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NBC News:
Trump has no plan to pull his endorsement of Mark Robinson after alleged porn site scandal — Trump is facing pressure from some allies and staff to break with the gubernatorial candidate after a report on his past comments, but so far he does not plan to drop him.
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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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Washington Post:
Porn site user linked to Mark Robinson also praised Hitler's Mein Kampf
Porn site user linked to Mark Robinson also praised Hitler's Mein Kampf
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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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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
5 things to know about Mark Robinson, the GOP candidate embroiled in controversy
5 things to know about Mark Robinson, the GOP candidate embroiled in controversy
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Mark Robinson offers up the 2024 version of the I-was-hacked defense
Mark Robinson offers up the 2024 version of the I-was-hacked defense
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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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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Springfield had more murders under Trump than under Biden-Harris — Facing intense criticism for promoting false claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating other residents' pets, Sen. JD Vance has tried to pivot by blaming Vice President Kamala Harris …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
How Dumb Do They Think You Are? — Ohio's Republican governor, Mike DeWine …
How Dumb Do They Think You Are? — Ohio's Republican governor, Mike DeWine …
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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 …
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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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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Matt Ott / Associated Press:
Trump Media skids to new low on the first day the former president can sell his shares — Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group slumped to their lowest level ever Friday, the first trading day that its biggest shareholder, former President Donald Trump, is free to sell his stake in the company behind the Truth Social platform.
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Josephine Rozzelle / CNBC:
Trump Media closes at a new 52-week low on heavy trading after lockup expires
Trump Media closes at a new 52-week low on heavy trading after lockup expires
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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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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Trump's Alarming Use Of A Word With A Deep Fascist History — Most people didn't notice when the former president used the term in a Truth Social post. But white nationalists did. — Last weekend, former President Donald Trump posted another anti-immigrant screed to Truth Social.
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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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.
Reuters:
US SEC intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk in Twitter probe — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk after he failed to appear for court-ordered testimony for the regulator's probe into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.
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Politico:
Democrats privately worry the Teamsters non-endorsement is a warning sign — Harris still has work to do to win over older, white, working-class voters who make up a large portion of the electorate in the Rust Belt. — PHILADELPHIA — Eight years after Donald Trump shattered the Blue Wall, some Democrats worry he could do it again.
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Timothy Noah / New Republic:
The Teamsters President Is Out of His Depth
The Teamsters President Is Out of His Depth
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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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Kaei Li / Democracy Docket:
9th Circuit Reinstates Arizona Voter Suppression Law — Arizona's 2022 controversial voter registration and mail-in voting law will be reinstated due to a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. — Signed into law in June 2022, Senate Bill 1260 includes three harmful provisions …
Washington Post:
Trump ramps up push for Nebraska to change electoral vote allocation — Nebraska is one of two states that award some of its electoral votes by congressional district. A vote from the Omaha area is part of Harris's easiest path to victory. — Former president Donald Trump spoke by phone …
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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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Washington Post:
Vance floats new health plans for chronically ill, reopening ACA debate — The GOP vice-presidential nominee's proposal to overhaul the Affordable Care Act's insurance markets could mean higher costs for sicker patients. — Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) this week said the Trump campaign wants …
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Approves Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for Self- or Caregiver-Administration — First Influenza Vaccine That Does Not Need to be Administered by a Health Care Provider — For Immediate Release: — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved FluMist for self- or caregiver-administration.
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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
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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New York Times:
Harris Slams Trump in Georgia Over Abortion Rights — “Donald Trump is the architect of this crisis,” Kamala Harris said in Georgia, where reporting this week found that the deaths of two women were a result of delayed treatment for medication abortions. — Vice President Kamala Harris delivered …