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Laura Chung / New York Times:
Fury in California After Trump Suggests Iran ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego — Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Mr. Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.” — California leaders condemned …
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Newsom tags in State Threat Assessment Center over Trump's Iran nuclear comments — California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday said he directed the State Threat Assessment Center to monitor for any possible threats to the Golden State after President Trump's “invitation” for Iran to “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego.
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New York Times, Axios, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, New York Post, RedState, Associated Press, HuffPost, MS NOW, Alternet.org, TMZ.com and The Wrap
Lindsey Holden / Politico:
Newsom orders threat monitoring after Trump's remarks
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The Hill and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads — A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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Politico, The Guardian, Alternet.org, MS NOW, CityNews Toronto, Reuters and Roll Call
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson defends Trump's taxpayer-funded ads — but says it's ‘good’ MAGA Inc. is paying now — BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania — Speaker Mike Johnson defended President Donald Trump's use of taxpayer funded political-themed ads ahead of the election, but he said it was “good” that MAGA Inc. would pay for them going forward.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Associated Press, The Guardian and Political.org
Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Trump won't reimburse government for controversial ads
Trump won't reimburse government for controversial ads
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The Washington Sun, WTOP News, Daily Kos, The Independent, Newsweek, Axios, Scripps News, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post and RedState
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Russia's plague mystery: What we know about the suspected outbreak — The White House is monitoring a suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in Russia, raising immediate concerns for scientists, researchers and health officials worldwide. … Without treatment, it is nearly always fatal …
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The Hill, The Atlantic, ABC News, The Guardian, Breitbart, Forbes, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, NewsMax.com, UnHerd, RedState, Daily Mail, MS NOW, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, NewsNation, Al Jazeera, RTÉ, Mediaite, Semafor, WBUR, Political.org and PBS NewsHour
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
US reups do-not-travel warning for Russia over ‘suspected pneumonic plague’
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Fox News, New York Post, Reuters, Mediaite and Axios
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump says he plans to speak with Putin about possible pneumonic plague case in Russia
Trump says he plans to speak with Putin about possible pneumonic plague case in Russia
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Washington Examiner, New York Post, IJR News, RTÉ, Associated Press, WTOP News, NewsMax.com, Mediaite and GB News
Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
CDC says ‘no indication’ of threat to US after suspected Russian plague death
CDC says ‘no indication’ of threat to US after suspected Russian plague death
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Politico, Reuters, NewsMax.com, One America News Network, CBS News and Grabien
Herb Scribner / Axios:
CDC: Monitoring Russian plague risk, “prepared” for any threat
CDC: Monitoring Russian plague risk, “prepared” for any threat
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The Washington Sun, Wired, Reuters, Daily Mail and RTÉ
John Hendel / Politico:
‘Head on a guillotine’: ABC says Trump's threats are already swaying coverage — ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday, but any possible reprieve is still likely weeks away.
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Politico:
Brendan Carr's ABC license fight meets a skeptical judge — A federal judge appeared skeptical Tuesday of the Federal Communications Commission's attempts to haul in ABC's eight broadcast licenses for an unprecedented early review. — U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan of Washington, D.C. …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks — The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump's commerce secretary to seize voting machines — With Election Day less than a month away, anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines …
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Media Matters for America, The Guardian, Raw Story, Yahoo News, New Republic, The Independent and Alternet.org
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government — James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president's congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice. — As President Trump crisscrossed the country …
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The Daily Caller
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Three Senate races shift toward Democrats in Cook ratings — The latest changes reflect growing worries for Republicans. — Loading... The Cook Political Report shifted its rating of three Senate races toward the left Tuesday, upgrading the chances that Democrats will win control of the Republican-held chamber in November.
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The Hill, NBC News, Newsweek, Political.org, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg and Mediaite
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Akayla Gardner / MS NOW:
A private company invited Gov. Wes Moore to a Baltimore event. Trump had him removed as a speaker. — President Donald Trump blocked Maryland Gov. Wes Moore from speaking at a White House event marking the unveiling of a new manufacturing investment in the Baltimore area, reigniting an ongoing partisan tiff between the leaders.
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Joe Gould / The Washington Sun:
Anduril Plans a $3.7 Billion Baltimore Shipyard for Virginia-Class Submarines — Anduril Industries plans to invest $3.7 billion to build a massive new shipyard in Baltimore to produce sections of Virginia-class attack submarines. The project marks a return to large-scale shipbuilding …
ProPublica:
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump's Immigration Crackdown — Experts have long warned that immigration dragnets and the erosion of civil rights for immigrants will inevitably result in the erosion of rights for citizens.
