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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Michigan Supreme Court rejects ‘insurrectionist ban’ case and keeps Trump on 2024 primary ballot — The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the US Constitution's “insurrectionist ban.”
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Testing the Bounds of Presidential Immunity—and Losing — At just about every turn, Trump is trying to hide behind the presidential seal for immunity. His gambit doesn't seem to be working, for some very essential reasons. — For years, Donald Trump has hid behind the presidential seal …
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Salon, Raw Story, New York Daily News, Business Insider and HuffPost
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Trump shares cryptic ‘dictatorship’ word cloud on Truth Social — It's not the first time Trump has called himself a dictator, but it's the first time he's said it via word cloud. — Voters surveyed by the Daily Mail described former President Donald Trump's political goals as “corruption,” “revenge” and “dictatorship.”
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Axios:
Exclusive data: Trump lowers his own social media punch — Former President Trump has curtailed the reach of his campaign message by not returning to X, according to an Axios analysis. … - His engagement on Truth Social is much smaller — and actually shrinking.
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The Messenger, The Hill and Raw Story
Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
Nikki Haley's Bold Strategy to Beat Trump: Play It Safe — Ms. Haley still trails far behind the former president in polls. Yet she is not deviating from the cautious approach that has led her this far. — At a packed community center in southwestern Iowa, Nikki Haley broke …
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Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo and The Japan Times
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NBC News:
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign stops all TV ad spending less than a month before Iowa and New Hampshire
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign stops all TV ad spending less than a month before Iowa and New Hampshire
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Debra Kahn / Politico:
Ramaswamy campaign stops TV ad spending
Ramaswamy campaign stops TV ad spending
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The Messenger, DNyuz and Mediaite
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Haley releases New Hampshire ad featuring Sununu
Haley releases New Hampshire ad featuring Sununu
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The Messenger, WHDH-TV, UnionLeader.com, Washington Times, NBC News and Washington Examiner
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Thousands — and some city officials — want Trump's Hollywood star removed — An activist is forcing Los Angeles city officials to confront an unprecedented question: Whether former President Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame can be withdrawn, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Caroline Petrow-Cohen / Los Angeles Times:
Nobody's ever lost their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Will Trump be the first? — (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) — Hollywood Hills resident Andrew Rudick is on a mission. — Over the last three years, he's submitted public records requests, retrieved case documents …
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Raw Story
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
A Fake Trump Elector in Michigan Told Prosecutors of Regret, Anger — The Trump supporter is the only one of the 16 fake Michigan electors who has agreed to cooperate with the authorities and had charges against him dropped. — One of the Republicans in Michigan who acted as a fake elector …
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The Hill, HuffPost, Raw Story and Political Wire
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trans Actress Accuses Delta Staff of ‘Human Rights Violation’ in Viral Row — Tommy Dorfman claimed one of the airline workers had “intentionally” referred to her with the wrong pronoun. — Transgender actress Tommy Dorfman accused Delta Air Lines workers of committing a “human rights violation” …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
John Fetterman isn't the politician you thought he'd be — and he doesn't care — John Fetterman's had a rollercoaster of a year. — In January, he was sworn into office as Pennsylvania's new Democratic senator despite suffering from a debilitating stroke on the campaign trail.
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The Hill, The Messenger, Business Insider, Fox News and Mediaite
Michael Hirsh / Politico:
The Biden Administration Is Quietly Shifting Its Strategy in Ukraine — For two years, Biden and Zelenskyy have been focused on driving Russia from Ukraine. Now Washington is discussing a move to a more defensive posture. — President Joe Biden has shifted from promising the U.S. would back Ukraine for …
Danika Fears / The Daily Beast:
Melania Thinks It's Time to ‘Leave Her Mark on History’ — OUT OF THE SHADOWS — Melania Trump is reportedly ready for her moment in the spotlight. The former first lady, who's made only a handful of public appearances since Donald Trump left office, was reportedly encouraged by her …
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NBC News:
Matt Napolitano, Fox News audio anchor and reporter, dies at 33 after a brief illness — Napolitano wrote and produced segments for all Fox News audio platforms. He contributed sports-related coverage for Fox Business Network's “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” weekday series anchored by Neil Cavuto.
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New York Post, Adweek, The Messenger and Deadline
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Alabama lawmakers vow to keep fighting on Space Command, and it could involve Trump — “We've got two paths, both of which are good,” House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers said. — Despite President Joe Biden's decision this summer to reverse a Trump-era move and keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado …
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The Messenger
Washington Post:
After Sandy Hook, they voted no. Now these senators want new gun laws. — Reflecting on a decade of mass killings and surging AR-15 sales, four current and three former senators recant some or all of their 2013 positions on gun laws in emotional interviews with The Post
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The Hill
Jonathan Larsen / Salon:
GOP congressman traveled to Uganda to support anti-LGBTQ death penalty law — Rep. Tim Walberg co-chairs the National Prayer Breakfast — and urged Uganda to “stand firm” on “death to gays” law — In a little-noticed October speech in Uganda, Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich. …
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Raw Story
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Israeli military leader says war in Gaza will go on for ‘many more months’ — Israel expects the war in Gaza will go on for “many more months,” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi said. — “The war will continue for many more months, and we will operate in various ways …
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Associated Press:
Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps
Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps
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