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New York Times:
Subpoena Preceded Search Warrant in Push to Retrieve Material From Trump — The Justice Department had sought the return of classified documents it believed might still be at Mar-a-Lago before it sent F.B.I. agents this week to look for them. — Former President Donald J. Trump received …
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CNN:
Feds removed documents from Mar-a-Lago in June with grand jury subpoena — The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago this week came months after federal investigators served an earlier grand jury subpoena and took away sensitive national security documents from former President Donald Trump's property during …
Politico:
Trump world gripped with anger, fear and a host of conspiracies about the FBI search — A wave of concern and even paranoia is gripping parts of Trump world as federal investigators tighten their grip on the former president and his inner circle. — In the wake of news that the FBI agents executed …
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
With Feds Circling, Trump Asks Allies: Who's ‘Wearing a Wire’? — As the investigations heat up, the former president and his advisers are pointing fingers — and looking for “rats” — Donald Trump is worried he may have a rat — or multiple rats — in his midst.
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Guy Benson / Townhall:
New Details About the Mar-a-Lago Raid Are Truly Stunning, If True — Spencer wrote yesterday about a bombshell Newsweek report, several elements of which I'm really struggling to believe. The piece quotes unnamed law enforcement sources allegedly familiar with Monday's events in South Florida.
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Mediaite, The Federalist, spiked, Twitchy and TheBlaze
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
The maddening coverage of the Mar-a-Lago search — “Garland vowed to depoliticize Justice. Then the FBI raided Trump's safe.” That was how the Washington Post chose to headline a story on Tuesday, one day after federal law enforcement searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence …
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Washington Post, b'Raw Story, East Bay Times and Townhall
John Solomon / Just The News:
Questions grow about Trump raid after revelation of grand jury subpoena, extensive cooperation
Questions grow about Trump raid after revelation of grand jury subpoena, extensive cooperation
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emptywheel, b'Raw Story and RedState
Margery A. Beck / NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
FBI's Wray Denounces Threats Following Search of Trump Home
FBI's Wray Denounces Threats Following Search of Trump Home
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Associated Press, Campaign Update, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and Breitbart
Rohit Ponnaiya / Covers.com:
US Election Betting Odds: FBI Search Warrant Does Little to Hurt Trump's Odds
US Election Betting Odds: FBI Search Warrant Does Little to Hurt Trump's Odds
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Washington Examiner and RedState
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Trump Loyalists Line Up To Spread Rumor FBI Planted Evidence at Mar-a-Lago
Trump Loyalists Line Up To Spread Rumor FBI Planted Evidence at Mar-a-Lago
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BizPac Review, Spectrum News NY1 and We Love Trump
WLWT-TV:
Potential threat at Cincinnati FBI building leads to pursuit, police situation in Clinton County — Hide Transcript Show Transcript — CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A pursuit and ongoing police situation in Clinton County has shut down two highways and prompted an area lockdown Thursday.
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WPMI:
Mobile News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News — WPMI NBC 15 provides local news, weather forecasts, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Mobile and nearby towns and communities in the Mobile Bay area including, in Alabama: Mobile …
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HillReporter.com, The Daily Wire, Mediaite and WOWK-TV
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
What We Know About The Incident At The FBI Cincinnati Field Office — Reports are coming in of an apparent break-in attempt at the FBI's field office in Cincinnati, Ohio. — The FBI has confirmed that an incident occurred. The agency issued a statement on Twitter saying that …
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New York Times:
Gunman Tried to Breach Cincinnati's F.B.I. Office, Officials Say: Live Updates — Authorities said the man was wearing body armor and fled to Clinton County, Ohio, where he exchanged gunfire with state troopers. Highways were shut down amid a standoff. — Authorities said the man was ‘contained’ but not in custody.
