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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
If Republicans Want to Win, They Need Trump to Lose — Big — To dominate the country once more, Republicans need to hasten the move to a post-Trump party. — Accepting his party's nomination in 1984, Democrat Walter Mondale vowed to cut the deficit with a memorable line about the tough medicine either …
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Playbook: The Republicans secretly rooting for a Trump loss — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT — “Ukraine foreign minister resigns amid war's biggest reshuffle,” by Reuters' Olena Harmash in Kyiv …
Christopher Anstey / Fortune:
Goldman Sachs predicts stronger GDP and job growth if Democrats sweep White House and Congress … Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists gamed out the potential economic implications of a Republican or Democratic victory in the November elections, cautioning that US GDP faces a hit in the case of a win for Donald Trump.
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Harris to propose tenfold startup tax incentive increase she says will spur small business creation
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump's corporate tax cuts
Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump's corporate tax cuts
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump appears to have misled Gold Star families on troop deaths in Afghanistan — Trump frequently suggests, as he did in a TikTok filmed at Arlington Cemetery, that an 18-month period without hostile-fire deaths took place entirely in his presidency.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The ugly truth we're missing on Trump, Arlington — There's an old saying: Never take any time off in 2024. OK, I just made that up, but no sooner did I decide to skip a few column slots to recover from the joy, or whatever, of Chicago's Democratic National Convention, than all heck broke loose.
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
How the Media Let Trump Off the Hook for His Arlington National Cemetery Stunt — Mainstream outlets downplayed a blatant violation of sacred norms, turning a clear scandal into a partisan dispute. — Last week, I wrote about former President Donald Trump's tacky, potentially illegal publicity stunt at Arlington National Cemetery.
Silver Bulletin:
Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast — All the numbers for Trump vs. Harris. — ∙ Paid … Let's cut to the chase: So, who's gonna win the election? — Well, honestly, we don't know — but we can give you our best probabilistic guess.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans fret over Trump's freefall among women — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Conservatives expect Johnson will embrace proof-of-citizenship voting in anti-shutdown measure
Conservatives expect Johnson will embrace proof-of-citizenship voting in anti-shutdown measure
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NBC News:
Poll: Half of Gen Z voters support Harris, one-third back Trump — The NBC News Stay Tuned Gen Z Poll powered by SurveyMonkey shows Harris with a significant lead over Trump, but not quite the deficit Trump suffered in 2020. — Half of Gen Z voters say they'll vote for Vice President Kamala Harris …
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CNN:
CNN polls across six battlegrounds find Georgia and Pennsylvania are key toss-ups — The 2024 presidential campaign's home stretch kicks off with a mixed outlook across six key battlegrounds, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in each state. Vice President Kamala Harris holds …
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Kayla Clarke / WDIV-TV:
New poll shows where Michigan voters stand in Trump-Harris race
New poll shows where Michigan voters stand in Trump-Harris race
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ProPublica:
Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much” — In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute's Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas. The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan …
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Josh Marshall on how the “liberal media” works against Dems — “Republicans in the national political conversation have trained the press to think, ‘We play hard. We break the rules sometimes.’” — ∙ Paid … How is it possible that the elite press, comprised largely …
CNN:
SURPRISE! — Hello again, it's Brian Stelter — yes, really. — I am thrilled to share that I am returning as the lead author of CNN's Reliable Sources newsletter, the digest I founded in 2015. — But this is not going to be a “Back to the Future” remake.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Brian Stelter returning to CNN as chief media analyst
Brian Stelter returning to CNN as chief media analyst
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort …
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Politico:
Central NY House fight plays out on air — The ad war in the Syracuse-area House district represented by one of the country's most vulnerable Republicans has been lopsided for weeks. — Democratic groups that see Rep. Brandon Williams' seat as ripe for the flipping have been pummeling …
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NBC News:
House GOP leaders weigh options as Trump pushes for a government shutdown fight — House Republican leaders are considering tying federal funding to a GOP election bill that Democrats say is a poison pill. The deadline to avoid a shutdown is Sept. 30. — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Hackers breach social media accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump — Fake posts on X touted a Trump family cryptocurrency venture. — Hackers apparently breached the social media accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump on Tuesday, distributing what the former president's son said were two fake posts touting a family cryptocurrency venture.
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's request to intervene in wake of hush money conviction — A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump's request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president's attempt at an end-run around the state court …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Why thousands of Florida students are not being taught sex ed — In May 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed Florida House Bill 1069, a law that requires sex education classes in the state to conform to right-wing ideology. Specifically, the law requires all sex education classes …
Lorena O'Neil / Louisiana Illuminator:
Doctors grapple with how to save women's lives amid ‘confusion and angst’ over new Louisiana law — When a woman starts bleeding out after labor, every second matters. But soon, under a new state law, Louisiana doctors might not be able to quickly access one of the most widely used life-saving medications for postpartum hemorrhage.
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Rebecca Picciotto / NBC News:
Trump Media stock falls to new low — Donald Trump and other major investors will be allowed to sell their shares in the Truth Social parent company later this month. — The share price of Trump Media, whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump, fell Tuesday …
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The Assembly NC:
Ex-Porn Shop Employees Say Mark Robinson Was A Regular. He Denies It. — After he embraced Christianity in the late 1980s, the GOP candidate for governor says his behavior “did not immediately reform.” Six men say Robinson frequented Greensboro video-porn shops in the '90s and early 2000s.
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Politico:
Republicans pushing Christianity into public schools are hitting resistance — even in red states — New policies in places like Florida, Louisiana and Oklahoma are rekindling the debate over the separation of church and state. — Florida now allows chaplains in public schools.
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