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6:50 AM ET, October 14, 2024

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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 …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Axios, New York Post, Metro.co.uk, USA Today, The Independent, TMZ.com, Washington Post, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Al Jazeera, RedState and The Gateway Pundit

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.

Discussion: Raw Story, USA Today, The Daily Caller, ABC7, Townhall, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The National Pulse, NBC4 WCMH-TV, New York Daily News, KGET 17, Fox News, The Independent, Breitbart, The Hill, The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, KOIN.com and KDFX-TV

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.

Discussion: Telegraph, Victory Girls Blog, Politico, USA Today, RedState, UPI, Townhall, The American Conservative, KDFX-TV, Breitbart, NBC News, Twitchy, One America News Network, Associated Press, CBS News, Reuters, The Sun and Washington Examiner

Edward Helmore / The Guardian:

Man arrested near Donald Trump's California rally with loaded guns, police say — The suspect, identified as Las Vegas resident Vem Miller was, apprehended by authorities about half-mile from entrance to Coachella rally — A man armed with guns and false press and VIP passes was apprehended …

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Daily Mail, USA Today, Associated Press and NPR

Keely Bastow / Washington Examiner:
Man with illegal guns arrested outside Trump's Coachella rally venue

Discussion: Las Vegas Review-Journal, New York Post, Mediaite and Los Angeles Times

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.

Discussion: NBC News, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today and Breitbart

New York Times:

Harris Suggests Trump Is ‘Weak and Unstable’ in Pointed Challenge — Kamala Harris asked why Donald J. Trump had not released his medical records, appeared on “60 Minutes” or agreed to a second debate. — Vice President Kamala Harris challenged former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday …

Discussion: Fox News, Bloomberg, Politico, HuffPost, Associated Press, KDFX-TV, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent, Raw Story, Forbes, Washington Post, CNN, The Hill, Washington Times, MPR News and Business Insider

Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump pledges raises and 10,000 more agents in border plan

Discussion: CNN, Associated Press, Daily Mail, Fox News, Breitbart, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Reuters, New York Post and Washington Times

Andrew Solender / Axios:
Cheney does “not have faith” Mike Johnson will certify election

Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, CBS News, The Moderate Voice and Mediaite

Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Liz Cheney issues dire warning about ‘fundamentally cruel’ Trump, agrees he's a ‘fascist’

Discussion: Politico, RedState and The Gateway Pundit

MauríCio Alencar / The Daily Beast:
Mike Johnson Insists Elderly Trump's Medical Records Are ‘Irrelevant’ to Voters

Discussion: Newsbusters, The Independent, The Hill, Washington Examiner and Mediaite

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.

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Newsbusters

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 …

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Joe.My.God., Axios, WBTV-TV and National Zero

Reuters:

US to send anti-missile system and troops to Israel, Pentagon says — The United States said on Sunday it will send U.S. troops to Israel along with an advanced U.S. anti-missile system, in a highly unusual deployment meant to bolster the country's air defenses following missile attacks by Iran.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fox News, Algemeiner.com and NPR

U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on the Deployment of a THAAD Battery to Israel

Discussion: CBS News, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Task & Purpose, BizPac Review, Associated Press, Politico, FOX 7 Austin, Los Angeles Times and The Times of Israel

Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
US to deploy about 100 troops to operate advanced anti-missile system in Israel amid heightened tensions

Discussion: New York Times, KDFX-TV, The Independent, Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel, The Hill, Associated Press, UPI, RedState, Bloomberg, Middle East Monitor and Washington Examiner

Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:

Josh Hawley's Local Newspaper Declares Him the ‘Worst Sitting Senator’ — NO CONFIDENCE — The St. Louis Post-Dispatch objected to Hawley's actions leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. — A local newspaper in Missouri wrote a scathing rebuke of the state's Sen. Josh Hawley …

Discussion: HuffPost, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story

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.

Discussion: CNN, The Independent, Politico and New York Post

Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Harris' Camp Sounds the Alarm After Trump Says Military Should ‘Handle’ Democrats

Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story, Letters from an American, Daily Mail, The Hill and Breitbart

MauríCio Alencar / The Daily Beast:
Trump Leaves Door Open to National Abortion Ban

Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner

Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further

Discussion: Sun-Sentinel and Salon

Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:

Attacks on Gay Rights Push Russia's LGBTQ Community Into the Shadows — Vladimir Putin has weaponized antigay views to tighten his grip on power as he pursues his war in Ukraine — A decade ago, Russian publisher Leo Veles says, he could hang out in gay bars and clubs in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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.

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Ken Klippenstein and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »

Ally Mutnick / Politico:

Internal polling memo has warning signs for Senate Republicans — Some races are tightening but other key pickup opportunities are moving in the wrong direction, according to a new round of polling from the Senate Leadership Fund. — The top GOP super PAC charged with flipping the Senate …

Discussion: The Daily Beast

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.

Discussion: Washington Times and The Gateway Pundit

Brian Faler / Politico:

Trump disarmed a political landmine in refusing to release his tax returns — Despite the storm over the former president's refusal to disclose them in 2016 and 2020, the issue has gone quiet this year. — Former President Donald Trump was once harshly criticized for failing to release his tax returns …