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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump team eyes Nov. 14 announcement — Former President Trump's inner circle is discussing announcing the launch of a 2024 presidential campaign on Nov. 14 — with the official announcement possibly followed by a multi-day series of political events, according to three sources familiar with the sensitive discussions.
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CNN:
Exclusive: DOJ mulling potential special counsel if Trump runs in 2024 — As Donald Trump inches closer to launching another presidential run after the midterm election, Justice Department officials have discussed whether a Trump candidacy would create the need for a special counsel to oversee …
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Midterms Live Updates: Trump Is Expected to Announce 2024 Bid Soon After Election Day
Midterms Live Updates: Trump Is Expected to Announce 2024 Bid Soon After Election Day
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BBC, Lawyers, Guns & Money and CNN
Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter — Employees said the layoffs came across teams, as Twitter broadly reduced its workforce. Musk originally pitched investors on cutting Twitter's staff up to 75 percent. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk is beginning mass layoffs at Twitter …
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New York Times:
Elon Musk Begins Layoffs at Twitter — The social media company's 7,500 employees have been bracing for job cuts since Mr. Musk took it over last week. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk will begin laying off Twitter employees on Friday, according to a companywide email, culling …
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New York Times:
Elon Musk, Under Financial Pressure, Pushes to Make Money From Twitter
Elon Musk, Under Financial Pressure, Pushes to Make Money From Twitter
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
World's richest man decides to set $44 billion on fire
World's richest man decides to set $44 billion on fire
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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
In Final Push For Senate Control, Republican Momentum Grows — Republicans enter the final days of the midterms with the political winds at their backs and the slight momentum in the battle for Senate control. While a handful of races remain incredibly tight, and polls show they could go either way …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Stand on the Verge of Total, Veto-Proof Power — In a 50-50 battleground state, Republicans are close to capturing supermajorities in the State Legislature that would render the Democratic governor irrelevant even if he wins re-election.
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The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are Bad for the Economy. Here's Why.
Republicans Are Bad for the Economy. Here's Why.
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Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Republicans can do better than Trump as the party's 2024 presidential nominee
Republicans can do better than Trump as the party's 2024 presidential nominee
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Nadgey Louis-Charles / House Committee …:
Republicans Release 1,000 Page Report on FBI & DOJ Politicization — Today, House Judiciary Republicans released a new report, “FBI Whistleblowers: What Their Disclosures Indicate About the Politicization of the FBI And Justice Department,” detailing a rampant culture of unaccountability, manipulation, and abuse at the highest level.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: House GOP to release 1,000-page road map for Biden FBI probe
Scoop: House GOP to release 1,000-page road map for Biden FBI probe
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The Hill, Sputnik News, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, New York Post and National Review
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Arizona 2022: US Senate and Gubernatorial Elections in Dead Heat — Home Polls Arizona 2022: US Senate and Gubernatorial Elections in Dead Heat — The final Emerson College Polling survey of Arizona voters finds Republican Blake Masters with 48% support for US Senate, and incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly with 47%.
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Marist Poll:
The 2022 Elections in Pennsylvania — Marist Pennsylvania Poll — Fetterman Leads Oz Heading …
The 2022 Elections in Pennsylvania — Marist Pennsylvania Poll — Fetterman Leads Oz Heading …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
New Hampshire: Hassan Maintains Narrow Lead Over Bolduc
New Hampshire: Hassan Maintains Narrow Lead Over Bolduc
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Election Deniers Admit It's A Lie Behind Closed Doors — “It's a huge manipulation,” lamented the Texas Republican. — Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) revealed what election deniers actually say behind closed doors amid a slew of reality-defying candidates running as Republicans in the 2022 midterms next week.
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Liz Calvario / TODAY.com:
Oprah Winfrey announces her support for Dr. Oz opponent, John Fetterman — Oprah Winfrey is making her voice heard. — Ahead of the midterm elections, Winfrey hosted “A Virtual Voting Conversation” on Nov. 3, where she and community leaders discussed the importance of voting during the critical election.
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
The districts seeing the most spending show why House Democrats are in trouble — The battle for control of the House has been spreading into bluer and bluer turf as Election Day creeps nearer, with more than 60 percent of ad spending the past two months flowing into districts President Joe Biden won …
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Democrats fear midterm drubbing as party leaders rush to defend blue seats
Democrats fear midterm drubbing as party leaders rush to defend blue seats
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Stunning poll: 44% of voters see “secret cabal” — Joel Benenson, the renowned pollster for President Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns, gave a first look at the results of a question he'd never asked before: “We wanted to test QAnon's language that the world is controlled by a secret cabal.”
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC Cuts Ties Unexpectedly With Weekend Host Tiffany Cross … Tiffany Cross, the MSNBC weekend host who was known for running the freewheeling Saturday commentary program “Cross Connection,” is leaving the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet. — Her production staff was informed …
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Knvul Sheikh / New York Times:
New Covid Variants Are Circulating. Here's What to Know. — The “nightmare variant” is not as bad as it sounds. — As it gets colder and more people move their activities indoors, the recent decline in Covid-19 cases across the United States has started to level off.
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Deon J. Hampton / NBC News:
Mom of 5 died after ketamine injection by a paramedic, family alleges in wrongful death suit — DENVER — The family of a woman who died four years ago shortly after a paramedic injected her with the powerful sedative ketamine have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the health care worker and the ambulance company.
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Kira Lerner / The States:
Conspiracy theorists urge voting as late as possible on Election Day to ‘stop the steal’ — A close ally of Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has a plan that she claims will help win him the election and prevent voter fraud: She wants voters to cast their ballots …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
How a secret meeting put Hakeem Jeffries on track to replace Pelosi — The race to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the leader of House Democrats may have been clinched at a meeting in the Capitol on Sept. 1. — That's when House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries …
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Alex Hammer / Daily Mail:
Midterms horror as Republican candidate's daughters, three and five, are almost KILLED after gunman opens fire at North Carolina home - where Democrat rival filmed campaign ad - with bullet landing close to where they slept — The congressional candidate's daughters, aged 3 and 5 …
New York Times:
China warns against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, and Germany urges Beijing to do more to end the war. … Moscow is pouring new conscripts to the front line to try to halt Ukrainian advances. — KYIV, Ukraine — The Russian Army is staging intense but so far ineffective attacks …
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New York Times:
Why investors mostly liked what they saw in the jobs data. — U.S. Job Growth Remains Strong … Employers added 261,000 jobs in October, a sign that the economy is resilient. — Monthly change in jobs — +261,000 — +600,000 jobs — +400,000 — +200,000 — Oct. — Jan.
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Alec Karam / The Daily Beast:
Joe Rogan Admits He Lied About Schools Using Litter Boxes — NO SH*T — Joe Rogan has admitted he lied about a school letting “furry” children use litter boxes, walking back his claims from a month ago that have since been amplified by Republican Senate Don Bolduc.
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