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3:00 PM ET, September 8, 2019

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CBS News:
Elizabeth Warren rises as Joe Biden clings to delegate edge — CBS News Battleground Tracker  —  This poll tells a story of Elizabeth Warren rising.  But not Joe Biden falling.  —  The former vice president now clings to a narrow lead over Warren in our CBS News/YouGov Tracker estimate …
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Tom Steyer Qualifies for October Debates, Bringing Field to 11  —  Mr. Steyer has made the cut for the Democratic presidential debates in October, though he will not be onstage this week.  Tulsi Gabbard is also close to securing a spot.  —  Tom Steyer, the billionaire and former hedge fund …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Joe Biden ahead in Democratic race, with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren filling out the top tier  —  Former vice president Joe Biden holds a modest lead in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, bolstered by his personal appeal and current perceptions among Democratic voters …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
The One-Two Punch That Second-Tier Democrats Are Counting On  —  The shrinking calendar has those who are lagging the front-runners looking for new life in their campaigns.  The rationale for staying in the race is that Joseph R. Biden Jr. will fade.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Amy Klobuchar …
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
DNC Chair Perez defends stricter criteria for next Democratic primary debate
Discussion: Breitbart
Christina Prignano / BostonGlobe.com:
Biden, Warren lead Democratic presidential primary race in Mass., poll finds
Discussion: Political Wire
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Taliban Talks Hit a Wall Over Deeper Disagreements, Officials Say  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Even as President Trump blamed a recent Taliban attack for his decision to call off nearly year-long negotiations with the insurgents, officials suggested on Sunday it had more to do with the Taliban's resistance …
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Cara Anna / Associated Press:
AP Explains: How Trump upended US-Taliban peace talks  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — With a series of tweets, President Donald Trump has upended nearly a year of U.S.-Taliban negotiations on ending America's longest war.  He has “called off” the talks and asserted that a planned secret meeting between …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Fake peace plan!’:  CNN conservative rains hell on Trump for publicity stunt Taliban meeting announcement  —  Neither of the two conservatives sitting on Sunday morning's CNN “State of the Union” panel were pleased by President Donald Trump plan — now aborted — to invite Taliban leaders …
New York Times:
Trump Says He's Called Off Negotiations With Taliban After Afghanistan Bombing
CNN:
US still interested in Taliban peace deal, Pompeo says
Discussion: Bloomberg, Axios and Mediaite
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Previously Unknown Sources Come Forward in a New Book About Harvey Weinstein  —  Two years before the allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against Harvey Weinstein became public, his own brother and business partner, Bob Weinstein, confronted him, pleading with him to get medical treatment …
Discussion: NPR
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Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
How the New York Times broke Harvey Weinstein  —  Review of ‘She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement’ by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey  —  It was Oct. 5, 2017, just hours after the New York Times published a brutal story detailing Harvey Weinstein's alleged …
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
He's in: Mark Sanford, SC Republican, formally declares GOP White House 2020 bid  —  Facing long odds in a fractured Republican Party, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford this morning formally announced his bid to challenge President Donald Trump for the White House.
Discussion: Fox News, Slate and Political Wire
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:   South Carolina GOP appears to violate own rules in canceling primary for Trump
Allan Smith / NBC News:   Former Rep. Mark Sanford announces he will challenge Trump in GOP primary
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Manager: Trump family building ‘dynasty’ for decades to come  —  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign manager predicted Saturday that the president and his family will become “a dynasty that will last for decades,” transforming the Republican Party while hewing to conservative values.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Boris Johnson Finds His Party Loyalists Aren't as Loyal as Trump's  —  LONDON — Britain and the United States have often seemed lashed together amid the populist storms of the last few years — Brexit and the Trump White House echoing and amplifying each other across the Atlantic.
Discussion: New York Post
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Zosia Wanat / Politico:
French minister: EU won't grant UK Brexit delay as things stand
Jonathan Franzen / New Yorker:
What If We Stopped Pretending?  —  The climate apocalypse is coming.  To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can't prevent it.  —  “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.”  This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Joe Mcdonald / Associated Press:
China's trade with US shrinks as tariff war worsens  —  BEIJING (AP) — China's trade with the United States is falling as the two sides prepare for negotiations with no signs of progress toward ending a tariff war that threatens global economic growth.  —  Imports of American goods tumbled 22% …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Trade between U.S. and China plummets ahead of October negotiations
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Trump to visit Baltimore Thursday, a city he called a ‘rodent infested mess’  —  Just weeks after lambasting Baltimore as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” President Trump will visit the Maryland city to huddle with congressional Republicans — a gathering that could draw local protests …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Washington Post:
NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump  —  Nearly a week before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publicly backed President Trump over its own scientists, a top NOAA official warned its staff against contradicting the president.
 
 
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continues ducking questions about Senate race
Discussion: Political Wire
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller:
Antifa Calls A Black Man Who Has De-Radicalized KKK Members A White Supremacist
Discussion: RedState
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back
Francois Murphy / Reuters:
Exclusive: IAEA found uranium traces at Iran ‘atomic warehouse’ - diplomats
Victoria Guida / Politico:
GOP senator urges Trump to set guidelines for gun legislation
Discussion: Fox News
MSNBC:
Report: Republicans didn't go to Trump hotels until he became POTUS
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Alter / The Daily Beast:
Yes, Democrats Should Impeach Trump — and Make Mitch McConnell Defend His Acquittal
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN, KTLA and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
End Legacy College Admissions
Guy Lodge / Variety:
‘Joker’ Wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Roman Polanski Takes Runner-Up Prize
Discussion: twitchy.com
John Bowden / The Hill:
Gabbard: Impeachment would only tear US apart
Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Immigration agents arrest Houston father and community activist lauded by the city after he invited ICE to a town hall
Matt Stout / BostonGlobe.com:
Suffolk/Globe poll finds Kennedy leading Markey in possible Senate primary matchup
 

 
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