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Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Trump on Tuesday from the now-infamous Atlantic report citing anonymous sources who claim he insulted fallen American soldiers. — FOX News: Brian Flood
Election day falls on Nov. 3. But another set of crucial elections falls in late November or early December on Capitol Hill. FOX News: Chad Pergram
Five months ago, President Trump’s re-election campaign had a huge financial edge over Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s. The Times conducted an extensive review of how the Trump team spent lavishly to show how that advantage evaporated. — Shane Goldmacher and Maggie
FOX News: Antifa violence is backed by “powerful political entities” who need to be exposed to stop it, Fox Nation host Lara Logan told “Fox & Friends First” on Tuesday. — Talia Kaplan
FOX News: Democrats do not have the “moral courage” to call out Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters harassing diners, Turning Point USA spokesperson Rob Smith said on Tuesday. — Joshua Nelson
Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia praised the August jobs report of 1.4 million jobs added in August with unemployment dropping to 8.4% as a great way to head into Labor Day weekend. — Caleb Parke
Democratic officials are calling for an investigation of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy following a Washington Post report that claims when he was still at his former company New Breed Logistics, DeJoy pushed employees to donate to Republicans then reimbursed them through bonuses
Election Day is Nov. 3. But if the vote is close, we might not know who wins control of the White House until December or even January. Multiple, complex scenarios could play out before either Donald Trump of Joe Biden takes the
Using a term that suggests the society is turning “savage,” government ministers signal a shift from the center as President Macron prepares for a new political season. — Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut