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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Gang of 8 wants to see Trump Mar-a-Lago search docs — The group of congressional leaders charged with reviewing the most sensitive intelligence information has asked the Biden administration for access to the documents seized from former President Donald Trump's private residence in Florida …
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge says FBI's evidence for searching Mar-a-Lago is ‘reliable’ — The federal magistrate judge who authorized the warrant to search Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate emphasized Monday that he “carefully reviewed” the FBI's sworn evidence before signing off and considers the facts contained …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Judge Reinhart formally rejects DOJ argument to keep Trump affidavit sealed, calls raid ‘unprecedented’ — Reinhart ruled ‘given the intense public and historical interest’ — Fox News Flash top headlines for August 22 — Judge Bruce Reinhart on Monday admitted the FBI's raid …
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The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Washington Examiner, Just The News and Althouse
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Judge leaves open possibility redactions in Trump affidavit could make it ‘meaningless’
Judge leaves open possibility redactions in Trump affidavit could make it ‘meaningless’
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The Independent, TheBlaze, Raw Story and Los Angeles Times
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:
Statement by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. — I am announcing today that I will be stepping down from the positions of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as the position of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Fauci Says He Will Step Down in December to Pursue His ‘Next Chapter’ — Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who has advised seven presidents and spent more than half a century at the National Institutes of Health, will leave government service by the end of the year. — Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said on Monday …
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Fauci plans to step down in December after half a century in government
Fauci plans to step down in December after half a century in government
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CNN, Fortune, Washington Times and IJR
New York Times:
An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives — A low-profile Republican financier donated his company to a new group run by the influential operative Leonard A. Leo. — WASHINGTON — A new conservative nonprofit group scored a $1.6 billion windfall last year via a little-known donor …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: National Republicans bolster Herschel Walker with Senate control on the line — Republicans need a net gain of just one Senate seat to take control of the chamber in a political climate that favors the GOP. So why is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lowering expectations of a flip?
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Raw Story, New York Times, Politico, PoliticusUSA and Washington Examiner
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Saja Hindi / Denver Post:
Colorado GOP Sen. Kevin Priola switches party affiliation to Democrat, citing election conspiracies and climate denialism — Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola, a Henderson Republican, announced Monday morning that he is changing his party affiliation to Democrat. — Priola, considered …
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Insider, Colorado Senate Democrats, Raw Story and Alternet.org
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John Frank / Axios:
Colorado lawmaker leaves GOP citing Jan. 6 attack and Trump
Colorado lawmaker leaves GOP citing Jan. 6 attack and Trump
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The Hill and Occupy Democrats
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Hawkish Russian Commentator Is Killed in Car Bombing — The daughter of a prominent ultranationalist, herself a hawkish commentator, was killed by a car bomb deep in Russian territory. — A brazen car bombing in a Moscow suburb that killed the daughter of a prominent backer …
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Telegraph, HotAir, National Review, 19FortyFive, Daily Kos, All that has been hidden …, Alexander Ziperovich, The Hill and The Bona Fide
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Hanna Arhirova / Associated Press:
Ukraine: 9,000 of its troops killed since Russia began war
Ukraine: 9,000 of its troops killed since Russia began war
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Washington Examiner, Reuters, New York Post and ABC17NEWS
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
The global reach of Alexander Dugin
The global reach of Alexander Dugin
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RADAR, Washington Post, Spectator, Associated Press and Fortune
Rich Lowry / New York Times:
A Defense of G.O.P. Paranoia — The reaction to the F.B.I. search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property created an immediate and furious backlash among Republicans. Even after two years of making political hay out of left-wing calls to defund the police, voices on the right are calling …
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The Federalist
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Politico:
‘We got rolled’: How the conservative grassroots lost the fight with Biden because it was focused on Trump — In years past, it would have been a political Waterloo moment for Republicans: President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats racing frantically to finalize sweeping legislation …
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Fox News, Vanity Fair, Alternet.org, Raw Story, driftglass, BizPac Review, No More Mister Nice Blog and HotAir
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
There's a bipartisan bill to codify Roe — and abortion rights groups can't stand it — The Reproductive Freedom for All Act reveals deeper debates about post-Roe America. — Amid threats over the last year that the Supreme Court might abolish the right to an abortion …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
In Upstate N.Y., a test for Democrats running on abortion to stop GOP wave
In Upstate N.Y., a test for Democrats running on abortion to stop GOP wave
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Is a Fetus a Person? An Anti-Abortion Strategy Says Yes.
Is a Fetus a Person? An Anti-Abortion Strategy Says Yes.
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Althouse
Trafalgar Group:
OH US Sen General - Aug 2022 — See Report Here — Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
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Annie Todd / Argus Leader:
Attorney general's office to investigate ethics complaint against Gov. Kristi Noem — An ethics board investigating a pair of complaints leveled against Gov. Kristi Noem voted to refer one of those complaints to the South Dakota Attorney General's Office for investigation.
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Ethics board: SD Gov. Noem may have ‘engaged in misconduct’
New York Times:
Eric Adams After Dark: A Private Table and Tarnished Friends — New York's mayor vowed to boost nightlife establishments in every corner of the city. But again and again, he returns to the same spot, run by friends with troubled pasts. — Before he took office, Eric Adams vowed to boost …
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Wide World of News
Grid News:
Behind the lie of ‘87,000 armed agents’: How an obscure factoid was bent into a popular GOP talking point — Amid a spike in threats against federal law enforcement, Republicans place their sights on an old target: the Internal Revenue Service. — A strange, false claim is all over conservative cable TV …
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The Daily Beast, Breitbart and BizPac Review
Financial Times:
UK inflation projected to hit 18.6% as gas prices surge — Bank raises forecast as European gas price sets new record — Surging wholesale gas prices are putting the UK on a path to exceed 18 per cent inflation next year, the highest rate among larger western economies, according to a report from Citigroup.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Biden bottoms out, pops back to 47% approval — With the help of Democrats bailing out his sinking approval ratings, President Joe Biden has started to recover just in time to begin a national 2022 election trip. — Rasmussen Reports, the sole pollster still conducting daily presidential approval ratings …
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Rasmussen Reports