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10:20 PM ET, August 23, 2022

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Rolling Stone:
Trump Tells His Lawyers: Get ‘My’ Top Secret Documents Back  —  EXCLUSIVE: The ex-president is desperate to recover the classified trove taken from Mar-a-Lago — and is pushing his legal team on a long-shot maneuver to return them  —  IN THE WEEKS after the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid …
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New York Times:
Trump, Without the Presidency's Protections, Struggles for a Strategy  —  Facing serious legal peril in the documents investigation, the former president has turned to his old playbook of painting himself as persecuted amid legal and political stumbles.  —  On Tuesday, a Florida judge informed …
Washington Post:
FBI's Mar-a-Lago search followed months of resistance, delay by Trump  —  Donald Trump's lawyers received ominous news in an April 12 email from the National Archives: The FBI would soon examine sensitive documents the former president had reluctantly returned to the government from his Florida club three months earlier.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge orders Trump to give details about Mar-a-Lago search warrant lawsuit  — A federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump ordered him to answer several key questions about his new lawsuit related to the FBI raid on his Florida home, including why her court should be the one hearing …
Politico:
Judge seeks clarity about Trump's move on records seized from Mar-a-Lago  —  A federal court in Florida gave the former president's attorneys until Friday to sharpen their requests for oversight of the Justice Department's classified-records probe.  —  The judge presiding …
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Axios:
Rick Scott's ill-timed Italian vacation  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is spending part of his congressional recess on a luxury yacht in Italy with his family after criticizing President Biden for vacationing in Delaware, Axios has learned. … - Scott is already under fire for his management of the committee.
Madeline Berg / Insider:
Oz campaign on John Fetterman: If he had ‘ever eaten a vegetable in his life,’ he wouldn't have ‘had a stroke’  — Dr. Oz, the Republican Senate candidate, went viral after complaining about the price of “crudité.”  — The recent ‘veggie wars’ in the Oz-Fetterman race have attracted plenty of attention.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jan. 6 panel investigators traveled to Copenhagen to view Stone footage  —  Aides to the Jan. 6 select committee traveled to Copenhagen last week to review documentary footage related to Donald Trump ally and pardon recipient Roger Stone, according to two people familiar with the trip.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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NBC News:
Former Trump national security adviser Robert O'Brien interviewed by Jan. 6 committee
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and MSNBC
New York Times:   Jan. 6 Panel Questions Trump Cabinet Members on 25th Amendment Talks
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI arrests ex-Marine accused of assaulting officers inside Capitol on Jan. 6
Discussion: al.com and WHNT-TV
New York Times:
Biden to Announce Decision on Student Loan Debt, Affecting Millions of Borrowers  —  The decision, expected Wednesday, will cap months of deliberations over fairness and the potential to exacerbate an inflation rate that has reached a 40-year high.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden will announce …
Discussion: YourCentralValley.com and TheBlaze
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Joe Biden Illegally ‘Canceling’ Student Loans Would Be a Middle Finger to America
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
After delay, Biden readies student loan help, payment pause
NBC News:
Rep. Jerry Nadler beats Rep. Carolyn Maloney in bitter New York House primary  —  Nadler wins 12th Congressional District, NBC News Projects  —  NEW YORK — Incumbent Rep. Jerry Nadler defeated his longtime colleague Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a contentious Democratic primary Tuesday …
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Daniel Goldman / New York Times:
New York 10th Congressional District Primary Election Results  —  ‹ See all New York state results  —  A rare open seat in the heart of New York City has sparked a rush of contenders in the Democratic primary, with six floating to the top: Carlina Rivera, a city councilwoman …
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Crist cruises to primary victory in Florida, but Democrats are ‘fatalistic’ about defeating DeSantis  —  Rep. Charlie Crist cruised to primary victory over Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried Tuesday night in Florida, NBC News projects, answering the one big question Democrats have fretted about for months …
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Carol Robinson / al.com:
Perry Hooper Jr., former Alabama lawmaker, charged with sex abuse in Montgomery  —  A former state legislator is facing a felony sex charge.  —  Perry Oliver Hooper Jr., 67, is charged with first-degree sex abuse, Montgomery police Capt. Saba Coleman confirmed Tuesday.
