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Laila Bassam / Reuters:
Dozens of Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon when pagers exploded, sources and witnesses say — At least eight people were killed and 2,750 others including Hezbollah fighters, medics and Iran's envoy to Beirut were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon …
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Wall Street Journal:
Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon — Eight people were killed and 2,750 wounded, country's health minister says — BEIRUT—Pagers carried by thousands of Hezbollah operatives exploded at about the same time Tuesday afternoon in what appeared to be an unprecedented attack …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
JD Vance got a former professor to delete a blog post Vance wrote in 2012 attacking GOP over anti-immigrant rhetoric — A week after President Barack Obama won reelection in November 2012, JD Vance, then a law student at Yale, wrote a scathing rebuke of the Republican Party's stance on migrants …
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Associated Press:
Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —
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Emily Ngo / Politico:
Trump and Vance's pet-eating claims pose dilemma for endangered House Republicans
Trump and Vance's pet-eating claims pose dilemma for endangered House Republicans
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Beast
Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Admission Shouldn't Shock You—They've Done This for Years
J.D. Vance's Admission Shouldn't Shock You—They've Done This for Years
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Boing Boing and CNN
Politico:
Republicans block Democratic bill on IVF protections — As Trump pitches himself as a “leader on IVF,” GOP senators dismiss the legislation as a Democratic stunt. — Senate Republicans blocked passage on Tuesday of a Democratic bill that would federally protect access to in vitro fertilization …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Government shutdown before election ‘politically beyond stupid’ — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is warning colleagues that it would be “politically beyond stupid” for Congress to stumble into a government shutdown a few weeks before Election Day, saying Republicans would “certainly” get the blame.
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Axios:
Senate GOP abandons anti-Biden strategy after unexpected backfire
Senate GOP abandons anti-Biden strategy after unexpected backfire
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CNN:
Senate GOP blocks IVF bill again as Democrats spotlight issue ahead of elections
Senate GOP blocks IVF bill again as Democrats spotlight issue ahead of elections
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Republicans Again Block Bill Protecting Access To IVF
Republicans Again Block Bill Protecting Access To IVF
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
House Republicans moving forward with partisan plan to avert government shutdown
House Republicans moving forward with partisan plan to avert government shutdown
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ProPublica:
Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed …
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New York Times:
Secret Service Told Trump It Needs to Bolster Security if He Keeps Golfing — The agency's acting director, Ronald L. Rowe Jr., met with Donald J. Trump on Monday in the aftermath of the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday. — The acting director of the Secret Service told former …
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Washington Post:
Trump, without evidence, blames ‘rhetoric’ of Biden, Harris for possible assassination attempt
Trump, without evidence, blames ‘rhetoric’ of Biden, Harris for possible assassination attempt
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Anna J Kaiser / Bloomberg:
Palm Beach Asks for Help After Spending $93,000 a Day to Protect Trump
Palm Beach Asks for Help After Spending $93,000 a Day to Protect Trump
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Raw Story
Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Authorities Were Warned About Suspected Trump Gunman
U.S. Authorities Were Warned About Suspected Trump Gunman
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Lemon on CNN says Trump should ‘stop threatening democracy’
Lemon on CNN says Trump should ‘stop threatening democracy’
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Harris soars to record 6-point lead over Trump in post-debate poll … - “A majority of likely voters — including 1 in 5 Republicans — believe Harris won the debate, and performance appears to be crystalizing her national lead over the former president,” said Eli Yokley, political analyst at Morning Consult, in an emailed statement.
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April Rubin / Axios:
Harris spoke with Trump to denounce political violence following assassination attempt
Harris spoke with Trump to denounce political violence following assassination attempt
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Small Movement Post-Debate
Small Movement Post-Debate
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The Hill:
Watch live: Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders hold town hall in Michigan — Former President Trump will speak with voters in the storied auto manufacturing community of Flint, Mich., Tuesday evening at a town hall moderated by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served in his administration as press secretary.
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Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Vance Blames Everyone But GOP for Political Violence
Vance Blames Everyone But GOP for Political Violence
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
You're Allowed to Call Trump a Threat to Democracy
You're Allowed to Call Trump a Threat to Democracy
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Marin Scotten / Salon:
“Depressed, disgusted and horrified”: These lifelong Republicans say they're finally done with Trump — Former Republicans opposed to Donald Trump are working to give conservatives “permission” to vote for a Democrat — Robert Nix, a 62-year-old lawyer from Philadelphia, was a lifelong Republican before Donald Trump came to office.
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
US senator accuses Muslim advocate of supporting extremism in hearing on hate — Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy accused a leading Muslim civil rights advocate of supporting extremism during a Senate hearing on hate incidents in the U.S., drawing criticism from many rights groups.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Sen. John Kennedy To Arab American Witness: 'You Support Hamas, Don't You?'
GOP Sen. John Kennedy To Arab American Witness: 'You Support Hamas, Don't You?'
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Judge rules Trump Media breached stock contract with early investor … Trump Media breached an agreement with one of the investors that helped the company go public, and must grant the investor a larger share of its stock, a judge ruled. — The order in Delaware Chancery Court on Monday came …
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Sam Sabin / Axios:
Russian cyber operatives shift focus to Harris campaign, Microsoft says … - One claimed to show a group of alleged Harris supporters attacking an assumed Trump rally attendee. … - Both videos were spread through a website posing as a local San Francisco news outlet.
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Washington Post:
Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races — Arizona officials discovered they have no records showing if nearly 100,000 longtime residents provided proof of citizenship, which is required by law to vote in state and local races.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Vance: Trump's Health-Care Plan Is to Let Insurers Charge More for Preexisting Conditions … Donald Trump infamously said at the presidential debate he had the “concept of a plan” to replace Obamacare. As is often the case when Trump commits verbal self-harm, it fell to J.D. Vance to turn …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Vance Lets Slip: He and Trump Are Coming For Your Health Care
Vance Lets Slip: He and Trump Are Coming For Your Health Care
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
‘Flat Out Illegal’: MAGA Sheriff Is Keeping Note of Homes With Harris Yard Signs — DISTURBING — Bruce Zuchowski used the word “locust” to describe undocumented immigrants and said they should be sent to the homes of Kamala Harris supporters. — An Ohio sheriff has made a chilling …
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Associated Press:
Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 6 states — Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material. — Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries …
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Public Notice:
Mehdi Hasan sounds off — “The media is too timid, too cautious, too cowardly.” — ∙ Paid … Mehdi Hasan thinks elite media institutions are failing us, which is why he founded Zeteo, an “independent and unfiltered” news and commentary site that has grown exponentially since its debut earlier this year.
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