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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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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump ‘will do whatever’ he can to ‘help the country’ after FBI raid: ‘Temperature has to be brought down’ — Trump said his representatives reached out to DOJ to offer to help amid outrage over the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago — Fox News Flash top headlines for August 15
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Mediaite, b'Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Federalist and CBS News
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
KJP: We don't get briefed on legal probes into Trump — One of the hallmarks of Karine Jean-Pierre's brief tenure as White House Press Secretary thus far has been the expansive range of things that nobody tells her about. (I still can't read her name without the mental image of saying it with a loud …
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Washington Examiner, b'TheBlaze', IJR and HuffPost
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Some Republicans Make a More Restrained Case for Defending Trump — When some G.O.P. members of Congress attacked the nation's top law enforcement agencies immediately after the F.B.I.'s search of Mar-a-Lago, it underscored deep fissures within the party. — WASHINGTON — As Republicans continued …
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
People are outraged now, but by 2024 most will have forgotten about the FBI raid on Trump — The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence was the main topic of conversation on the Sunday political talk circuit. The discussion varied on each show but mostly consisted of whether or not Trump broke the law.
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Election deniers march toward power in key 2024 battlegrounds — GOP nominees who dispute the 2020 results could be positioned to play a critical role in the next presidential election — First came Kristina Karamo, a community college instructor from Detroit who claimed without evidence …
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Linda Rawles / Arizona Republic:
There's only 1 way to fix the Arizona GOP: Make it lose in November — Opinion: The Arizona GOP is broken to this lifelong Republican, and the only way to fix it is to ensure our most deranged candidates lose in November. — What on earth has happened to the Arizona Republican Party?
Robert Draper / New York Times:
The Arizona Republican Party's Anti-Democracy Experiment — First, it turned against the establishment. Now it has set its sights on democracy — the principles, the process and even the word itself. — To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Ron DeSantis to Headline Rally With Kari Lake Amid Trump FBI Raid Backlash
Ron DeSantis to Headline Rally With Kari Lake Amid Trump FBI Raid Backlash
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The Hill, BizPac Review, Florida Politics, Breitbart and Fox News
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Federal judge rejects Sen. Lindsey Graham's bid to quash grand jury subpoena in Georgia case — A federal judge in Georgia denied Sen. Lindsey Graham's bid to avoid testifying before a Atlanta-area grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 election, rejecting the Trump ally's claim …
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Politico, b'Raw Story, Associated Press, CNN, CBS News, NBC News, Bloomberg, The Hill, Fox News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bangor Daily News, The Daily Caller and Just The News
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Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Graham must testify in Ga. probe of effort to overturn 2020 election, judge rules — A federal judge on Monday denied Sen. Lindsey O. Graham's (R-S.C.) request to quash his subpoena in Georgia prosecutors' investigation into potential criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election …
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Daily Kos
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney's political life is likely ending — and just beginning — JACKSON, Wyo. — The 2-minute video, meant ostensibly as the closing appeal to voters here, likely served much more as the launching point of a campaign that will last for years to come. — “No matter how long we must fight …
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One America News Network, CNN, CBS News, Roll Call, The American Spectator and USA Today
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Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
Iran denies involvement in Rushdie attack, says he brought it on himself — Iran denied any involvement Monday in last week's attack that left author Salman Rushdie with severe injuries after he was stabbed in the neck and abdomen onstage at an event in western New York.
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Financial Times, United States Department …, New York Post, The National, UPI, Associated Press, The Times of Israel, TNT Radio, Fox3 Now, Forbes, NBC New York and Insider
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Mitchell Prothero / VICE:
Salman Rushdie Stabbing Suspect 'Had Contact With Iran's Revolutionary Guard'
Salman Rushdie Stabbing Suspect 'Had Contact With Iran's Revolutionary Guard'
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Reuters and Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Rules Out Releasing Billions in Afghan Funds After Strike — Presence of al Qaeda's leader in Kabul raised concerns in West about resurgence of global terrorism from Taliban-ruled country — The Biden administration has decided it won't release any of the roughly $7 billion …
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Vox, Politico and Washington Post
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Washington's Top Labor Prosecutor Battles Whole Foods Over Black Lives Matter Masks — In June 2020, the week after a police officer murdered George Floyd, Jeff Bezos endorsed Black Lives Matter. “I support this movement,” Bezos replied via email to a customer who'd complained about seeing a BLM banner on Amazon.com.