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Megan Messerly / Politico:
POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access — A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump administration overnight to immediately restore access for news organizations …
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
POLITICO, CNN, MS NOW barred from White House after court ruling restoring access — A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump administration overnight to immediately restore access for news organizations …
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Washington Post:
CNN, Politico, MS NOW journalists barred from White House after judge blocks Trump's ban — U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to temporarily restore the journalists' credentials and said the ban was probably unconstitutional. — Summary
CNN:
Judge orders Trump administration to immediately reinstate White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico — Donald Trump Media National security Human rights — Federal Judge Timothy Kelly has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico's access …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Live Updates: CNN, MS NOW and Politico Return to White House After Fight Over Access — A federal court ordered the Trump administration to reverse its ban on the outlets, but reporters were initially denied entry to the White House grounds on Thursday. — Here's the latest.
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Reuters, Bloomberg, CBS News, Election Law Blog and Reason, more at Mediagazer »
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
JD Vance Planted the Story That Sparked White House Media Ban — One of the stories the White House cited to justify its ban on Politico, MS NOW, and CNN had Vice President JD Vance as its main source. — The Washington Post reports that during a press call in June, the Trump administration …
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The Parnas Perspective, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Washington Sun and Scripps News
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Bumbling MAGA Media Tries to Launch Their Own White House Pool
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Ace of Spades HQ and The Post Millennial
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump's White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
Judge Blocks Trump's White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The White House banned Politico, citing anonymous sources. It provided the quotes.
The White House banned Politico, citing anonymous sources. It provided the quotes.
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The Independent, New York Times, The Daily Beast, MeidasTouch, Talking Points Memo, Townhall, RedState, NBC News and Mediaite
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Source Behind The Ban
The Source Behind The Ban
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Civil Discourse …, The Bulwark, The Independent, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
Judge restores White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW
Judge restores White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW
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MS NOW, The Hill, Reuters, NPR, Courthouse News Service, New York Times, WJBK-TV, Straight Arrow, Blaze Media, Wall Street Journal, Poynter, Al Jazeera, twitchy.com, Deseret News, The Hollywood Reporter, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner, The Washington Sun, Reason, Mediaite, Breitbart, [your]NEWS, Associated Press, The Independent, Deadline, New Republic, CBS News and Bloomberg
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Mary Peltola's Campaign in Alaska Senate Race Is Rocked by Tumult, With Angry Outbursts and Slurs — Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos. — National Democrats cheered …
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Elleiana Green / Politico:
Trump administration launches pro-Trump TV ad ahead of midterms — The Trump administration launched a new television advertisement featuring President Donald Trump calling out socialism, communism and marxism, appearing to use government resources to go on air in the weeks before the midterm election.
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The blue wave is mostly in red states. That's a little weird. — Still Counting Episode 3 is out. Video version above, audio below. We'll be publishing these each week here at the newsletter. But for faster access, please subscribe on YouTube or follow us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 80, Mocked for Telling Choice of Clothing at Xi Jinping Meet — HIDING SOMETHING? — A photographer revealed what the president was hiding. — President Donald Trump has been mocked after pulling out his winter wardrobe to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in pleasant fall weather.
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Daily Mail and The Independent
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump Edits Melania Out of Weird AI Photo—but Leaves in an Aide
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The Independent and Newsweek
The Washington Sun:
Xi Kicks Off White House Visit With a Veiled Shot About Doing Business in the U.S.
Xi Kicks Off White House Visit With a Veiled Shot About Doing Business in the U.S.
