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10:05 PM ET, September 27, 2023

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Associated Press:
Judge Chutkan denies Trump's request to recuse herself in federal election subversion case  —  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Wednesday she won't recuse herself from Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington, rejecting the former president's claims …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Asked His Lawyers for Ways to Suppress His ‘Perfect Call’  —  The former president says his demand to ‘find’ votes in Georgia was absolutely pristine.  Some of his lawyers have a different view  —  IN PUBLIC, DONALD Trump says his conversation with the Georgia secretary of state asking to …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Aliza Chasan / CBS News:
Gen. Milley says he has “appropriate” safety measures after Trump social media threat  —  Outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has “appropriate measures” to ensure his safety, he said this week in his first public response to shocking comments made by former President …
Discussion: HuffPost and Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
Ruling Against Trump Cuts to the Heart of His Identity  —  The finding by a judge in a New York civil case that Donald Trump committed fraud in valuing his real estate properties undermined the narrative of the business career that launched him in politics.  —  Nearly every aspect …
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
Let's Not Sleepwalk Into Another Trump Presidency
Discussion: The Hill
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Votes to Strip Defense Secretary of Salary as Right Wing Flexes Muscles  —  Little more than three days before a government shutdown, the Republican-led House spent the day adding hard-right proposals to a series of doomed spending bills.  —  The Republican-led House voted on Wednesday …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
McCarthy told conference he won't allow vote on Senate stopgap: GOP lawmakers
Washington Post:
McCarthy's new shutdown strategy: Shifting the blame
Discussion: Punchbowl News and Raw Story
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Trump Tries to Court Blue-Collar Workers at a Nonunion Factory  —  A day after President Biden appeared on a union picket line, the former president will speak at an auto parts factory, but it's unclear whether any striking workers will be in the crowd.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump …
Mary K. Jacob / New York Post:
Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate worth ‘at least’ $300M, not $18M as NY judge cites  —  A New York judge's Tuesday ruling valuing Donald Trump's sprawling, headline-making Florida estate at $18 million has left industry experts perplexed.  —  In his verdict, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice …
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David Cay Johnston / DCReport.org:
Judge Gives Trump Organization the Corporate Death Penalty
NBC News:
Republican congressman struggles to answer questions about allegations Biden has influenced the DOJ  —  The House Ways and Means Committee chairman was asked to explain how documents provided by his panel showed evidence of wrongdoing or a two-tiered justice system.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
At second Republican debate, all eyes are on insurgent Nikki Haley  —  With Donald Trump skipping out again, the rest of the 2024 hopefuls are fighting one another for a shot at his title.  —  Nikki Haley's comet soars or crashes Wednesday night.  —  All anti-Trump Republican eyes …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The Republican debate is fake
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Jared Kushner pressured Washington Post to fire editor over Russia, book says  —  Marty Baron says Trump's son-in-law leaned on Post publisher to withdraw support of Russia election interference investigation  —  Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner …
US Department of Justice:
Four-Time Congressional Candidate Charged in Long-Running Misuse of Campaign Funds  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California  —  LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors today unsealed a grand jury indictment that accuses a Torrance man who was a candidate …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The impeachment inquiry is starting exactly as might have been expected  —  When the Democratic majority in the House held the first public hearing in its 2019 impeachment inquiry targeting President Trump, it heard testimony from members of Trump's administration who could speak to the central allegation …
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Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
In Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps  —  Dozens of leaders, mostly from Western states, have asked the Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions that restrict enforcement against public camping.  —  Garbage, feces and needles run through …
Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Musk's X disabled feature for reporting electoral misinformation - researcher  —  Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections, a research organisation said on Wednesday, throwing fresh concern about false claims spreading just before major U.S. and Australian votes.
Cory Doctorow / New York Times:
Amazon Is the Apex Predator of Our Platform Era  —  The Federal Trade Commission's chair, Lina Khan, has brought her long-awaited, audacious case against Amazon, signaling the Biden administration's determination to restore an approach to competition law that has been in decline since the Carter administration.
Scott Stump / NBC News:
Colin Kaepernick writes letter offering to join Jets after Aaron Rodgers injury  —  The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who has been out of the NFL since 2016, offered to play on the Jets' practice squad as the team struggles without Rodgers.  —  Seven years after he last took an NFL snap …
Mackenzie Mays / Los Angeles Times:
New law allows doctors living in ‘hostile’ red states to get abortion training in California  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom signed another round of reproductive health bills into law on Wednesday, including legislation that allows doctors living under “hostile” laws in states where abortion is banned to receive training in California.
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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Steve Reilly / The Messenger:
Trump's Georgia Prosecutor Fires Back at Efforts to Have RICO Case Charges Dismissed
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Christopher Condon / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Political Wire
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Bidens' dog bites Secret Service officer in 11th known aggressive incident
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CBS News:
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Discussion: ABC7
Kerry Breen / CBS News:
Arrest made in connection to 2015 disappearance and murder of Crystal Rogers, Kentucky mother of 5
CNBC:
Target says it will close nine stores in major cities, citing violence and theft
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
US Senator Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to corruption charges
NBC10 Philadelphia:
At least 20 arrested in night of looting throughout Philly, police say
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Bloomberg:
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