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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: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Warren gains, Harris slips — and the room for movement is vast
Discussion: CNN, twitchy.com and New York Post
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
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:   The One-Two Punch That Second-Tier Democrats Are Counting On
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: PJ Media Home, 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
Victoria Guida / Politico:
No deal: Trump's skills face new questions after scuttling of Afghan talks
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: Variety, NPR and Page Six
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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 …
Susan Faludi / New York Times:
‘She Said’ Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story
Discussion: Althouse
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
Train wreck Britain still shows America a thing or 2 about political courage, cowardice  —  Who would ever want to live in this train wreck of a Western democracy?  The government is led by an utter buffoon — an oversize clown with yellow hair blowing every which way who can't utter …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Boris Johnson Finds His Party Loyalists Aren't as Loyal as Trump's
Discussion: New York Post
Zosia Wanat / Politico:
French minister: EU won't grant UK Brexit delay as things stand
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: Slate and Fox News
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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
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Democrats to Broaden Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump to Corruption Accusations  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats return to Washington this week poised to significantly broaden their nascent impeachment inquiry into President Trump beyond the findings of the Russia investigation, but they will confront a fast-dwindling political clock.
Discussion: Slate and POLITICUSUSA
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Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
Corey Lewandowski to be first Trump associate to have public hearing with House Judiciary Committee
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Beast
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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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 …
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE — A Monticello tour guide was explaining how enslaved people built, planted and tended a terrace of vegetables at Thomas Jefferson's estate earlier this summer when a woman interrupted to share her annoyance.
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: Associated Press and Raw Story
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 …
Los Angeles Times:
California boat fire probe widens as FBI and Coast Guard serve search warrants on Conception owner  —  In a significant expansion of the investigation into the Labor Day boat fire that killed 34 people, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Coast Guard …
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
No sign of Trump's hurricane here in Alabama  —  MOBILE, Ala. — The city stands.  —  The grocery stores are fully stocked, the Home Depot has no lack of generators, tarps and plywood, and it's business as usual at the Waffle Houses.  —  Boaters on the Mobile River have been urged to caution …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Echoing Trump, Israeli leader pushes for election cameras
Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren:
Tulsi Gabbard is inaugural guest for Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren
Discussion: Townhall and Daily Wire
Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
AP: Share of women seeking out-of-state abortions increases
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continues ducking questions about Senate race
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Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller:
Antifa Calls A Black Man Who Has De-Radicalized KKK Members A White Supremacist
Discussion: RedState
Francois Murphy / Reuters:
Exclusive: IAEA found uranium traces at Iran ‘atomic warehouse’ - diplomats
Discussion: Gizmodo and New York Times
Victoria Guida / Politico:
GOP senator urges Trump to set guidelines for gun legislation