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New York Times, The Hill, Washington Examiner, CBS News, New York Post, Politico, Scripps News, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Al Jazeera, Reuters, New Republic, Mediaite and NPR, more at Techmeme »
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump courts Xi with pomp as China seeks greater global influence
Trump courts Xi with pomp as China seeks greater global influence
Reuters:
US to seek Supreme Court relief after court blocks third-country removals — President Donald Trump's administration will ask the US Supreme Court to allow it to continue to swiftly deport migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to raise any safety concerns …
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Washington Examiner, American Prospect and El País
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Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
Judges Reject ICE's Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Scrambles to Stop Third-Country Deportations After Court Ruling
Trump Administration Scrambles to Stop Third-Country Deportations After Court Ruling
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The Guardian, ABC News and Fox News
G. Elliott Morris / FiftyPlusOne:
No president has gone into a midterm election this unpopular. Not even George W. Bush in 2006. — Democrats hit new midterm high as Trump's approval rating reaches a new low — Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump stood in front of a crowd of supporters at a first-of-its-kind midterms convention …
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Newsweek and Strength In Numbers
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New York Times:
Carney Lays Out His Vision for Breaking Canada's Reliance on U.S. … Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada during an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday.Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times — Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said that he had prepared over the past year for the …
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The Hill, The Independent, The Post Millennial, Politico and Cult MTL
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Casey He / Politico:
Canada's Carney says he studied risk of US invasion
Canada's Carney says he studied risk of US invasion
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GZERO and National Review
KASW-TV:
Kyrsten Sinema's ex-bodyguard accused of causing $200K in damage at her Cave Creek home — Matthew Ammel allegedly threw artwork into pool — CAVE CREEK, AZ (AZFamily) — The former bodyguard accused of having an affair with former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is facing felony charges …
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The Washington Sun, Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit and TMZ.com
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Miranda Yaver / MS NOW:
You should be skeptical of JD Vance's claims about Obamacare fraud — A government task force led by Vice President JD Vance announced on Tuesday that it will remove 760,000 allegedly improper enrollments from the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces. The move is the latest in the administration's efforts …
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Forbes, The Federalist, Mercury News, American Greatness, New Republic, [your]NEWS and Deseret News
Paul Krugman:
Donald the Deadbeat Does Diesel — Trump gets ready to stiff more contractors — There's a strong whiff of desperation coming off the Republican Party these days, and it smells a lot like diesel fumes. All indications are that the G.O.P. is headed for a huge defeat in the midterms …
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The Economist, emptywheel, Politico, Erick Erickson's Show Notes, KEYT-TV, Jared Bernstein, The Washington Sun, The Hill, Reuters and New Republic
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Our Politicians Suck. But Our Voters Do, Too. — And the political system we've built brings out the worst in both. — 1. Springfield — I'm heading to Ohio in a couple hours because we're doing a live show tomorrow to raise money for the Haitian community in Springfield. — You guys always step up.
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Ohio Capital Journal
Dan Merica / Washington Post:
Trump-backed Nevada Republican exaggerated Bronze Star award in two campaigns — Congressional hopeful David Flippo said his staff made a mistake in an announcement video for an earlier campaign. It was repeated in fundraising solicitations this year. — Summary
Politico:
Young men are swinging away hard from Republicans, pessimistic about economy, new poll finds — Republicans' 2024 gains among young men have evaporated — and that could have instant ramifications this November, according to a new Cygnal poll. — President Donald Trump narrowly carried young men in 2024 …
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The Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the @smotus report
Timothy Nerozzi / Washington Examiner:
Reform slips behind Labour and Conservatives in latest voter poll thanks to ‘Burnham bounce’ — A poll conducted by data analytics firm YouGov shows the Labour Party is bouncing back into a strong first-place position among British voters, firmly eclipsing the insurgent Reform UK.
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YouGov, Metro.co.uk, Bloomberg, HuffPost and Politico
D.J. Byrnes / The Rooster:
Ohio Democrats' trans panic, explained — Or why Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur won't be taking down her transphobic ads anytime soon. — ∙ Paid — The liquidation of newspapers alongside the rise of a billionaire-funded, right-wing propaganda network has disconnected Americans from state and local politics.
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Ohio Capital Journal
Zehra Munir / Financial Times:
US mortgage rates breach 7% as affordability pressures mount — Surging yields on government bonds and rising oil prices from the war in Iran drive inflation fears as national elections near — Interest rates on US 30-year mortgages topped 7 per cent for the first time in almost two years …
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The Hill, The Guardian, New York Times, Bloomberg, CBS News and NewsMax.com
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state's power over local law enforcement — The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year's special …
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Washington Post, Associated Press, courts.ca.gov and Los Angeles Times


