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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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans fret over Trump's freefall among women — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions
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Lateshia Beachum / Washington Post:
Poll: Alsobrooks leads Hogan by five points in Maryland Senate race — Angela Alsobrooks pulls ahead of Larry Hogan in the tight Senate race, reflecting new momentum after her Democratic National Convention speech. — Prince George's County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
If Republicans Want to Win, They Need Trump to Lose — Big — To dominate the country once more, Republicans need to hasten the move to a post-Trump party. — Accepting his party's nomination in 1984, Democrat Walter Mondale vowed to cut the deficit with a memorable line about the tough medicine either …
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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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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Harris to propose tenfold startup tax incentive increase she says will spur small business creation
Harris to propose tenfold startup tax incentive increase she says will spur small business creation
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Watchdog seeks Cannon removal from Trump documents case — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions — descriptions off, selected
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Meghan McCain says she won't support Harris or Trump
Meghan McCain says she won't support Harris or Trump
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The Hill:
Trump ties himself in knots on abortion
Trump ties himself in knots on abortion
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Silver Bulletin:
Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast — All the numbers for Trump vs. Harris. — ∙ Paid … Let's cut to the chase: So, who's gonna win the election? — Well, honestly, we don't know — but we can give you our best probabilistic guess.
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New York Post:
Barron Trump arrives at NYU for first day at college — Former President Donald Trump's youngest child, Barron Trump, was spotted arriving at New York University Wednesday to kick off his first day of college life. — The towering 18-year-old was flanked by Secret Service agents …
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Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
Barron Trump will attend NYU's Stern School of Business, Donald reveals
Barron Trump will attend NYU's Stern School of Business, Donald reveals
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Axios, The Hill, Business Insider and Forbes
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 …
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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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CNN:
At least 4 killed, approximately 30 injured in school shooting, sources say — At least four people are believed to have been killed and approximately 30 more injured in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, according to law enforcement sources in the state.
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Jack Birle / Washington Examiner:
Georgia police report ‘casualties’ and suspect in custody in school shooting — The Barrow County Sheriff's Office has said there are “casualties” and one suspect in custody following a school shooting at Apalachee High School outside of Atlanta, Georgia. — Police said in a statement Wednesday …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Manhattan DA: ‘No basis’ to delay Trump's sentencing over rejected bid to move courts — Manhattan prosecutors in a new letter said “there is no basis” to delay former President Trump's upcoming criminal sentencing over his effort to move the case to federal court, now that a judge has swiftly rejected the gambit.
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Maya Marchel Hoff / USA Today:
The saga of Trump's hush money case isn't over yet: Sentencing date nears
The saga of Trump's hush money case isn't over yet: Sentencing date nears
CNN:
Exclusive: Biden administration to accuse Russia of sustained effort to influence 2024 election — The Biden administration on Wednesday plans to accuse Russia of a sustained effort to influence the 2024 US presidential election by using Kremlin-run media and other online platforms …
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 …
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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 …
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Biden's Asylum Restrictions Were Meant to Be Temporary. Now That Could Change. — The changes under consideration would build on the executive order that President Biden issued in June, which blocked a vast majority of asylum claims at the southern border.
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CBS News
Parker Molloy / New Republic:
How the Media Sanitizes Trump's Insanity — Four years ago, in an article for Media Matters for America, I warned that journalists were sanitizing Donald Trump's incoherent ramblings to make them more palatable for the average voter. The general practice went like this …
Alice Herman / The Guardian:
Christian group recruits ‘Trojan horse’ election skeptics as US poll workers — Lion of Judah enrolls poll workers in Trump-aligned swing state tour, which experts say could be ‘hazard to democracy’ — A Christian political operative has teamed up with charismatic preachers …
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New Republic and Alternet.org
Alex Woodward / The Independent:
Trump admits he lost 2020 election ‘by a whisker’ during Lex Fridman podcast — Trump repeats false claims about voter fraud as he concedes 2020 loss in podcast interview — Support truly — independent journalism — Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Neither Trump nor Harris has released comprehensive recent medical records as Election Day nears — Washington — With two months to go until Election Day, neither former President Donald Trump nor Vice President Kamala Harris has released comprehensive recent medical records …
Eric Berger / The Guardian:
‘A ton of Covid out there’: US summer wave not taken seriously enough - experts — Epidemiologists push newly approved booster vaccines as current virus strain threatens at-risk groups — Infectious disease experts say many people are not taking the latest Covid-19 wave in the US seriously enough …
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NBC News:
House GOP leaders weigh options as Trump pushes for a government shutdown fight — House Republican leaders are considering tying federal funding to a GOP election bill that Democrats say is a poison pill. The deadline to avoid a shutdown is Sept. 30. — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump …
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ICE:
ICE Houston removes Salvadoran fugitive wanted for aggravated femicide, aggravated homicide and gang membership — HOUSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the Security Alliance …
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