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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal — Last year, Donald Trump pardoned Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar 1, who was under indictment for federal bribery charges. All he expected in return was that Cuellar, out of gratitude, would immediately switch parties and become a Republican. To his shock, Cuellar never did.
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The Hill, Mediaite, Joe.My.God. and Wall Street Journal
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The arrest is yet to come — Here is what happened: the former girlfriend of the President's son asked an aspiring Republican politician for $100,000 to settle her credit card bill right before her Senate confirmation for an Ambassadorship, which she seems to have been awarded as a break-up present from the Trump family.
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The Wrap
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
FLASHBACK: At Fox, U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle endorsed criminal investigation into Clinton “pay-for-play” claims
Kayla Guo / The Texas Tribune:
‘We have to suck it up’: Ken Paxton privately suggests cutting federal benefit programs to reduce national deficit — In a conversation that has been leaked in pieces to multiple publications, the GOP Senate nominee called for “reasonable cuts to mandatory spending,” which is driven by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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MS NOW, The Gateway Pundit and New Republic
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Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Trump calls for Paxton-Talarico debate as Texas Senate race heats up
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Straight Up Admits He Pardons People Because He Expects a Favor
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Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
Trump's former defense secretary sees no end in sight for Iran war — to the benefit of America's ‘greatest adversary’ … The U.S.-Iran war could drag on for years, putting America at risk of overlooking China's rise to power, according to President Donald Trump's former defense secretary.
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NBC News:
U.S. military prepares new Iran war options ahead of midterm elections
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Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Trump says U.S. will not attack Iran before midterm election
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Politico:
Democrats spy a red-state opening. There may not be enough cash for it. — Democrats' eyes may be bigger than their wallets. — Democrats across a slate of deep-red states are clamoring for more cash to fight for Senate seats that suddenly seem within reach, with polling showing …
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Axios
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: GOP ads have yet to overwhelm voters, poll finds
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Political Wire and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Emmet Lyons / CBS News:
Photo shows top Trump aide's daughter with pro-Russia politician in Bosnia — An image circulated on social media and verified by CBS News shows Katie Wiles, the daughter of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, recently traveled to Republika Srpska, the Bosnian-controlled territory led by pro-Russian Serb strongman Milorad Dodik.
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Amy Mackinnon / Financial Times:
Daughter of Trump's chief of staff works at firm that lobbies for Republika Srpska — Susie Wiles's daughter is latest White House-linked adviser to the Russian-aligned Balkan entity — The daughter of Donald Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles is working for a US lobbying firm that signed …
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Politico and The Guardian
Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
An Ohio edge. An Iowa tossup. New CNN polls give Democrats hope in a pair of red states — Election polls Congressional news Donald Trump Senate election — Widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the country has opened up a prime Senate pickup opportunity for Democrats in Ohio …
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MS NOW, NewsMax.com, Forbes and Newsweek
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Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet — To commemorate PN's 5th anniversary, this week we're offering paid subscriptions at the special yearly rate of $40 (or about 16¢ per edition). This newsletter is only possible thanks to the support of paid subscribers.
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Politico:
Mike Johnson voices uncertainty about his future if GOP loses control — House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that he could leave Congress if Democrats regain control — the farthest he has gone in acknowledging what he would do in a GOP House minority. “Heaven forbid, if we lose this majority …
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Washington Examiner, MeidasTouch, NewsMax.com and The Daily Wire
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Exclusive: Mike Johnson raises record $156 million for House GOP
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The Daily Wire and NewsMax.com
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Microsoft is being suspended from program to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers, Vance says — President Donald Trump's administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using an H-1B visa as it accuses the company of fraud.
