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10:35 AM ET, August 16, 2022

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NBC News:
Trump's passports returned after Mar-a-Lago search, DOJ official says  —  Trump claims FBI seized his passports in Mar-a-Lago search  —  Passports belonging to Donald Trump have been returned to the former president after last week's FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home, a Justice Department official told NBC News on Monday.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Justice Department asks not to disclose affidavit behind Mar-a-Lago search  —  Unsealing the document could reveal the scope of the inquiry against Donald Trump, whose team is rattled by recent events  —  The US justice department asked a judge Monday to keep sealed the affidavit that gave …
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
It's Inevitable: Trump Will Be Indicted  —  Americans should prepare for the spectacle of Donald Trump pleading not guilty to charges brought by the Biden Justice Department.  —  A few days after federal agents stormed Donald Trump's castle in Palm Beach last week, Judge Beryl Howell berated …
Wall Street Journal:
Merrick Garland Weighed Search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago for Weeks
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Tucker: No honest person could believe the Trump raid was a legitimate act of law enforcement
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Laura Ingraham: Voters might say it's ‘time to turn the page’ on Trump
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump's head-spinning excuses for Mar-a-Lago documents are already piling up. Insiders warn that's bad news for him
ABC News:
In Alaska and Wyoming primaries, 2 Trump critics could meet different fates as Palin eyes a comeback  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Liz Cheney are on the ballot.  —  Tuesday's primaries in Alaska and Wyoming will spotlight two big Republican detractors of former President Donald Trump …
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James M. Banner, Jr / The Bulwark:
Liz Cheney's Staunch Constitutionalism
Discussion: The Western Journal, Reason and CNN
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Georgia investigation is heating up, and it's ominous for Trump
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Blast Hits Russian Ammunition Depot in Crimea  —  The explosion came a week after blasts at a Russian air base on the peninsula destroyed several fighter jets.  A senior Ukrainian official said that an elite military unit was responsible for an attack on Tuesday that sent …
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Carlotta Gall / New York Times:   Six Weeks of ‘Hell’: Inside Russia's Brutal Ukraine Detentions
George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Trump didn't take the cookies.  Nope.  Never.  Why ask?  —  You're looking for cookies?  There are no cookies here.  —  I don't have any cookies.  I don't even like cookies.  Won't eat them.  Never had one in my life.  —  Never even seen one.  Not once.  Ever.
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
The Case for Going After Trump  —  Fuck It  —  Since the F.B.I. served a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago, there's been a bunch of arguments flying around that the Justice Department should not press an aggressive case against the former president.  These arguments are based on prudential reasons …
NBC News:
Trump's grip on GOP tightens as legal troubles mount  —  WASHINGTON — If it's Tuesday .... It's Primary Day in Alaska and Wyoming. ...  Ranked choice voting gets its latest test. ...  President Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act into law. ...  The Justice Department asks a judge …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Uniic Media
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New York Times:
Trump Executive Nears Plea Deal With Manhattan Prosecutors  —  Allen H. Weisselberg, who was charged with participating in a tax scheme, will not cooperate with the district attorney's investigation into Donald J. Trump.  —  Allen H. Weisselberg, a longtime top executive …
Washington Post:
Road to war: U.S. struggled to convince allies, and Zelensky, of risk of invasion  —  On a sunny October morning, the nation's top intelligence, military and diplomatic leaders filed into the Oval Office for an urgent meeting with President Biden.  They arrived bearing a highly classified …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Prosecutors Struggle to Catch Up to a Tidal Wave of Pandemic Fraud  —  Investigators say there was so much fraud in federal covid-relief programs that — even after two years of work and hundreds of prosecutions — they're still just getting started.  —  In the midst of the pandemic …
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Six drastic plans Trump is already promising for a second term  —  In recent speeches, the former president has begun specifying new policies he'd pursue if he returns to the White House, with an emphasis on crime, voting and shrinking the government  —  For the first time since leaving office …
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Video shows Val Demings' security pushing man to ground outside event … Jacob Ogles  —  Jacob Ogles has covered politics in Florida since 2000 for regional outlets including SRQ Magazine in Sarasota, The News-Press in Fort Myers and The Daily Commercial in Leesburg.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19  —  First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 while on vacation with President Biden and other family members in South Carolina, the White House announced Tuesday.  —  “After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday during …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Functional Congress?  Yes.  —  Congress is known for being dysfunctional.  Why hasn't it been over the past two years?  —  Describing Congress as dysfunctional seems unobjectionable, even clichéd.  I've done it myself this summer.  Yet as the current session enters its final months, the description feels off.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
That red wave is looking more like a ripple.  Here's why.  —  Suddenly, the 2022 midterms are looking much better for Democrats, and there's a simple explanation: Donald Trump is back on the ballot, metaphorically speaking.  —  In the last few days, a historical anomaly has emerged …
Axios:
“Defund the FBI” complicates GOP's midterm messaging  —  Republicans used the “defund the police” slogan after George Floyd's murder to paint the Democratic Party as radical.  But since the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago, a growing number of GOP candidates and lawmakers are rallying around …
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Trump's Truth Social company ordered to turn over Devin Nunes information
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Democrat Scholten releases first TV ad in Michigan's 3rd District general election
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Another year, another high-profile voter-fraud summit goes bust
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The New Era of Political Violence Is Here
Discussion: The Guardian
Phelim Kine / Politico:
Xi Jinping's Saudi trip seeks to exploit Riyadh-Washington tensions
Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
In Alaska, Sarah Palin's Political Comeback Stirs Debate Among Voters
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
UK Beats the US to Release of Latest Moderna Vaccine. It's a Pattern.
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