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New York Times:
Trump's Shifting Explanations Follow a Familiar Playbook — The former president and his allies have given often conflicting defenses of his retention of classified documents, without addressing why he had kept them. — WASHINGTON — First he said that he was “working and cooperating with” …
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Jack Goldsmith / Lawfare:
Thoughts on the Mar-a-Lago Search
Thoughts on the Mar-a-Lago Search
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New York Times, Civil Discourse …, JustOneMinute, RedState, HotAir and Jose's Newsletter
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Final Days Draw Scrutiny as Handling of Documents Investigated
Trump's Final Days Draw Scrutiny as Handling of Documents Investigated
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The Mahablog and Conservative Brief
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
FBI seizes privileged Trump records during raid; DOJ opposes request for independent review: sources
FBI seizes privileged Trump records during raid; DOJ opposes request for independent review: sources
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David French / The Dispatch:
Apply the Hillary Clinton Rule to Donald Trump
Apply the Hillary Clinton Rule to Donald Trump
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Washington Post, BizPac Review, The Hill, Reason and Kevin Drum
Renato Mariotti / Politico:
Espionage Isn't the Strongest Case Against Trump. It's Simpler Than That.
Espionage Isn't the Strongest Case Against Trump. It's Simpler Than That.
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HuffPost, The Western Journal, Snopes.com and b'Raw Story
Justin Gomez / ABC News:
Karine Jean-Pierre on DOJ's Trump probe: ‘We do not interfere, we do not get briefed’
Karine Jean-Pierre on DOJ's Trump probe: ‘We do not interfere, we do not get briefed’
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Insider
Alia Shoaib / Insider:
Trump goes on Truth Social rampage, sharing over a dozen posts, including from accounts with QAnon references
Trump goes on Truth Social rampage, sharing over a dozen posts, including from accounts with QAnon references
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Fox News, The Western Journal and b'Raw Story
Graph Massara / Associated Press:
Obama didn't keep millions of classified White House documents
Obama didn't keep millions of classified White House documents
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New York Post, Politique Republic, BizPac Review, Ben's Newsletter, Lead Stories and The Gateway Pundit
Mitchell Prothero / VICE:
Salman Rushdie Stabbing Suspect 'Had Contact With Iran's Revolutionary Guard' — Intel officials told VICE World News Hadi Matar had been in contact with members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. There's no evidence Iran was involved in organising the attack. — MP
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Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
Exclusive: Distraught mother of alleged Iranian sympathizer accused of trying to murder Salman Rushdie says her son returned home as religious zealot after a month-long trip to the Middle East and says he is ‘responsible for his actions’ — Silvana Fardos revealed to DailyMail.com …
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United States Department …, The Daily Beast, The Times of Israel, New York Post, The Guardian and Reuters
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
Salman Rushdie and the Cult of Offense — This is what happens when you debase free expression in the name of free expression. — About the author: Graeme Wood is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State.
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Man crashes vehicle into US Capitol barricade and begins firing gun before shooting himself — A man crashed a vehicle near the U.S. Capitol and began wildly shooting before killing himself, according to Capitol Police. — The shocking incident happened early Sunday morning …
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NBC News:
FBI and DHS warn threats to federal law enforcement have spiked since Mar-a-Lago search — DHS, FBI warn of increasing online threats to federal law enforcement — The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning of a spike in threats …
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Jonathan Turley / USA Today:
Attorney General Garland's stature shrinks as he doggedly pursues Trump — Attorney General Merrick Garland seemed largely reactive and rote in dealing with questions over bias or abuse in his department. — In the cult classic “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” the character Scott Carey …
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Axios
Sarah K. Burris / b'Raw Story:
Andrew Yang backpedals on Mar-a-Lago search tweets as CNN's Jim Acosta tries to get a straight answer — This week after the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago for classified information, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang went on the attack against Attorney General Merrick Garland …
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Occupy Democrats and Mediaite
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Manchin, Sinema and 2024 — By helping Democrats pass a landmark $750 billion climate, tax and health care bill, Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona have complicated their own re-election fortunes for 2024. … - The fortunes of battle-tested Democrats like Sinema …
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The Hill
Mithil Aggarwal / NBC News:
Congressional Delegation visits Taiwan less than two weeks after Pelosi trip sparked furious response from China — A congressional delegation led by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., landed in Taiwan Sunday, less than two weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the Beijing-claimed island drew a furious response from China.
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Trump letter authorized Israeli sovereignty in West Bank - exclusive — Trump gave Netanyahu the green light to annex as long as he accepted a future Palestinian state, in contrast with the description in Kushner's book. — Former US president Donald Trump authorized then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Ricky Revolutionary, R.I.P. — The man who attacked the Cincinnati FBI office last week died fighting what he thought was a war for American freedom. He was tragically misinformed. — Ricky Shiffer thought he was Ricky Revolutionary. Now, he's Ricky Rigor Mortis, who died as he lived on social media …
Niall Ferguson / Bloomberg:
China's Demographics Spell Decline Not Domination — Demography isn't destiny. If population size was history's major determinant, China might have conquered Europe in the 15th century, and Britain certainly would not have conquered India in the 18th. — Little countries are capable of great things.
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Media Matters for America:
Fox host defends Trump's handling of top secret documents: “President Nixon said that if the president does it, that it is not illegal” — Angelo Carusone: After FBI search for top secret documents at Mar-a-Lago, right-wing reaction have been preparing their audience for a call to action
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
After Roe v. Wade Reversal, Readers Flock to Publications Aimed at Women — The surge of readers has buoyed a part of the digital media world that has gradually declined in recent years. — In the weeks since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, overturning the right to abortion after almost 50 years …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Joe Biden got the vibe shift he needed. Now he's looking to make it count. — Pete Buttigieg wasn't quite feeling it. It was late and White House aides had given him the cryptic guidance during their prep call for his Sunday show appearances on July 24: “We're not taking any swings.”
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The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
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