarthy's betrayal of the United States of America — Kevin McCarthy was my friend. He betrayed the United States of America and his duty and obligations to the Constitutional Oath that he took. — His conduct over the Trump era has been abhorrent.
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Bloomberg, The Gateway Pundit, Just The News and MSNBC
Associated Press:
Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby — The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year. — The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid …
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New York Post
ADL:
ADL Letter to Adidas Executives Regarding Kanye West — Dear Mr. Rorsted and Mr. Rabe: — In light of Kanye West's increasingly strident antisemitic remarks over the past few weeks, we were disturbed to learn that Adidas plans to continue to release new products from his Yeezy brand without …
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Jeff Ihaza / Rolling Stone:
How Did Kanye Get Here? A Short History of Provocation and Extreme Rhetoric
How Did Kanye Get Here? A Short History of Provocation and Extreme Rhetoric
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New York Magazine, New York Times, VICE and Raw Story
John F. Harris / Politico:
Sorry, Ron DeSantis, You Are No Donald Trump — In the two years since Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, the political-media industrial complex has been busy trying to answer an urgent question: Who is the next Trump? — Business has been surprisingly brisk …
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The Liberty Loft and National Review
Ian Dunt / The i Paper:
The corpse of the Tory party has woken up again - only to find ingenious new ways to murder itself — Liz Truss's government is now piece of performance art on national humiliation — All she needed to do was not mess up. That was all that was required of her. Liz Truss had secured a brief moment of calm.
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BBC, Metro.co.uk, The Guardian, Guido Fawkes and Bloomberg
Megan K. Stack / New York Times:
A Town With a Heart, but Few Options, for Migrants — EL PASO — The Rio Grande ran thin through downtown, slimy and clay-colored from recent rains, coursing along concrete banks and through tangles of wildflowers, a liquid boundary marking the end — or, if you like, the beginning — of the United States.
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BorderReport and Reuters
John Besche / Eater DC:
Tryst Is Suddenly D.C.'s Newest Cop Cafe, and Some People Are Pissed — Despite internet backlash, the Adams Morgan anchor welcomes community-wide conversation about crime starting this week — Washingtonians know Tryst as a longtime hub for the artsy, the under-caffeinated, and the first-date unimaginative.