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• newWhy Nikki Haley’s Attacks Work Better Than Her Rivals’
  I was an opposition researcher. Here's what her rivals should do if they want to start winning.
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• newOpinion | Trump Wasn’t at the Debate — But His Outfit Was
  Menswear guy has some tips for the Republican presidential hopefuls.
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• newScott finally showed a pulse. Ramaswamy did a 180. Here's who won and lost the second GOP debate.
  Want to know the real story of the 2nd GOP debate? We've got you covered.
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• newTonight's biggest split screen wasn't actually about Trump vs. his GOP rivals
  As Republican primary candidates prepared to take the debate stage, Trump spent his speech attacking Biden.
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• newWhat Romney’s private poll says about the likelihood of a shutdown
  As the shutdown deadline nears, Republicans are on very different pages — among themselves and between Congress' two chambers — over how to stop a shutdown.
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• newMcCarthy’s Hail Mary: Strip Ukraine aid and finally pass Pentagon spending bill
  Pulling the funding marks another reversal for the speaker, who opted to keep it in over the weekend.
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• Can Europe survive Trump 2.0?
  The Continent could face a US president who toyed with quitting NATO and pledged to strike a 'peace deal' with Russia.
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• newOpinion | The Supreme Court case that could disrupt everything from Medicare to financial regulators
  A lower court decision has called into question how government agencies are funded.
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• newWhy Is New Jersey a Hotbed for Political Corruption?
  An expert explains how Sen. Bob Menendez fits into a long tradition for his state.
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• newCongress ‘frozen’ as lawmakers hurtle toward FAA lapse
  The airline sector is staring down an authorization and funding lapse amid congressional paralysis.
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• newHunter Biden's business dealings draw more scrutiny as Republicans release trove of private documents
  GOP lawmakers say the documents prove wrongdoing by the president's son, but Democrats assert they are cherry-picking information for a political hit on his father.
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• newHouse thwarts hard-right push to gut Ukraine funding
  Continued support for Kyiv's war efforts has also become a sticking point in shutdown talks on Capitol Hill.
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• newJudge in Trump’s federal election-fraud case won’t step aside
  Tanya Chutkan turned down the former president’s bid to oust her from overseeing his criminal trial in Washington.
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• newBiden to amplify democracy defense, and honor McCain, in Arizona speech
  The president will take a swipe at Trump in a battleground state key to both reelection campaigns.
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• newChristie defends attack on Jill Biden: 'That's the truth'
  “I am standing by the wording,” Chrstie said.
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• newChristie doubles down after Trump ‘Donald Duck’ comment
  “I live in his head,” Christie told Fox News.
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• newPrivacy watchdog fractures over 702 opinion
  Democrats and Republicans on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board disagreed sharply about how to rein in privacy risks associated with a powerful government eavesdropping program.
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• 'Incomprehensible': How the European Union lost control in Ukraine grain fight
  The Commission sowed weakness in the spring, and is reaping the consequences in the autumn.
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• Rishi Sunak to sign U.K.-India trade deal without binding worker or environment pledges
  Angry firms and trade unions fear being undercut and say they were shut out of Britain’s biggest trade talks.
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• newFetterman responds to new Senate dress code with meme
  Fetterman's press release featured a bemused-looking photo of actor Kevin James.
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• newChinese hackers nab 60,000 emails in State Department breach
  Among the most sensitive information stolen, the staffer said, were victims’ travel itineraries and diplomatic deliberations.
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• Trump Wants to Freeze the Election at Halftime
  He thinks he’s won already because the polls have him ahead. Let’s go ahead and play the rest of the game.
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• The Swift and Stunning Downfall of New Jersey Teflon Don
  Menendez thought he was untouchable. Until he wasn’t.
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• History Offers Democrats a Way Out of the Menendez Problem
  Oddly enough, it involves the very same seat the New Jersey senator refuses to resign.
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• The Moment It All Changed for UAW President Shawn Fain
  Here’s what launched the militant union leader toward a historic strike.
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• Random Crime or Kremlin Hit? The Mysterious 2007 Shooting that Transfixed D.C. Is Still Unsolved.
