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Washington Post:
House Republicans strike deal on short-term funding, but Senate likely to reject it — Half a dozen House Republicans announced a deal on Sunday to temporarily fund the government with the goal of averting a shutdown at the end of the month. But it's far from certain that the proposal …
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Axios and The Messenger
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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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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Fox News, Raw Story, Washington Times, Roll Call and New York 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 …
Lauren Peller / ABC News:
House GOP groups propose agreement on short-term government funding bill — House Republicans from both sides of the conference came to a deal. — LIVE — FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Kristin Wilson / CNN:
McCarthy says defense spending bill will get a vote this week ‘win or lose’
McCarthy says defense spending bill will get a vote this week ‘win or lose’
Discussion:
The Hill and Political Wire
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘A colossal mistake to showcase this sociopath’: NBC facing backlash after ‘shameful’ Trump interview airs — NBC's attempt to avoid the pitfalls of the Donald Trump CNN town hall which was a contributing factor to the departure of CEO of CNN Worldwide Chris Licht does not appear to have panned out despite being taped and edited.
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Crooks and Liars, PoliticusUSA, The Mahablog, Insider, USA Today and NBC News
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New York Times:
Trump Says He Hopes Meadows Will Remain ‘Loyal’ to Him in Election Case — The former president, who has been warned against saying anything that could influence witnesses in his election interference case, made the statements during an interview on “Meet the Press.”
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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Public Notice, NBC News, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, Adweek, Twitchy, Los Angeles Times, The Moderate Voice, Deadline, Fox News, Newsbusters, The Messenger, Mediaite and American Wire News
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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Mother Jones, Vox, Raw Story, New York Daily News, Rolling Stone, HuffPost and Fox News
NBC News:
Full transcript: Read Kristen Welker's interview with Trump
Full transcript: Read Kristen Welker's interview with Trump
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Althouse, HuffPost, RedState, ABC News, New York Post, The Daily Caller, TIME, The Messenger, Raw Story and The Hill
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump says it was his decision to persist with 2020 election challenges
Trump says it was his decision to persist with 2020 election challenges
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HuffPost, NBC News, CNN, Washington Examiner, Politico, The Messenger, Political Wire and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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Political Wire
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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, PoliticusUSA, HuffPost, NPR, ABC News, Political Wire and New York Post
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
House GOP in midst of ‘civil war’ amid shutdown threat, warns Dem leader
House GOP in midst of ‘civil war’ amid shutdown threat, warns Dem leader
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Politico, House Committee …, Reuters, The Daily Caller, NBC News, National Review, USA Today, ABC News, Bloomberg and Breitbart
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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Axios:
Scoop: Schumer ditches Senate's informal dress code … - “Senators are able to choose what they wear on the Senate floor. … - Fetterman, who was elected last year, initially followed Senate tradition and wore suits. … The change applies only to senators — staff members will still be required to follow the old dress code.
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Washington Post:
Lawmakers are spending way more to keep themselves safe. Is it enough? — A Post analysis of campaign and congressional reports shows spending on security has skyrocketed since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — Candidates running for House and Senate offices increased campaign spending …
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.
CNN:
Five Americans detained in Iran expected to be freed Monday, Iranian foreign ministry says — Five Americans who have been imprisoned in Iran are expected to be released Monday as part of a wider US-Iran deal, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said.
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Associated Press, USA Today, CBS News, ABC News, The Messenger and Financial Times
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Ken Paxton emerges victorious from yet another career scandal — It marked a screaming milestone in a two-decade political career that has seen Paxton harness the state's increasingly conservative politics — and later the rise of Donald Trump — to stay in power longer than his vulnerabilities would suggest.
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The Hill and Diane Ravitch's blog
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: How GOP pressured Texas senators over Paxton's impeachment trial
Scoop: How GOP pressured Texas senators over Paxton's impeachment trial
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Dallas Express, Raw Story, The Texas Tribune, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, The Daily Beast and KXAN-TV
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Two pilots killed in crash at National Championship Races in Reno — Two pilots were killed Sunday after their planes collided while landing at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, the race organizers confirmed. — The Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) …
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Reno Air Racing Association, Los Angeles Times, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, The Daily Caller, UPI, CBS News, ABC7, NBC News, KTLA, Fox News, KLAS and KNSD-TV
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
In U.S. Visit, Zelensky to Make a Case for More Aid, and Say Thank You — The Ukrainian leader's second trip to America comes at a more delicate diplomatic moment, as he tries to navigate political currents while expressing gratitude for Western support. — A hero's welcome awaited President …
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Washington Post