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6:50 AM ET, September 26, 2024

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New York Times:
Live Updates: Eric Adams Is Indicted in New York  —  The indictment makes Mr. Adams the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal charges.  —  Here's the latest on the mayor's indictment.  —  Mayor Eric L. Adams has been indicted on federal criminal charges …
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New York Times:
Eric Adams Is Indicted After Federal Corruption Investigation  —  The indictment makes Mr. Adams the first sitting mayor of New York City to be charged with a federal crime.  —  Eric L. Adams, a retired police captain who was elected as New York City's 110th mayor nearly three years ago …
New York Post:
Eric Adams becomes first sitting NYC mayor indicted in historic federal probe — claims feds persecuting him over migrant crisis  —  Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on charges connected to a federal probe, sources told The Post — as the defiant mayor claimed he was being persecuted …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Says Adams Should Resign ‘for the Good of the City’  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the most prominent elected official to call for Mayor Eric Adams to no longer lead New York City.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Wednesday …
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris: American Women Don't Need Trump's ‘Protection’  —  NOT HAVING IT  —  “I don't think the women of America need him to say he's going to protect them.  The women of America need him to trust them,” Harris said.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris rejected Donald Trump's recent assertion that …
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Anti-U.S. axis divided over Trump vs. Harris … They're even using some of the same tactics: all three have employed AI to create deceiving content, U.S. intelligence officials said this week.  — China is attempting to damage U.S. democracy but not necessarily help either candidate, the officials said.
Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:
'There's empirical evidence:' Harris shuts down interviewer who tries to defend Trump  —  Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back at her MSNBC interviewer Wednesday evening over a controversial claim about former President Donald Trump.  —  “The 11th Hour host” Stephanie Ruhle grilled Harris …
NPR:
Harris heads to Pittsburgh (again) to make a manufacturing pitch to voters
Associated Press:
Harris is making a ‘capitalist’ pitch to boost the economy as Trump pushes deeper into populism
CNN:
GOP Rep. Clay Higgins deletes post calling Haitian migrants ‘thugs,’ telling them to get ‘their a** out of our country’  —  House Democrats immediately tried to reprimand GOP Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana from the floor of the chamber on Wednesday over a since deleted social media post calling …
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Simon J. Levien / New York Times:
Rep. Clay Higgins Posts, Then Deletes, Racist Comments About Haitians  —  False claims about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, who are legal residents, became a campaign issue after Donald J. Trump brought them up at the presidential debate this month.  —  Representative Clay Higgins …
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
GOP lawmaker deletes racist social media post after swift backlash  —  Rep. Clay Higgins deleted a social media post Wednesday with racist tropes about Haitians after swift backlash from his congressional colleagues, including a call to censure him on the House floor.
Discussion: NBC News, UPI, Axios and HuffPost
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
CBC calls for GOP lawmaker to be censured for post attacking Haitians as ‘thugs’
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Congress clears December spending patch, avoiding preelection shutdown  —  In Congress' last action before Election Day, the Senate cleared a stopgap funding bill Wednesday night that heads off a government shutdown next week, bucking the demands of former President Donald Trump.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown
Shereen Siewert / Wausau Pilot & Review:
Wausau mayor moves ballot box in controversial act  —  Wausau Mayor Doug Diny is facing scrutiny after video surveillance footage showed him carting the city's outdoor ballot drop box inside on Sunday while sporting a Department of Public Works jacket and hard hat.
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
A Wisconsin Mayor Took Issue With a Ballot Drop Box Decision, So He Took the Drop Box
Discussion: Wausau Pilot & Review and WPR
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Mark Robinson's Top Staff in the Lieutenant Governor's Office Plan to Resign  —  North Carolina's Republican nominee for governor has already lost most of his campaign staff after a news report linked him to disturbing comments on a porn site.  —  Senior staff members in the office …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Russell Payne / Salon:
“The evidence will be powerful”: Legal experts say Jack Smith about to drop a bomb in Trump case  —  Legal scholars expect a bitter fight over what evidence may be redacted from the public  —  Special counsel Jack Smith is expected to submit an “oversized” brief in former President Donald …
TMZ.com:
Barack Obama's Secret Service Detail Penetrated, Armed Man Walks Up to SUV  —  BARACK OBAMA ARMED MAN STROLLS UP TO HIS SUV With Secret Service Nearby … 1:15 PM PT — A rep for Secret Service tells TMZ ... “The Secret Service cannot provide the details on our means and methods of protection …
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:   Armed Man Claims He Came Within Feet of Obama Outside L.A. Restaurant
Wendell Husebø / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Says He Delegated ‘Everything’ to Kamala Harris: ‘Foreign Policy to Domestic Policy’  —  President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he delegated “everything” as commander-in-chief to Vice President Kamala Harris, including foreign policy and domestic policy.
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Biden insists he would have beaten “loser” Trump
The Hill:
Trio of sex scandals create unwelcome September surprises for GOP  —  A trio of sex scandals are becoming September surprises for Republicans, creating unnecessary distractions as the party seeks to win control of the White House and Congress this fall.  —  It's unclear if any of the controversies …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Passage of the Continuing Resolution  —  Tonight, bipartisan majorities in both chambers of Congress passed a continuing resolution to keep the government open through mid-December.  I want to thank both houses of Congress—especially Senators Murray …
Rhian Lubin / The Independent:
'I've got 25 grandkids': Mitt Romney fears Trump will target him and his family if re-elected  —  Mitt Romney's biographer claims the senator is preparing for what a Trump win means for him and his family  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  As your White House correspondent …
Discussion: HuffPost, Townhall and The Hill
 
 
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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Mike Johnson demands Zelensky fire Ukrainian ambassador after Pennsylvania trip
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Republicans Seem To Be A Far Greater Threat To Pets Than Immigrants
Discussion: Reuters and Vanity Fair
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Partisan Split on Election Integrity Gets Even Wider
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Is an Open Book for Closed Minds
Faith Wardwell / NBC News:
Poll: Project 2025 is broadly known and severely unpopular with voters
Discussion: Alternet.org and New Republic
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Secret Service agent placed on leave after ‘misconduct allegation’ with Harris staffer
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Nice Little Jewish Community You Have Here
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Republicans Have A Nazi Problem
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Alex Jones' Infowars Will Be Sold for Parts at Auction to Pay Sandy Hook Families
ProPublica:
Neo-Nazi Telegram Users Panic Amid Crackdown and Arrest of Alleged Leaders of Online Extremist Group
 

 
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