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New York Times:
How Trump's Verbal Slips Could Weaken His Attacks on Biden's Age — Donald Trump, 77, has relentlessly attacked President Biden, 80, as too old for office. But the former president himself has had a series of gaffes that go beyond his usual freewheeling style.
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Colorado Trial Will Consider Whether the 14th Amendment Disqualifies Trump — While some prominent constitutional experts argue that a clause in the amendment applies to former President Donald J. Trump after Jan. 6, that view is far from universal among legal scholars.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
DOJ seeks 10 years for Trump appointee who assaulted officers on Jan. 6
DOJ seeks 10 years for Trump appointee who assaulted officers on Jan. 6
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Trump's Drastic Plan to Slash the Government Could Succeed
Why Trump's Drastic Plan to Slash the Government Could Succeed
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Rep. Eric Swalwell to testify in Trump 14th Amendment disqualification trial
Rep. Eric Swalwell to testify in Trump 14th Amendment disqualification trial
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump flubs Iowa city for South Dakota city in campaign misstep
Trump flubs Iowa city for South Dakota city in campaign misstep
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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Trial begins on whether Trump should be kept off the 2024 ballot in Colorado
Trial begins on whether Trump should be kept off the 2024 ballot in Colorado
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Jack Dura / Associated Press:
Ex-North Dakota Lawmaker Accused Of Flying To Prague To Rape Minor — Ex-Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg is facing federal charges for intent to rape a minor and receiving images depicting child sexual abuse. — A former longtime North Dakota lawmaker is charged with traveling to Prague …
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Tasha Carvell / Fargo | KFGO:
Former state senator Ray Holmberg indicted, arrested on federal child porn charges — GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) - Ray Holmberg, who was North Dakota's - and one of the country's - longest-serving state senators until he resigned last spring, has been indicted on federal charges of travel …
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Vivek Ramaswamy's Unfavorable Rating Surges in Iowa as Voters Get to Know Him — A new poll from NBC News and the Des Moines Register, long considered the gold standard in the Hawkeye State, shows that the more voters get to know Vivek Ramaswamy, the less inclined they are to like him.
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Politico:
Playbook: Johnson makes money moves
Playbook: Johnson makes money moves
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump builds on big lead as Nikki Haley pulls even with Ron DeSantis in Iowa Poll
Donald Trump builds on big lead as Nikki Haley pulls even with Ron DeSantis in Iowa Poll
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell goes all out as Ukraine fight fractures GOP — His intense lobbying effort puts the Senate GOP leader at odds with his new House counterpart, Speaker Mike Johnson. — Mitch McConnell is abandoning his typically cautious style when it comes to aiding Ukraine …
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Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Outraised and embattled, Lauren Boebert heads back to Colorado with a revamped campaign strategy — Retreating from the turmoil in Washington, D.C., Rep. Lauren Boebert arrived in bucolic southwest Colorado to turmoil of a different sort — the lingering impact of an embarrassing moment …
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Judge Postpones Ivanka Trump's Testimony For a Few Days in Civil Fraud Trial — The former president's daughter is now scheduled to take the witness stand on Wednesday, Nov. 8 — instead of this coming Friday — JWPlayer — Ivanka Trump's testimony in her family's civil fraud trial …
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Jonathan Mong / The Cornell Daily Sun:
Posts Online Threaten Jewish Students and Center for Jewish Living — Editor's note: This article contains mentions of religious and ethnic-based violence. — Threats were posted to Cornell's Greekrank forums on Saturday, Oct. 28 and Sunday, Oct. 29, including one that threatened a shooting at 104West! …
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Antisemitic threats to our community
Antisemitic threats to our community
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kevin McCarthy gets MAGA primary challenger — Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is getting a primary challenger in his reelection race for his House seat representing the state's 20th congressional district. — David Giglio, who previously lost a congressional bid for the state's 13th district …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
Kelly Johnson, who is married to House Speaker Mike Johnson, practices a form of Christian counseling that classifies people into ‘choleric’, ‘phlegmatic,’ and other ancient personality types purportedly ordained by God — Kelly Johnson, the wife of House Speaker Mike Johnson, was a Christian therapist.
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
‘Chilling’: Dem Lawmaker Says She Had Election-Denying Exchange With Mike Johnson — Rep. Madeleine Dean said Johnson managed to become House speaker because “very few people knew him or knew what he stands for.” — LOADING — Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) described new House Speaker Mike Johnson …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Lawyer for Former George Santos Treasurer Says He Was Also Duped — A lawyer representing one of George Santos' former treasurers says he was also lied to—and the false information he provided to the media wasn't his fault. — When George Santos' congressional campaign came under federal investigation …
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Reuters:
Israel at war: IDF operates in Gaza, frees captive soldier — 1,400 Israelis murdered since October 7, including 315 soldiers • Four out of 239 known hostages released by Hamas, one rescued — Mossad chief Barnea flies to Qatar to secure hostage release
CNN:
Antisemitic mob storms through Russian airport as flight from Tel Aviv lands — An angry crowd in Russia's mostly Muslim region of Dagestan stormed an airport where a flight from Israel arrived on Sunday, forcing authorities to close the facility and divert flights.
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NBC News:
House Israel aid bill includes $14.3 billion by slashing IRS funds — The Israel aid package, which includes proposed cuts to President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act, has not been well received by Democrats. They “are already blasting newly minted Speaker Johnson for politicizing …
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Las Vegas man charged after making antisemitic threats to Nevada senator — John Anthony Miller was arrested Thursday and appeared in federal court a day later in connection with the one count of threatening a federal official, the Justice Department said. — A Nevada man has been charged …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The Christofascism of Mike Johnson — The new House speaker is an opposition researcher's goldmine. … It took Mike Johnson just a couple days last week to rise from a relatively obscure Louisiana congressman to House speaker. Suffice it to say his background and policy positions …
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