  Now the victim wants to change the way we investigate alleged foreign ops.
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• The Rupert Murdoch Retirement Myth
  Ignore today’s announcement. He’ll never give up power.
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• Opinion | Trump Will Get Away with Snubbing Conservatives on Abortion
  The only cause that really matters to most Republicans now is Trump himself.
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• Inside the Next Republican Revolution
  Whether Trump wins or not, the GOP plans a renewed assault on his nemesis, the “deep state.” Can conservatives train enough loyalists to actually get the job done?
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• Opinion | The Real Reason Ukraine Isn’t Ready to Join NATO
  The alliance knows how to defend democracies from the outside, but can’t promote democracy from within.
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• The Justice Department Controversy You Might Have Missed
  An ambitious new antitrust playbook could reshape our economy — or completely backfire.
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• They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry.
  Two years since the chaotic withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the world has moved on. But one Afghan family with a very sick little girl is still waiting — and hoping — to move to the U.S.
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• Who’s in for the next GOP debate — and who might be watching from home
  Consider us your guide to the biggest event of the primary so far, with the power to make or break a GOP hopeful.
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• newMenendez pleads not guilty to corruption charges
  The New Jersey senator made his first court appearance since being indicted last week.
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• Senate moves shutdown-prevention plan that’s ‘not gonna happen’ in House
  The addition of some Ukraine aid to the bipartisan spending proposal has immediately imperiled the bill and irritated House Republicans, further risking a shutdown on Oct. 1.
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• Defiant Menendez doubles down against resignation calls
  A tranche of influential state Democrats have publicly called for Menendez’s resignation after the indictment was unsealed Friday.
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• UAW announces ‘nationwide’ expansion of strike — in bad news for Biden
  UAW President Shawn Fain announced that parts distribution workers at 38 locations across 20 states will join the strike.
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• Why Biden’s strike magic faltered
  President Joe Biden's behind-the-scenes negotiating style has helped defuse other labor strikes before they happened. But the autoworkers' strike is forcing a new approach.
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• UAW allies want a put-up-or-shut-up vote in the Senate
  Republicans have shown solidarity with the strikers. Would they support pro-union legislation?
  - 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 8:16pm -
• Trump hits Biden on UAW visit
  “If the UAW ‘leadership’ doesn’t ENDORSE me, and if I don’t win the Election, the Autoworkers are ‘toast,’” the former president wrote on Truth Social Friday night.
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• Biden joins striking auto workers on picket line
  Biden’s choice to show solidarity with striking auto workers comes at a time of great promise and peril for the labor movement.
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• The Biden campaign now wants to go viral
  The president’s team is formally launching its online rapid response network. We talked to the head of it about what they have planned.
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• Biden agrees to send long-range missiles to Ukraine
  But administration officials still insist that ATACMS won’t be a magic bullet.
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• A monopoly-busting Amazon lawsuit might be Biden's boldest move yet to tame tech
  The FTC has been investigating the company for more than four years.
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• The 2024 field braces for a ‘devastating’ fall, with drop-outs on the horizon
  Candidates had already come and gone at this point in the 2016 campaign.
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• newWhen is the third Republican debate? The Trump campaign now says there shouldn't be any.
  "The RNC should immediately put an end to any further primary debates," said Trump senior advisor Jack LaCivita.
  - 11 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 10:44pm -
• newHaley slams Ramaswamy: ‘Every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber’
  An exchange about TikTok prompts an incredulous response.
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• Supreme Court rejects Alabama GOP redistricting appeal, clearing way for Dem pickup
  A federal court will choose a map that will likely result in an additional Black member of Congress.
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• Trump fraudulently inflated his net worth by up to $2.2 billion, New York judge rules
  The ruling is a blow for Trump and his business empire in the run-up to a civil fraud trial.
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• Inside the courtroom of Trump’s D.C. judge
  Judge Tanya Chutkan's first trial since the former president’s indictment offers insight into how she’ll handle the case.
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Townhall

