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5:40 PM ET, September 19, 2016

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New York Times:
Police Raid New Jersey Home in Search of Manhattan Bomber  —  Hours after five pipe bombs were discovered near a train station in Elizabeth, N.J., federal agents and the police raided a home nearby early Monday morning as part of the sweeping search for the person or people responsible for Saturday night's bombing in Manhattan.
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DNAinfo New York:
Thieves Helped Crack the Chelsea Bombing Case, Sources Say  —  MANHATTAN — Leave the bomb, take the bag.  —  In two separate cases, thieves snatching bags from city streets and train stations inadvertently helped law enforcement get the upper hand in an ongoing bomb spree that's hurt dozens …
Dan Atkinson / Boston Herald:
Pal: Terror suspect underwent ‘shocking’ change after Afghanistan trip  —  ELIZABETH, N.J. — A man who described himself as a childhood friend of the man wanted in connection with the New York City bombing told the Herald the suspect had made a life-changing trip to Afghanistan two years ago.
Nate Schweber / New York Times:
Suspect's Family Ran a Restaurant That Aggravated Neighbors  —  Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man wanted in the bombing, is the son of a man named Muhammad Rahami who runs a fast-food restaurant, First American Fried Chicken, in the ground floor of their home on Elmora Avenue, neighbors said.
NBC New York:
NY, NJ Bombing Suspect Rahami in Custody After Shootout  —  Ahmad Rahami, the naturalized 28-year-old native of Afghanistan hunted in connection with a series of bombings in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend, was taken into custody after a gun battle with police that left two officers injured …
CNN:
New York bombing: Police presence intensifies after explosion  —  New York (CNN)[Breaking news update at 1:41 a.m. ET]  —  Up to five devices have been found in a backpack in a waste basket in Elizabeth, New Jersey, according to Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage.
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Wanted New York and New Jersey bomb suspect sued his local police claiming they PERSECUTED him for being a Muslim  — Ahmad Rahami filed federal lawsuit claiming cops in Elizabeth, New Jersey subjected his and his family to discrimination and ‘selective enforcement’
Marty Golden / New York Daily News:
FBI arrests five people near Verrazano Bridge in possible connection to Chelsea bombing …
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
AHMAD KHAN RAHAMI
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Cellphone Alerts Used in New York to Search for Bombing Suspect
Washington Post:
Suspect in New York, N.J. bombings taken into custody
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
What to Look For as Bridge Scandal Trial Opens  —  After three long years, it's time for some traffic problems in ... Newark.  —  That is where reporters are lining up at federal court on Monday morning, waiting for opening arguments in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial …
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Federal prosecutor says Christie knew about lane closings
Paul Berger / NorthJersey.com:
Feds: Christie told of Bridgegate lane closures 3 days into traffic jams on 9/11 anniversary
Discussion: The Atlantic
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Republican friendships shatter over Trump  —  A few months ago, Matt Schlapp, the former White House political director under president George W. Bush, walked into a cocktail party and tried to join a conversation with Republican consultants he has known for years.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Week
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Martinlongman / Washington Monthly:
You Break It, You Own It  —  You might want to take out the tiniest violin in the world to play for the sad, sad Trump-supporting Washington staffers and consultants who are getting shunned by their peers.  —  Take this guy:  —  A senior House Republican staffer who works for a committee chairman …
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
More than 800 immigrants mistakenly granted citizenship  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud who had pending deportation orders …
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Deletes Tweet Hitting Obama, Clinton Over Weekend Attacks  —  A tweet knocking President Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's “failed” policies after three potential terror attacks over the weekend was deleted from Donald Trump's account on Monday.
Discussion: reverbpress.com
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Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Family ID's attacker behind ‘potential act of terrorism’ in St. Cloud
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
President Trump's First Term  —  His campaign tells us a lot about what kind of Commander-in-Chief he would be.    —  On the morning of January 20, 2017, the President-elect is to visit Barack Obama at the White House for coffee, before they share a limousine—Obama seated on the right …
Hillary Clinton / Mic:
HERE'S WHAT MILLENNIALS HAVE TAUGHT ME  —  Get Mic daily:  —  We hear a lot of things about the millennial generation.  But too often, the people who are busy trying to define you are the ones who have spent the least time listening to you.  —  Here's what I have learned …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Progressive Case for Hillary Clinton Is Pretty Overwhelming
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Unfogged
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Joe Scarborough, Donald Trump look to repair relations  —  Joe Scarborough wants to make nice with Donald Trump.  —  Last week, Scarborough and his “Morning Joe” co-host, Mika Brzezinski, visited the Republican presidential nominee at Trump Tower to rekindle a once-rosy relationship …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Vote as if It Matters  —  Does it make sense to vote for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for president?  Sure, as long as you believe two things.  First, you have to believe that it makes no difference at all whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump moves into the White House — because one of them will.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Jill Stein: Trump may have ‘memory problem’
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump On Our Timid Police  —  I suspect most New Yorkers look with some pride at how rapidly the NYPD working with the FBI, New Jersey police departments and other agencies, identified a prime suspect in the Chelsea bombing and took him into custody.  But look at what Donald Trump said this morning on Fox and Friends.
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
Alan Cole / Tax Foundation:
Details and Analysis of the Donald Trump Tax Reform Plan, September 2016  —  By  —  Key Findings  — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's tax plan would significantly reduce income taxes and corporate taxes, and eliminate the estate tax.  — According to the Tax Foundation's Taxes …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Death of ‘He Said, She Said’ Journalism  —  Last Saturday, The New York Times published an extraordinary story.  What made the story extraordinary wasn't the event the Times covered.  What made it extraordinary was the way the Times covered it.  —  On its front page, top right …
 
 
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