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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
House Democrats unveil reforms to ‘prevent future presidential abuses’
Washington Post:
GOP senators' report calls Hunter Biden's board position with Ukraine firm ‘problematic,’ but fails to show how it changed U.S. policy  —  A pair of Senate Republican committee chairmen released a report Wednesday arguing that Hunter Biden's board position with a Ukrainian energy company was …
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Washington Post:
The GOP's own star witness just blew up Trump's ‘Hunterghazi’ smear  —  President Trump has spent over a year trying to “prove” that Joe Biden's activities in Ukraine were corrupt.  He and lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani schemed over this for many months, with Trump ultimately trying to strong-arm …
Discussion: Forbes and Washington Times
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:   Hunter Biden, Andrew Cuomo and the Russian Billionaire
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Wyden: RonJohn Stumbled Upon Evidence Of Trump Corruption In Ukraine Probe
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Republican Inquiry Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Biden
Emily Jacobs / New York Post:   Hunter Biden received $3.5M wire transfer from Russian billionaire: Senate report
John F. Harris / Politico:
McConnell Is on the Losing Side of History — And He Knows It  —  Mitch McConnell may be driving American politics to the brink of insanity, but let's assume that the majority leader himself is entirely sane.  —  There are two possible reasons why it would be rational for him to act …
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Talks Up Need for Full Court as He Casts Doubt on Election  — Trump says mail voting could lead to legal fight over election  — Trump says Senate doesn't need to hold hearings but will  —  President Donald Trump predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the outcome …
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Judge orders Eric Trump to meet with N.Y. attorney general's investigators by Oct. 7  —  NEW YORK — A state judge on Wednesday ordered Eric Trump to be deposed no later than Oct. 7 in the New York attorney general's examination of the Trump Organization's financial practices …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Telemundo anchor rebuts misleading tweet posted by Eric Trump  —  Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart on Wednesday refuted an allegation by one of President Donald Trump's sons that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden relied on a teleprompter in a recent interview.
Courier-Journal:
Louisville grand jury indicts 1 of 3 officers in fatal Breonna Taylor police shooting  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted one of three Louisville officers in the March 13 fatal police shooting of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor.  —  It was announced Wednesday:
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QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  September 23, 2020 - Biden Keeps Above 50 Percent Mark With Steady Lead Over Trump, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 63% Don't Expect To Know Winner Of 2020 Race On Election Night  —  In the race for the White House, former Vice President Joe Biden leads President …
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Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Countervailing Shifts in a Stable Race  —  Democrat makes gains in special Senate election  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Donald Trump and Joe Biden remain locked in a tight race for Georgia's electoral votes according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
Barton Gellman / The Atlantic:
The Election That Could Break America  —  Illustrations by Guillem Casasús / Renderings by Borja Alegre  —  There is a cohort of close observers of our presidential elections, scholars and lawyers and political strategists, who find themselves in the uneasy position of intelligence analysts in the months before 9/11.
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Allegations of racism have marked Trump's presidency and become key issue as election nears  —  In unguarded moments with senior aides, President Trump has maintained that Black Americans have mainly themselves to blame in their struggle for equality, hindered more by lack of initiative …
Politico:
CIA clamps down on flow of Russia intelligence to White House  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Gina Haspel and President Donald Trump attend the swearing-in ceremony for Haspel as CIA director May 21, 2018, in Langley, Va. |  The CIA has made it harder for intelligence about Russia to reach …
Kurt Erickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Parson, his wife both test positive for COVID-19; governor postpones travel, debate  —  JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson postponed an event in St. Louis Wednesday and a debate on Friday after First Lady Teresa Parson tested positive for COVID-19.  —  Later Wednesday, in a brief statement …
Discussion: Political Wire, Mediaite and The Hill
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Israel's Netanyahu brings his dirty laundry to Washington.  Literally.  —  Most politicians go to great lengths to conceal their dirty laundry.  —  And then there's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  —  Over the years, the Israeli leader has developed a reputation among the staff …
Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Dear Donald, Dear Mr. President: A Trump-Nixon '80s tale  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — They were two men in Manhattan who craved the same thing: validation.  One was a brash, young real estate developer looking to put his stamp on New York, the other a disgraced elder statesman bent on repairing his reputation.
Discussion: Axios
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Five Things Biden and His Allies Should Be Worried About  —  Interestingly, the suburban vote may not be one of them.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  There are at least five reasons Joe Biden's consistent lead …
New York Times:
White House Accused of Improperly Politicizing Review of John Bolton's Book  —  The account by a former National Security Council official also implied that the Justice Department may have told a court that the book contains classified information and opened a criminal investigation based on false pretenses.
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
DHS awarded $6 million in contracts to firm where Acting Secretary Wolf's wife is executive … WASHINGTON — The consulting firm where the wife of acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf is an executive has been awarded more than $6 million in contracts from the Department …
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
Facebook will let Trump run ads on election night prematurely claiming victory  —  Facebook banned political ads a week before the election, but it's the period after the election that it should be worried about.  Here's why.  —  At 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on election night …
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Republicans sue to stop Gov. Greg Abbott's extension of early voting period during the pandemic  —  State party chairman Allen West, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and members of the Texas Legislature were among those who filed the suit against Abbott.  —  Copy link
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Justice Department and Personal Lawyer Threatened Melania's BFF Over Tell-All, Documents Show  —  The Department of Justice and lawyers acting on behalf of Melania Trump attempted to block an explosive tell-all book, according to documents reviewed by The Daily Beast.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Fauci scolds Rand Paul during tense exchange at hearing  —  A seemingly irritated Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, scolded Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at a congressional hearing on Wednesday after the senator claimed that COVID-19 cases might …
 
 
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Adam B. Schiff / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Adam Schiff: Why my colleagues and I are introducing the first major democracy reforms since Watergate
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Journalists Are Leaving the Noisy Internet for Your Email Inbox
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Progressives Defeat Brooklyn Project That Promised 20,000 Jobs
Discussion: Gothamist
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The Guardian:
Revealed: pro-Trump activists plotted violence ahead of Portland rallies
CNN:
Fact check: Trump Jr. touts baseless rigged-election claims to recruit ‘army’ for his dad
Michael S. Schmidt / NBC News:
The story of how Trump chose children over country — and the men who tried to stop him
Washington Post:
Post-ABC polls: Trump and Biden in tight races in Florida, Arizona