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8:25 PM ET, September 25, 2023

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Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
Trump Floats the Idea of Executing Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley  —  The former president is inciting violence against the nation's top general.  America's response is distracted and numb.  —  Late Friday night, the former president of the United States—and a leading candidate to be the next president …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump appears to remain worried that 2024 won't be rigged to his benefit  —  Former president Donald Trump has never been particularly adept at masking his true feelings.  He feels confident in his ability to close the deal, however robustly he's previously undermined his position.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump doesn't buy gun after saying he wants to in South Carolina  — The Trump campaign walked back a claim that former President Donald Trump bought a Glock handgun in South Carolina.  — A since-deleted video posted on social media by Trump's spokesman, Steven Cheung …
Rachel Scully / The Hill:
Trump pledges to investigate MSNBC parent company for ‘threatening treason’  —  Former President Trump pledged to investigate Comcast, the parent company for NBC and MSNBC, if he is elected in 2024, saying it “will be thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage of people, things, and events.”
New York Times:
Trump Tells Gun Store He'd Like to Buy a Glock, Raising Legal Questions  —  Officials have increasingly voiced concerns about threats of violence related to the former president's trials, as he faces charges that would make it illegal for a store to sell him a firearm.
Discussion: USA Today, UPROXX, The Hill and Raw Story
Dan Merica / The Messenger:
Fetterman Plans to Give Back Menendez Donation In Cash-Filled Envelopes (Exclusive)  —  Fetterman is the only Senate Democrat to call on Menendez to resign after a federal bribery indictment  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing …
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Joshua Zeitz / Politico:
History Offers Democrats a Way Out of the Menendez Problem  —  Oddly enough, it involves the very same seat the New Jersey senator refuses to resign.  —  Senator Robert Menendez had a bad week.  —  A New Jersey Democrat currently serving his third full term in the Senate …
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Second Senate Democrat calls for Menendez resignation  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Monday became the second Senate Democrat to call on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign after he was indicted on federal bribery charges late last week.  —  “Senator Menendez has broken the public trust …
Aneeta Mathur-Ashton / The Messenger:
Classified Documents Judge Sets Hearing To Review Possible Conflicts of Interest for Lawyer Representing Aide and Pool Worker
Discussion: Raw Story
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Sen. Bob Menendez indicates he will not resign after indictment on bribery charges
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Sen. Bob Menendez suggests cash found in bribery raid came from ‘personal savings’
Washington Post:
Could a discharge petition keep the government open?  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  If you observe Yom Kippur, have an easy fast.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Was this forwarded to you?  Sign up here.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  In today's edition ... Sen. Bob Menendez holds …
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New York Times:
Money for Ukraine at Center of Senate Bid to Avert Shutdown
Discussion: Reuters and ZeroHedge News
Regan Bruno / Fox News:
FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S SEAN HANNITY TO MODERATE THE RED STATE VS. BLUE STATE DEBATE BETWEEN FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS AND CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM  —  NEW YORK - September 25, 2023 - FOX News Channel's Sean Hannity will moderate a red vs. blue state debate between Florida Governor …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Newsom and DeSantis agree to debate on Fox News  —  Florida Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) have agreed to participate in a televised debate in November that will be moderated by Fox News host Sean Hannity.
Politico:
Barreling toward shutdown, McCarthy scrambles to get even one spending win  —  The speaker's latest plan is to advance four spending bills on Tuesday.  But it's unclear that he has the votes.  And it still won't keep the government open.
Discussion: LewRockwell
Jocelyn Kiley / Pew Research Center:
Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College  —  How we did this  —  The Electoral College has played an outsize role in some recent U.S. elections.  And a majority of Americans would welcome a change to the way presidents are elected, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
CNN:
Writers Guild and studios reach tentative deal, potentially ending a monthslong strike that ground Hollywood to a halt  —  Los Angeles CNN —  The major film and television studios and striking writers reached a tentative agreement on Sunday after days of marathon negotiating sessions …
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Variety:
Deal! WGA, AMPTP Reach Historic Contract Agreement to End 146-Day Writers Strike: ‘This Deal Is Exceptional’
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
‘Missing witness’ in Biden corruption probe offers dirt on Hunter FBI ‘mole’ who tipped him off  —  Gal Luft, the fugitive “missing witness” of the Biden corruption investigation, has offered new evidence to the House impeachment inquiry about an FBI mole who tipped off Hunter Biden …
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Leader of Canada's House of Commons apologizes for honoring man who fought for Nazis  —  The speaker of Canada's House of Commons apologized Sunday for recognizing a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II.  Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delievered …
Peter King / The Hill:
I served in the House for 28 years.  It's now more dysfunctional than ever.  —  I was back on Capitol Hill last week, where I had the dual experiences of meaningful memories of the past colliding with realities of the present.  —  Former staff members from my personal office …
Rachel Tucker / The Hill:
8 hospitalized after ‘sudden severe turbulence’ on Florida-bound flight  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA) — Eight people were hospitalized Monday after being injured during rough skies on a flight to Florida.  —  Passengers and crew aboard the JetBlue flight experienced “sudden severe turbulence” …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Before Jan. 6, the FBI predicted extremists would be ‘very willing to take action’ over a 2020 election dispute  —  An FBI “red cell” report predicted that law enforcement action and a “lack of coordination” between groups would prevent widespread violence in response to a disputed election.
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and Political Wire
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Americans' Preference for Larger Families Highest Since 1971  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are about evenly divided in their views of whether smaller versus larger families are preferable.  When asked about the ideal number of children for a family to have, a 44% plurality of U.S. adults …
 
 
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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