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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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Politico:
Trump confronts his ‘weak spot’ at the debate — The former president lags by double digits with this key constituency. — Former President Donald Trump is already underwater by double digits with female voters in the polls. — Now Trump will stand on stage next to a woman he has publicly …
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Raw Story, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Alternet.org, Forbes, San Diego Union-Tribune and Washington Post
emptywheel:
Whatever Happens with the Debate, Kamala Harris' Campaign Is Not Yet Half Done — As you watch the torrent of news obsessing about the debate tonight, remember this stat: — Trump's campaign is 92% done (665 of 721 days). — Kamala Harris' campaign is not quite half done (48%, or 51 of 107 days).
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Vanity Fair, New Republic, HuffPost and NewsNation
Marist Poll:
The U.S Presidential Contest (September 2024) — NPR/PBS News/Marist National Poll — Harris +1 Point Against Trump Nationally.... Edges Trump By 3 Among Definite Voters — In advance of tonight's presidential debate, just one point separates Vice President Kamala Harris …
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The Hill, The 19th, Fox News, PoliticusUSA, PBS NewsHour, NewsNation, Pew Research Center and The Daily Caller
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Kamala Harris Can't Keep Running Like This — After seven weeks of euphoria over Kamala Harris's ascension to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, panic finally returned to the party on Sunday. The New York Times published a poll showing Donald Trump with a slim lead …
Garrett Haake / NBC News:
'You don't know what to expect': Trump outlines his biggest challenge in debating Harris — The former president spoke to NBC News Tuesday morning about how he's feeling ahead of their first debate. — PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump said that the biggest challenge …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Makes No Sense and Is Full of Meaning — You must keep two things in mind if you hope to watch — and successfully parse — a Donald Trump speech, news conference, interview, social media post or debate. — First, the former president is incoherent.
Isaac Schorr / New York Post:
How Donald Trump can win the debate — and the election — in two minutes — Tuesday night's high-stakes debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be one of the defining events of this year — maybe this decade. — Two months before Election Day, the race is about as close as can be …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
NPR poll shows why the stakes are so high for Harris and Trump in the debate
NPR poll shows why the stakes are so high for Harris and Trump in the debate
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Forbes and New Jersey Online
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Harris tweaks Trump over crowd size ahead of debate
Harris tweaks Trump over crowd size ahead of debate
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Washington Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, WisPolitics, The Daily Beast, The Bulwark, The Hill, HuffPost, PoliticusUSA and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Election 2024 live updates
Election 2024 live updates
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USA Today, CBS News, New York Post, Louisiana Illuminator, Washington Examiner, ABC News and NPR
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Swing State Poll 2024: North Carolina: Harris vs. Trump Too Close To Call, Georgia: Trump Has Slight Edge In Tight Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds …
Swing State Poll 2024: North Carolina: Harris vs. Trump Too Close To Call, Georgia: Trump Has Slight Edge In Tight Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds …
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The Hill, ComingSoon.net and Breitbart
NOTUS:
The Radically Different Ways Trump and Harris Prepared for the Debate
The Radically Different Ways Trump and Harris Prepared for the Debate
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CNN, Raw Story, ComingSoon.net, The Guardian, HuffPost and American Greatness
Peter Baker / New York Times:
As Debate Looms, Trump Is Now the One Facing Questions About Age and Capacity
As Debate Looms, Trump Is Now the One Facing Questions About Age and Capacity
Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims and misinformation by Trump and Harris before their first debate
FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims and misinformation by Trump and Harris before their first debate
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New York Times, Semafor and LifeNews.com
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
A new poll finding voters think Donald Trump is a centrist should be a wake-up call for the news media
A new poll finding voters think Donald Trump is a centrist should be a wake-up call for the news media
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HuffPost, Deseret News and IJR
Associated Press:
The Harris-Trump debate becomes the 2024 election's latest landmark event
The Harris-Trump debate becomes the 2024 election's latest landmark event
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Politico, The Hill, USA Today, Washington Examiner, Gizmodo, The Verge, The Atlantic, Associated Press, NBC News, Reuters, Fox News, ABC11, Florida Politics, Axios, The Guardian, Global News, CBS News, CNN, Al Jazeera and Business Insider
The Hill:
Speaker Johnson plowing ahead with funding plan despite GOP opposition — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is plowing ahead with his plan to avert a government shutdown despite GOP opposition that is large enough to tank the effort, setting the stage for a potentially embarrassing vote …
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Axios, Washington Post and The Post Millennial
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The Hill:
GOP opposition appears to doom Speaker Johnson's initial plan to avert shutdown
GOP opposition appears to doom Speaker Johnson's initial plan to avert shutdown
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New York Times, KARK-TV, Politico, NOTUS, Axios, Roll Call, ABC News, NBC News, Fox News, Raw Story, CPA Practice Advisor and Hartford Courant
Alexander B. Howard / New York Times:
The Tide May Be Turning for Telegram, TikTok and X — Three major events have shaken up the social-media world in the past two weeks. First, French authorities detained Pavel Durov, the iconoclastic billionaire behind the online platform Telegram. Then, a judge suspended the microblogging service X in Brazil.
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Donald Trump's unconventional ground game is making Republicans nervous — The News — Donald Trump's success — or failure — on Nov. 5 could very well come down to the campaign's ground game: And top members of the party are already whispering concerns, pointing fingers, and offering pushback as it relates to the effort.
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Reuters
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
GOP red states launch a war on voting rights — The hoopla over the looming debate in Philadelphia has been obscuring a ton of non-political news. Stop me if you've seen these headlines in America before: A high school massacre. A man with a troubled past nonetheless buys an AR-15 and go on a shooting spree.
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Associated Press, Rolling Stone and Washington Post
Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg:
US Online Grocery Prices Plunge the Most on Record in August — US consumers may finally be getting some relief from their grocery bills — especially if they shop for food online. — Data by Adobe Inc. shows that online grocery prices fell 3.7% in August from a month earlier …
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NPR
Associated Press:
White Stripes sue Donald Trump over the use of ‘Seven Nation Army’ riff in social media post — The White Stripes sued former President Donald Trump on Monday in a case that alleges he used their hit song “Seven Nation Army” without permission in a video posted to social media.
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Washington Post, Metro.co.uk, New Jersey Online, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and TMZ.com
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Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
Liz Cheney and the Problem of the Anti-Trump Republican — “We may have set a record for Republicans speaking at a Democratic convention,” Pete Buttigieg proudly proclaimed in an interview on the Colbert Show during last month's DNC. Colbert had asked him whether he thought it was still possible …
Todd Feathers / Gizmodo:
Google's AI Will Help Decide Whether Unemployed Workers Get Benefits — The state is working with Google on a first-of-its-kind generative AI system that will analyze transcripts from appeals hearings and issue a recommended decision in an effort to clear a stubborn backlog of claims.
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New York Times
Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
‘The Apprentice’ Trailer Reveals New Footage of Damning, Scandalous Trump Film — This is the film Donald Trump doesn't want you to see. Now we know why. — “The first rule is: attack, attack, attack.” A kaleidoscopic trailer was released Tuesday of the new Donald Trump biopic/origin story …
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Variety, UPI, TMZ.com, Rolling Stone, ComingSoon.net, IndieWire and The Hollywood Reporter
New York Times:
Conservative German Princess Says She Hosted Justice Alito at Her Castle — Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis said Justice Alito and his wife were guests at St. Emmeram Palace for a summer music festival. She called the couple her “friends” and the justice “a hero.”
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The Daily Beast, Alternet.org and The Guardian