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7:10 PM ET, September 26, 2023

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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire  —  A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.  Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling in a civil lawsuit brought …
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Found Liable for Fraud in New York Attorney General's Case  —  A New York judge ruled Donald Trump is liable for fraud for exaggerating his net worth by billions of dollars a year on financial records submitted to banks and insurers, a major victory for the state's attorney general …
ABC News:
Judge rules Trump engaged in repeated fraud, effectively deciding central question in $250M civil trial  —  The civil case is scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 2.  —  Former President Donald Trump submitted “fraudulent valuations” for assets that were then used by himself …
Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump fraudulently inflated his net worth by up to $2.2 billion, New York judge rules  —  The ruling is a major blow for Trump and his business empire in the run-up to a civil fraud trial.  —  NEW YORK — A state judge on Tuesday found Donald Trump and his company liable for fraud for inflating …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden team's don't-let-him-trip mission … - With a physical therapist, Biden has been doing exercises to improve his balance as far back as November 2021.  — Since his stumble in June, he has been wearing tennis shoes more often to avoid slipping — and using the short stairs on Air Force One …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Biden Joins U.A.W. Strike  —  President Heads to Picket Line in Michigan to Court Autoworkers  —  President Biden is traveling to Michigan a day before former President Donald J. Trump makes his own visit, as the two men offer dueling messages to a powerful voting bloc in a key swing state.
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Biden makes history by joining striking autoworkers on the picket line
HuffPost:
President Joe Biden Visits Auto Workers Picket Line In Michigan
Washington Post:
Inside the spending cuts House Republicans are fighting for  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  If you like Kehinde Wiley's famous portrait of former president Barack Obama, check out his new exhibition of portraits of 11 African leaders.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.
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Washington Post:
Bending to far right, McCarthy pushes steep safety net cuts in shutdown battle  —  Republican House speaker embraces major spending reductions in trying to win conservative support for funding bill  —  Cutting housing subsidies for the poor by 33 percent as soaring rents drive a national affordability crisis.
New York Times:
New Senate Proposal Aims to Head Off Weekend Government Shutdown  —  An agreement between Senate Republicans and Democrats would keep agencies open through mid-November and provide billions in aid for Ukraine and disaster relief.  But House Republicans are likely to balk.
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:   Cassidy Hutchinson warns second Trump term wouldn't have ‘guardrails’
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Commander Biden bites another Secret Service agent, the 11th known incident  —  President Joe Biden's younger dog, Commander, bit another US Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening, CNN has learned, the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd.
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Trump leads in Iowa and New Hampshire, where retail campaigning hasn't closed the gap  —  The conventional wisdom is that retail politics — the door-knocking, hand-shaking grassroots campaigning for months before the primaries — make Iowa and New Hampshire different from what we see nationally.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Trump is crushing it in California. His rivals are ‘in denial.’
Discussion: RedState
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
What Is J.D. Vance's Angle?
Discussion: Associated Press and The Nation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA prosecuting Trump, Young Thug says her family has been threatened  —  'It's been very troubling,' Fani Willis tells event crowd  —  X  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, whose office is prosecuting cases involving former President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power  —  Amazon's ongoing pattern of illegal conduct blocks competition, allowing it to wield monopoly power to inflate prices, degrade quality, and stifle innovation for consumers and businesses  —  The Federal Trade Commission …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's defenses of Bob Menendez, and what they ignore  —  The dam is breaking on Democrats urging Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign.  They responded with cautious silence Friday after the Justice Department announced Menendez's indictment on bribery charges; by Tuesday …
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Christopher Maag / New York Times:
Booker Says Menendez Should Resign, Breaking Silence
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't let Alabama use disputed House map for 2024  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused Alabama's request to hold 2024 elections under a new congressional map judged to be an unlawful attempt to diminish the power of the state's Black voters.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Alabama's bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district
Fox News:
Hunter Biden received $250K wires originating in Beijing with beneficiary address listed as Joe Biden's home  —  EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden received wires that originated in Beijing for more than $250,000 from Chinese business partners during the summer of 2019 — wires that listed the Delaware home …
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Pro-Trump Lawyer Tells Georgia Judge ‘Less Than Two Months’ of Legal Advice Isn't Racketeering  —  Ken Chesebro says his role in the alleged conspiracy fell “well short of the substantial period of time” required for a RICO prosecution  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Politico:
Trump expands criminal defense team  —  Emil Bove, a former federal prosecutor, and Kendra Wharton, a white collar defense lawyer, joined the former president's legal team after the abrupt departures of three Trump attorneys over the summer.  —  Donald Trump has added at least two veteran attorneys …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Poll: Republicans have advantages on immigration, crime and the economy  —  Democrats, meanwhile, have the edge on abortion and health care, according to the new NBC News poll.  —  Voters overwhelmingly say they trust Republicans to do a better job than Democrats dealing with border security …
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NBC News:
NBC News poll shows GOP with largest-ever lead on the economy
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Hunter Biden sues former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani over infamous laptop  — Hunter Biden sued former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and another attorney over alleged violations of computer fraud and data access related to a laptop computer Biden is said to have left at a Delaware repair shop.
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Politico:
McCarthy pushes for Biden meeting with shutdown 5 days away  —  GOP leaders hope they'll be able to pass a handful of spending bills this week, believing it will give them a stronger hand in negotiations.  Their first test will be Tuesday night.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Fifth Circuit halts “religious-liberty training” order the day before it was to take place  —  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit was in rare form on Monday, even for the most conservative appeals court in the nation.  —  We'll take things in reverse order …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Decapitation Victim's Dad Pleads for Leniency for Sex Killer  —  “Everybody makes bad choices,” Michael Thyrion said of Taylor Schabusiness.  —  Warning: This story contains graphic description of violence.  —  A Wisconsin woman on Tuesday was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility …
 
 
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How House Republicans Will Try to Prove Bribery in Biden Impeachment Inquiry (Exclusive)
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 defendant who wanted to arrest ‘the traitors’ to ‘protect the Capitol’ sentenced to four years
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