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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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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 — The taxpayer-funded campaign borrows the president's political rhetoric as the White House defends the spots as “public service” announcements. — SummaryLoading... The White House has expanded a series …
Ally Goelz / New York Post:
Fetterman says he's a ‘lifelong Republican’ in awkward slip — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman on Saturday accidentally declared himself a “lifelong Republican” — a slip by the Democrat whose moderate leanings have fueled months of speculation about a party switch.
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Wall Street Journal:
Iran Pressed to Make Nuclear Concessions to Revive Peace Talks With U.S. — Mediators described it as a long-shot bid to revive negotiations to avoid all-out war after President Trump rejected a seven-day truce — Peace negotiators are pressing Iran to make a concession on its nuclear program …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
After nixing Iran proposal, Trump tells Axios he expects talks 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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Associated Press:
5 men arrested near UK air base used by US in Iran war on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act — U.K. police said that five men arrested in the early hours of Sunday near an air base used by the United States during its war against Iran are being held on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act that appeared to involve three trucks.
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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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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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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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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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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 …
Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:
CNN's Daniel Dale Pens Scathing Feature Recounting 10 Years Of Decoding Trump's ‘Remarkable Number of Lies’ — CNN's Daniel Dale penned a piece for CNN.com where he recounted the monumental effort it has taken to decode Donald Trump's “remarkable number of lies” over the past 10 years.
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Wall Street Journal:
Defense Firms Are Rushing to Boost Missile Output. It's Coming Too Late. — Factories central to refilling America's weapons stockpiles have suffered from underinvestment and inconsistent contracting — A Tucson, Ariz., factory run by defense giant RTX is working around the clock …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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