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Perry documentary, Cheesecake jab, Alaska Senate suit

Netflix's film covers the Friends star's life, career, addiction struggles and death; elsewhere, Trump answered Obama's Cheesecake Factory joke and Alaska's Senate race drew a Justice Department suit.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNetflix's new documentary on Matthew Perry is out, and fans are all over it.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt covers the Friends star's life, his career, his struggles with addiction and his death.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe film is drawing huge interest, according to the New York Post.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWe will leave it there, with respect for a man whose work people still love.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNow to politics, and a restaurant.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFormer President Obama joked that Trump's White House renovations look like a Cheesecake Factory, and Trump answered at a Monday night rally in Corinth, Mississippi.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNewsweek reports the original joke was that Saddam Hussein had opened a Cheesecake Factory, with gold everywhere. Trump defended the renovations for about seven minutes.

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSeven minutes! That's longer than most people wait for a table at the real one.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe more serious item is Alaska.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorABC News reports Trump says he told the Justice Department to sue ahead of time to block certification of the Senate race if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.

  11. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBloomberg says the suit was filed Thursday in federal court in Anchorage, less than two weeks before the November third election.

  12. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTrump called the second candidate, who is on the ballot with no party, the fake.

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat candidate told the New York Times he has voted for both parties.

  14. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo a lawsuit over a result that doesn't exist yet. Voters get to go first, I hope.

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The story so far

  1. Obama mocks White House renovations; Peru toddler burial found · News24
  2. Trump escalates attacks on El-Sayed as Michigan Senate race tightens… · Fox News
  3. Michigan Senate race turns to Detroit as Obama and Nicki Minaj court… · Washington Examiner
  4. Trump hits back at Obama over Cheesecake Factory jab · New York Post
  5. Record early voting; Alaska suit; Kane wins Ballon d'Or · ABC News
  6. Viewer asks: Obama's prayers and YouTube's algorithm · Baptist Press
  7. Perry documentary, Cheesecake jab, Alaska Senate suit (this story)
  8. Trump steps up attacks on El-Sayed as Michigan Senate race nears end · The Hill
  9. DOJ sues Alaska over two Dan Sullivans on the Senate ballot · The Conversation

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