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Washington Post:
FBI searches Trump safe at Mar-a-Lago for possible classified documents  —  Search was court-authorized and related to long-running investigation, person familiar with the probe said.  —  Former president Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI had raided his Mar-a-Lago Club and searched his safe …
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David Gilbert / VICE:
Trump Supporters Are Calling for Civil War After FBI Search of Mar-a-Lago  —  “Civil war coming to America,” one Trump supporter wrote.  —  David Gilbert  —  After news broke that the FBI searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday, his supporters openly called …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox is furiously poisoning the well after the Mar-a-Lago search  —  “Partisan witch hunt,” “dark day for our republic,” “preemptive coup,” “Third World bullshit,” “Gestapo,” “Stasi”  —  Shortly before 7 p.m. ET on Monday night, former President Donald Trump issued a press release confirming …
New York Times:
The search appears to be focused on materials Trump took from the White House.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump said on Monday that the F.B.I. had searched his Palm Beach, Fla., home and had broken open a safe — an account signaling a major escalation in the various investigations into the final stages of his presidency.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
If Trump broke a law on the removal of official records, would he be barred from future office?  —  Early reports that the F.B.I. search of former President Donald J. Trump's residence in Florida related to an investigation into whether he had unlawfully taken government files when he left …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: After the raid: GOP torches FBI, hugs Trump  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  The news of the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, the most aggressive law enforcement action ever taken against a former American president, broke last night in the most understated way imaginable.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid: It's about the Capitol Riot, Not the Mishandling of Classified Information  —  This search was almost certainly about much more than classified documents.  —  There's a game prosecutors play.  Let's say I suspect X committed an armed robbery, but I know X is dealing drugs.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's inauspicious knee-jerk reaction to the Trump raid  —  One day, relatively soon, the heads of the Justice Department and the FBI are likely to be brought to Capitol Hill to testify about the historic decision to raid a former president's home.  —  For now, though …
Washington Post:
Top Republicans echo Trump's evidence-free claims to discredit FBI search  —  Their quick defense of Trump and combative posture underlined the former president's status as a standard-bearer in the party, even as he was tainted anew by another investigation  —  Top Republicans …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Search Should Just Be Garland's Opening Act  —  We now know that the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have an active interest in Donald Trump because Trump told us so.  —  “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided …
Washington Post:
Inside Biden's hot streak, from the poolside to the Capitol  —  As the president sought legislation that has eluded Democrats for decades, he made a key decision — to take himself largely out of the mix  —  President Biden sat by the White House pool on Saturday, taking in the Washington heat …
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New York Times:
With Deal in Hand, Democrats Enter the Fall Armed With Something New: Hope
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Biden begins his victory lap after string of legislative wins
Discussion: Commentary Magazine
Politico:
Biden suddenly is piling up wins. Can Dems make it stick?
Discussion: CNBC and NRCC
New York Times:
Alex Jones's Text Messages Turned Over to House Jan. 6 Committee  —  The messages only cover a period up to mid-2020, disappointing investigators who hoped they would shed light on the conspiracy theorist's role in the events leading to the attack on the Capitol.
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Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Why Internet Leftists Are So Pissed About Democrats' Historic Climate Bill  —  By and large, climate activists have greeted the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the Senate on Sunday, as an imperfect but undeniably big victory in the battle against global warming.
New York Times:
How Russia Took Over Ukraine's Internet in Occupied Territories  —  Internet traffic in Kherson is being diverted through Russia  —  Internet routing data for a service provider in Kherson shows traffic beginning to flow through Russian networks in May before fully transitioning by early June.
Discussion: NPR, more at Techmeme »
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Reuters:
As Russian missiles struck Ukraine, Western tech still flowed
Ruth Maclean / New York Times:
Live Updates: Ukrainian Grain Has Not Gone to Countries Most in Need
Discussion: CBS News and Associated Press
Serena Williams / Vogue:
Serena Williams Says Farewell to Tennis On Her Own Terms—And In Her Own Words  —  This morning, my daughter, Olympia, who turns five this month, and I were on our way to get her a new passport before a trip to Europe.  We're in my car, and she's holding my phone, using an interactive educational app she likes.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Tudor Dixon launches gender-based attack in historic Michigan governor's race  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For the first time ever in Michigan, voters in November will decide between two women when they cast their ballots for governor.  —  But the Republican nominee, Tudor Dixon …
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Anxious New Yorkers Worry Whether Eric Adams Is the Man for the Moment  —  City residents are concerned about violent crime, housing costs, school budget cuts and homelessness.  Some believe that the mayor has not met the challenge.  —  Outside Liberty Pool in Jamaica, Queens …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Mike Pompeo meeting with January 6 committee on Tuesday, source says  —  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting on Tuesday with the January 6 committee, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.  The deposition will be conducted virtually, the source added.
Discussion: Bloomberg, HuffPost and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Tilting at Climate Windmills  —  Schumer-Manchin will have little effect on the world's temperature.  —  Nearly all of Washington—Democrats, the press, lobbyists—is taking a victory lap with Senate passage of the Schumer-Manchin tax, climate and drug price control bill.
Discussion: Samizdata
GasBuddy:
US Gas Prices Fall Below $4 Per Gallon; First Time Since March  —  $1/gal drop since peak in mid-June spurred on by rising supply, economic concerns  —  The U.S. national average price of gas today has fallen back under the $4 mark to $3.99 per gallon for the first time since early March …
Discussion: KTVX-TV and Nexstar Media Wire
Washington Post:
State supreme courts could soon decide on abortion, raising stakes of their midterm races  —  Mary Kay O'Brien had been working for a year to drum up interest in her campaign for Illinois Supreme Court, struggling to convince voters that it would affect them as a presidential or gubernatorial race would.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Republicans in Wisconsin embrace family leave in wake of near-total abortion ban  —  WAUKESHA, Wis. — On a debate stage in Milwaukee last month, two candidates enthusiastically vowed to implement paid family leave programs if they are elected.  —  But the promises — a signature part …
Discussion: Politico
Priscilla Aguirre / MySanAntonio.com:
Texas church illegally performs ‘Hamilton’ with anti-LGBTQ message  —  The McAllen church is facing backlash for its controversy  —  A McAllen church is facing backlash for illegally performing Hamilton with anti-LGBTQ messaging and biblical themes, according to multiple reports.
 
 
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