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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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Washington Post:
Trump's secrets: How a records dispute led the FBI to search Mar-a-Lago — As FBI agents pulled up to Donald Trump's Florida club Monday morning to conduct a search for top-secret government documents — approved by a federal judge and requested by the attorney general of the United States …
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Matt Bai / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's chamber of secrets — National security being what it is, we may never know the exact contents of the documents that FBI agents carried out of Mar-a-Lago this week. But we can already see what Donald Trump's defense will be. — These documents can't be classified …
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HuffPost and Letters from an American
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
As Right-Wing Rhetoric Escalates, So Do Threats and Violence — Both threats of political violence and actual attacks have become a steady reality of American life. Experts blame dehumanizing and apocalyptic language. — The armed attack this week on an F.B.I. office in Ohio by a supporter …
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Euphoric Recall
NBC News:
‘It worried people all the time:’ How Trump's handling of secret documents led to the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search — When it finally dawned on Donald Trump in the twilight of his presidency that he wouldn't be living in the White House for another four years, he had a problem: he had barely packed and had to move out quickly.
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NPR, PennLive, NewsNation and Insider
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The week that was: Trump screams. Biden governs. — Among the many criticisms President Biden has had to grapple with, this one may be the most frustrating to him: Here he has been president for nearly two years, and Donald Trump remains the dominant figure in our public life.
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Patriot Bugler and Insider
Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
SEE IT: Donald Trump lashes out after FBI search warrant unsealed by calling it a ‘scam’ — Former President Donald Trump has lashed out at the FBI in the wake of the search warrant used in its raid on Mar-a-Lago being unsealed. — “Like all of the other Hoaxes and Scams that they've used …
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Townhall
Philip Klein / National Review:
Trump's Explanation of Document Declassification Doesn't Pass the Smell Test
Trump's Explanation of Document Declassification Doesn't Pass the Smell Test
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The Wildfire Newsletter, HotAir, RedState, Global Community Weekly and Political Flare
New York Times:
Rushdie Stabbed 10 Times in Premeditated Attack, Prosecutors Say — The writer was gravely wounded and on a ventilator. Neither the hospital treating him nor his agent had updates on his condition Saturday. — The author Salman Rushdie was stabbed 10 times as he prepared to speak …
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RedState, Al Jazeera and New York Post
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Bari Weiss / Common Sense:
We Ignored Salman Rushdie's Warning — Words are not violence. Violence is violence. — We live in a culture in which many of the most celebrated people occupying the highest perches believe that words are violence. In this, they have much in common with Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini …
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The Book Haven and Slate
Associated Press:
Agent: Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack — “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York. Rushdie remained hospitalized with serious injuries …
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The Atlantic, National Review, Reuters, CBS News, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, NewsNation, Power Line, ABC13 and al.com
ABC News:
What forensic testing reveals about revolver in on-set ‘Rust’ shooting — The report is part of a criminal investigation into the deadly shooting. — The gun used in the fatal shooting on the “Rust” movie set could not have been fired without pulling the trigger, according to an FBI forensic report obtained Friday by ABC News.
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UPI, Breitbart, Law & Crime, New York Post, Variety, The Gateway Pundit, b'TheBlaze' and CBS News
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Josh Marcus / The Independent:
Whole Foods CEO says ‘socialists are taking over’ schools and gun control debate — The grocery store chain's CEO claims leftists are taking over schools and corporations — Purported Whole Foods voicemail to employees about coronavirus diagnosis … The CEO and co-founder of Whole Foods thinks …
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Biblical Conservative View
Jay Wallis / WFAA-TV:
‘He was literally throwing it back’ | Texas man found guilty of child sexual assault drinks water during verdict reading, dies afterwards — Edward Leclair was facing 5 counts of child sexual assault related to one victim. While the judge read his verdict, he drank from a water bottle and died soon after.
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New York Post, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, UPI and ABC7
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
West Virginia coal country will test power of Democrats' climate bill — After decades of deindustrialization, the Inflation Reduction Act tries to revive U.S. manufacturing jobs. Obstacles loom. — CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Travis Elswick used to spend his days detonating millions …
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New York Times:
A Detailed Picture of What's in the Democrats' Climate and Health Bill
A Detailed Picture of What's in the Democrats' Climate and Health Bill
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Washington Post, High Plains Blogger, The Washington Current, Axios and Associated Press
NBC News:
How Democrats' surprise climate and health care bill came together after months of setbacks and reversals
How Democrats' surprise climate and health care bill came together after months of setbacks and reversals
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Bangor Daily News and Twitchy
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
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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RedState, Twitchy and b'Raw Story
Laura Secor / Wall Street Journal:
Henry Kissinger Is Worried About ‘Disequilibrium’ — The 99-year-old former secretary of state has just published a book on leadership and sees a dangerous lack of strategic purpose in U.S. foreign policy … At 99 years old, Henry Kissinger has just published his 19th book, “Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy.”
New York Times:
The New York Times's Interview With Carolyn Maloney — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. … Jyoti Thottam: So, just to begin.
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New York Times:
Dan Goldman N.Y. District 10 — New York's chaotic primary elections for Congress, which will be held on Aug. 23, are the outcome of Democrats in Albany having tried to do an end run around the state Constitution's ban on partisan gerrymandering. The courts smacked them down for that …
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New York Post and Bloomberg
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