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Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
A Mystery $30 Million Wave of Pro-Trump Bets Has Moved a Popular Prediction Market — Four Polymarket accounts have systematically placed frequent wagers on a Trump election victory — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck in the polls.
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Politico:
Playbook: Trump's media backout — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — A ONE-TWO PUNCH — With 18 days left until Election Day, VP KAMALA HARRIS will be hitting the road with the two most popular members of her party: BARACK and MICHELLE OBAMA.
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Washington Post:
Trump delivers profanity, below-the-belt digs at Catholic charity banquet — The only person off limits for Trump's roast was himself. — NEW YORK — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used his remarks at a Catholic charity banquet here on Thursday to skewer prominent Democrats, often in off-color terms.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Critics Slam Al Smith Charity Dinner For Normalizing ‘Deranged Madman’ Donald Trump — Critics didn't find the former president's attendance at the white-tie event funny, with emcee Jim Gaffigan drawing ire too. — LOADING — Critics condemned the appearance of Donald Trump …
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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
“I did make a mistake”: Baier apologizes for playing edited Trump clip in Harris interview — The Fox News anchor's deceptive video clip left out Trump's remarks about “enemies from within” — Fox News anchor Bret Baier is apologizing for playing a misleadingly edited clip in an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump cancels a streak of events with only days until election … - Vice President Kamala Harris, on the other hand, has been on a media blitz after enduring criticism from Republicans about a perceived lack of interviews. — And while Harris has ventured into the unfriendly territory …
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Former GOP adviser: White House race is Harris's to lose
Former GOP adviser: White House race is Harris's to lose
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Univision Town Hall Participants Unimpressed With ‘Arrogant’ Trump
Univision Town Hall Participants Unimpressed With ‘Arrogant’ Trump
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
An ‘exhausted’ Trump says no to another interview
An ‘exhausted’ Trump says no to another interview
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David Strom / HotAir:
The Smell of Desperation — Look, I keep saying that Kamala Harris could win this election …
The Smell of Desperation — Look, I keep saying that Kamala Harris could win this election …
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Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump World in Talks With Haley for Eleventh-Hour Joint Campaign Event
Trump World in Talks With Haley for Eleventh-Hour Joint Campaign Event
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
UK Labour Party risks Trump ire with ill-judged Harris campaign effort
UK Labour Party risks Trump ire with ill-judged Harris campaign effort
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump's Meandering Speeches Motivate His Critics and Worry His Allies
Trump's Meandering Speeches Motivate His Critics and Worry His Allies
Kevin Manahan / New Jersey Online:
Fox News anchor Bret Baier admits Kamala Harris did damage to Trump: ‘She was on a mission’
Fox News anchor Bret Baier admits Kamala Harris did damage to Trump: ‘She was on a mission’
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Stephanie Lai / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He's Meeting Murdoch, Will Ask to Curb Negative Ads — Trump has bristled at negative ads, critical voices on network — Former President Donald Trump said he will meet with media mogul Rupert Murdoch and urge him not to allow negative ads against the Republican nominee …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump admits he's demanding Rupert Murdoch stop running ‘negative ads’ on Fox News — Donald Trump ended his interview with “The Fox & Friends” by admitting he was about to issue some demands for the network's founder Rupert Murdoch. — Trump was in the studio on Friday morning for the show he typically calls into.
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Ryan Nobles / NBC News:
Trump overcharged Secret Service agents to stay at his D.C. hotel, new Democratic report says — Then-President Donald Trump also benefited from U.S. officials and others seeking jobs and pardons who paid for stays at his downtown Washington hotel, House Democrats allege.
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Trump hotel overcharged Secret Service, report by House Democrats finds — Trump's D.C. hotel charged the Secret Service above-normal government rates — and sometimes charged the agency more than it did other patrons, House Democrats found. — During Donald Trump's presidency …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini — To support The Atlantic's journalism, please consider subscribing today. — Rhetoric has a history. The words democracy and tyranny were debated in ancient Greece; the phrase separation of powers became important in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Natalie Musumeci / Business Insider:
Trump judge releases 1,889 pages of election interference evidence against the former president — A federal judge has released additional evidence against Donald Trump in his election interference case. — The release follows a previously unsealed motion with new evidence against Trump by special counsel Jack Smith.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Turns out we'll see a big Jack Smith document dump before the election
Turns out we'll see a big Jack Smith document dump before the election
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Public Notice:
Julian Zelizer on Trump's increasingly dire rhetoric — “He doesn't even really use code words or anything. He's just all in.” — ∙ Paid … In the closing days of the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump is talking a lot about “the enemy within.” He's threatened to deploy the US military against his domestic political foes.
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ProPublica:
JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say — Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can't legally intervene in political campaigns. — Co-published with Documented
Mary Claire Evans / Gallup:
Majority of Americans Feel Worse Off Than Four Years Ago — Economic Confidence Index remains negative at -26 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than half of Americans (52%) say they and their family are worse off today than they were four years ago, while 39% say they are better off and 8% volunteer that they are about the same.
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New York Times:
How Silicon Valley Billionaires Became Trump's Biggest Donors … Last February, the billionaire financier Nelson Peltz summoned a group of about 20 wealthy, predominantly Republican donors and a handful of G.O.P. strategists to dinner at his $334 million waterfront estate in Palm Beach …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
When the Top General in the U.S. Says You're ‘Fascist to the Core’ — Toward the end of his tenure, Gen. Mark Milley, who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2019 to 2023, told Bob Woodward of The Washington Post that Donald Trump was a fundamental threat to the safety and integrity of the United States.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Harris Will Campaign With the Obamas Next Week — Barack and Michelle Obama will make their first campaign appearances alongside Kamala Harris at rallies in Georgia and Michigan. — Here come the Obamas. — Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, the former first lady …
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
Harris to join Michelle and Barack Obama on the campaign trail
Harris to join Michelle and Barack Obama on the campaign trail
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