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Mark Murray / NBC News:
‘Dead heat’: Trump pulls even with Harris in NBC News poll — A close election has never looked more tightly divided, with Harris' popularity declining from its previous high and abortion atop voters' issue list. — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are deadlocked …
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Dana Liebelson / Politico:
Normie Republicans Are Having Their Revenge on Kari Lake — As Lake faces down a combative history with her own party, her Democratic opponent, Ruben Gallego, is betting that Arizonans don't trust Lake and want their abortion rights back. — Kari Lake took the stage before former President Donald Trump …
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The Guardian, AZ Luminaria and The Hill
CBS News:
CBS News Trump-Harris poll shows one election, two worlds: How information, beliefs shape tight campaign — The 2024 presidential contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is more than just two ideologies competing over what should happen. It's two groups of voters that look …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Economic discontent, issue divisions add up to tight presidential contest: POLL
Economic discontent, issue divisions add up to tight presidential contest: POLL
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Is Trump Gaining With Black and Hispanic Voters?
Why Is Trump Gaining With Black and Hispanic Voters?
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The Daily Caller, New York Post, Business Insider and RedState
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
About those New York Times headlines — Twitter, which is what I prefer to call Elon Musk's disaster, is still interesting and useful at times, despite its decay. — And the other day, there was a dustup there over two New York Times headlines. One was about Kamala Harris, the other about Donald Trump.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Cheney does “not have faith” Mike Johnson will certify election … - Cheney pointed to Johnson spearheading an amicus brief in 2020 that argued for nullifying President Biden's victories in several key states. — “The claims of fraud Donald Trump was making [in 2020] ... he knew those to be false,” she said.
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MauríCio Alencar / The Daily Beast:
Mike Johnson Insists Elderly Trump's Medical Records Are ‘Irrelevant’ to Voters — 'IT'S UNNECESSARY' — House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Donald Trump was an “unusual figure” and questions about his health were “irrelevant.” — House Speaker Mike Johnson launched a defense …
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Wants the Military to Target Americans Who Oppose Him — The former president said he thinks U.S. troops should be deployed “if necessary” against “radical left lunatics” on election day — Donald Trump proposed deploying military forces against U.S. citizens who oppose him on election day.
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Trump Thinks the Military Should Handle Citizens Who Disagree With Him
Trump Thinks the Military Should Handle Citizens Who Disagree With Him
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Keely Bastow / Washington Examiner:
Man with illegal guns arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally venue — A man was arrested last night outside of the Coachella, California, venue for former President Donald Trump's rally. He was found to be in possession of multiple guns and a high-capacity magazine.
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Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
US to deploy about 100 troops to operate advanced anti-missile system in Israel amid heightened tensions — The US will send an advanced anti-missile system — and US troops to operate it — to Israel “to help bolster Israel's air defenses following Iran's unprecedented attacks against Israel …
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Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
Press Breaks Record For Worst Week of Coverage Ever — 5 more corporate media fails — Welcome to our 10th edition of Corporate Media Fails. Having done this for nine weeks now, I thought the Press couldn't surprise me anymore. I was wrong. — After a long debate …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump says national abortion ban is ‘off the table,’ but 'we'll see what happens' — Former President Trump said Sunday that a national abortion ban is “off the table,” but left the door open on the conversation by saying “we'll see what happens.” — “Let me just tell you …
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MauríCio Alencar / The Daily Beast:
Trump Leaves Door Open to National Abortion Ban
Trump Leaves Door Open to National Abortion Ban
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Ursula Perano / Politico:
Inside Jim Justice's alleged attendance problems; they could be a problem for a GOP Senate — The Senate GOP has a strong chance at winning a narrow majority next year, and a frequently absent Republican could be a liability. — Jim Justice will almost certainly be West Virginia's next senator.
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
‘Nitpicking Everything’: JD Vance Fumes as ABC News Host Calls Out Bogus Claims About Colorado City — NOT TODAY — JD Vance tried to latch onto specific words to mount his defense of Trump's attacks on a Colorado city. Martha Raddatz wouldn't have it.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘Totally illegal’: Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism — “This is out of the autocratic playbook. As autocrats consolidate their power once they're in office, anything that threatens their power ... becomes illegal,” historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat said.
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Moreno's abortion comment rattles debate in expensive Senate race in Republican-leaning Ohio — An off-the-cuff comment about reproductive rights by Republican Bernie Moreno in Ohio's tight Senate race has put abortion at the center of debate in the most expensive Senate campaign this year.
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John Pavlovitz / The Beautiful Mess:
White Evangelicals Must Lose in November — A desperate plea from a former pastor who knows what's coming — Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. — I'm not sure Americans really understand what this nation will look like in a few short months if Donald Trump wins this election.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
DeSantis misses post-hurricane meeting with Biden — again — It is the second time the president has been in the state in the last two weeks to view hurricane damage. — Ron DeSantis skipped meeting with Joe Biden on Sunday, the second time in as many weeks that the Republican governor …
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Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
Why conservative lawyers ‘cannot defensibly assist’ Trump in efforts to subvert election: legal expert — With less than 30 days until the presidential election, Donald Trump is expected to take legal action in the case he's defeated by Kamala Harris — as he did in 2020.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Colorado's Elections Chief Took on Trump. She Needed Extra Security As She Gave Birth — Jena Griswold, Colorado's secretary of state, can say with certainty: “The MAGA threat environment follows us through every step of life” … They had gone through unsuccessful IVF treatments …
Julia Frankel / Associated Press:
Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Tensions rise between Harris and Biden teams as election nears … - “They're too much in their feelings,” one close Harris ally said of the president's team — a sentiment shared even by some White House aides. … - Biden gave an impromptu press conference in the White House briefing room Friday …
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