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11:50 AM ET, September 5, 2022

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Max Seddon / Financial Times:
Russia switches off Europe's main gas pipeline until sanctions are lifted  —  Gazprom previously said it was halting flows through Nord Stream 1 because of a technical fault  —  Russia's gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will not resume in full until the “collective west” …
Discussion: Reuters, Forbes, The Guardian and Raw Story
Esther Webber / Politico:
Liz Truss to be Britain's next prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak  —  LONDON — Liz Truss will be the next prime minister of the U.K. after comfortably seeing off rival Rishi Sunak in the race to lead the governing Conservative Party.  —  Truss, currently the U.K's foreign secretary …
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Nathan Williams / BBC:
Liz Truss to be new UK prime minister  —  Watch: BBC News coverage as next Tory leader decided  —  Play video Watch: BBC News coverage as next Tory leader decided  —  Summary  — Liz Truss will be the new UK prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Seek Path for Constitutional Convention  —  A new book by a former Democratic senator warns of the risks of allowing states to call for a convention.  Some in the G.O.P. see it as the only way to rein in the federal government.  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Jodey Arrington …
Discussion: HotAir, Reason and Insider
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Chile Says ‘No’ to Left-Leaning Constitution After 3 Years of Debate
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Wire and UPI
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Biden Laid the Trap.  Trump Walked Into It.  —  In 2016, Hillary Clinton warned that Donald Trump was a fool who could be baited with a tweet.  This past Thursday night, in Philadelphia, Joe Biden upped the ante by asking, in effect: What idiot thing might the former president do if baited with a whole speech?
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:   Trump baselessly accuses John Fetterman of using heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Investigations Face a Dilemma Before the Midterm Elections  —  Justice Department officials are debating how an unwritten rule should affect the criminal investigations into Jan. 6 and the former president's handling of sensitive documents.  —  WASHINGTON — As the midterm elections near …
Discussion: Raw Story
Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:
Israeli Military Admits ‘Highly Probable’ Soldier Mistakenly Killed Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh  —  An Israeli soldier under fire likely erroneously targeted Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, misidentifying her as an armed militant, according to an army probe ■ …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer with a horse, new book says  —  New York Times reporter David Enrich also says White House counsel Donald McGahn once called senior Trump aides ‘morons’  —  Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer he owed $2m with a deed to a horse.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Léonie Chao-Fong / The Guardian:
Russia-Ukraine war: last Zaporizhzhia reactor disconnected after Russian shelling; EU signs deal with Ukraine for further €500m in aid - live  —  Operator Energoatom says last transmission line cut because of a fire caused by shelling; EU and Ukraine sign aid deal  —  Key events
Discussion: UPI
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ABC News:
Exclusive: Zelenskyy tells David Muir ‘Russians using Zaporizhzhia as nuclear weapon’
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Hill
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Trump rally highlighting January 6 case of alleged Nazi sympathizer sparks criticism  —  Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, on Sunday called out former President Donald Trump for featuring a speaker during his Saturday rally …
Karen Gilchrist / CNBC:
Trump 2024 could be one of the ‘greatest political comebacks in American history,’ says Sen. Lindsey Graham  — U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Saturday that former President Donald Trump stands a “pretty good chance” of winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal:
British Pound Falls to Lowest Level Since 1985 as U.K. Economic Pain Mounts  —  Investors see increased odds that the pound will tumble below parity with the dollar, something that hasn't happened in their more than 200-year trading history  —  Inflation Looks Different Worldwide.  Who's Getting It Right?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
How Old Bad Ideas Become Wonderful  —  We in America are regressing—now returning to the distant neanderthal past, now embracing the worst of what the 19th and 20th century had to offer.  —  There is no end of history.  Instead, civilization is a constant fight to embrace what has worked …
Washington Post:
Suicide bomber hits Russian Embassy in Kabul, killing top diplomat  —  RIGA, Latvia — A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the consular section of Russia's embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing a top diplomat, a Russian security guard and four Afghans, according to Russian and Afghan officials.
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Why I've stopped fearing America is headed for civil war  —  Thomas E. Ricks's latest book, “Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968,” will be published in October.  —  Five years ago I began to worry about a new American civil war breaking out.
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Americans increasingly concerned about political violence — CBS News poll  —  Against a backdrop of so much concern that democracy is under threat, Americans also see a rising potential for political violence: almost two-thirds think the coming years will bring an increase.
 
 
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Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
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Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
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Wall Street Journal:
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