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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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Fox News suddenly changes its tune after Eric Adams indictment unsealed — Fox claimed it was an act of retaliation from Biden's DOJ, but that conspiracy theory took a hit after the indictment was unsealed — After the indictment of New York Mayor Eric Adams was unsealed …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Eric Adams indictment unsealed: New York mayor charged in campaign contribution scheme … WATCH NOW — A federal indictment charging New York City Mayor Eric Adams with a decade-long campaign contribution scheme, bribery and other crimes was unsealed Thursday morning …
New York Times:
Eric Adams Live Updates: Adams Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
Eric Adams Live Updates: Adams Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
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Tali Arbel / Wall Street Journal:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Was Indicted. What Comes Next?
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Was Indicted. What Comes Next?
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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with taking bribes and illegal campaign funds from foreign sources
NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with taking bribes and illegal campaign funds from foreign sources
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Undecided Voters Are Not Who You Think They Are — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. — For the great majority of Americans who have firmly settled on Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, the idea that anyone could still be undecided in that choice is almost incomprehensible.
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Washington Post:
Sweeping bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices — The legislation by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is one of the most ambitious efforts to date to remake the Supreme Court following controversies over rulings and ethics. — A sweeping bill introduced by a Democratic senator Wednesday …
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Appeals panel signals skepticism over NY civil fraud case against Trump — A New York appeals panel on Thursday appeared wary of the state's civil fraud case against former President Trump that ended in a $464 million judgment against him and his business. — During arguments lasting …
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
A New York Court Questioned If Trump Was Correctly Nailed For Bank Fraud
A New York Court Questioned If Trump Was Correctly Nailed For Bank Fraud
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Trump lawyers to ask appeals court to toss $489 million civil fraud ruling
Trump lawyers to ask appeals court to toss $489 million civil fraud ruling
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Ken Klippenstein:
Read the JD Vance Dossier — We publish what others won't. Subscribe to support our work and for updates on this breaking story. — Behold the dossier. — It reportedly comes from an alleged Iranian government hack of the Trump campaign, and since June, the news media has been sitting on it …
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Vance keeps gaffing by actually detailing Trump's policies — “Concepts of a plan” is an easier sell than what they really want to do. … Donald Trump is a scam artist. He promises voters everything and delivers almost nothing. That's worked for him in the past, but Trump's current running mate …
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Politico:
The fruits of Jack Smith's 2-year investigation into Trump will land on Tanya Chutkan's desk today — It may be the final inflection point in the case before Nov. 5. — Special counsel Jack Smith, stymied at every turn by federal courts from putting Donald Trump on trial …
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump May Have Just Handed Jack Smith a Massive Win
Trump May Have Just Handed Jack Smith a Massive Win
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Newsmax and Smartmatic settle 2020 election defamation case on eve of trial — CNN — The pro-Trump cable channel Newsmax has settled a major 2020 election defamation lawsuit with Smartmatic in a last-minute agreement to avoid a high-stakes trial that posed a significant risk to the small outlet, according to a court official.
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Newsmax faces ‘bet-your-company’ defamation trial over 2020 election lies
Newsmax faces ‘bet-your-company’ defamation trial over 2020 election lies
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Gaetz says he will no longer voluntarily cooperate with House Ethics probe — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Thursday he will no longer voluntarily cooperate with a House Ethics Committee investigation into his conduct, calling the probe “uncomfortably nosey.”
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani disbarred in Washington, D.C., after losing N.Y. law license — Giuliani lost his license in New York state in July over his actions to disseminate lies about voter fraud in the 2020 election. — WASHINGTON — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been disbarred …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump voter turnout program now largely run by Elon Musk-backed group — Exclusive: America Pac has up to 400 employees in each of the seven key states, with the campaign dependent on it — Donald Trump's mass voter turnout program in crucial battleground states is now principally being run …
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Politico:
House Democrats likely to force action on measure formally reprimanding Clay Higgins — Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) infuriated many of his House colleagues with his since-deleted racist X post about Haitian migrants, prompting a top Black Democrat to introduce a measure to formally reprimand him that will likely see a floor vote.
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Addy Bink / The Hill:
You can order free at-home COVID tests from the federal government again: Here's how — (NEXSTAR) — Free COVID tests are available once again through a federally-funded program, giving Americans a chance to get four at-home testing kits sent straight to their mailboxes.
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Here's how to get free COVID tests through the mail
Here's how to get free COVID tests through the mail
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Clay Higgins sets a new benchmark on the racism Republicans will excuse — Former Iowa representative Steve King was punished by House leaders for less. — In early 2019, at the beginning of the 116th Congress, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced to the media …
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Axios:
Andrew Cuomo eyes NYC mayor job … The charges have not yet been revealed. — While Adams is adamant he will not be stepping down, he is already facing a tough Democratic primary next year on top of mounting calls to resign. — Cuomo's formal entrance into the fray would be a wildcard.
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Stanley McChrystal / New York Times:
Why Kamala Harris Has Won Me Over — Some deeply consequential decisions are starkly simple. That is how I view our upcoming presidential election. And that is why I have already cast my ballot for character — and voted for Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Pro-Harris sticky notes pop up in women's restrooms and gyms and on tampon boxes — Word about the grassroots campaign has spread on social media, primarily on Facebook, with women putting “Woman to woman” notes in places where other women will see them. — In the weeks before Election Day …
Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
China's Newest Nuclear Submarine Sank, Setting Back Its Military Modernization — Pierside accident came as Beijing attempts to expand its navy — WASHINGTON—China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank in the spring, a major setback for one of the country's priority weapons programs, U.S. officials said.
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emptywheel:
Reid Epstein's Economic Polling Anxiety — NYT's Reid Epstein, who fairly routinely says things that make it clear he misunderstands what he's watching, recently substantiated a whine that Kamala Harris doesn't do enough interviews by claiming that Trump faces challenging questions at those things he labels press conferences.
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Biden moving forward with plan to cement asylum restrictions at U.S.-Mexico border — President Biden's administration is planning to soon issue a regulation to cement the sweeping asylum restrictions it enacted at the southern border over the summer, two U.S. officials told CBS News …
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