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ABC7 and Just The News
Miles Montgomery / WGCL-TV:
Sen. Lindsey Graham a no-show at scheduled Fulton County court appearance — ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46/AP) - U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham did not show up to his scheduled appearance on Wednesday at the Fulton County courthouse. — Graham was subpoenaed to testify to a special grand jury that's …
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and Associated Press
New York Times:
Trump Hires ‘Billion Dollar Lawyer’ — As top allies of Donald J. Trump are called to testify in Atlanta, he hires a high-profile local attorney best known for representing rappers. — ATLANTA — Amid a deepening swirl of federal and state investigations, former President Donald J. Trump …
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Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump hires attorney Findling to represent him in grand jury probe
Trump hires attorney Findling to represent him in grand jury probe
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Washington Examiner
Gretchen Morgenson / NBC News:
An unusual deal gave Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin $8.5 million in stock. He paid $0 in tax on it. — In January 2020, Glenn Youngkin, now the Republican governor of Virginia, got some welcome news. A complex corporate transaction had gone through at the Carlyle Group …
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Democrats, Blue Virginia and b'Raw Story
PennLive:
FBI delivers subpoenas to several Pa. Republican lawmakers: sources say — 1,070 … - Meadows' former aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified to the House Select Committee that Perry was among a small group of people who talked with Meadows about a potential appearance by Trump at the Capitol following …
Twitter:
Our approach to the 2022 US midterms — Twitter is the place to find real-time, reliable information about the 2022 midterms - whether you're looking for breaking news from reporters, information on voting, or policy positions from candidates. We aim to enable healthy civic conversation on Twitter …
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
FBI, R.I.P.? — The agency has become dangerous to Americans and an existential threat to their democracy and rule of law. — The FBI is dissolving before our eyes into a rogue security service akin to those in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. — Take the FBI's deliberately asymmetrical application of the law.
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Kyle Shideler / American Greatness:
For the Rule of Law to Reign, the Bureau Must Be Destroyed
For the Rule of Law to Reign, the Bureau Must Be Destroyed
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Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Hispanic Voters Are Normie Voters — Time for Woke Democrats to Wake Up — Democrats are having a great deal of trouble holding on to Hispanic voters. In 2020, running against Donald Trump for a second time, in the midst of a COVID/economic crisis and after the George Floyd summer of …
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Backfire: Far more Americans believe Inflation Reduction Act will increase inflation than will reduce it — A high-risk, potentially high-reward play here by Democrats, no? — According to Penn Wharton's analysis of the new Manchin-ified version of Build Back Better, the bill will have very little effect on inflation.
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Washington Examiner, CNN and Axios
Emily Tamkin / New Statesman:
With George Soros, right-wing America puts conspiracy above reality — By invoking “Soros-backed prosecutors”, Republicans are trying to decide who gets to participate fully in US society. — WASHINGTON DC - In the US, some judicial positions are elected. These include cities' district attorneys and states' attorney generals.
Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
A mom's campaign to ban library books divided a Texas town — and her own family — Weston Brown had given up challenging his mother's anti-LGBTQ beliefs. But that was before she started coming after library books. … GRANBURY, Texas — Weston Brown was scrolling through Twitter last month …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Why Wait? Here's Liz Cheney's Concession Speech in Advance — Liz Cheney is facing an awkward challenge. A few days from now, she will deliver the most consequential speech of her career to date. The polls indicate it will almost certainly be a concession speech.
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Fox News, New Yorker, The Federalist, Townhall and Puck
Candice Ortiz / Mediaite:
Bari Weiss Tells Senator Tim Scott About a Behind The Scenes Fight At The New York Times Over An Op-Ed He Submitted — Journalist Bari Weiss spilled the details of an internal battle at The New York Times over an op-ed piece submitted by Senator Tim Scott during his appearance on her podcast this week.
Washington Post:
Historians privately warn Biden that America's democracy is teetering — When Biden met with historians last week at the White House, they compared the threat facing America to the pre-Civil War era and to pro-fascist movements before WWII — President Biden paused last week …
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Breitbart, Balloon Juice, Florida Politics, The Newsletter, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Outside the Beltway, Insider and Raw Story
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
‘Everybody Is Armed’: As Shootings Soar, Philadelphia Is Awash in Guns — More than 1,400 people have been shot this year in Philadelphia, hundreds of them fatally — a higher toll than in much larger New York or Los Angeles. — PHILADELPHIA — The 300th killing of the year took the life of Lameer Boyd …
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
Departing Whole Foods CEO frets that “socialists are taking over” — Outgoing Whole Foods CEO John Mackey raised concerns that “ socialists are taking over” key institutions across the country. — Describing himself as a “capitalist at heart,” Mackey lamented that rights such as the right …
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RedState, Reason, New York Post, The Daily Caller and The Daily Wire
Shannon Najmabadi / The Colorado Sun:
Rural Colorado school administrators investigated sexting between students. Now they're charged in a child porn case. — BRUSH — The person who decided “Homegrown Happiness!” should be the tagline for this Eastern Plains town may have had someone like Bradley Bass in mind.
Isabella Simonetti / New York Times:
Gas Prices in the U.S. Fall Below $4 a Gallon — After peaking in mid-June, they have tracked a global decline in oil prices and are back where they were in March. — Gas prices in the United States fell below $4 a gallon on Thursday, retreating to their lowest level since March …