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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Newly popular Harris builds momentum, challenging Trump for the mantle of change — The latest NBC News national poll shows Harris leading Trump 49%-44%, within the margin of error, while Trump holds advantages on the economy, inflation and the border.
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The Hill, Mother Jones, New Jersey Online, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, IJR, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite and CBS News
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Has Biggest Favorability Jump Since George W. Bush After 9/11 — ‘A VERY DIFFERENT STORY’ — The results come as a part of a very positive poll from NBC News on Sunday. — Vice President Kamala Harris got some very welcome news on Sunday in the form of a new NBC News poll …
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Alternet.org and Digby's Hullabaloo
CBS News:
Harris shows some gains and economic views brighten a bit — CBS News poll — The 2024 presidential race clearly remains a contest either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris can win, CBS News' latest polling finds. — But with interest rates and gas prices coming down, the number of voters saying the economy is good has ticked up.
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Axios, The Hill, Big League Politics, New York Post, NBC News, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: Mark Robinson is ‘unfit’ to serve if reports are true — “The charges are beyond unnerving. If they're true, he is unfit to serve for office,” Graham said. — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that North Carolina's Republican nominee for governor, Mark Robinson …
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Bloomberg, Washington Times, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Breitbart
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Mark Robinson's porn site scandal greeted with shrugs by some Trump backers — The revelations surrounding the N.C. gubernatorial candidate mark a test of voters' tolerance for disturbing allegations in the Trump era. — WILMINGTON, N.C. — The scandal engulfing Mark Robinson's campaign …
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Axios, Raw Story, Business Insider, Mediaite and Politico
David French / New York Times:
MAGA Wants Transgression, and This Is What Comes With It — The North Carolina Republican Party is facing one of the most predictable crises in the history of party politics. — Its primary voters enthusiastically supported a candidate for governor named Mark Robinson …
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Salon
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senators Struggle to Defend—But Won't Denounce—'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
North Carolina Democrat on his opponent: ‘Robinson exists because Donald Trump has lifted him up’
North Carolina Democrat on his opponent: ‘Robinson exists because Donald Trump has lifted him up’
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The Signorile Report
emptywheel:
Trump Will Stage an Emergency to Ban Jack Smith's Book Report — I expect, on top of everything else this week, Trump's lawyers are going to claim an emergency to try to ban Jack Smith's book report, currently due Thursday. — As you'll recall, after Judge Tanya Chutkan finally got …
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David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘Steel yourself’: Jack Smith filing huge brief with ‘mountain of evidence’ in Trump case
‘Steel yourself’: Jack Smith filing huge brief with ‘mountain of evidence’ in Trump case
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The Mahablog
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump says he doesn't see himself running in 2028 if he loses in November … I think ... that will be it. I don't see that at all," the GOP nominee said on “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson when asked whether he saw himself running again in four years if he's unsuccessful in 2024.
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Reuters:
Trump says he will not run again if he loses in November, ‘that will be it’ — Republican Donald Trump said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the U.S. presidency if he loses the Nov. 5 election, saying “that will be it” in an interview released on Sunday.
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The Hill, New York Post and Washington Times
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Harris, Trump in talks with “60 Minutes”
Scoop: Harris, Trump in talks with “60 Minutes”
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TMZ.com, Alternet.org, Fox News, The Guardian and Rolling Stone
Associated Press:
Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel — Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets early Sunday across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon. A Hezbollah leader declared an …
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Jerusalem Post, Reuters, The Times of Israel, Breitbart, CBS News, UPI, abc7NY, Alma Research …, The Hill, FDD, Bloomberg, Axios, JNS.org, The Sun, Los Angeles Times, Politico, Semafor, Al Jazeera and Truthout
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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
As Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner — Beside imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating non-Muslims in appearance or behavior. — As the Taliban starts enforcing draconian new rules …
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Janet Jackson Apologizes for Kamala Harris ‘Confusion’ — WHOOPS NOW — “She deeply respects Vice President Kamala Harris and her accomplishments as a Black and Indian woman,” a spokesperson for Jackson said. — Singer Janet Jackson apologized through a representative …
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HuffPost, BuzzFeed, Washington Examiner, HotAir, The Root, RedState, Page Six, TMZ.com, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Mediaite, Twitchy, Deadline, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Over 700 high-ranking national security officials endorse Harris — Over 700 high-ranking national security officials have endorsed Democratic candidate Vice President Harris in her run for the White House, with some leaders expressing concerns about former President Trump's “scary authoritarian streak.”
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National Security Leaders …, The Guardian, RedState, Yahoo Finance and New York Times
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
How Trump Could Upend Taxation in America — With slogans and in social-media posts, the former president has dribbled out ideas that, together, would fundamentally change how taxes are collected in the U.S. — At the start of the summer, when former President Donald J. Trump visited Republicans …
Associated Press:
New York City's interim police commissioner says federal authorities seized materials from his homes — Federal authorities searched the homes of New York City's newly named interim police commissioner and seized materials unrelated to his police work, he said.
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Washington Examiner, RedState, abc7NY, New York Times and CBS News
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Gloria Pazmino / CNN:
Feds execute search warrant on new NYPD commissioner just over a week after he was appointed
Feds execute search warrant on new NYPD commissioner just over a week after he was appointed
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HotAir, New York Post, Gothamist, New York Daily News, Bloomberg and abc7NY