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Ex-Detective Admits Misleading Judge Who Approved Breonna Taylor Raid  —  Kelly Goodlett, the former detective, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy.  She is the first officer to be convicted in the fatal police operation.  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former police detective admitted …
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New poll indicates a Liz Cheney presidential run would hurt Biden more than Trump  —  46th Vice President of the United States  —  President of the United States since 2021  —  Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., has vowed to do “whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office” …
Washington Post:
Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’  —  In an explosive whistleblower complaint obtained by The Washington Post, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges the company misled regulators about lax security and spam
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CNN:
Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies
Leana S. Wen / Washington Post:
I'm a doctor.  Here's why my kids won't wear masks this school year. … For the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, my family and I were extremely cautious.  I gave birth in April 2020, shortly after covid-19 hit.  To protect the baby, my husband and I pulled our then-2-year-old son out of preschool.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Paul Pelosi DUI dashcam video released after California guilty plea  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was arrested on suspicion of DUI on May 28  —  Dashcam footage of Paul Pelosi being the subject of a DUI test  —  FIRST ON FOX: California Highway Patrol (CHP) …
Discussion: Townhall and The Daily Caller
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Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Biden's ‘bodyman’ and close confidant to depart the White House  —  Inside President Joe Biden's tight-knit inner circle, few — if any — White House aides have spent more time by his side in the last three years than Stephen Goepfert.  That will change at the end of this week.
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Fox News:
Biden ‘bodyman’ Stephen Goepfert leaving the White House
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Wire and Twitchy
Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Iran's President Orders The Killings of Americans On US Soil.  In September, American Taxpayers Will Pay To Protect Him On US Soil.  —  Biden must designate senior leaders of Iran's government as ineligible to enter the United States, but that should be the first of many steps to punish the Iranian government for its malign behavior.
Discussion: New York Times
BBC:
Finnish PM Sanna Marin sorry for topless guest photo at official residence  —  Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for a topless photo of guests at her official residence.  —  It comes days after she deflected accusations of having an excessive party lifestyle, by voluntarily taking a drug test - which came back clean.
New York Times:
Biden Administration Plans for New Booster Campaign Soon After Labor Day  —  A top F.D.A. regulator cited compelling data for redesigned coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to offer the next generation of coronavirus booster shots …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
What Herschel Walker's clueless campaign says about the GOP  —  In the race for U.S. Senate in Georgia, Republican nominee Herschel Walker is forcing people to ask: Just how clueless is too clueless to serve in Congress?  And what would it mean if our national legislature was filled with people like Walker?
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Warrant Had No Legal Basis  —  A former president's rights under the Presidential Records Act trump the statutes the FBI cited to justify the Mar-a-Lago raid.  —  WSJ Opinion: After Mar-a-Lago, Let Voters Decide Trump's Future  —  Skip Ad  —  in 15  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
McConnell dismisses threats to U.S. democracy, calling it ‘solid.’  —  Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, dismissed concerns on Monday that American democracy was facing a grave threat.  —  Speaking at a chamber of commerce luncheon in Scott County, Ky. …
Detroit Free Press:
Jury convicts Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr. in Whitmer kidnapping plot  —  Tresa Baldas Arpan LoboDetroit Free Press  —  GRAND RAPIDS — In a do-over for the government, a federal jury Tuesday convicted two men charged with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer out of anger over her handling of the pandemic …
Associated Press:
US to send $3 billion in aid to Ukraine as war hits 6 months  —  As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, including imminent plans to announce …
Reem Nadeem / Pew Research Center:
Abortion Rises in Importance as a Voting Issue, Driven by Democrats  —  Biden job approval remains low; a declining share of voters say he will be a factor in their midterm vote  —  Biden job approval remains low; a declining share of voters say he will be a factor in their midterm vote
Thomas Phippen / Fox News:
Rep. Markwayne Mullin defeats T.W. Shannon in Oklahoma GOP Senate runoff  —  Rep. Markwayne Mullin touts Trump endorsement, business background ahead of Oklahoma Senate runoff  —  Trump-endorsed Rep. Markwayne Mullin has won the Republican nomination for Senate in a runoff against T.W. Shannon, the Associated Press projects.
 
 
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