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How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants—After Being Told They Weren't True — Springfield, Ohio, city officials were contacted by Vance's team and said the claims were baseless. It didn't matter and now the town is in chaos. — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio …
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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:
Hezbollah hit by a wave of exploding pagers and blames Israel. At least 9 dead, thousands injured … Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people — including an 8-year-old girl …
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Thousands injured in Lebanon as pagers used by Hezbollah explode
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JD Vance Makes Light of Actual Foreign Interference in His State — At a press conference on Ohio's efforts to respond to the chaos created in Springfield by a slew of bomb threats, Governor Mike DeWine revealed that a number of the bomb threats came from “one particular country” overseas. — Video
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A quick explanation of how bomb threats work, to help JD Vance
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
After false pet claims, Springfield mayor says Trump visit would be ‘an extreme strain’ on resources
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Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Admission Shouldn't Shock You—They've Done This for Years
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Johnson's colleagues baffled by his shutdown strategy … - “I don't know how he thinks it's going to pass ... where are the votes coming from?” said Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas). — Another House Republican, speaking on the condition of anonymity, called Johnson's plan “puzzling” …
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CNN:
Johnson schedules doomed show vote on funding plan before pivoting to next step
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women's rights to IVF
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Reaganbushmccainromney / Reagan, Bush …:
Over 100 Republican National Security Leaders Endorse Vice President Harris — Donald Trump cannot be trusted “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic . . . and bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
111 Former G.O.P. Officials Back Harris, Calling Trump ‘Unfit to Serve’ — The signatories of a letter endorsing the Democratic vice president included former members of Congress, defense secretaries, C.I.A. directors and other national security officials. — More than 100 former national …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll finds Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a tight race in Georgia — The race has tightened since the AJC's poll in June when the former president held a 5-point lead over President Joe Biden. — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are locked …
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Reuters:
Russia propaganda group behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story, says Microsoft — Microsoft researchers found that the group created a video, paid an actor to appear as the alleged victim, and spread the claim through a fake website — A false claim circulating on social media …
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Andrew Rafferty / Scripps News:
Scripps News/Ipsos poll: Majority supports mass deportation of undocumented immigrants — The poll also showcases major partisan divides between voters on how to address one of the biggest topics of the presidential race: immigration. — A majority of Americans support the mass deportation …
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MSNBC:
Lawrence on Trump's deadly abortion ban: ‘Women are dying. They got what they wanted.’ — Amber Nicole Thurman died after doctors delayed her life-saving abortion care. Her death was ruled “preventable” by the Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee, ProPublica reported.
Justin Glawe / The Guardian:
Network of Georgia election officials strategizing to undermine 2024 result — Emails reveal Georgia Election Integrity Coalition, a group of officials and election deniers, coordinating in swing state — The fight for democracy is supported by — Emails obtained by the Guardian reveal …
The Bulwark:
The Miles Davis of Tax Policy — Trump's just making it up on the fly. — Leading the news this morning: Melania Trump's latest video hawking her forthcoming memoir. “Why do I stand proudly behind my nude modeling work?” the former first lady asks over a string soundtrack.
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Associated Press:
The FBI is investigating suspicious packages sent to election officials in more than 15 states — The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on Tuesday were investigating the origin of suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by elections officials in more than 15 states …
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Suspicious mail containing white powder sent to election offices in at least 16 states
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Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
Kamala Harris talked to Donald Trump after assassination attempt — WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with former President Donald Trump in a phone call on Tuesday, following a second assassination attempt on him in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday.
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Politico:
Harris refuses to veer off script in her second high-profile interview
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A new government report reveals the fundamental flaw in the American economy — A little-noticed report by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released this month reveals why, for most Americans, the economy is broken. The report focuses on the American economy from 2019 to 2021.
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Trump's delusional debate spin speaks volumes — The contrast with Biden is telling. … Kamala Harris clobbered Donald Trump during their first (and likely only) presidential debate on September 10. She humiliated him by smirking and laughing at his offensive buffoonery.
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Kentucky governor bans use of ‘conversion therapy’ with executive order — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear banned the use of “conversion therapy” on minors in Kentucky on Wednesday, calling his executive order a necessary step to protect children from a widely discredited practice that tries …
Kavitha Surana / ProPublica:
Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia's Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died — Candi Miller's family said she didn't visit a doctor “due to the current legislation on pregnancies and abortions.” Maternal health experts deemed her death preventable and blamed Georgia's abortion ban.
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