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Washington Post:
The fight for the House and Senate: Where things stand — Will both chambers flip? Congress may once again have to work under the strain of divided government. — Congress may be headed for an Election Day double flip. — With less than four weeks to go, Republicans appear poised to win the Senate …
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
More Americans Identify as Republican Than Democrat. Here's What That Means for the Election. — Rare GOP advantage takes pressure off Trump to win over independent voters — Beneath the headline results in many polls, something unusual has turned up with big implications for politics …
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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Expansive Senate map tightens in 2024 home stretch
Expansive Senate map tightens in 2024 home stretch
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Greg Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Kremlin Says Trump Sent Putin Covid Tests While President — Kremlin denies phone calls took place after Trump left office — Trump campaign pushed back on claims in Bob Woodward's book — The Kremlin confirmed that former US President Donald Trump while in office sent Russian …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Kremlin refutes Trump denial on sending Putin COVID tests … - Woodward also reported that Trump and Putin have had “as many as seven” personal conversations since Trump left office in 2021. — Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said Tuesday that the allegations were “made up stories” …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Kremlin confirms Trump sent COVID-19 tests to Putin during pandemic — The Kremlin confirmed that former President Trump while in office sent Russian President Vladimir Putin COVID-19 testing devices during the height of the pandemic, as was revealed in a new book by journalist Bob Woodward, Bloomberg reported.
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Associated Press:
Trump has long blasted China's trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there — Thousands of copies of Donald Trump's “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump's ‘God Bless the U.S.A’ Bible Was Made in China — The former president promises to bring back manufacturing from China while profiting off of their goods … The Bibles — gussied-up editions of the King James Bible that include some of the nation's founding documents and the lyrics …
Politico:
Playbook: Mike Johnson's Trump charm offensive — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BEFORE THE STORM — Latest forecasts continue to show Hurricane Milton as a Category 5 storm, striking west-central Florida overnight tonight and pushing …
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
North Carolina Republican pushes back on hurricane misinformation: “Nobody can control the weather”
North Carolina Republican pushes back on hurricane misinformation: “Nobody can control the weather”
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris widens lead over Trump to 47%-40%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47% to 40% in the race to win the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, as she appeared to blunt Trump's edge on the economy and jobs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Tuesday found.
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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Cruz leading Allred by 3 points in Texas Senate race: poll
Cruz leading Allred by 3 points in Texas Senate race: poll
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Marin Scotten / Salon:
Howard Stern endorses Kamala Harris during interview that touches on therapy, sexism and Trump — Stern revealed he is voting for the Democratic nominee halfway through an interview with the vice president — Vice President Kamala Harris has Howard Stern's vote, he announced during her appearance on his Sirius XM radio show Tuesday.
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Moment of Truth … Last november, during a symposium at Mount Vernon on democracy, John Kelly, the retired Marine Corps general who served as Donald Trump's second chief of staff, spoke about George Washington's historic accomplishments—his leadership and victory in the Revolutionary War …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Walz says the Electoral College ‘needs to go’ — The Minnesota governor hasn't been shy about his support for making the popular vote king. — Gov. Tim Walz made a new push for booting the Electoral College in favor of a national popular vote, as Democrats are again wary of a scenario …
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Walz: ‘The Electoral College needs to go’
Walz: ‘The Electoral College needs to go’
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Madison Square Garden Rally in Election Home Stretch — Oct. 27 rally to come just days before presidential election — Event likely to draw protests, presents security challenges — Former President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally at New York City's iconic Madison Square Garden …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump is not women's “protector”: New Brett Kavanaugh report shows MAGA protects predators — Republicans believed the allegations against Trump's Supreme Court pick — and knew Trump would still defend him — In a recent Pennsylvania stemwinder that raised eyebrows even by MAGA standards …
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse:
Whitehouse Unveils Report Examining Failures of Supplemental Background Investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Whitehouse Unveils Report Examining Failures of Supplemental Background Investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
DOJ's radical and sweeping proposals risk hurting consumers, businesses, and developers — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today shared a broad outline of radical changes it may demand as part of its lawsuit over how we distribute Search. This is the start of a long process …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida threatens TV executive with jail time for airing ad in support of abortion rights — This November, Florida residents will decide whether to amend their state constitution to protect reproductive rights, overturning the state's near-total abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy.
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Republicans threaten to punish colleges that allow pro-Palestinian protests — Exclusive: in video, House majority leader outlines plan of attack on universities that fail to quash criticism of Israel — Top Republicans are threatening to pull billions of dollars of federal funding …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump's new strategy for the election interference case — Plan A: Win in November. Plan B: Delay until 2028. … 🥳 — The election interference case is back from its gap year at the Supreme Court, and Trump is back on his BS. — Trump's lawyers have resumed spewing unsupported allegations …
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Trump Holds Up Transition Process, Skirting Ethics and Fund-Raising Rules — Donald J. Trump has so far opted out of the official planning for a government handover, a move that allows him to avoid disclosing his donors to his transition effort. — Less than a month before Election Day …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk Is Now Seizing Other People's Twitter Accounts To Promote Donald Trump — How quickly do you think we'd be having Congressional hearings about “election interference” if Mark Zuckerberg so much as posted a “Harris/Walz” lawn sign in front of his house?
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Economy Most Important Issue to 2024 Presidential Vote — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The economy ranks as the most important of 22 issues that U.S. registered voters say will influence their choice for president. It is the only issue on which a majority of voters, 52%, say the candidates' positions on it are an …
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Tom Maxwell / Gizmodo:
Elon Musk's ‘Free’ Starlink for Hurricane Helene Victims Will Cost at Least $400 — Upon inspection, the offer of a free month of Starlink service seems to be the type of deal you might give to any new customer. … As Elon Musk likes to do whenever disaster hits somewhere in the world …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 8, 2024 — “It's been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates for president sit down with 60 Minutes in October,” host Scott Pelley said to the camera last night before 60 Minutes aired an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Tess Owen / Wired:
Right-Wing Influencers Claim ‘They’ Defeated Physics, Geoengineered Hurricane Milton — Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and a whole host of conspiracy theorists are claiming the hurricane was planned in order to harm Republicans. Climate experts tell WIRED that's impossible.
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