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Washington Post:
Could McCarthy really lose his job? — Good morning, Early Birds. If you're looking to brush up on Bibi ahead of President Biden's meeting with him in New York on Wednesday, allow us to suggest David Remnick's 1998 profile in which Benjamin Netanyahu smokes a Davidoff in his office without offering Remnick one.
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Reuters, New Republic, The Messenger, New York Times and CNN
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Punchbowl News:
9/18/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — This is an enormous week for Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans. — The federal government will shut down in 13 days unless Congress greenlights more funding. And House Republicans are pushing a partisan stopgap spending bill …
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Roll Call, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Washington Times
Politico:
Playbook: McCarthy's latest gambit falls flat — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING OVERNIGHT — “Iran-US prisoner swap likely set in motion as $6 billion of once-frozen Iranian assets reaches Qatar,” by AP's Jon Gambrell …
Washington Post:
House Republicans strike deal on short-term funding, but Senate likely to reject it
House Republicans strike deal on short-term funding, but Senate likely to reject it
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Washington Examiner, Axios and The Messenger
Lauren Peller / ABC News:
House GOP groups propose agreement on short-term government funding bill
House GOP groups propose agreement on short-term government funding bill
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CBS News, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, CNN, Semafor and The Hill
CNN:
Jennifer Wexton will not seek reelection, citing health concerns — Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announced Monday morning she will finish out her term in Congress but will not seek reelection, citing health concerns. — Wexton was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease a few months ago …
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Blue Virginia
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Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Rep. Jennifer Wexton will not seek reelection as diagnosis changes — Wexton was diagnosed this summer with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological condition for which there is no cure — Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) promised this spring to persevere as she revealed …
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Washington Examiner and Roll Call
Mariana Labbate / The Messenger:
Democratic Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton Won't Seek Reelection
Democratic Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton Won't Seek Reelection
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Politico and Associated Press
CNN:
Five Americans detained in Iran are freed and on flight out of country, officials tell CNN — Doha and Washington CNN — Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran have been freed and are on a flight out of the country, a senior Biden administration official and a Qatari official briefed …
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Politico, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, Reuters, Associated Press, New York Daily News, NPR, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, TASS and Semafor
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Associated Press:
Officials say 5 prisoners sought by the US in a swap with Iran have flown out of Tehran
Officials say 5 prisoners sought by the US in a swap with Iran have flown out of Tehran
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CBS News, The Messenger, The Hill, Associated Press, Raw Story, Washington Post, PIX11, UPI, KNSD-TV, Al Jazeera, TASS, ABC News, The Guardian, Fox News, Financial Times, Bloomberg and The Japan Times
Andrew Mills / Reuters:
U.S.-Iran detainee swap deal to go ahead on Monday, says Tehran
U.S.-Iran detainee swap deal to go ahead on Monday, says Tehran
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The Messenger, CBS News, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
How not to interview Trump — Kristen Welker's tenure as “Meet the Press” moderator got off to an inauspicious start. … Kristen Welker's whitewashing of Trump began in the opening seconds of her debut as Chuck Todd's replacement on “Meet the Press.” — “I sat down with the former president …
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PoliticusUSA, Deadline, NBC News and The Hill
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘A colossal mistake to showcase this sociopath’: NBC facing backlash after ‘shameful’ Trump interview airs
‘A colossal mistake to showcase this sociopath’: NBC facing backlash after ‘shameful’ Trump interview airs
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Crooks and Liars, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Insider, USA Today and The Mahablog
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Rhetoric expert explains why there's no way to fact-check Trump's ‘layers of lies’
Rhetoric expert explains why there's no way to fact-check Trump's ‘layers of lies’
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CNN
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Kristen Welker's ‘Meet the Press’ Debut Derailed by Trump Derangement
Kristen Welker's ‘Meet the Press’ Debut Derailed by Trump Derangement
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NBC News, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Adweek, Los Angeles Times, PoliticusUSA, Twitchy, The Moderate Voice, Althouse, Fox News, Newsbusters, Mediaite, American Wire News and The Messenger
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact-checking Trump's ‘Meet the Press’ interview
Fact-checking Trump's ‘Meet the Press’ interview
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The Bulwark, Mother Jones, RedState, Vox, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, New York Daily News, Fox News and HuffPost
Yoel Roth / New York Times:
I Was Attacked by Trump and Musk. It Was a Strategy to Change What You See Online. — When I worked at Twitter, I led the team that placed a fact-checking label on one of Donald Trump's tweets for the first time. Following the violence of Jan. 6, I helped make the call to ban his account from Twitter altogether.
Politico:
Trump moves to put the nail in DeSantis' campaign coffin — The ex-president is upping his presence in Iowa in an attempt to close any door on a comeback by the Florida governor. — Donald Trump's campaign believes Ron DeSantis is flatlining. Now, they want to bury him.
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Vanity Fair, Florida Politics and Reuters
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NBC News:
Meet the Press - September 17, 2023
Meet the Press - September 17, 2023
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National Review, Eschaton, The Federalist and TIME
New York Times:
Mark Meadows's Testimony in Georgia Case May Have Done Him No Favors — Mark Meadows, a former top Trump aide, took the witness stand in hopes of having his election interference case moved to federal court. So far, the strategy has not paid off. — One morning last month …
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Talking Points Memo
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Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
U.S. asks for help finding missing F-35 fighter jet after pilot ejects during ‘mishap’ — Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina appealed to the public for information in its bid to “locate an F-35 that was involved in a mishap” on Sunday afternoon. — A U.S. fighter jet's stealth abilities appear …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden sues IRS over disclosures — The lawsuit over IRS agent interviews with Congress and the press comes as a special counsel weighs charging him with tax crimes — President Biden's son Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit Monday against the Internal Revenue Service …
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CNN, Fox News, Associated Press, CNBC, NPR, The Hill, Bloomberg, Insider, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, New York Post, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Ken Griffin, former DeSantis donor, sits out GOP presidential primary — Billionaire and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says he is sitting on the sidelines for the 2024 Republican presidential primary. — Griffin explained that so far he's not impressed with what he's seeing …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Republicans who objected to a Biden impeachment inquiry now say they're fine with it — The shift in tone after Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched the inquiry by himself reflects the continued reluctance of House Republicans in swing districts to buck their party leaders.
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Alicia Diaz / Bloomberg:
Biden Says ‘Lots of Luck’ to Republicans Looking to Impeach Him
Biden Says ‘Lots of Luck’ to Republicans Looking to Impeach Him
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Breitbart, HuffPost, PoliticusUSA, NPR, ABC News, Political Wire and New York Post
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: How GOP pressured Texas senators over Paxton's impeachment trial — Following a secret campaign coordinated by top Trump allies, Texas state senators yesterday acquitted Attorney General Ken Paxton of all impeachment charges, allowing him to return to his post.
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Ken Paxton emerges victorious from yet another career scandal
Ken Paxton emerges victorious from yet another career scandal
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The Hill and Diane Ravitch's blog