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4:01 PM ET, August 22, 2022

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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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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 …
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 …
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Fauci plans to step down in December after half a century in government  —  Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's preeminent infectious-disease expert who achieved unprecedented fame while enduring withering political attacks as the face of the coronavirus pandemic response under two presidents …
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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The Lever:
Inside The Right's Historic Billion-Dollar Dark Money Transfer  —  Industrialist Barre Seid funded a new dark money group run by Trump judicial adviser Leonard Leo, who helped eliminate federal abortion rights.  —  Editor's note: This story was co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Walker, criticizing climate law, asks, 'Don't we have enough trees around here?'  —  Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker is criticizing the sweeping climate, health-care and deficit-reduction bill signed into law by President Biden arguing that it includes wasteful spending …
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John Frank / Axios:
Colorado lawmaker leaves GOP citing Jan. 6 attack and Trump
Discussion: The Hill and Occupy Democrats
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
State Sen. Kevin Priola switches his party registration to Democrat from Republican, citing 2020 election conspiracies
Discussion: HuffPost
Hanna Arhirova / Associated Press:
Ukraine: 9,000 of its troops killed since Russia began war  —  Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers since it began nearly six months ago, a general said, and the fighting Monday showed no signs that the war is abating.
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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’
Discussion: ABC17NEWS
David Weigel / Washington Post:
In Upstate N.Y., a test for Democrats running on abortion to stop GOP wave  —  Tuesday's special election in a swing district has become a crucial testing ground for both major parties' political strategies around abortion — an issue that could factor heavily into the midterm elections
Discussion: ABC17NEWS and Roll Call
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Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:   There's a bipartisan bill to codify Roe — and abortion rights groups can't stand it
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Is a Fetus a Person? An Anti-Abortion Strategy Says Yes.
Discussion: Althouse
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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 …
Discussion: Wide World of News
Rich Lowry / New York Times:
Can You Tell Me What Would Happen if the F.B.I. Were Investigating a Democrat?  —  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 …
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Olivia Yarvis / The Texas Tribune:
Watch: With a “feeling of betrayal,” one family flees Texas in search of safer climate for their transgender daughter  —  Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents who provide their children with gender-affirming care, driving one such family to leave home.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
Academy of Pediatrics Responds on Trans Treatment for Kids
Discussion: The Daily Caller and City Journal
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 …
Discussion: Rasmussen Reports
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 …
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.
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
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Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
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Associated Press:
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Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:
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Discussion: Associated Press, RedState and HotAir
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Mike Pence Owes the Country an Explanation
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Trump's Senate Candidates Say Better Call Mitch (McConnell)
Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke's risky quest for votes in deep-red Texas
Discussion: Townhall
Andrew Welsh-Huggins / Associated Press:
Wanted: 7,000 construction workers for Intel chip plants
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