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Shirin Ali / Slate:
Actually, John Fetterman's Debate Performance Was Fine — Pennsylvania has one of the most contentious Senate races in the country this term, and on Tuesday night, during the one and only debate between candidates, eyes were on Democrat John Fetterman, who had a stroke in May just days before his party's primary.
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Fetterman's debate performance has Democrats on edge in crucial Pennsylvania Senate race
Fetterman's debate performance has Democrats on edge in crucial Pennsylvania Senate race
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
The Reputations Ruined by the Pennsylvania Senate Debate
The Reputations Ruined by the Pennsylvania Senate Debate
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Fetterman's struggles may still strike a chord with voters
Fetterman's struggles may still strike a chord with voters
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Some in establishment media continue to defend Fetterman after his debate flop
Some in establishment media continue to defend Fetterman after his debate flop
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
From Fetterman to Biden — I still cannot believe what I watched last night in the Pennsylvania Senate debate.
From Fetterman to Biden — I still cannot believe what I watched last night in the Pennsylvania Senate debate.
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TMZ.com:
Kanye West Shows Up Uninvited to Skechers Headquarters in Wake of Adidas Fallout — Kanye West is making a quick move to find a new home for his Yeezy shoes ... hitting Skechers headquarters to talk with the company's honchos, but immediately got turned away.
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Mike Calia / CNBC:
Ye escorted out of Skechers office in Los Angeles after he showed up unannounced — Ye, who is also known as Kanye West, was escorted out of the Los Angeles office of shoe maker Skechers, the company said. — The incident comes after Adidas terminated its relationship with the fallen rapper …
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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Arizona Senate Shifts Back To Toss Up — As the overall environment continues to improve in the Republicans' direction, the closer we get to Election Day, just 12 days out, we are shifting another race rating in the GOP's direction. A month after we initially moved Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly …
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FOX 10 Phoenix:
2022 Arizona Election Poll: Lake leads governor's race, Senate race tightens
2022 Arizona Election Poll: Lake leads governor's race, Senate race tightens
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University of Nevada, Reno:
University of Nevada, Reno election poll shows Sisolak and Lombardo in a close race for governor, Cortez Masto leading Laxalt for U.S. Senate
University of Nevada, Reno election poll shows Sisolak and Lombardo in a close race for governor, Cortez Masto leading Laxalt for U.S. Senate
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Why Arizona's Senate race is moving to ‘Toss Up’ in our latest forecast update
Why Arizona's Senate race is moving to ‘Toss Up’ in our latest forecast update
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Politico:
‘Going to be ugly’: All signs point to Republican landslide in Florida — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Democrats are bracing for a very bad night on Nov. 8. — Less than two weeks before the election, Democrats are signaling that key races are slipping away from them.
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Democrats scramble into defensive posture in final stage of midterms
Democrats scramble into defensive posture in final stage of midterms
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Republicans Target a Top House Democrat as Winds Shift to the Right
Republicans Target a Top House Democrat as Winds Shift to the Right
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Arizona Republic:
Break-in at Arizona governor candidate Katie Hobbs' campaign office in Phoenix; several items taken — Stacey Barchenger Taylor SeelyArizona Republic — The Phoenix campaign headquarters of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs was burglarized earlier this week, Phoenix police and a campaign official said Wednesday.
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Seek Testimony on Trump's Claims to Have Declassified Documents — The Justice Department is seeking to compel Kash Patel, an ally of the former president, to answer questions about assertions that material taken from the White House had been declassified.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Another member of Trump's inner circle reportedly takes the Fifth
Another member of Trump's inner circle reportedly takes the Fifth
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Goes Permitless on Guns, and Police Face an Armed Public — A new law allowing people to carry handguns without a license has led to more spontaneous shootings, many in law enforcement say. — HOUSTON — Tony Earls hung his head before a row of television cameras, staring down, his life upended.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump lets the truth slip about the MAGA base — and today's GOP — Donald Trump has long harbored a tendency to confess to his sins in public. Now he's done it again, revealing a large truth about today's Republican Party in the process: He declared that his lies about the 2020 election …
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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
How Kari Lake Went From Local Anchor to New Face of the MAGA Right
How Kari Lake Went From Local Anchor to New Face of the MAGA Right
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NBC News:
Herschel Walker denies new abortion allegation — Georgia GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker denies new abortion pressure allegation — Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker denied a new allegation from a woman Wednesday that the former football star, who is running …
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David Byler / Washington Post:
Herschel Walker has recovered from his (first) abortion scandal
Herschel Walker has recovered from his (first) abortion scandal
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Axios:
A second woman says Herschel Walker was involved in her abortion
A second woman says Herschel Walker was involved in her abortion
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Politico:
Judge to consider unsealing Trump grand jury filings — A federal judge is considering whether to unseal secret court documents detailing former President Donald Trump's effort to prevent former aides from providing testimony to a grand jury investigating efforts to subvert the 2020 election.
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Politico:
Trump to hold rally in Florida with Rubio — but not DeSantis — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump is coming to Miami just two days before Election Day. But one Republican won't be there — Gov. Ron DeSantis. Not yet anyway. — Trump on Wednesday said he'll hold a rally with Sen. Marco Rubio on Nov. 6.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden chief of staff Ron Klain violated Hatch Act, gets warning for Twitter retweet — WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain violated the Hatch Act and was warned not to do so again, according to a document obtained by The Post. — The Office of Special Counsel …
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Twitter Addict Ron Klain Violated Hatch Act, Special Counsel Finds
Twitter Addict Ron Klain Violated Hatch Act, Special Counsel Finds
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Miriam Berger / Washington Post:
As protests rock Iran, its most feared security force is lying in wait — Thousands of people poured into the streets of Mahsa Amini's hometown Wednesday and marched to her grave. Iranian security forces responded — as they have throughout the course of the nationwide protests inspired by her death — with violence and arrests.
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Flees Interview After Callers Grill Her—'She's Gone' — Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene abruptly left an appearance on a local TV show in which she was taking questions, prompting confusion from the hosts. — Greene took part in the call-in show Night Talk on North Georgia's UCTV on Monday night.
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Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Lindsey Graham says there are ‘gonna be people jumping off bridges in San Francisco by the thousands’ if Jim Jordan becomes chair of the House Judiciary Committee — GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham campaigned in Ohio for Senate candidate JD Vance. — During a speech at a Republican Party dinner in Lima …
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Slate:
The Supreme Court Is Headed for a Self-Imposed Voting Caseload Disaster — On December 7, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Moore v. Harper, a radical case on the fate of the so-called “independent state legislature” theory which could end the ability of state courts to interpret …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
CNN chief Chris Licht has big ideas, but employees are nervous, and more job cuts are coming — CNN CEO Chris Licht talked to CNBC about why he took the job, why he thinks some coverage of him has been “painfully inaccurate,” and how he's hoping to restore a brand he says has been tarnished.
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims-sources — Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the matter said.
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Miami Herald:
GOP canvasser didn't say brutal beating was political until after Rubio tweet, cops say — The Republican Party canvasser who was brutally beaten in Hialeah on Sunday did not say the attack was politically motivated when police officers first interviewed him that evening, according to a police spokesman.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Garland Formally Bars Justice Dept. From Seizing Reporters' Records — The rule codifies and expands a policy he issued in 2021, after it came to light that the Trump administration had secretly gone after records of reporters for The Times, The Washington Post and CNN.
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