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6:40 AM ET, August 13, 2024

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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster … Elon Musk's “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start.  The interview, which was hosted on X Spaces and scheduled to begin at 8PM ET Monday night, crashed almost immediately and didn't begin until 42 minutes later
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Elon Musk, Donald Trump event on X crashes site, Tesla CEO blames cyberattack … Elon Musk's much-hyped interview of former President Donald Trump on the social media platform X was quickly derailed by technical glitches in the first minutes of the scheduled start time on Monday evening.
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
EU's Breton warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview; receives profane response  —  The European Union's digital enforcer wrote an open letter to tech mogul Elon Musk on Monday ahead of a planned interview with former United States President Donald Trump to remind him of the EU's rules on promoting hate speech.
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Trump's interview with Musk devolves into yet another X catastrophe  —  It started after about 45 minutes.  —  Elon Musk guaranteed entertainment.  He delivered technical difficulties instead.  —  Musk planned to host GOP nominee Donald Trump for an interview “Live on X,” formerly Twitter Spaces …
ABC News:
Trump makes X return with Musk interview  —  Trump posted on X for the first time in nearly a year ahead of the interview.  —  Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020.  —  Former President Donald Trump is making another return …
LeighAnn Caldwell / Washington Post:
2024 election live updates Elon Musk interviews Trump live on X after delay
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Desperate Trump Returns to X as Poll Numbers Keep Tanking
CNN:
Suspected Iranian hackers breached Roger Stone's personal email as part of effort to target Trump campaign, sources say  —  The FBI and other investigators probing the apparent hack-and-leak of Trump campaign documents, which Donald Trump has blamed on Iran, suspect that the hackers were able …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI investigating alleged campaign hack that Trump blames on Iran
Reuters:
FBI investigating after Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iran
Kennedy24:
Kennedy to Appeal Partisan Ruling in New York Ballot Access Residency Case  —  Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today condemned the openly partisan ruling by Democratic Judge Christina L. Ryba in Albany County Supreme Court against his New York residency and said that he will win on appeal.
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New York Times:
Judge Rules That Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Cannot Appear on New York Ballot  —  The ruling was a blow to Mr. Kennedy's independent campaign for president.  The judge said that he had used a “sham” address to claim residency in New York.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential campaign …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden's handoff to Harris set for DNC in Chicago … - It will be a goodbye that Biden resisted for weeks, as pressure built within the party for him to drop out of the race after his disastrous debate against Donald Trump in June.  — Now Biden, as a sitting president who wanted another term …
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Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Latest Harris-Trump poll highlights danger for former president in Florida  —  The red wave that washed over Florida in recent years might not be as large as it once seemed, if a new presidential survey is any indication.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is within “striking distance” …
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Garrett Shanley / The Independent Florida Alligator:
Sasse's spending spree: Former UF president channeled millions to GOP allies, secretive contracts  —  The former UF president tripled his office's spending compared to predecessor  —  In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office's spending …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Campaign Admits It Rented Jeffrey's Epstein's Jet  —  OOPS!  —  A campaign official told The Daily Beast that it instructed a charter jet company to never lease them the infamous Gulfstream G550 ever again.  —  Donald Trump's campaign confirmed the former president chartered …
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New York Post:
NYC migrants — including one charged in sex assault 4 months ago — raped woman at knifepoint, beat her boyfriend: sources  —  Two migrants were arrested for a knifepoint rape in Coney Island - including one who was released from jail less than two months ago after sexually assaulting …
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Margaret Flavin / The Gateway Pundit:
Two Illegals Allegedly Rape Woman in Coney Island Near Migrant Hotel
Discussion: New York Post
Tyler Monroe / Media Matters for America:
Broadcast news and major papers failed to cover report of possible Egyptian bribery involving Trump  —  NBC, ABC, CBS, as well as the LA Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal, all ignored the reporting … According to an August 2 report in The Washington Post, the U.S. Department …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
NBC News:
Arizona certifies abortion-rights initiative for the November ballot  —  Arizona's secretary of state's office announced that the 24-week limit will go up for a vote in the battleground state later this year.  —  PHOENIX — Arizona's ballot will include a major reproductive rights measure …
Discussion: CBS News, ABC News and Arizona Mirror
 
 
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