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Pelosi Spokesperson Statement on Violent Assault on Paul Pelosi — Washington, D.C. — Drew Hammill, spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, issued this statement: — “Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi.
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CNN:
Man who assaulted Pelosi's husband with hammer was looking for House speaker, source says — Speaker Pelosi's husband attacked in home invasion Schumer caught on hot mic giving Biden bad news — Tapper asks GOP lawmaker if enough Republicans will be ready to govern if they take House
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Washington Post:
Assailant shouted ‘Where is Nancy?’ in break-in at speaker's home, attack on Paul Pelosi — The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was attacked during an early-morning break-in at the couple's San Francisco home by an assailant who was searching for the speaker and shouted …
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Spokesman: Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted in break-in — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was “violently assaulted” by an assailant who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, and he is now in the hospital and expected to make a full recovery, said her spokesman, Drew Hammill.
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Wall Street Journal:
Paul Pelosi, Husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Attacked in San Francisco Home — Alleged assailant, who was looking for Mrs. Pelosi, is in custody, officials say — Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was assaulted by an intruder in their home on Friday morning …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack identified; reportedly asked ‘Where is Nancy?’ — Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate — Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” in their San Francisco home early Friday morning, spokesperson Drew Hammill said.
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Nancy Pelosi's husband was severely beaten with a hammer during an early-morning break-in, according to authorities and reports
Nancy Pelosi's husband was severely beaten with a hammer during an early-morning break-in, according to authorities and reports
Fox News:
Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul attacked in San Francisco home by intruder shouting ‘where is Nancy?’: source
Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul attacked in San Francisco home by intruder shouting ‘where is Nancy?’: source
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Nia Prater / New York Magazine:
Nancy Pelosi's Husband Assaulted During Break-in
Nancy Pelosi's Husband Assaulted During Break-in
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Racist tweets quickly surfaced after Musk closed Twitter deal — A wide range of anonymous Twitter accounts celebrated Musk's takeover and argued it meant the old rules against bigotry no longer applied — An emboldened cast of anonymous trolls spewed racist slurs and Nazi memes onto Twitter …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Welcome to hell, Elon — You break it, you buy it. — Twitter is a disaster clown car company that is successful despite itself, and there is no possible way to grow users and revenue without making a series of enormous compromises that will ultimately destroy your reputation …
Washington Post:
Top Twitter executives fired as Elon Musk takeover begins — Musk's $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company closed on Thursday night. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk took control of Twitter late Thursday as his $44 billion deal to takeover the company closed.
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Bloomberg:
Musk Takes Twitter Helm, Enacts Sweeping Change as Deal Closes — Elon Musk wasted no time taking complete control of Twitter Inc. The billionaire appointed himself chief executive officer, dismissed senior management and immediately began reshaping strategy at one of the world's …
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CNBC:
Elon Musk now in charge of Twitter, CEO and CFO have left, sources say — CNBC's David Faber reported that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now in charge of Twitter. — Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and finance chief Ned Segal have left the company's San Francisco headquarters.
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter's Top Executives
Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter's Top Executives
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Wall Street Journal:
WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk Says Twitter Won't Be ‘Free-for-All Hellscape,’ Addressing Advertisers' Concerns
WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk Says Twitter Won't Be ‘Free-for-All Hellscape,’ Addressing Advertisers' Concerns
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New York Times:
Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Deal to Own Twitter
Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Deal to Own Twitter
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Bill Glauber / JSOnline:
‘Innuendos and baseless allegations’: Milwaukee claps back after Ron Johnson sows doubts about early voting in the city — As voters have already begun streaming to the polls, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson this week raised doubts about early in-person absentee voting in Milwaukee and suggested …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Young voters MIA as Dem base flocks to vote early
Young voters MIA as Dem base flocks to vote early
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
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The Economist:
Russia's elite begins to ponder a Putinless future — Once unthinkable, the president's removal can at least be contemplated — “What is next? Is there life after Putin? How does he go and who replaces him?” Such are the questions that weigh heavily these days on the minds of the Russian elite …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin demands we listen to him. The U.S. should take him up on it.
Putin demands we listen to him. The U.S. should take him up on it.
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Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Record-High 56% in U.S. Perceive Local Crime Has Increased
Record-High 56% in U.S. Perceive Local Crime Has Increased
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
With Majority in Sight, Republicans Hush Talk of Impeaching Biden — Party leaders have begun to equivocate about whether they would seek to impeach President Biden if they won a House majority, but pressure is building from those who have vowed to do so. — WASHINGTON — Since …
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
St. Louis school shooter bought gun from private seller after dealer sale was blocked, police say — The shooter who killed two people at a St. Louis high school this week bought the rifle used in the attack from a private seller after he was blocked from buying a gun at a licensed dealer, police said Thursday.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why St. Louis hero teacher Jean Kuczka did what 376 Uvalde cops couldn't
Why St. Louis hero teacher Jean Kuczka did what 376 Uvalde cops couldn't
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
What It Means to Be a Republican Today — Evan McMullin's lesson on what his former party now stands for—and what it can't stand. — The most interesting political race of 2022 isn't between a Democrat and a Republican. It's in Utah, where incumbent Republican Sen. Mike Lee faces independent challenger Evan McMullin.
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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Russia's security service works to subvert Moldova's pro-Western government — A trove of sensitive materials obtained by Ukrainian intelligence and reviewed by The Washington Post illustrates how Moscow continues to try to manipulate countries in Eastern Europe
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Where Our Model Thinks The Polls Might Be Biased — With less than two weeks until Election Day, Republicans now have a 48 percent chance of taking the Senate, according to FiveThirtyEight's Deluxe forecast, their highest figure since late July and putting the battle for Senate control officially in toss-up territory.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
James Bennet was right — Controversy over an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) consumed the New York Times in June 2020 and claimed the job of then-editorial page editor James Bennet. Two-and-a-half years later, Bennet has shared some thoughts about the episode — and, in particular, the role of Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Many Military U.F.O. Reports Are Just Foreign Spying or Airborne Trash — Forget space aliens or hypersonic technology; classified assessments show that many episodes have ordinary explanations. — WASHINGTON — Government officials believe that surveillance operations by foreign powers …
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Fetterman Fades in Post-Debate Poll — Republican Mehmet Oz has pulled ahead of John Fetterman in the first Pennsylvania Senate poll released after this week's highly anticipated debate. — According to a survey of 1,000 likely voters from Wick Insights, 47.6 percent of respondents …
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Simon Casey / Bloomberg:
Exxon Rebuts Biden's Attack on Profits, Citing Dividend Payout — Exxon Mobil Corp. responded directly to US President Joe Biden's criticism of record energy-industry profits by pointing to the company's much-vaunted dividend, which it increased on Friday by a larger-than-expected amount.
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