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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The ugly truth we're missing on Trump, Arlington — There's an old saying: Never take any time off in 2024. OK, I just made that up, but no sooner did I decide to skip a few column slots to recover from the joy, or whatever, of Chicago's Democratic National Convention, than all heck broke loose.
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Harris to propose tenfold startup tax incentive increase she says will spur small business creation — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to propose on Wednesday a tenfold increase in federal tax incentives for small business startup expenses, from $5,000 to $50,000, hoping to help spur …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump's corporate tax cuts
Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump's corporate tax cuts
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Politico:
Playbook: The Republicans secretly rooting for a Trump loss — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT — “Ukraine foreign minister resigns amid war's biggest reshuffle,” by Reuters' Olena Harmash in Kyiv …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The GOP Is Actually Better Off if Kamala Harris Wins
The GOP Is Actually Better Off if Kamala Harris Wins
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Former GOP Sen. Pat Toomey Describes How Donald Trump Lost His Support
Former GOP Sen. Pat Toomey Describes How Donald Trump Lost His Support
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CNN:
SURPRISE! — Hello again, it's Brian Stelter — yes, really. — I am thrilled to share that I am returning as the lead author of CNN's Reliable Sources newsletter, the digest I founded in 2015. — But this is not going to be a “Back to the Future” remake.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Brian Stelter returning to CNN as chief media analyst
Brian Stelter returning to CNN as chief media analyst
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort …
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The Assembly NC:
Ex-Porn Shop Employees Say Mark Robinson Was A Regular. He Denies It. — After he embraced Christianity in the late 1980s, the GOP candidate for governor says his behavior “did not immediately reform.” Six men say Robinson frequented Greensboro video-porn shops in the '90s and early 2000s.
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Conservatives expect Johnson will embrace proof-of-citizenship voting in anti-shutdown measure — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Josh Marshall on how the “liberal media” works against Dems — “Republicans in the national political conversation have trained the press to think, ‘We play hard. We break the rules sometimes.’” — ∙ Paid … How is it possible that the elite press, comprised largely …
Kayla Clarke / WDIV-TV:
New poll shows where Michigan voters stand in Trump-Harris race — Survey shows tight race with 2 months before election — A new WDIV/Detroit News survey asked Michigan voters where they stand on the race for president between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
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ProPublica:
Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much” — In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute's Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas. The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan …
Lorena O'Neil / Louisiana Illuminator:
Doctors grapple with how to save women's lives amid ‘confusion and angst’ over new Louisiana law — When a woman starts bleeding out after labor, every second matters. But soon, under a new state law, Louisiana doctors might not be able to quickly access one of the most widely used life-saving medications for postpartum hemorrhage.
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Rebecca Picciotto / NBC News:
Trump Media stock falls to new low — Donald Trump and other major investors will be allowed to sell their shares in the Truth Social parent company later this month. — The share price of Trump Media, whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump, fell Tuesday …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Hackers breach social media accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump — Fake posts on X touted a Trump family cryptocurrency venture. — Hackers apparently breached the social media accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump on Tuesday, distributing what the former president's son said were two fake posts touting a family cryptocurrency venture.
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Marilyn W. Thompson / ProPublica:
Judge Cannon Should Be Removed From Trump Case, Watchdog Group Argues in New Legal Filing — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Judge Aileen M. Cannon has shown bias …
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Politico:
Central NY House fight plays out on air — The ad war in the Syracuse-area House district represented by one of the country's most vulnerable Republicans has been lopsided for weeks. — Democratic groups that see Rep. Brandon Williams' seat as ripe for the flipping have been pummeling …
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's request to intervene in wake of hush money conviction — A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump's request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president's attempt at an end-run around the state court …
Politico:
Israeli hostage deaths ‘changed everything’ about Gaza cease-fire talks — Recent optimism has deflated and worries mount that tensions between Israeli leadership and Hamas will only continue to increase. — U.S. and Israeli officials acknowledged that the killing of six hostages in Gaza …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Why thousands of Florida students are not being taught sex ed — In May 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed Florida House Bill 1069, a law that requires sex education classes in the state to conform to right-wing ideology. Specifically, the law requires all sex education classes …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump appears to have misled Gold Star families on troop deaths in Afghanistan — Trump frequently suggests, as he did in a TikTok filmed at Arlington Cemetery, that an 18-month period without hostile-fire deaths took place entirely in his presidency.
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Christopher Anstey / Fortune:
Goldman Sachs predicts stronger GDP and job growth if Democrats sweep White House and Congress … Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists gamed out the potential economic implications of a Republican or Democratic victory in the November elections, cautioning that US GDP faces a hit in the case of a win for Donald Trump.
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Isabella Volmert / Associated Press:
RFK Jr. must remain on the Michigan ballot, judge says — A Michigan judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must remain on the November presidential ballot, dealing a blow to his crusade to strategically remove his ticket from the battleground state. Kennedy suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump in August.
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Stephen Gruber-Miller / USA Today:
Iowa Lt. Gov Adam Gregg resigns in surprise announcement — Iowa Lieutenant Gov. Adam Gregg resigned his position effective immediately Tuesday to take a job leading the Iowa Bankers Association, he said in a surprise announcement. — Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a statement Tuesday afternoon saying Gregg …
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CNN:
CNN polls across six battlegrounds find Georgia and Pennsylvania are key toss-ups — The 2024 presidential campaign's home stretch kicks off with a mixed outlook across six key battlegrounds, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in each state. Vice President Kamala Harris holds …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Big Tech ‘Clients’ of Jacob Wohl's Secret AI Lobbying Firm Say They've Never Heard of It — Monday, Politico revealed that convicted fraudsters and right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have been secretly operating a company that purports to do AI-powered lobbying called LobbyMatic.
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