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John Solomon / Just The News:
New twist in FBI raid: Trump had ‘standing order’ to declassify documents taken to residence — Donald Trump's office told Just the News on Friday that the classified materials the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate were declassified under a “standing order” while he was president …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Cracks emerge in GOP's Mar-a-Lago response — Republicans are dividing over how or whether to defend former President Trump after the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago — and what to do about some members' heated rhetoric toward law enforcement. … - But even some Intelligence Committee Republicans …
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b'Raw Story, Politico and Forbes
New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Told Justice Dept. That Classified Material Had Been Returned — The lawyer signed a statement in June that all documents marked as classified and held in boxes in storage at Mar-a-Lago had been given back. The search at the former president's home on Monday turned up more.
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New York Post and Washington Post
Alia Shoaib / Insider:
Trump's latest defense for Mar-a-Lago documents is everyone ‘brings home their work from time to time’ and the files were automatically declassified — Trump's new explanation for Mar-a-Lago documents is that “everyone ends up having to bring home their work from time to time.”
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Reuters and b'Raw Story
New York Times:
As Search Shows Trump Had Secret Files, G.O.P. Splits Over Assailing F.B.I. — WASHINGTON — Republicans struggled to come together on how to respond to the F.B.I.'s search of Mar-a-Lago as it emerged on Friday that federal law enforcement officers had recovered top secret files from former President Donald J. Trump's home.
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The Atlantic, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, Washington Examiner, David Feldman Show, b'Raw Story, The Hill, Mother Jones and HotAir
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump Aide Sics MAGA Lackeys on Alleged FBI Agents' Families
Ex-Trump Aide Sics MAGA Lackeys on Alleged FBI Agents' Families
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Insider
Amy Sherman / PolitiFact:
Why Trump is wrong to suggest Obama personally kept ‘33 million pages of documents’
Why Trump is wrong to suggest Obama personally kept ‘33 million pages of documents’
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HuffPost, CNN, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Washington Examiner and Media Matters for America
CNN:
FBI investigating ‘unprecedented’ number of threats against bureau in wake of Mar-a-Lago search
FBI investigating ‘unprecedented’ number of threats against bureau in wake of Mar-a-Lago search
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Global Community Weekly, Axios, USA Today, UPI, Beyond The Optics and Washington Post
Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service:
Synagogue of judge who approved Trump's search warrant cancels Shabbat service
Synagogue of judge who approved Trump's search warrant cancels Shabbat service
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Insider, more at Mediagazer »
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump claims he declassified all the documents at Mar-a-Lago. Even if that's true, it probably doesn't matter.
Trump claims he declassified all the documents at Mar-a-Lago. Even if that's true, it probably doesn't matter.
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The Hill, Mother Jones, Washington Examiner, LifeSite, emptywheel, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CBS News, The Daily Beast and Althouse
Will Saletan / The Triad:
Merrick Garland Gets to the Point
Merrick Garland Gets to the Point
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Associated Press, Thats Another Fine Mess, b'Raw Story, CBS News and Overtime
Conrad Swanson / Denver Post:
Listen: Lauren Boebert's neighbors' 911 calls describe threats, husband running over mailbox — Garfield County Sheriff's deputies decided to let neighbors of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert settle a dispute between themselves and the congresswoman's husband after he reportedly threatened them and destroyed their mailbox.
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Insider and New York Post
Joshua Goodman / NBC New York:
Who Is Hadi Matar? NJ Man Suspected in Salman Rushdie Attack Had Shia Extremist Sympathies — Police are learning more information about the suspect who allegedly stormed onto a New York stage and stabbed author Salman Rushdie in the neck on Friday. — The suspect, 24-year-old Hadi Matar …
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Telegraph, The Times of Israel, Breitbart, The Periscope and NECN
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BBC:
Salman Rushdie: Author on ventilator and unable to speak, agent says
Salman Rushdie: Author on ventilator and unable to speak, agent says
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Breitbart, b'TheBlaze', spiked, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Times
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Author Salman Rushdie attacked at speaking event in New York state
Author Salman Rushdie attacked at speaking event in New York state
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CBS News, New York Post, jihadwatch.org, Slate, Fox3 Now, Insider, Fox News, HotAir, RedState, CNBC and Washington Post
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party's longtime goal of raising taxes on wealthy investors, received nearly $1 million over the past year from private equity professionals …
NBC News:
How Democrats' surprise climate and health care bill came together after months of setbacks and reversals — WASHINGTON — Like many others in this town, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema first saw the news on Twitter. — Her fellow centrist Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia …
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Twitchy and Bangor Daily News
Wall Street Journal:
The White House and Twitter Censorship — There's new evidence that Biden officials wanted the site to ban Alex Berenson. — WSJ Opinion: Censorship as Usual as Elon Musk Abandons Twitter Bid — Skip Ad — in 15 — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool.
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Cafe Hayek, Fox News, Breitbart, Washington Times and Ace of Spades HQ
Newt Gingrich / Newsweek:
Crossing the Rubicon at Mar-a-Lago — In response to the outrageous invasion of Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago, several people have suggested the deep state in general—and the FBI in particular—have “crossed the Rubicon.” — On Monday, Buck Sexton told Jesse Waters:
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Fetterman says he is ‘grateful’ to be alive in first Senate campaign rally since suffering a stroke — Fetterman ‘grateful’ to be alive after suffering stroke, says wife saved his life — John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in Pennsylvania …
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ABC News, Washington Post, CNN, CBS News, Politico, Associated Press and Just The News
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New York Times:
A Victory of Biden, and a Bet on America's Future — Congress gave final approval to the Inflation Reduction Act, which will lower the cost of prescription drugs, extend health care subsidies and invest billions into climate and energy programs. — WASHINGTON — He promised a new social safety net.
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Documents show how Trump landed Lincoln Memorial for Fox News event — Trump's 2020 ‘town hall’ was held inside the memorial, an area where events have long been barred by federal regulations — In the spring of 2020, National Park Service personnel were preparing for an event President Donald Trump …
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b'Raw Story
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Fire Xavier Becerra — How Democrats' insistence on 'treating the cabinet as an identity-politics Rubik's cube' got us an incompetent-yet-unfireable HHS secretary — Back in January, before most of us had ever really thought about monkeypox, the Washington Post ran a lengthy …
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Politico
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Best of frenemies: Ron DeSantis stalks Trump with Republican primary tour — The Florida governor has been dubbed a ‘mini-Trump’ and was once boosted by the ex-president but a potential rivalry in 2024 has turned relations sour — As Florida's governor, Ron DeSantis …
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HuffPost and b'Raw Story
Emily Hernandez / The Daily Beast:
Wisconsin GOP Leader Fires the Bumbling Guy He Hand-Picked to Investigate Election Fraud — ‘EMBARRASSMENT’ — The Wisconsin Republican Assembly leader on Friday fired the 2020 election investigator he hired 14 months ago to look into former President Donald Trump's evidence-free claim that the election was stolen.
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Big League Politics, b'Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Just The News
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