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Administration Suspends Microsoft From Green Card Program
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Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say — ROXBURY, N.J. — On a warm morning, on Sept. 4, masked immigration agents rolled into Dover, New Jersey. — Footage of the raids rippled across social media, sent people into hiding and reignited rumors …
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Joe.My.God., WAGA-TV and Mercury News
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Republicans Have an Andrew Tate Eel-Sex Problem — FOR ACCUSED SEX TRAFFICKERS AND RAPISTS, Andrew and Tristan Tate have been a real hit with the American right over the years. — A gleeful Tucker Carlson visited the Romanian compound shared by the brothers while they were under house arrest …
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The Daily Wire, Rolling Stone and Erick Erickson's Show Notes
Sky News:
Two Latvian nationals arrested on suspicion of trespassing at RAF base — Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) on patrols at RAF Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, found an abandoned vehicle before a breach of the site's fence was discovered. The base is home to US intelligence operations for Europe and Africa …
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Washington Examiner, RedState, Metro.co.uk and GB News
New York Times:
How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel — A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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Telegraph, New Republic, Middle East Monitor and The Daily Caller
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. Brad Finstad Runs Attack Ad That Erases Critical Voter From Photo — “What a poor decision,” Beth Benike said of her congressman altering her photo with Democrat Jake Johnson to make a fake image of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. — WASHINGTON - Minnesota small business owner Beth Benike …
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KSTP-TV
Paul Krugman:
What's the Matter With France? — Is Europe's #2 economy too big to save? — France: 5 year CDS — Source — Suddenly, financial markets are treating France as the economic sick man of the Western world. Yes, interest rates have been surging everywhere.
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The Dark Side Of The Boom, Bloomberg and CNBC
Stephen M. Lepore / Daily Mail:
Russian plague lab project reportedly received $800k in research funding from RFK Jr's Health and Human Services — Robert F Kennedy Jr allegedly allowed over $800,000 in taxpayer money to go to a research project with ties to the Siberian lab behind the possible Russian plague outbreak.
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Crooks and Liars, Metro.co.uk, Mediaite and White Coat Waste Project
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Inside Trump's blow-up at Fox News over El-Sayed coverage … The frustration boiled into public view Tuesday when President Trump lashed out at his favorite network. … - Polls show El-Sayed, a critic of Israel's government who'd be the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate, in a tight race against former Rep. Mike Rogers (R).
Alex Harring / CNBC:
Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says … The cost of many everyday items would have declined last year and early this year without President Donald Trump's tariffs, according to the New York Federal Reserve. — The cost of 67 categories of goods …
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Breitbart and Washington Post
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Mamdani's Oct. 7 commemoration outrages supporters and critics of Israel — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to thread a needle on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks by condemning Hamas' “horrific war crimes” and denouncing Israel's “genocide” in Gaza. It did not go well.
Peter D'Abrosca / Fox News:
How Elon Musk got back in Trump's orbit after nuclear fallout, insiders reveal: ‘Water under the bridge’ — Trump and Musk have reconciled after a nasty falling out last year over government spending — EXCLUSIVE: As Elon Musk prepares to receive a prestigious honor from President Donald …
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The Hill, Associated Press and Forbes
Ross Douthat / The Free Press:
I'm Writing a Column for The Free Press — Sometime in the fall of 2020, shortly after she departed The New York Times, I had a brief conversation with Bari Weiss. She was in an entrepreneurial mood, making calls and soliciting opinions, and I told her that I thought there was a potential market …
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The Wrap
Bloomberg:
Democrats Zero In On Pentagon Contractors to Probe Trump Ties — Democrats are zeroing in on the Pentagon and defense contractors as they prepare to scrutinize potential conflicts of interest in the Trump administration should they win control of Congress, according to lawmakers and people familiar with the plans.
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Trump bought up to $25 million in Meta and millions in SpaceX debt in August … President Donald Trump disclosed more than 500 securities transactions in August, including a purchase of up to $25 million in Meta stock and an investment of as much as $5 million in SpaceX debt two days …
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Bloomberg, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Semafor
Politico:
How Iran's drones hit America's Achilles heel — The abrupt evacuation of American bombers from a key U.K. airbase underscores the extreme vulnerability facing the world's most powerful fighting force and its NATO allies — as cheap drones and off-the-shelf tech transform warfare.
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The Hill, Reuters and NewsMax.com
Casey Parks / Washington Post:
Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’ — Conservatives have trumpeted the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but researchers say the reasons for the decline are unclear. — Loading... Young teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian …
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NewsMax.com
Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
Democrat called anti-trans slur by Trump airs ad urging 'No men in women's sports' — Senate candidate Annie Andrews, a Senate candidate in South Carolina, released a transgender issues ad days after the president called her an anti-transgender slur. — Loading...
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