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Rolling Stone:
Trump Plots to Pull Out of NATO — If He Doesn't Get His Way — At the very least, the former president wants to put the U.S. on “standby” mode — and undermine NATO's principle of collective defense — Donald Trump wanted to pull the United States out of NATO during his first term …
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo, PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump is ‘Very Likely’ to Attend His New York Fraud Trial for Michael Cohen's Testimony: Source
Trump is ‘Very Likely’ to Attend His New York Fraud Trial for Michael Cohen's Testimony: Source
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Claims He Never Spoke to Billionaire ‘Red Haired Weirdo’ About Nuke Subs
Trump Claims He Never Spoke to Billionaire ‘Red Haired Weirdo’ About Nuke Subs
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New York Times:
U.S. Advises Israel to Delay Gaza Invasion, Officials Say — The Biden administration has suggested that more time is needed for hostage negotiations, the delivery of aid to Palestinians and mapping out ways to avoid more civilian casualties. — The Biden administration has advised Israel …
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New York Times:
Republicans Grapple With Being Speakerless, but Effectively Leaderless, Too — With a speaker fight in the House, concerns about an aging Senate leader and a 2024 front-runner who has the party in a vise grip, some G.O.P. members worry the turmoil could have long-term effects.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, American Prospect, Progress Pond, Newsbusters and RedState
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Politico:
Playbook: Inside Tom Emmer's Trump problem
Playbook: Inside Tom Emmer's Trump problem
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The Messenger, Insider, Forbes, Vanity Fair, Mock Paper Scissors and CNN
New York Times:
Editors' Note: Gaza Hospital Coverage — On Oct. 17, The New York Times published news of an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City, leading its coverage with claims by Hamas government officials that an Israeli airstrike was the cause and that hundreds of people were dead or injured.
Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive poll: Nikki Haley surges, nearly ties Ron DeSantis as the alternative to Trump — Haley's support has surged to 11% and DeSantis' plunged to 12%, the USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll finds. But Trump still dominates. — Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley has surged nationally …
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Washington Free Beacon, The Messenger, RedState, Outside the Beltway, The Hill, Florida Politics, NBC News, Political Wire and New York Post
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USA Today:
Exclusive poll: Biden and Trump tie at 37% as RFK Jr. costs Trump a narrow lead — The arithmetic gets complicated and the politics unsettled in a 2020 rematch with at least one significant independent candidate, and perhaps more. — Susan Page Sudiksha Kochi Savannah Kuchar
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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, The Hill, PoliticusUSA, The Messenger and BizPac Review
Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times:
Alaska Air off-duty pilot tries to shut off engines on flight from Everett — An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot taking a ride Sunday in the jump seat of a flight out of Everett attempted to shut down the engines inflight and had to be subdued, the pilot in charge is heard saying in a recording …
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Politico, Associated Press, The Hill, CNN, The Daily Beast, KNSD-TV, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, UPI, NPR, New York Daily News, TheBlaze and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Marine Corp 3-star general advising Israeli military on Gaza ground operation — The Biden administration recently sent a Marine three-star general and several other U.S. military officers to Israel to help advise the Israeli military's leadership in its operation in Gaza …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Daily Caller, The Messenger, The Times of Israel, TASS, BizPac Review and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Ukrainian spies with deep ties to CIA wage shadow war against Russia — KYIV — The cluttered car carrying a mother and her 12-year-old daughter seemed barely worth the attention of Russian security officials as it approached a border checkpoint. But the least conspicuous piece of luggage …
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TASS and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
US renews warning it will defend Philippines after incidents with Chinese vessels in South China Sea — The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels off …
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The Hill, Reuters, U.S. Embassy in Singapore, One America News Network, Fox News, BizPac Review, Bloomberg, Sun-Sentinel, UPI and Associated Press
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Federal Investigators Widen Tesla Inquiry, Company Says — The Department of Justice has sought documents related to vehicle range and “personal benefits,” Tesla said. — The Department of Justice has expanded its inquiry into Tesla's business practices to include how far its vehicles …
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TechCrunch, Mercury News, The Verge and GB News
Bloomberg:
Bob Menendez Pleads Not Guilty in Egyptian Foreign Agent Case — New Jersey Democrat denies acting on Egypt's behalf for bribes — Trial set for May 6 against senator, wife, three businessmen — US Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty to a new federal charge that he conspired …
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New York Daily News, New York Post, Associated Press, CBS News and ABC News
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Another GOP ‘Bombshell’ About Joe Biden Turns Out To Be A Dud — Republicans' impeachment inquiry continues to limp along in the background of their speaker drama. — LOADING — WASHINGTON — Republicans announced Friday that they had uncovered a “direct payment” to President Joe Biden …
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Media Matters for America and Breitbart
New York Times:
New SAT Data Highlights the Deep Inequality at the Heart of American Education — New data shows, for the first time at this level of detail, how much students' standardized test scores rise with their parents' incomes — and how disparities start years before students sit for tests.