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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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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Democrats scramble into defensive posture in final stage of midterms — Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, Democrats are trying to shore up the party's candidates as Republicans charge deeper into their terrain — Democrats on Wednesday pumped at least $6.3 million worth …
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NBC News:
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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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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New York Times:
Fetterman's Debate Showing Raises Democratic Anxieties in Senate Battle
Fetterman's Debate Showing Raises Democratic Anxieties in Senate Battle
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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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FOX 10 Phoenix:
2022 Arizona Election Poll: Lake leads governor's race, Senate race tightens — PHOENIX - A new FOX 10 InsiderAdvantage poll shows the race for Governor - widening a bit. But the race for U.S. Senate is turning into a dead heat. — Governor's race — With less than 2 weeks …
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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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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Illinois 2022: Democratic Incumbents Pritzker and Duckworth Leads Shrink as Republican Challengers Bailey and Salvi Gain Support
Illinois 2022: Democratic Incumbents Pritzker and Duckworth Leads Shrink as Republican Challengers Bailey and Salvi Gain Support
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Kelly, Masters tied in Arizona: progressive poll
Kelly, Masters tied in Arizona: progressive poll
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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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David Byler / Washington Post:
Herschel Walker has recovered from his (first) abortion scandal — On Oct. 3, the Daily Beast reported that Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, had paid for an ex-girlfriend's abortion in 2009. Walker, who opposes abortion in all cases, denies the story.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
New Woman Alleges Herschel Walker Urged Her to Have Abortion
New Woman Alleges Herschel Walker Urged Her to Have Abortion
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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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Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Second woman accuses Herschel Walker of pressuring her to have abortion
Second woman accuses Herschel Walker of pressuring her to have abortion
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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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KASW-TV:
Police investigating burglary at Katie Hobbs' Phoenix campaign office — PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Detectives are looking into a burglary at gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs' Phoenix campaign office, Phoenix Police confirm to Arizona's Family. Police said they responded at 2 p.m. Tuesday …
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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.
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