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Mediaite, New Republic and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Her Failed Execution — The death row inmate in Tennessee received two doses of a lethal injection drug last week, but lived. She was taken from the execution chamber in an ambulance. — Christa Pike, who survived two doses of a lethal injection drug …
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The Hill, Mother Jones, Political.org, Slate, Fox News, Axios and Associated Press
Aljean Harmetz / New York Times:
Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102 — A luminous beauty with dramatic depth, she brought a layered intensity to harrowing roles and seduced Cary Grant in the romantic thriller “North by Northwest.” — Eva Marie Saint, who won an Academy Award in 1955 …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters — The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration pushed the FBI …
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The Independent, New Republic and NewsMax.com
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Wall Street Journal:
Inside Bessent's Treasury: Tension, Turnover and Unmet Economic Goals — Ahead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, secretary dresses down officials — WASHINGTON—Scott Bessent was fuming. — President Trump had just asked his Treasury secretary …
Chase Pellegrini de Paur / The Washington Sun:
Collins and Jackson Trade Blame on High Costs in Maine Senate Debate — In the first of several debates, Republican Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, agreed that life is too expensive for Mainers. They disagreed on pretty much everything else.
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The Washington Free Beacon, The Portland Press Herald and Bloomberg
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Tim Balk / New York Times:
Live Updates: Collins and Jackson Clash in First Debate of Crucial Maine Senate Race
Live Updates: Collins and Jackson Clash in First Debate of Crucial Maine Senate Race
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New York Post, Associated Press, The Hill, Washington Post, NBC News, The Washington Sun, The Portland Press Herald, NRSC, PoliticusUSA, MS NOW, The Maine Wire, Althouse, Grabien and Semafor
University Statements:
Special committee of Board of Trustees retains Sally Yates of King & Spalding to lead independent review — A newly formed Special Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees announced today that it has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates …
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NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, KTVZ-TV, WTTG-TV, NewsNation, CBS News, The Hill, The Daily Wire, WTOP News, NPR, MS NOW and Mediaite
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Alito calls same-sex marriage a ‘decisive’ turn ‘against religious liberty’ in new book — In a new book, the Supreme Court justice reflects on his “pet issue” of faith. — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative who has long warned of animus against religion in America …
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LGBTQ Nation, Advocate, Wonkette, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Reason
Candace Buckner / The Athletic:
Fever should part with Sophie Cunningham. She's too turbulent to be paired with Caitlin Clark — This season, Royce White showed up to an Indiana Fever game while wearing a long blond wig. Enes Kanter Freedom, in a shirt that defined the word “Woman,” got into a yelling match with an opposing player at another Fever game.
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The Daily Caller, HotAir, RedState, New York Post, Breitbart, twitchy.com, Los Angeles Times, Fox News and Sport & State
US Department of Justice:
Former Federal Employee Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Federal Government of Approximately $194 Million — For Immediate Release — Scheme Included the Fraudulent Acquisition of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Gold Bars and Luxury Properties in Florida — David J. Rush, 49, of Ashburn …
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Wire, NBC News, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Josephine Walker / Axios:
The Iran war's latest price shock could be your heating bill — Americans could pay far more to heat their homes with oil this winter than last, a new analysis reviewed by Axios shows, as volatile energy markets and the Iran War deepen the affordability crisis.
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Homepage, NewsMax.com, WTOP News, Politico, Boston.com and WBUR
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House GOP leaders admit redistricting fell short … - That advantage is looking a lot smaller than they envisioned. … - “We're not gonna win all 13 of those redistricted seats. … - Emmer echoed House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), who told Axios last month that Republicans were unlikely to sweep all 13.
Alex Williams / New York Times:
Bill Harris Has Died. He Kidnapped Patty Hearst in 1974. — He was a disillusioned Vietnam veteran looking for purpose when he joined a revolutionary group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army. — Bill Harris, center, after being captured in 1975, the year after the S.L.A. kidnapped Patty Hearst.
Felicia Schwartz / MS NOW:
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades — The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Truthout and Alternet.org
Jeff Stein / The Washington Sun:
Trump's Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy. Insiders Are Preparing to Sell. — President Donald Trump's meme coin saw a brief price spike as the crypto firm behind it promoted a major perk for investors: a “gala dinner” attended by the president himself. — But as the company encouraged …
Leonardo Feldman / Newsweek:
SCOOP: Dem Senators Press Trump Over Engraved Diamond Ring Gift — Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search. — Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter Monday night to key Trump Administration and government officials asking …
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Senator Elizabeth Warren and New Republic
Hugo Lowell / Wired:
‘Mike Rogers Is Watching You’: New Ad Blitz From Abdul El-Sayed Attacks Surveillance Support — Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leaning into one of the major complaints about surveillance from voters this election cycle. — Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate in the Michigan Senate race …
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NewsMax.com and Washington Examiner
Sam Ogozalek / Politico:
Trump administration unveils plan to tie high birth and marriage rates to transit funding — Communities with high birth and marriage rates could soon gain an advantage in securing federal transit money — a long-sought goal of the Trump administration but one that a top Democratic appropriator calls “bizarre and dystopian.”
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Alternet.org, Daily Kos and The Independent
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
This Lawsuit Could Make Big Oil Pay for the Harm It's Caused — The question is whether the Supreme Court will let it. — Pocket — The Supreme Court began its new term on Monday by hearing oral arguments in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County.
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Point Source News, Denver Post, SCOTUSblog and Deseret News

