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Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:
A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government — The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Aileen Graef / CNN:
White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ — Donald Trump Media Fighting disinformation — The White House has launched another taxpayer-funded television ad before the midterms, this time featuring imagery of President Donald Trump walking …
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The Hill, Politico and The Independent
Garrett Downs / CNBC:
Taxpayer-funded Trump ads draw bipartisan scrutiny ahead of midterms … Television advertisements with a pro-Trump message — and paid for by the U.S. government — are expanding their reach ahead of November's midterm elections, prompting bipartisan scrutiny over whether the campaign complies …
Katherine Doyle / Washington Post:
White House expands taxpayer-paid ad campaign boosting Trump
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Sen. John Fetterman says it's “entirely possible” Democrats take back Senate, says “let's revisit after the midterm” on his plans — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said Saturday that it's “entirely possible” his party could win control of the Senate in the midterm elections …
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Telegraph:
Counter-terror police investigate Iran link to suspected RAF base bomb plot — Donald Trump says five men arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act were ‘looking to do big damage’ — Will Bolton , Crime correspondent. Emily Smith. Rozina Sabur , National Security Editor. Tom Jeffreys
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Associated Press:
5 men arrested near UK air base used by US in Iran war on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act
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BBC:
Five men arrested as counter-terror police investigate major incident near RAF Fairford
Five men arrested as counter-terror police investigate major incident near RAF Fairford
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Newsbusters, The Daily Sceptic, Daily Mail, HuffPost, The Japan Times, Associated Press, Bloomberg, New York Times and Al Jazeera
Daniel Dale / CNN:
I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I've learned — Donald Trump Media Fighting disinformation — Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project …
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Axios:
Scoop: Anthropic's Dario Amodei to have White House dinner with Trump — President Trump plans to host Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at a private White House dinner on Sunday evening, sources familiar told Axios. … - Top tech CEOs from OpenAI's Sam Altman to Google's Sundar Pichai flanked Trump during …
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Maria Curi / Axios:
Amodei critics target Trump with hit piece before White House dinner
Amodei critics target Trump with hit piece before White House dinner
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Khanna says third Trump impeachment would be about ‘setting a standard’ — Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said a third attempt to impeach President Trump if Democrats take control of Congress in November would be about “setting a standard” of accountability.
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Jim Jordan predicts third Trump impeachment if Democrats take control of House
Jim Jordan predicts third Trump impeachment if Democrats take control of House
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
After nixing Iran proposal, Trump tells Axios he expects talks this week — One day after he rejected an Iranian proposal to end the war, President Trump told Axios in a phone interview on Sunday that he expects U.S. negotiators to engage in more talks with the country this week.
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Jalen Beckford / Politico:
Waltz says Iran wanted sanctions relief up front in rejected deal; Tehran pushes back
Waltz says Iran wanted sanctions relief up front in rejected deal; Tehran pushes back
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
She helped lead a far-right internet movement. Then it turned on her. — Inspired by female conservative influencers, Amy Dangerfield worked to become one of Nick Fuentes's model “groypettes.” A vicious fight left her grappling with the dark side of far-right fame.
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Ryan King / New York Post:
Iran's economy will have ‘nothing’ left ‘within two weeks,’ Scott Bessent warns — WASHINGTON — Iran's beleaguered economy will soon have “nothing to trade” in about two weeks after it makes its final oil deliveries, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed.
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. Marines injured in recent Iranian attack — The previously unreported attack occurred Sept. 14 when Iran struck a ship U.S. forces were on in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say. — WASHINGTON — Eight U.S. Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian cruise missile attacked …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
We need to find the words for Trump's madness before things blow up — Newspaper readers on Earth 2 woke up this week to a shocking headline in the Bizarro New York Times: “President's Mental Health Crisis Spirals Downward Again in Stunning and Senseless Speech to UN.”
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
AOC test-runs a Senate bid in upstate New York … - She's barnstorming through upstate New York, meeting with local officials, and kicking off a voter turnout program that could help her collect valuable data for a possible Senate campaign. … But it doubled as a way to test AOC's appeal far …
Maggie Severns / Wall Street Journal:
Why Are Democratic Donors Putting Money Into a Long-Shot Mississippi Senate Race? — George Soros and other big Democratic donors have an eye on a seat the GOP has safely held for decades — JACKSON, Miss.—Soon after District Attorney Scott Colom sat down at a Waffle House earlier this month …
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Bill Gates says global AI cooperation is ‘more difficult’ than nuclear talks — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said global cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) will be “more difficult” than talks on nuclear proliferation during the Cold War. — “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker asked Gates …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says — President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China's leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale. — 阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
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Molly Jong-Fast / New York Times:
The Mean Girls Presidency — I was once a teenage girl, but not a very cool one. I never had the right vintage jeans. I never wore the right high-heeled Free Lance boots, the ones that all the cool girls had. — I think about this a lot while watching how Donald Trump runs the White House …
Jason DeRose / NPR:
These Democrats are making Christianity a centerpiece of their midterm campaigns — On a recent Sunday at Brentwood Baptist Church in Houston, James Talarico stood at the pulpit. — A state representative in the Texas House, Talarico is a former middle school teacher …

