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Washington Post:
Mar-a-Lago search appears focused on whether Trump, aides withheld items — The FBI sought a warrant after Archives officials pressed Trump's circle to return what they believed was government property, according to people familiar with the discussions — In the months before the FBI's dramatic move …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Why the Trump search warrant is nothing like Hillary's emails — The Justice Department official who oversaw the investigation of Hillary Clinton's handling of classified records says there's simply no comparing the search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence to the case against the former secretary of State.
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New York Times:
Republicans Rally Behind Trump, Who Reprises Favored Role: Victim — Arguments used against Hillary Clinton in the 2016 email inquiry are long forgotten as G.O.P. officials rush to condemn the F.B.I.'s search of Mar-a-Lago. — WASHINGTON — Republicans sought Tuesday to turn the F.B …
Politico:
Federal agents took about a dozen boxes from Mar-a-Lago, Trump lawyer says — Federal agents removed about a dozen boxes of materials from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate and issued a warrant indicating the search pertained to possible violations surrounding classified information …
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Do We Believe Our Own Dogma? — The FBI's serving a search warrant on Donald Trump's residence is not — in spite of everything being said about it — unprecedented. The FBI serves search warrants on homes all the time. Donald Trump is a former president, not a mystical sacrosanct being.
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New York Times:
Questions swirl about what exactly the F.B.I. was looking for, and why. — Questions swirl about what exactly the F.B.I. was looking for, and why. — The search of former President Donald J. Trump's home in Florida on Monday by the F.B.I. continued to rock Washington and, more broadly …
NBC News:
Trump's legal team was in talks with DOJ this spring over records stored at Mar-a-Lago, attorney says — Donald Trump's legal team was in discussions with the Justice Department as recently as early June about records stored at the former president's Mar-a-Largo home that FBI agents searched on Monday …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Conservatives Believe Trump Is Above the Law — A former president's home was raided by federal law enforcement yesterday, reportedly over possession of classified documents. Although prosecution of former heads of state has occurred in other democracies, a form of government in which ostensibly …
Asha Rangappa / Just Security:
Expert Explainer: Criminal Statutes that Could Apply to Trump's Retention of Government Documents
Expert Explainer: Criminal Statutes that Could Apply to Trump's Retention of Government Documents
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
What the F.B.I.'s Raid of Mar-a-Lago Could Mean for Trump
What the F.B.I.'s Raid of Mar-a-Lago Could Mean for Trump
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
What Is Really Unprecedented Is the Criminality … In response to the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago …
What Is Really Unprecedented Is the Criminality … In response to the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago …
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CNN:
Trump fields calls from Republican allies to speed up 2024 bid after FBI raid
Trump fields calls from Republican allies to speed up 2024 bid after FBI raid
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Search of Trump's Home Pushes Long Conflict Into Public View — Justice Department officials were worried that the former president had not fully complied with requests to return material taken from the White House that included possible classified information.
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Hannah Allam / Washington Post:
Simmering threat of violence comes to fore with search of Trump property — Calls from right for militant action in response to FBI raid span mainstream and extremist circles — For months, right-wing agitators with millions of followers have peddled the idea that a moment was coming soon …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Trump could be charged with violating the Espionage Act, former DOJ national security chief says — The former chief of the Justice Department's national security division said Tuesday that the search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., suggests that the former president …
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia's Trump Raid Tantrum Is a Spectacle You Don't Want to Miss
Russia's Trump Raid Tantrum Is a Spectacle You Don't Want to Miss
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NBC News:
After Mar-a-Lago search, users on pro-Trump forums agitate for ‘civil war’ — including a Jan. 6 rioter
After Mar-a-Lago search, users on pro-Trump forums agitate for ‘civil war’ — including a Jan. 6 rioter
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
GOP discovers new standards on the mishandling of classified info
GOP discovers new standards on the mishandling of classified info
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry says the FBI seized his cell phone one day after Mar-a-Lago raid — The confiscation of Perry's phone comes one day after the FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate — Bret Baier on Trump raid: There is a lot we don't know — EXCLUSIVE - Republican …
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Jason Koebler / VICE:
This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion — Motherboard has obtained court documents that show Facebook gave police a teenager's private chats about her abortion. Cops then used those chats to seize her phone and computer.
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Facebook Gave Nebraska Cops A Teen's DMs So They Could Prosecute Her For Having An Abortion — A Nebraska teenager is facing criminal charges alleging she aborted a fetus in violation of state law, after authorities obtained her Facebook messages using a search warrant.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump tax returns must be given to Congress, federal appeals court says in new ruling — Tax returns of former President Donald Trump and related entities must be turned over to the House Ways and Means Committee, a federal appeals court panel said in a ruling.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump-backed Tim Michels projected winner in battleground Wisconsin's GOP gubernatorial primary — The Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial is the marquee match-up as the Badger State, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Vermont hold primaries Tuesday — Fox News Flash top headlines for August 9
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Barnes wins Democratic Senate primary in Wisconsin, finalizing showdown with Ron Johnson
Barnes wins Democratic Senate primary in Wisconsin, finalizing showdown with Ron Johnson
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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Trump Allies Are Attacking Biden For a Plan to Hire 87,000 New IRS Agents That Doesn't Exist — Since news broke on Monday that the FBI searched former President Donald Trump's South Florida home, Republican members of Congress and right-wing media figures have launched a new line of attack …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Graham: ‘God help us’ when IRS gets 87,000 new agents
Graham: ‘God help us’ when IRS gets 87,000 new agents
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Politico:
Republican Herrera Beutler falls in primary after voting to impeach Trump — GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has lost her bid for reelection in a primary in Washington state, the latest blow for the group of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump early last year.
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Associated Press:
Leora Levy wins Republican US Senate primary in Connecticut — HARTFORD, Conn. — Leora Levy, a first-time political candidate who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary Tuesday for US Senate in Connecticut, a win that could signal where the state Republican party …
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Megan R. Wilson / Politico:
DaVita helped craft new bill to fix “loophole” left by Supreme Court ruling, documents show — Lawmakers introduced a measure mirroring a proposal written by one of the nation's largest dialysis providers. — The measure would prohibit a group health plan from putting “limits, restrictions …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar survives close primary after campaign focused on policing — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) narrowly defeated a primary challenger on Tuesday, topping former Minneapolis city councilman Don Samuels by single digits after a campaign focused on crime and Omar's effectiveness in Congress.
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Michael Goldberg / Associated Press:
Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing — A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and an unpublished memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Washington Post:
Why does the IRS need $80 billion? Just look at its cafeteria. — This is the cafeteria at the Internal Revenue Service offices in Austin. — Yes, the cafeteria. — It's part of what the IRS calls the “Pipeline”: a 1970s-era assembly line used to process tax returns at several locations around the country.
Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
Election Denier Kim Crockett Wins Minnesota GOP Secretary Of State Primary — Crockett, who called the 2020 election “rigged” and “illegitimate,” will turn Minnesota into yet another battleground over the future of American democracy. — Kim Crockett won Minnesota's Republican secretary …
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
With primary win, Becca Balint is likely to be Vermont's first female and openly gay member of Congress — Becca Balint, Vermont's state Senate president, has won the Democratic nomination for the state's at-large congressional seat, NBC News projects. — The victory makes her likely …
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