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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Ohio Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo  —  Jon Husted's campaign, after being contacted by The Post, said it would part ways with the political director.  —  Summary  —  A top campaign staffer for Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) once used a photo of SS soldiers …
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Gavin J. Quinton / The Washington Sun:
Husted Fires Political Director Over Past Nazi Posts  —  Sen. Jon Husted fired his campaign's political director Friday after discovering the staffer had posted Nazi imagery on social media and made playlists of songs celebrating Rhodesia, an unrecognized south African state often touted by white supremacists.
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists  —  Communism, in the president's hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were.  Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.
Discussion: MS NOW and NPR
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Politico:
Republicans assess Trump's convention with a shrug  —  DALLAS - Republicans breathed a sigh of relief that the GOP midterm convention didn't go poorly.  But many aren't convinced it will help in November.  —  On flights out of Dallas Friday morning, Republicans were grateful that the novel concept …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump asks convention crowd to pledge to him they will vote, ‘cheat like hell’
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CNN:
Saudi Arabian oil pipeline system hit by projectiles triggering fires
New York Times:
Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Reflecting Pool Failure  —  The contractor said the pool's new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.  —  The contractor that renovated …
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Josephine Walker / Axios:   Reflecting Pool contractor admits faulty repairs, not vandalism, caused damage
CBS News:
Trump says he would “love” a unified Ireland, as he kicks off visit that mixes diplomacy and golf  —  President Trump said Saturday he would love to see a unified Ireland as he kicked off a visit to the country, where he will meet with leaders and attend a major golf tournament at one of his courses.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Jabs at Europe on Trade, Immigration During Ireland Visit
Discussion: Associated Press and GB News
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Links Chinese Satellite Imagery to Iranian Strike That Killed Three Troops  —  Finding deepens U.S.-China tensions ahead of the Trump-Xi summit as officials examine possible Chinese help tracking American warships  —  Before Iran carried out its attack that killed three U.S. troops in July …
Discussion: New York Post
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Inflation Complicates Trump's Midterms Pitch to Voters  —  Gas prices are high, mortgage rates are climbing and inflation remains well above target, complicating the president's midterm appeal.  —  With less than two months until the midterm elections, President Trump commenced a final push …
Discussion: MS NOW
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Herb Scribner / Axios:
How Trump's $5,000 check promise is supposed to work
New York Times:
How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech  —  President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.  —  NEWS ANALYSIS  —  President Trump has harnessed agencies across …
Washington Post:
These are the Trump investigations Democrats plan if they win in November  —  Democrats hope to retake control of the House, and to use that power to probe Trump's business ventures, legal maneuvers and policies.  —  Summary  —  House Democrats are eagerly preparing to wield a power they do not yet have.
Zeteo:
Trump Partied in Texas as Iran and Its Allies Began a ‘Tet Offensive’ on the World Economy  —  ‘It looks bad, I am willing to admit it,’ a Trump adviser told Zeteo late Thursday.  —  ∙ Paid  —  DALLAS — The Republican Party's “Trump-a-palooza” midterm convention in Texas concluded …
Discussion: Daily Mail and CBS News
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
As MAGA Inc. begins to spend on Senate races, super PAC chief says he's ‘cautiously optimistic’ about midterms  —  Top Trump political adviser James Blair spoke with NBC News' new podcast, “Here's the Scoop: Election Edition,” about the midterms and the super PAC's spending.
Discussion: Forbes
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
C.I.A. Releases Intelligence Sent to White House Before Sept. 11  —  The spy agency released dozens of intelligence documents it had sent to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, outlining what was known about Al Qaeda.  —  Tucked at the end of a Sept. 10, 1998, intelligence report sent …
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CIA:
CIA Releases President's Daily Briefs in Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Record diesel prices squeeze food, transport  —  The record price of diesel threatens to stoke inflation at a time when consumers are already price-sensitive and businesses are reeling from higher costs due to trade tensions. … - That's up 60% from a year earlier.
Zoe Williams / The Guardian:
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect.  It turns you into a supremacist’  —  She's tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires.  She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursuit of power
Discussion: New York Times
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
The Numbers Don't Lie: Trump's Convention Speech Was a Total Flop … Republicans spent more than $40 million to produce their unprecedented midterm convention—but even that enormous investment couldn't convince the American public to tune in.  —  Donald Trump spoke at the Dallas event …
Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms  —  The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.  —  A Russian disinformation campaign is targeting the midterms …
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Attorney General Blanche said Trump's ‘weaponization fund’ was dead.  Now DOJ is appealing  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) told a federal judge Friday it's appealing a scorching court order against President Donald Trump's attempt to sue himself to create an almost $2 billion fund for his political allies.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
USPS Tries Rejecting Entire County's Ballot Over Spacing Issue  —  A Florida county's mail-in ballot envelope design was almost rejected by the U.S. Postal Service for less than two-hundredths of an inch.  —  Leon County, Florida's mail ballot envelope design placed the words …
Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic Says Iran Used Its American AI Model to Target U.S. Navy Warships  —  Anthropic says it disrupted the plot, which was included in its report on adversaries using AI to develop weapons and track dissidents  —  Iran used American-developed artificial-intelligence models to try …
 
 
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
A federal health program for 9/11 responders is still short-staffed
Cameron Peters / Vox:
25 years after 9/11, the GOP has never been more anti-Muslim
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
Misconduct Inquiry Gives N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill Another Headache
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Woman deported to Afghanistan in first use of Alien Terrorist Removal Court
Torrie Herrington / The Washington Sun:
George W. Bush Paints the Moment He Was Told About 9/11
 Earlier Items: 
Jeronimo Gonzalez / Semafor:
Treasury yields soar to almost 5% on inflation fears
Discussion: CoinDesk and Bloomberg
The Washington Sun:
Inside Trump's Aggressive Push to Build Data Centers on Public Lands
Discussion: Washington Examiner and MS NOW
Mark Alfred / The Washington Sun:
Sen. Jim Justice Failed to Properly Disclose His Massive Wealth
Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
Discussion: NextDraft and New Republic
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open
Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say
Discussion: Reuters
 

 
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