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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 …
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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 …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Talking Points Memo and HotAir
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.
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Axios, WRAL-TV, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, CNN, The Hill, PoliticusUSA, USA Today, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, CBS News and Washington Post
Alayna Treene / CNN:
Exclusive: Harris campaign launching new ad seeking to tie Trump to Mark Robinson
Exclusive: Harris campaign launching new ad seeking to tie Trump to Mark Robinson
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The Daily Beast, HuffPost, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Associated Press and Raw Story
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
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
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The Status Kuo, Washington Post, Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Harris, With an Online Avalanche, Outspends Trump by Tens of Millions
Harris, With an Online Avalanche, Outspends Trump by Tens of Millions
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Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
The North Carolina “Black Nazi” Who Could Cost Trump the Presidency
The North Carolina “Black Nazi” Who Could Cost Trump the Presidency
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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 …
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Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
‘I agonized over it’: Behind the scenes with the reporter who uncovered the RFK Jr./Olivia Nuzzi story — One of the country's most high-profile journalists says she had a “personal” relationship with RFK Jr. — Now Olivia Nuzzi is on leave from New York magazine, where she's written many buzzy political stories.
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NewsNation, SheKnows, Hollywood Life, Alternet.org, TMZ.com, Althouse, Mediaite and Variety, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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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
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Alternet.org and Crooks and Liars
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots — Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors and could disrupt the process of certifying the vote in a crucial battleground state. — ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board approved …
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CNN:
Georgia election board requires ballots be hand-counted despite warning from key GOP state officials — Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a controversial new rule Friday requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast …
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Victory in Georgia
How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Victory in Georgia
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CBS News, Bangor Daily News and National Archives
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 …
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Bloomberg:
Microsoft AI Needs So Much Power It's Tapping Site of US Nuclear Meltdown — Constellation to invest $1.6 billion to restart dormant reactor as data-center power demand surges. — The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania will invest $1.6 billion to revive it …
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Politico:
House Republicans work to defuse Trump as they defy shutdown demands — GOP appropriators have been calling their presidential nominee, trying to convince him his calls to shut down the government over a voting bill are a bad idea. — House Republicans are typically hesitant to defy Donald Trump.
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CBS News:
Johnson says Trump “understands the situation” as House weighs next steps on funding bill — Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled that former President Donald Trump could soften on his calls to shut down the federal government if a measure requiring proof of citizenship to register …
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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 …
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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.
Associated Press:
Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a new report …
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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 …
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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Republicans plan to push a potential Harris cabinet to the right — There's a real possibility that Kamala Harris wins the presidency and Democrats lose the Senate in November - in which case she'll almost surely run into trouble stocking a Cabinet and the courts.
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CBS News and The American Spectator
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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
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The Trump Lie Machine Is Broken — It shouldn't have taken a year, let alone nine, for political elites to stop getting snookered by Donald Trump. — I say that as someone with very low expectations. Being an easy mark is part of the price of admission to the heights of American discourse.
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Politico:
Playbook: Inside the mind of Harris' messaging maven — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — OVERNIGHT MILESTONE — The midnight deadline having passed, it's now officially too late to remove scandal-plagued Republican gubernatorial candidate …
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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
5 things to know about Mark Robinson, the GOP candidate embroiled in controversy — North Carolina gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has been the center of attention following a bombshell report released by CNN that linked that state's GOP lieutenant governor to an account …
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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 …
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