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8:10 PM ET, October 30, 2023

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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.
Wall Street Journal:
Why Trump's Drastic Plan to Slash the Government Could Succeed
Discussion: Raw Story
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Rep. Eric Swalwell to testify in Trump 14th Amendment disqualification trial
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 …
Discussion: Fox News and InForum
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump builds on big lead as Nikki Haley pulls even with Ron DeSantis in Iowa Poll
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump maintains commanding lead in Iowa poll
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Ivanka Trump Helped Her Dad Lie About His Net Worth  —  When Ivanka Trump takes the stand in her father's fraud case, she should have plenty to talk about.  —  Ivanka Trump is expected to testify on Friday in a $250 million fraud case that the New York attorney general is waging against her father and his associates.
Discussion: The Messenger and Daily Kos
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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 …
Discussion: The Messenger, Raw Story and Insider
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.
The White House:
Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
University Statements:
Antisemitic threats to our community  —  Dear members of the Cornell community,  —  Earlier today, a series of horrendous, antisemitic messages threatening violence to our Jewish community and specifically naming 104 West — the home of the Center for Jewish Living — was posted on a website unaffiliated with Cornell.
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Jonathan Mong / The Cornell Daily Sun:
Posts Online Threaten Jewish Students and Center for Jewish Living
Michael Stratford / Politico:
White House details draft plans for next student debt relief plan  —  The draft regulatory plans outline what are essentially four separate student debt relief programs for different categories of borrowers.  —  President Joe Biden is considering canceling student debt for borrowers whose balances …
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
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.
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
‘This war is prophetically significant’: why US evangelical Christians support Israel  —  One strand of evangelical theology holds that the return of Jews to the region starts the clock ticking on a seven-year armageddon, after which Jesus Christ will return
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Be looking over your shoulder’: MAGA man arrested for threats against Fani Willis  —  A 59-year-old supporter of Donald Trump has been arrested for threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Tamar Hallerman posted on social media Monday.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Amy Spiro / The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu tells foreign press: Calls for a ceasefire are calls for Israel to surrender  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza are calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas.  —  “Israel will not agree to a cessation of hostilities …
 
 
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Reuters:
Far-right German politician arrested after ‘Sieg Heil’ salutes heard
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The Hill:
White House shoots down GOP funding bills
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Detroit Free Press:
GM, UAW reach tentative deal after weeks of contract negotiations
Caleb Taylor / 1819 News:
Barry Moore to challenge Jerry Carl for District 1 seat: 'I am a true conservative, and the system doesn't like a true conservative'
Discussion: al.com, Roll Call and Daily Kos
Matt Holt / The Messenger:
Democrats Raised $283 Million Through ActBlue In Third Quarter of 2023 (Exclusive)
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
DOJ seeks 10 years for Trump appointee who assaulted officers on Jan. 6
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Washington Examiner:
The kids are not all right  —  Images from college campuses nationwide in the wake …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The Christofascism of Mike Johnson
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell goes all out as Ukraine fight fractures GOP