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5:55 PM ET, September 11, 2023

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CBS News:
Trump asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself in Jan. 6 case  —  Attorneys for former President Donald Trump want a new judge in his 2020 election interference case.  —  In a filing Monday, they argued that Judge Tanya Chutkan should recuse herself from the case for previous statements they say give the appearance of bias.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The key to understanding Donald Trump's enduring appeal is Vince McMahon  —  Some people don't want to believe it, but it's true: Donald Trump has a reasonable chance of being elected the next president of the United States.  —  According to conventional political analysis …
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Trump advisers plot aggressive new tax cuts for second White House term  —  Although the 2017 GOP tax law proved unpopular, the former president is eyeing deeper cuts to the corporate rate  —  As Donald Trump widens his lead over other Republican candidates in the GOP primary …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump Seeks Recusal of Judge in Federal Elections Case  —  The former president said Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, who is hearing the Justice Department's case accusing him of seeking to overturn the 2020 election, had shown bias against him in public statements.  —  Lawyers for former President …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
‘Virginia Is the Test Case’: Youngkin Pushes for G.O.P. Takeover This Fall  —  Glenn Youngkin, a popular Republican governor with national ambitions, is trying to help his party take full control of state government in crucial legislative races this year.  —  Virginia, whose off-year elections …
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Takes Action on Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action approving and authorizing for emergency use updated COVID-19 vaccines formulated …
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US moves to advance prisoner swap deal with Iran and release $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds  —  The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money …
Jericka Duncan / CBS News:
MSU football coach Mel Tucker could face “monumental fall” after sexual harassment allegations, reporter says  —  Michigan State University's head football coach Mel Tucker was suspended without pay on Sunday after USA Today reported on harassment allegations against him.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Joe Biden bucks tradition, bets big on early swing-state advertising  —  A $25 million buy is larger and earlier than the Obama and Trump reelection strategies  —  Walking with purpose, pulling up his shirt sleeves, glad-handing voters, commanding the podium — the images …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Why We Are So Obsessed With Biden's Age
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California's fast food wars yield a truce  —  Labor and the fast food industry have struck a deal to avoid a California ballot fight.  —  Fast food corporations and labor unions in California have struck a deal on worker regulations, defusing a yearslong power struggle and looming ballot fight.
Discussion: Pluribus News and Sacramento Bee
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Taryn Luna / Los Angeles Times:
Labor, business reach deal to raise fast-food wages and end California ballot fight
Discussion: CalMatters
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Hard-Line Conservatives Talk Tough, and Government Shutdown Looms  —  House dissidents make demands on border security and Ukraine, while lawmakers consider a short-term funding deal  —  WASHINGTON—House dissidents say they're serious this time.  —  After putting Kevin McCarthy through 15 ballots …
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Norman J. Ornstein / New Republic:
Samuel Alito Is Wrong and Arrogant—and Must Be Reined In … Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has been in the spotlight lately, and not in a good way.  Embattled over revelations of major ethics violations and calls for Supreme Court ethics reform and now the subject of an ethics charge …
NBC News:
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties  —  Dodge Hellonen, who was carrying a yellow “Don't Tread on Me” flag on Jan. 6, was the first of the three Marines to be punished for participating in the Capitol siege.
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
Isabella Ramirez / The Daily Beast:
Protesters Arrested for Storming Kevin McCarthy's Office  —  ‘PASS PEPFAR NOW!’  —  A group of seven activists were arrested for unlawful entry on Monday morning after storming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office to demand the passage of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Capitol Police confirmed to The Daily Beast.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Ex-GOP Lawmaker Recalls Wild Moment Colleagues Made His Head Explode  —  “It was incredible to me to listen to that,” former Virginia Republican Denver Riggleman said of his very week in the hardline House Freedom Caucus.  —  LOADING  —  Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (Va.) …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Christian, The Hugging Lion’ latest children's book banned in Florida - despite no mention of sexuality: report  —  A children's book about a lion raised by two men has been banned in Florida because right-wing activists suspect the men might be gay - despite nothing in the book suggesting …
Discussion: Tallahassee Democrat
Rachel Swan / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. judge sends Feinstein suit over husband's assets to mediation  —  A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Monday ordered Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the trustees of her late husband's estate into mediation to resolve a bitter feud over access to his sprawling assets.
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Governor Youngkin Pardons Father Who Was Arrested in School Board Meeting  —  In a Loudoun County, Va., case that became a national flashpoint over transgender rights, Scott Smith rose to accuse a boy of assaulting his daughter, and a fight ensued.  —  In a case that became a national flashpoint …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Twitter appears to throttle New York Times  —  The Scoop  —  X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to be attempting to limit its users' access to The New York Times.  —  Since late July, engagement on X posts linking to the New York Times has dropped dramatically.
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes decides against congressional campaign  —  Sarah Hughes, a former Olympic figure skating champion, has decided not to run for a congressional seat in her home state of New York after she initially said that she planned to launch a campaign.
Discussion: Political Wire
Olivia Little / Media Matters for America:
TikTok is blocking searches for WGA amid the ongoing writers strike  —  As the Writers Guild of America (WGA) continues to strike, TikTok is blocking searches on the platform for “WGA.”  —  The writers strike began on May 2 after unresolved labor negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Emma Kinery / CNBC:
Nearly five decades after the fall of Saigon, U.S. will help Vietnam boost its military capabilities  — Biden and Trọng agreed to “welcome further cooperation in defense industry and defense trade” between the two countries.  — Vietnam upped the U.S.'s diplomatic status to a …
NBC News:
Meet the Press - September 10, 2023  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), Cornell Belcher, Mark Murray, Danielle Pletka, Amy Walter and Kristen Welker  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  This Sunday, future of the party.  —  FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
CBS News:
Climber survives 2,000-foot plunge down side of dangerous New Zealand mountain: “He is exceptionally lucky to be alive”  —  A climber who plunged 600 meters (nearly 2,000 feet) down the side of one of New Zealand's most dangerous mountains was “exceptionally lucky” to survive after landing on snow, police said Monday.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Messenger
 
 
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden to mark 9/11 anniversary in Alaska, Harris visits ground zero
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Local officials call on Congress to reject larger trucks on highway
Discussion: The Messenger
Eden Villalovas / Washington Examiner:
Majority of California voters don't support cash for slavery reparations: Poll
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis and Trump get ready for a fight at California's GOP convention
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia, setting the stage for a meeting with Putin
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Yellen ‘feeling very good’ about chances for economic soft landing
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Almost every single major Biden official is making a pilgrimage to Alaska
Discussion: CATS Roundtable