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New York Times:
Trump and Harris Neck and Neck After Summer Upheaval, Times/Siena Poll Finds — The survey finds that Donald J. Trump is retaining his support and that, on the eve of the debate, voters are unsure they know enough about where Kamala Harris stands. — Former President Donald J. Trump …
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Politico, The Hill, Townhall, Forbes, The i Paper, Bloomberg and Los Angeles Times
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CBS News:
Harris v. Trump CBS News poll finds Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin race tight ahead of debate — In Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — all tight races — we see the larger contours of the entire presidential contest ahead of the first Harris-Trump debate. — What makes these states close?
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Washington Examiner
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris, Walz to launch ‘New Way Forward’ tour following debate — Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), will rally supporters in critical battleground states following Tuesday's presidential debate between Harris and Trump.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
September 7, 2024 — By rights, tonight's post should be a picture, but Trump's behavior today merits a marker because it feels like a dramatic escalation of the themes we've seen for years. Please feel free to ignore—as I often say, I am trying to leave notes for a graduate student in 150 years …
Jillian Frankel / NBC News:
Trump threatens lawyers, donors and election officials with prison for ‘unscrupulous behavior’ — Trump and his allies filed dozens of unsuccessful cases after the 2020 election in an attempt to overturn the results. — Former President Donald Trump, who makes frequent false claims …
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Axios, USA Today, New York Times, The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Trump wants 25th Amendment changed to impeach vice presidents
Trump wants 25th Amendment changed to impeach vice presidents
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CNN, The Hill, Washington Times, RedState and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate
Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate
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Salon, Washington Post, Digby's Hullabaloo, Associated Press, UPI and Washington Examiner
NBC News:
Former President George W. Bush has no plans to endorse in the election
Former President George W. Bush has no plans to endorse in the election
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Axios, New York Post, Reuters, American Greatness, The Hill, The Mahablog, NPR, Washington Examiner, The Post Millennial, RedState, Newsbusters and Rolling Stone
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Former President George W. Bush will not make formal election endorsement, office says
Former President George W. Bush will not make formal election endorsement, office says
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The Gateway Pundit, UPI, Telegraph, CNN and Breitbart
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Cheney says Trump is an ‘unrecoverable catastrophe’ in call for GOP to vote for Harris — The former congresswoman says not voting for Trump is not enough. — Rep. Liz Cheney Vice Chairwoman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol …
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Anti-Abortion Extremists Call the Shots in Trump's GOP — Trump's epic flip flop abortion is why Democratic fears about Project 2025 and a Federal abortion ban are well-founded. — The generally accepted — and oft-repeated — narrative about Trump is that he is a cult-leader who can bend the Republican base to his will.
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New York Times:
How Harris May Take the Fight to Trump on Abortion at the Debate — The candidates are all but certain to clash over the issue, which Kamala Harris sees as a major strength. Donald Trump may try to avoid political blowback for his approach. — As Kamala Harris, Donald J. Trump …
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Washington Post, Hartford Courant and New York Magazine
The Daily Beast:
MAGA Turns on Trump for Admitting He's an Election ‘Loser’ — BONUS PODCAST — “He's admitting... ‘I lost by a whisker’. So what was the point? What's the point of any of it you lost in 2020?” one-time Trump dinner companion Nick Fuentes asked.
Maniza Habib / The Hill:
It's time for a permanent repeal of the global gag rule — Project 2025, the policy agenda created by conservative activists and spearheaded by The Heritage Foundation, envisions sweeping changes to U.S. government policy. Among them, buried within the more than 900-page document …
New York Times:
After a Year of Legal Peril, Trump Seeks Election as a Felon, but Free — Donald J. Trump's sentencing in Manhattan was delayed, thanks in part to his legal resources and political status. It raised a question: Is he above the law? — One year ago, Donald J. Trump faced 91 felony counts …
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Washington Examiner, Politico and New Republic
Washington Post:
Trump cashes in during final weeks of his presidential campaign — No presidential candidate has ever so closely linked his election with personal for-profit enterprises, selling items from shoes to books to pieces of his suit. — With less than 10 weeks before the presidential election …
Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
Nate Silver faces backlash for pro-Trump model skewing — X users say the FiveThirtyEight founder made some dubious data choices to boost Trump — Nate Silver, the celebrity statistician who gained notoriety for his FiveThirtyEight election models, is facing backlash over alleged skewing in his new model.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Presidential Debate Will be Big Test for ABC — ABC News is under a microscope as its journalists prepare to host one of the most scrutinized moments of the 2024 campaign. — Tens of millions of Americans will tune in live on Tuesday to see how Vice President Kamala Harris …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Raw Story and Fox News
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R.V. / New York Times:
Toplines: September 2024 Times/Siena Poll of Registered Voters Nationwide — Results of a nationwide New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,695 registered voters from September 3 to 6, 2024. — Do you think the United States is on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?
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New York Post