Hot on the Bloomberg:
Trump Gets Last-Minute Earful From Business Before China Tariffs

The Real Witch Hunt: Parade of Trump Administration Officials Deny Writing Anonymous Op-Ed (New York Times)

Don’t Forget: Mark Felt Adamantly Denied Being Deep Throat in the Nixon White House until 31 Years After Watergate (Quartz)

Near-Fatal Stabbing of Presidential Front-Runner Stuns Brazil (Bloomberg)

Ten Years After Lehman: Christine Lagarde Says World Finance Not Safe Enough (Bloomberg)

Deutsche Bank Courts New York Hedge Funds After Cuts (Bloomberg)

I guess she is a Remainer in one sense if not another…
Boris Johnson and Marina Wheeler Announce Divorce Amid Claims He Cheated on Her (The Sun)

Elon Musk Uses Flame Thrower and Smokes Weed on California Comedian’s Show (Bloomberg)

Headlines from around the world.

China Daily: China Pledges Response if US Levies New Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods

Bloomberg: Panic Grips Swedish Establishment as Nationalist Party Could Emerge as Country’s Largest after Sunday’s Election

The Times (UK): ‘Reckless’ Russian Agents Could Have Killed 4,000 People with Nerve Agent

Bloomberg: Jack Ma Sets up Foundation for Philanthropy

Weekend section.

If You Watch Nothing Else: Moynihan, the film, opens on October 3rd at Film Forum in New York for a two-week run. The nation’s best thinker among politicians since Lincoln, and the nation’s best politician among thinkers since Jefferson. See the trailer!

Buzz From Nike’s Kaepernick Campaign Now Worth More Than $163 Million (Bloomberg)

Serena’s Epic Comeback: One Year After Fight of Her Life after Giving Birth, Serena Williams Reaches U.S. Open Final to Face Naomi Osaka, the First Japanese Woman to Reach a Grand Slam Final (ESPN)

Best of late night.

“After The New York Times published an Op-Ed anonymously written by a senior White House official yesterday criticizing President Trump, Trump tweeted, quote, ‘TREASON?’ Even weirder, Mike Pence tweeted back, ‘Sure! Let’s do it!’”
— Seth Meyers

“Researchers in Croatia believe they have discovered the world’s oldest cheese, which dates back 7,000 years. They found it at Little Caesars.”
— Seth Meyers

“I saw that Starbucks recently opened its first store in Italy. And this is weird: Over there, the sizes are small, medium and large.”
— Jimmy Fallon

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