Top Items:
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
New Court Filings Place Matt Gaetz at a Party at the Center of the Sex Trafficking Scandal — This is the first public filing that cites sworn testimony alleging that Gaetz attended one of the long-rumored parties with a teenage girl. — Copy — Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a drug-fueled sex party …
RELATED:
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
How Dumb Do They Think You Are? — Ohio's Republican governor, Mike DeWine, comes to the defense of Springfield and its Haitian community in the New York Times today: … Happy Friday. — Uh, Gross —Andrew Egger — When the rumor mill started churning yesterday that some major …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast and The Hill
CNN:
'I'm a black NAZI!': NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum — Editor's Note: The below story contains offensive language. — Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, The Hill, Washington Post, Semafor, Letters from an American, Mediaite, New York Times, New Jersey Online, The Bulwark, No More Mister Nice Blog, Reason, Carolina Journal, Politico, The Forward, The Guardian, al.com, New Yorker, Rick Wilson's Substack, NC Newsline, Associated Press, Raw Story, Alternet.org, Washington Examiner, New Republic, New York Magazine, National Review, Rolling Stone, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The 19th, Fox News, Gizmodo, ABC News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, NOTUS, Breitbart, CBS News, TMZ.com, NBC News, HuffPost, Florida Politics, FOX8 WGHP, HotAir, Bloomberg, LGBTQ Nation, The Atlantic, ABC7, Daily Kos, The Moderate Voice, CNBC, New York Post, New York Daily News, Axios, UPI, Balloon Juice, Forbes and Anderson Alerts
New York Times:
Trump Ignores Mark Robinson Controversy, Hoping Gubernatorial Candidate Will Drop Out — CNN's article scrambled G.O.P. plans for winning North Carolina. People close to Donald Trump are holding out hope Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will decide to quit the governor's race.
Mike DeWine / New York Times:
I'm the Governor of Ohio. I Don't Recognize the Springfield That Trump and Vance Describe. — I was born in Springfield, Ohio. My wife, Fran, and I have lived our entire lives less than 10 miles from this city. — When we were dating in high school, we would go there to see movies …
Discussion:
NOTUS, The Hill, CNN, The Columbus Dispatch, The Guardian and Plain Dealer
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Was at Sex and Drugs Party With High School Junior: Court Docs
Matt Gaetz Was at Sex and Drugs Party With High School Junior: Court Docs
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars
Washington Post:
Trump says if he loses election, Jewish voters would have ‘a lot’ to do with it
Trump says if he loses election, Jewish voters would have ‘a lot’ to do with it
Discussion:
Breitbart, JNS.org, The Forward, Al Jazeera, Forbes, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Bloomberg
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Why a scandal consuming a Trump protégé could harm the ex-president in North Carolina
Why a scandal consuming a Trump protégé could harm the ex-president in North Carolina
Discussion:
HuffPost, The Guardian, Digby's Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
North Carolina GOP defends Robinson following explosive CNN report
North Carolina GOP defends Robinson following explosive CNN report
Discussion:
USA Today, The Forward, Raw Story, Crooked Media, Washington Examiner, New York Times, CBS News and Washington Post
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Democrats launch new ad push to tie Trump to Mark Robinson following reported porn website comments
Democrats launch new ad push to tie Trump to Mark Robinson following reported porn website comments
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Email address belonging to Mark Robinson found on Ashley Madison
Email address belonging to Mark Robinson found on Ashley Madison
Discussion:
Blongo's Chog, NewsNation, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Breitbart, New York Post, Clayton Cramer and Carolina Journal
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Robinson comments leave North Carolina Republicans reeling
Robinson comments leave North Carolina Republicans reeling
Discussion:
WSPA 7NEWS, Mediaite, FOX8 WGHP, Raw Story, Crooks and Liars, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, NewsNation, CBS News, NC Newsline, The Daily Beast and New York Times
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Nuzzi's RFK Relationship — “Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,” the spokesperson said. … “Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine's editors that she had engaged …
Discussion:
New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Washington Examiner, CNN, ComingSoon.net, NPR, KNSD-TV, Gizmodo, The Guardian, New York Times, Mediaite, The Sun, New Jersey Online, al.com, Fox News, 404 Media, HuffPost, Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and Variety, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Kentucky sheriff charged in killing of judge at courthouse — A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said. The preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines …
Discussion:
CNN, WKYT-TV, New York Times, Courier-Journal, The Hill, Associated Press, The Guardian, FOX8 WGHP, Breitbart, NBC News, UPI, Plain Dealer, NewsNation, Blaze Media, CBS News, abc7NY, WKYC-TV, Scioto Valley Guardian, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Scripps News, Alternet.org, Kentucky Lantern, NBC Bay Area, New York Daily News and Twin Cities
RELATED:
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Trump Electoral-Vote Heist Underway in Nebraska — With the major-party presidential candidates in close battles in a sparse landscape of battleground states, every electoral vote matters. There are scenarios where either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins 269 or 270 electoral votes.
RELATED:
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Victory in Georgia
How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Victory in Georgia
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, Bangor Daily News, National Archives and Vanity Fair
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Trump says Jews would deserve much of the blame if he loses — In a speech Thursday billed as former President Donald Trump's answer to rising antisemitism, he said Jews would bear much of the responsibility if he loses the presidential election. — And in a second speech later in the evening …
Discussion:
CNN, HuffPost, NBC News, The Hill, One million down …, ABC News, Axios, CBS News, Business Insider, The Guardian, USA Today and Washington Times
RELATED:
Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI — The owner of the shuttered Pennsylvania plant plans to bring it online by 2028, with the tech giant buying all the power it produces. — Pennsylvania's dormant Three Mile Island nuclear plant would be brought …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, CNN, Washington Examiner, Constellation, CBS News, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, UPI, New York Times, Heatmap News, Fox Business, The Verge, WNEP-TV, WHTM-TV and Morning Call, more at Techmeme »
Mary Ziegler / Slate:
The Deaths of Two Mothers in Georgia Show Ending Roe Was Never About “Life” — This week, ProPublica released two studies tracing the deaths of two women to Georgia's six-week abortion ban—the first to be reported since the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Twenty-eight-year-old Amber Thurman took abortion pills …
Discussion:
WHDH-TV and The American Spectator
RELATED:
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
With abortion in focus, Harris's event with Oprah prompts cheers and tears
With abortion in focus, Harris's event with Oprah prompts cheers and tears
Discussion:
Michigan Advance, WHDH-TV, Al Jazeera, USA Today, Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Guardian, Deadline and Politico
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Which Mexico are you? New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border — Texas' latest move is a ‘political stunt’ that will have 'will have no meaningful impact on our nation's broken immigration system,' New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said
Dawn Roberts / Des Moines Register:
I co-chaired Nikki Haley's Iowa campaign. I am endorsing Kamala Harris. — I heard Harris articulate that she has always brought groups of diverse individuals and opinions together to solve problems. That is a healthier and wiser way to lead. — I served as an Iowa state co-chair of the Nikki Haley for President campaign.
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
How they have failed us — It is as if the editorial department at The Washington Post woke up one morning asking, in headlines I will quote below, “What are we doing wrong?” — I will start by trying to answer the question for them, The New York Times, CNN, and the rest of incumbent journalism:
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Postmaster general: ‘Wrong’ to say mail ballots might be misplaced — U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressed frustration Thursday to reporters about the ongoing criticism from election officials about how the agency handles mail-in ballots, saying it is wrong to suggest they could be displaced.
Discussion:
Associated Press, CNN, Washington Post, Maryland Matters, ABC News and FOX8 WGHP
RELATED:
Noah Pransky / NBC New York:
UH-OH: The slowest mail in the country is in key swing states, NBC investigations finds
UH-OH: The slowest mail in the country is in key swing states, NBC investigations finds
Discussion:
NPR, Alternet.org and New Republic
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Says Anyone Who Breaks Into Her House Is ‘Getting Shot’ — The Democratic presidential nominee said she can support both the Second Amendment and commonsense gun reform. — LOADING — Vice President Kamala Harris defended her gun ownership and said she would use a firearm …
Discussion:
New York Post, The Federalist, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, HotAir, Vibe, TMZ.com, New Jersey Online, Fox News, Twitchy, Variety, USA Today, Louder With Crowder, The Hill, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Associated Press, Washington Times, Axios, Breitbart, PBS NewsHour, ABC News, IJR, CBS News, PoliticusUSA, New York Times, Scripps News and Daily Mail
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court declines to reinstate Jill Stein on Nevada's ballot — The Supreme Court rejected the Nevada Green Party's request for an emergency order putting its candidate, Jill Stein, on the presidential ballot in the key swing state. — Without any noted dissents …
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New York Times, USA Today, CBS News, Bloomberg, NBC News, Reuters, SCOTUSblog and NPR
Josephine Rozzelle / CNBC:
Trump Media hits new 52-week low after DJT lockup restrictions expire … Shares of Trump Media sank more than 7% Friday morning, hitting a new 52-week low one day after “lockup” restrictions expired, which had previously prevented its majority shareholder, former President Donald Trump …
Discussion:
New York Post, UPI, New York Times, Forbes and Bloomberg
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
House unanimously votes to boost Secret Service protection for presidential and VP candidates — Washington — The House unanimously approved a bill on Friday that would bolster Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates, following the second apparent attempt …
Discussion:
ABC News, NBC News, The Hill, Associated Press, Fox News, CNN and Washington Times
Heather Hollingsworth / Associated Press:
White officer who fatally shot Black man shouldn't have been in his backyard, judge rules in suit — A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective, ruling that the officer should not have entered the man's backyard.
Discussion:
The Root