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1:30 AM ET, September 26, 2022

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BBC:
Italy's far right set to win election - exit poll  —  Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has won Italy's election, according to exit polls, and is on course to become the country's first female prime minister.  —  If they are confirmed, Ms Meloni will aim to form Italy's most right-wing government since World War Two.
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
A third of Italians sat out the election, a steep drop from 2018.
Maggie Haberman / The Atlantic:
Three Conversations With Donald Trump  —  “Can you believe these are my customers?”  Donald Trump once asked while surveying the crowd in the Taj Mahal casino's poker room.  “Look at those losers,” he said to his consultant Tom O'Neil, of people spending money on the floor of the Trump Plaza casino.
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Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Trump Said Gaining Secret ‘Rich Friends’ Made Presidency Worth It: Book  —  “I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are,” Trump said of his post-White House life, according to an excerpt from Maggie Haberman's upcoming book.  —  Former President Donald Trump said the …
NBC News:
Tucker Carlson wants to talk about my tattoos.  So let's talk about them.  —  I have nine dates tattooed on my right forearm.  Each one is a day on which someone died violently while I was mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania.  —  Earlier this month, Fox News host Tucker Carlson went on a nearly 20-minute-long rant about me.
Discussion: Insider and WHTM-TV
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Inside the January 6 committee with former senior technical adviser Denver Riggleman  —  Tonight, you're going to hear from a former senior staffer inside the January 6th committee — which resumes public hearings on the Capitol siege Wednesday.  Members of the committee aren't happy that Denver Riggleman …
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
Riggleman says Mark Meadows text messages reveal ‘roadmap to an attempted coup’  —  Former U.S. Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) said text messages to and from then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows revealed a “roadmap to an attempted coup” as former President Trump attempted to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Discussion: CBS News and Vanity Fair
Ben Whitehead / The Daily Wire:
'Biggest, Best Gift I've Ever Received': Kari Lake Reacts To Liz Cheney's Vow To Campaign Against Her  —  Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake on Sunday blasted statements made by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who vowed to “do everything” possible to “make sure Kari Lake is not elected,” including campaigning for Democrats.
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Matthew Choi / The Texas Tribune:   U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores' campaign says she misspoke when she said she fired aide after sexual harassment allegations
New York Times:
The Megastate G.O.P. Rivalry Between Abbott and DeSantis  —  Publicly, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas has not criticized the migrant flights from his state by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.  Privately, the Florida governor's stunt stung the Texas governor's team.
Reuters:
Russia Seeks to Force Ukrainians to Fight Their Countrymen … The Kremlin's mobilization effort includes forcing Ukrainians to fight their own country.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — As military officers across Russia race to enlist hundreds of thousands of men to fight in Ukraine …
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Yahoo News:   Undercover with Russia's fake arms dealers
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The House GOP's vague ‘Commitment’ reveals problems ahead  —  Conventional wisdom about midterm elections has it that they are a referendum on the incumbent president and the party in power.  But this year's decision for voters is shaping up to be more complicated than that.
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:   The GOP's ‘Commitment’ is to total political warfare
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Salena Zito: A ‘once in a lifetime’ candidate  —  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Four months ago, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro stood in the Conemaugh Health System's Willow Street parking lot in front of the Fireman's Memorial Bridge to kick off his general election campaign for governor.
Merdie Nzanga / USA Today:
Rep. Nancy Mace: 'There's a lot of pressure' on GOP for a vote to impeach Biden  —  Rep. Nancy Mace said Sunday that some Republicans are thinking about impeaching President Joe Biden if they take over the House chamber following the midterm elections.  —  “I believe there's a lot of pressure …
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Christie: Trump pushing himself toward ‘self-inflicted indictment’  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday said former President Trump is pushing himself toward a “self-inflicted indictment” with his combative public statements on his legal battle with the Justice Department.
Discussion: Political Wire and Just The News
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Pushing East of Kupyansk, Ukrainian Forces Expand Offensive  —  Russian shelling turns neighborhoods into rubble as Ukrainians advance in urban combat  —  KUPYANSK, Ukraine—The grain elevator towering over the eastern edge of Kupyansk, the former seat of Russian power in Ukraine's Kharkiv region …
Discussion: Fox News
Anthony Olivieri / ESPN:
Brett Favre pressed for facility funding despite being told legality in question, court filing says  —  NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre continued to press Mississippi state officials for help in paying for new sports facilities at the University of Southern Mississippi months after being told …
Discussion: New York Post, Breitbart and Fox News
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Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
Ex-Clinton adviser predicts Dems will ‘dump’ Biden in favor of Hillary in 2024
Discussion: CNN
Peter Pomerantsev / The Guardian:
The nuclear threat might change the mood in Russia itself, stoking widespread fear
KTVU-TV:
San Francisco firefighter wears “Lets go Brandon” shirt while on duty
Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
Nancy Pelosi booed during surprise appearance at NYC music festival, videos appear to show
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump installed a historic number of judges. Biden is outpacing him so far.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Stefanik insists GOP remains united, calls Dem leader ‘partisan hack’ over criticism of migrant transports
Discussion: BizPac Review and The Hill
consilium.europa.eu:
Iran: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU
Dalya Alberge / The Guardian:
Museums in England and Wales to gain powers to dispose of objects on moral grounds
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Noah Shachtman / Rolling Stone:
How a Secretive Far-Right Network Attacks Abortion Rights Across the Globe
Discussion: Live Action News
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
‘A way to get rid of us’: Crimean Tatars decry Russia's mobilisation
Wall Street Journal:
Pensions Brace for Private-Equity Losses
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 charts that show the GOP's 2022 popularity gap
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's 2023 compensation package was worth $49.7M, up 26.5% from the year prior, with $23.1M in stock awards

Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
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