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1:25 AM ET, September 26, 2023

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Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
Trump Floats the Idea of Executing Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley  —  The former president is inciting violence against the nation's top general.  America's response is distracted and numb.  —  Late Friday night, the former president of the United States—and a leading candidate to be the next president …
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New York Times:
Trump Tells Gun Store He'd Like to Buy a Glock, Raising Legal Questions  —  Officials have increasingly voiced concerns about threats of violence related to the former president's trials, as he faces charges that would make it illegal for a store to sell him a firearm.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Inside the courtroom of Trump's D.C. judge  —  Judge Tanya Chutkan's first trial since the former president's indictment offers insight into how she'll handle the case.  —  U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan is poised to preside over a historic trial that will feature a defendant unlike …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Georgia judge orders jurors' identities to stay secret during Trump election interference trial  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had requested an order that would put limitations on revealing jurors' names and likenesses during any trial in the case.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Messenger
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Georgia election juror names to be kept secret until trial ends, judge rules
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump doesn't buy gun after saying he wants to in South Carolina
New York Times:
2 Looming Rulings Could Shape Trump's Fraud Trial in New York
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Joshua Zeitz / Politico:
History Offers Democrats a Way Out of the Menendez Problem  —  Oddly enough, it involves the very same seat the New Jersey senator refuses to resign.  —  Senator Robert Menendez had a bad week.  —  A New Jersey Democrat currently serving his third full term in the Senate …
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Dan Merica / The Messenger:
Fetterman Plans to Give Back Menendez Donation In Cash-Filled Envelopes (Exclusive)  —  Fetterman is the only Senate Democrat to call on Menendez to resign after a federal bribery indictment  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Breaking the Menendez Cycle
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown calls on indicted Sen. Bob Menendez to resign
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Sen. Bob Menendez suggests cash found in bribery raid came from ‘personal savings’
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Asa Hutchinson misses out as seven candidates qualify for second GOP debate  —  Former President Donald Trump is skipping another debate, while Hutchinson is the only candidate who made the first debate to miss the second one.  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson fell short of qualifying …
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Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
Seven GOP presidential candidates are set to debate Wednesday night  —  Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson did not make the stage after he failed to meet the RNC's criteria.  And former president Donald Trump will once again skip it.  —  Seven GOP presidential candidates have qualified …
Discussion: Breitbart and Fox News
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Here's who made the second Republican presidential debate  —  Seven candidates made the cut, but former President Donald Trump is counterprogramming another of the Republican National Committee's marquee events.  —  The stage is set for the second GOP presidential primary debate …
New York Times:
Fox News Announces a Newsom and DeSantis Debate in November  —  It's highly unusual for governors who are not running for the same office to debate, but the two have clashed repeatedly as they seek national attention.  —  Fox News announced on Monday that it was hosting a debate …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Newsom and DeSantis agree to debate on Fox News
Regan Bruno / Fox News:
FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S SEAN HANNITY TO MODERATE THE RED STATE VS. BLUE STATE DEBATE BETWEEN FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS AND CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
Jocelyn Kiley / Pew Research Center:
Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College  —  How we did this  —  The Electoral College has played an outsize role in some recent U.S. elections.  And a majority of Americans would welcome a change to the way presidents are elected, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden suggests Americans should ‘stop electing’ House Republicans if they shut down government  —  President Biden on Monday bashed House Republicans for heading towards a government shutdown, saying that they shouldn't be elected if they can't do their job to fund the government.
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Politico:
Barreling toward shutdown, McCarthy scrambles to get even one spending win  —  The speaker's latest plan is to advance four spending bills on Tuesday.  But it's unclear that he has the votes.  And it still won't keep the government open.
Discussion: LewRockwell
Kyle Duggan / Politico:
Speaker ignores pressure to resign after tribute to veteran who fought for Nazis  —  Trudeau calls incident during Zelenskyy visit ‘deeply embarrassing’ for Canada.  —  OTTAWA, Ont.  — Demands for a resignation over a stunning scandal.  Embarrassment for Canada and Ukraine.  A public relations win for Russia.
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Leader of Canada's House of Commons apologizes for honoring man who fought for Nazis
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
‘Missing witness’ in Biden corruption probe offers dirt on Hunter FBI ‘mole’ who tipped him off  —  Gal Luft, the fugitive “missing witness” of the Biden corruption investigation, has offered new evidence to the House impeachment inquiry about an FBI mole who tipped off Hunter Biden …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:   Today's Biden Inc question: Did an FBI ‘mole’ tip Hunter to indictments of China-intel front execs?
Reuters:
China says willing to play ‘constructive’ role in APEC's success  —  China is willing to play a “constructive” role in the success of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, its top diplomat said on Tuesday, after President Xi Jinping's absence at the annual Group of 20 summit in India.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Aneeta Mathur-Ashton / The Messenger:
Classified Documents Judge Sets Hearing To Review Possible Conflicts of Interest for Lawyer Representing Aide and Pool Worker  —  The Justice Department requested the hearing with Woodward's clients ‘to inform them of potential risks and inquire into possible waivers’
Discussion: Raw Story
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Rachel Tucker / The Hill:
8 hospitalized after ‘sudden severe turbulence’ on Florida-bound flight  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA) — Eight people were hospitalized Monday after being injured during rough skies on a flight to Florida.  —  Passengers and crew aboard the JetBlue flight experienced “sudden severe turbulence” …
 
 
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
US military captures ISIS official in Syria in helicopter raid
Discussion: UPI, The Daily Caller and CNN
Peter King / The Hill:
I served in the House for 28 years. It's now more dysfunctional than ever.
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
Cardona wants a second term of his own
Discussion: The Messenger
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Before Jan. 6, the FBI predicted extremists would be ‘very willing to take action’ over a 2020 election dispute
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and Political Wire
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
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