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A majority of President Donald Trump’s supporters plan to cast their ballot on Election Day, while about half of Joe Biden’s backers plan to vote by mail. — ABC News: Top Stories
September 18 marks one year since National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien began his tenure. — FOX News: Deroy Murdock
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “refuses” to support law enforcement, said Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Friday after his speech on the House floor calling out the NBA and the speaker for being silent on the violence against law enforcement. –FOX News:
A public scolding of the C.D.C. chief was only the latest but perhaps the starkest instance when the president has rejected not just the policy advice of his public health officials but the facts and information that they provided. — NYT:
In California, there’s one lawn sign that has become quite popular. There is one lawn sign that reads: “In this house, we believe: Black lives matter; women’s rights are human rights; no human is illegal; science is real; love is love; kindness
The Office of the Inspector General that independently oversees the Justice Department is examining the sentencing recommendation for GOP operative Roger Stone, a DOJ source confirmed to Fox News. — FOX News: Evie Fordham
With two former solicitors general and hundreds of lawyers, the Biden campaign is bracing for an extended legal battle and hoping to maintain trust in the electoral process. — NYT: Shane Goldmacher
Veteran journalist Bob Woodward maintained Monday that he didn’t do anything wrong by sitting remarks President Trump made about the coronavirus in the early months of the outbreak because, at the time, the author thought Trump was referring COVID-19’s impact on China. — FOX News: Brian Flood
Trump campaign senior adviser Steve Cortes claims that the narrative that President Trump failed in his early response to the coronavirus pandemic is nothing more than a “myth” perpetuated by the media. — FOX News: Ronn Blitzer