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12:50 PM ET, August 10, 2022

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William M. Arkin / Newsweek:
Exclusive: An Informer Told the FBI What Docs Trump Was Hiding, and Where  —  The raid on Mar-a-Lago was based largely on information from an FBI confidential human source, one who was able to identify what classified documents former President Trump was still hiding and even the location of those documents …
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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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart and b'National Memo'
Katie Benner / New York Times:
The F.B.I. search is separate from the Justice Department's Jan. 6 investigation.  —  The F.B.I.'s search of former President Donald J. Trump's home on Monday to obtain information related to his handling of classified information is separate from the Justice Department's investigation …
Discussion: New Republic and Newsweek
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump lawyers provide new info but no warrant
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump appears for deposition in New York, says he will plead the Fifth
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Why the Trump search warrant is nothing like Hillary's emails
NBC News:
Trump's legal team was in talks with DOJ this spring over records stored at Mar-a-Lago, attorney says
Associated Press:
Trump says he took the Fifth Amendment in NY investigation  —  Donald Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment and wouldn't answer questions under oath in the New York attorney general's long-running civil investigation into his business dealings, the former president said in a statement Wednesday.
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Former President Donald Trump invokes Fifth Amendment rights and declines to answer questions from NY attorney general  —  Former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and declined to answer questions from the New York attorney general at a scheduled deposition Wednesday.
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
FBI raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home won't help Democrats in 2024  —  Democrats who hope to ban Trump from running after the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home will not get their wish  —  Trump raid ‘useful for January 6th investigation:’ Andy McCarthy  —  I continue to believe …
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David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
The Mar-a-Lago Raid is a Preview of a Rigged 2024 Election
Discussion: Axios, New York Post and Fox News
New York Times:
Republicans Rally Behind Trump, Who Reprises Favored Role: Victim
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Wall Street Journal:
Iranian National Sought to Kill John Bolton, U.S. Says  —  Justice Department says in documents that Shahram Poursafi of Tehran tried to arrange killing of former national security adviser  —  The U.S. accused an Iranian national of plotting to assassinate John Bolton, who served as former President Trump's national security adviser.
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Christopher Miller / Politico:
Ukraine's long-awaited southern counteroffensive begins with a bang in Crimea  —  KYIV — Blasts that rocked a Russian military airfield in forcibly annexed Crimea signal the start of Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south and a critical new phase of the war that could shape its ultimate outcome, two Ukrainian officials told POLITICO.
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Has Begun Training Russia to Use Its Advanced Drones, U.S. Says
Discussion: New York Times
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Biden approval rises to 40%, highest in two months, Reuters/Ipsos shows  —  U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rose this week to its highest level since early June following a string of legislative victories, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Tuesday.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The unexpected triumph of Joe Biden  —  Recent legislative successes suggest a political system in good working order, but complacency is misplaced  —  Fourteen years ago, I told a well-informed friend that Barack Obama was considering picking Joe Biden as his running mate in the 2008 election.
Politico:
Gas is suddenly cheaper.  That could help Biden.  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday got some much-needed good news: For the first time in more than two years, overall inflation didn't rise at all in July, thanks to lower gas prices.  —  It's another early sign that the white-hot inflation …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Inflation Eased Slightly to 8.5% in July
New York Times:
Albuquerque Police Detain Suspect in Killings of Muslim Men  —  The shootings of four Muslim men since November may be connected, the police have said, raising fears in a place where many immigrants and refugees had felt at home.  —  ALBUQUERQUE — For days, the news that someone might …
Joann Muller / Axios:
If you want an electric car, buy one this week  —  If you're thinking of buying an electric car any time soon, you'd better place your order before President Biden signs the Democrats' big climate, tax and health care package into law — which could happen as soon as this weekend.
Cook Political Report:
Trump's Grip on GOP Remains Strong, but “Red Wave” Looking Smaller  —  For the last few weeks, we've been confronted with an array of conflicting data.  On the one hand, the so-called traditional metrics presage a terrible midterm outcome for the Democrats.
Discussion: Reading Eagle and pjmedia.com
 
 
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Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox boss Lachlan Murdoch privately levels harsh criticism against Trump, sources say
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Raw Story and The Hill
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Matt DePerno in May 2021 interview: ‘We got access to a tabulator’
Discussion: Michigan Advance
 Earlier Items: 
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Arizonans Trusted Kari Lake to Tell It Straight on TV. Will They Trust Her as Governor?
Discussion: Raw Story
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
NYPD officer who accompanied Roger Stone on Jan. 6 is terminated
Discussion: Raw Story
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar survives close primary after campaign focused on policing
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Barnes wins Democratic Senate primary in Wisconsin, finalizing showdown with Ron Johnson
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry says the FBI seized his cell phone one day after Mar-a-Lago raid
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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