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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump shares post bashing ‘liberal Jews who voted to destroy America’ — Former President Donald Trump late Sunday shared an image on Truth Social telling “liberal Jews” to “make better choices” amid celebrations of the Jewish New Year. — Trump shared a photo on Sunday evening without any caption of his own.
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Politico:
Trump moves to put the nail in DeSantis' campaign coffin
Trump moves to put the nail in DeSantis' campaign coffin
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CNN, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, Political Wire, HuffPost, Florida Politics and Reuters
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Throws Anti-Abortion Activists Under the Bus
Trump Throws Anti-Abortion Activists Under the Bus
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Trump Lashes Out at ‘Liberal Jews Who Voted to Destroy America’ by Not Supporting Him
Trump Lashes Out at ‘Liberal Jews Who Voted to Destroy America’ by Not Supporting Him
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Crooks and Liars, NBC News, New Republic, New York Daily News and HuffPost
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
California Dems consider unique approach to getting Trump off ballot
California Dems consider unique approach to getting Trump off ballot
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The American Conservative, New York Times and Raw Story
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The unchanging malleability of Donald Trump — Donald Trump's success in the 2016 Republican nominating contest was, at its essence, uncomplicated. — Running against a cadre of sitting and former elected officials, Trump said things they wouldn't — mostly the things …
NBC News:
Meet the Press - September 17, 2023
Meet the Press - September 17, 2023
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The Federalist, National Review, Eschaton, New York Daily News and TIME
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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HotAir, Digby's Hullabaloo, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Newsbusters and The Daily Beast
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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U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton:
Wexton Shares Health Update and Announces Retirement Plans
Wexton Shares Health Update and Announces Retirement Plans
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New York Times, The Hill, Fox News, CBS News, The Daily Caller, Associated Press 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 and Politico
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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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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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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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.
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Her students reported her for a lesson on race. Can she trust them again? — Mary Wood's school reprimanded her for teaching a book by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now she hopes her bond with students can survive South Carolina's politics. — CHAPIN, S.C. — As gold sunlight filtered into her kitchen …
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Raw Story
CNN:
Five Americans freed from Iran land in Qatar before flying to the US — Doha and Washington CNN — Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran have been freed and have landed in Doha, Qatar, before flying to the United States later on Monday. — The five, all of whom had been designated …
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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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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Hunter Biden sues the IRS, alleging agents illegally released his tax information
Hunter Biden sues the IRS, alleging agents illegally released his tax information
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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 …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Ken Griffin, former DeSantis donor, on sidelines for 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 …
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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
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