• Congressman Releases an Update About His Teenage Daughter's Sudden Death
  
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• Here's PayPal's Excuse After Massive Backlash Over 'Disinformation' Policy
  
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• Kari Lake Tried to Speak With Katie Hobbs at a Town Hall Event. She Got Booted Instead.
  
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• Two People Shot Outside Rep. Lee Zeldin's Home
  
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• Pompeo Rips Biden's 'Reckless' Presidency as Trump Reminds America Biden Doesn't Know How to Speak
  
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• L.A. Times Admits California Leaders Have Failed for Decades
  
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• Florida Plans to Continue Shipping Illegal Migrants to Dem-Run Cities Well Into 2023
  
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• Gavin Newsom Shamefully Mocked for Calling on an Emergency Tax to Combat $7 a Gallon Gas Prices
  
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• SNL Mocks the Current Devastating State of America
  
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• DeSantis Builds Temporary Bridge to Relief Residents of Pine Island
  
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Talking Points Memo

NPR - Politics

• newUp First briefing: Biden impeachment inquiry; GOP debate takeaways; get more fiber
  Republicans will hold their first impeachment inquiry hearing on Biden. Six takeaways from the second GOP debate. How to add more fiber to your diet.
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• newA closer look at what's included in the spending that Republicans want to eliminate
  NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Marc Goldwein, a policy official at the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, to parse out the reality versus the rancor in the government budget battle.
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• newGOP candidates debate while Trump meets with autoworkers in Michigan
  After seven Republicans debated in California — with the GOP frontrunner conspicuously absent — primary presidential candidates are still trying to break through as Trump retains a hold on voters.
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• newFTC Chair Lina Khan's lawsuit isn't about breaking up Amazon, for now
  The FTC's Lina Khan speaks to NPR about the goals of the agency's monopoly lawsuit against Amazon and why she thinks the company unfairly treats sellers on its marketplace.
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• newHouse GOP launches first public hearing on impeachment inquiry of President Biden
  With less than three days before a possible government shutdown, House Republicans will spend much of Thursday holding their first public hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
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• newSome towns are caught between old oil and gas drilling rules and new goals
  The Biden administration is trying to dramatically change how and where oil and gas drilling occurs on federal land, which is getting mixed reviews in longtime boom towns like Farmington, N.M.
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• newMorning news brief
  The GOP held its second presidential primary debate. With a possible government shutdown looming, House Republicans focus on impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh.
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• newBiden is talking about democracy as he aims for a split-screen moment with the GOP
  President Biden's latest speech on democracy comes the day after the Republican debate, as a government shutdown looms and as House Republicans hold an impeachment inquiry hearing.
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• new6 takeaways from the second GOP debate
  The second Republican debate wrapped up with seven candidates attempting to break away from the front-runner, former President Donald Trump, who was in Michigan instead of attending.
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• newHere's what House Republicans are alleging in their impeachment inquiry against Biden
  House Republicans are claiming President Biden benefited from foreign business deals by his son, Hunter, but they have not yet shown direct evidence of that.
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• newHouse Republicans are holding the first impeachment inquiry hearing into Biden
  House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said the hearing will examine the value of an impeachment inquiry and evidence against President Biden.
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• newMcCarthy revives immigration battles in bid to shift shutdown blame from GOP feuds
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy still faces a bloc of conservatives who oppose any short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown. He's trying to muscle through a partisan stopgap bill with border security.
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• newHow a government shutdown could impact you
  As House Republicans struggle to keep the federal government open beyond September 30, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with a trio of NPR correspondents about the potential impact of a government shutdown.
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• newIs Ronald Reagan's long shadow on the GOP fading away?
  The GOP primary debate will be held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Reagan had long been a bedrock figure for Republicans, but seems a mere shadow in today's GOP.
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• newFTC Chair Lina Khan breaks down the lawsuit against Amazon
  NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan about the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon over alleged abuse of monopoly power.
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