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Press Enterprise:
Exclusive: Suspect in Coachella Valley Trump assassination attempt denies accusation, supports ex-president — Suspect a registered Republican from Las Vegas and member of a right-leaning anti-government group, sheriff says — A third assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump …
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USA Today, The Daily Beast, Axios, TMZ.com, Al Jazeera, RedState, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Independent and The Gateway Pundit
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Riverside County Sheriff, CA:
Weapons Violation Arrest — Reporting Supervisor: Sergeant Ben Medina — File # C242860022 — Details: — at 4:59 p.m., deputies assigned to former President Donald Trump's rally in the Coachella Valley contacted the driver of a black SUV at a checkpoint at the intersection of Avenue 52 and Celebration Drive.
New York Post:
Armed man arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally — and sheriff says it was possible third assassination attempt — Local cops arrested an armed man outside Donald Trump's Coachella Valley rally on Saturday, and the local sheriff said it may have been a third assassination attempt against the former president.
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Telegraph, Reuters, Washington Examiner, RedState, Breitbart, Twitchy, CBS News, Associated Press, The Sun and One America News Network
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Armed man arrested near Trump's California rally was plotting to kill him, police say — Suspect, with guns and false VIP passes, apprehended by authorities about half-mile from entrance to Coachella rally — A man armed with guns and false press and VIP passes was apprehended by authorities …
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Bloomberg.com and Michigan News Source
Keely Bastow / Washington Examiner:
Man with illegal guns arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally venue
Man with illegal guns arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally venue
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USA Today, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times and NPR
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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Business Insider, Boston Herald, Axios, IJR, The Guardian, The Hill, Breitbart, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, National Review and Clayton Cramer
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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 Hill, The Guardian and AZ Luminaria
CBS News:
CBS News Trump-Harris poll shows one election, two worlds: How information, beliefs shape tight campaign
CBS News Trump-Harris poll shows one election, two worlds: How information, beliefs shape tight campaign
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Washington Post, The Hill, New York Times, New York Post and The Independent
Bonchie / RedState:
REVEALED: Kamala Harris' Town Hall With ‘Undecided Latino Voters’ Was Rigged
REVEALED: Kamala Harris' Town Hall With ‘Undecided Latino Voters’ Was Rigged
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Townhall, The Nevada Independent, Michael Tracey, The Hill and The Guardian
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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Politico, New York Times, The Daily Caller, New York Post and Forbes
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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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Vile stuff’: NYT shamed by its own former public editor for whitewashing Trump racism — Former New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan this week shamed her one-time employer for its coverage of the 2024 presidential election. — Writing on her Substack page …
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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Politico, The Independent, New York Post and KDFX-TV
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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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Raw Story, Alternet.org, The Hill, RedState, Fox News, HuffPost and PoliticusUSA
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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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump says national abortion ban is ‘off the table,’ but 'we'll see what happens'
Trump says national abortion ban is ‘off the table,’ but 'we'll see what happens'
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Breitbart
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further
Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further
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Salon
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Cheney doubts Johnson will carry out ‘constitutional obligations’ to certify election — Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said in a Sunday interview that she doubts House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will carry out “his constitutional obligations” to certify the 2024 election.
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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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NBC News, Vanity Fair, CBS News, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story and Mediaite
MauríCio Alencar / The Daily Beast:
Mike Johnson Insists Elderly Trump's Medical Records Are ‘Irrelevant’ to Voters
Mike Johnson Insists Elderly Trump's Medical Records Are ‘Irrelevant’ to Voters
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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 …
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows — Safety fears are growing as misinformation collides with a large-scale federal recovery effort. — LAKE LURE, N.C. — Federal emergency response personnel on Saturday had employees operating …
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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David McAfee / Raw Story:
Meghan McCain's threat to Dems backfires as her dad's biographer issues warning of his own — Meghan McCain recently threatened Democrats by saying she might release what her father, John McCain, really thought about Vice President Kamala Harris. But that threat backfired on Sunday.
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Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, The Daily Beast and The Hill
Wes Davis / The Verge:
X blocked hacked JD Vance dossier links after the Trump campaign flagged it … The Presidential campaign of Donald Trump asked X to stop links to a story containing VP nominee JD Vance's hacked dossier from circulating before X chose to block them, reports The New York Times.
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Ken Klippenstein and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
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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The Daily Beast
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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USA Today
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.
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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