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New York Times:
Trump Search Live Updates: Justice Dept. Releases Redacted Affidavit Used for Warrant — The document describes the government's push to recover highly classified materials taken from the White House by the former president. The affidavit was heavily redacted to protect witnesses …
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Politico:
Trump Mar-a-Lago affidavit reveals ‘handwritten notes,’ highly classified material led to warrant request — Federal investigators obtained a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month by pointing to a raft of highly classified material …
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NBC News:
Redacted FBI affidavit used to justify search of Mar-a-Lago is released — WASHINGTON — A redacted copy of the FBI affidavit used to justify the search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate was unsealed Friday, revealing details of the federal government's efforts …
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Washington Post:
Affidavit to search Trump's Mar-a-Lago says 184 classified files found in January — Some White House documents sent to the National Archives in January appear to contain Trump's handwritten notes, court filing says. — BREAKING NEWS: This story will be updated frequently with additional details from the affidavit.
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Mariko Paulson / Issues:
The Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan: Budgetary Costs and Distributional Impact — Print to PDF Summary: President Biden's new student loan forgiveness plan includes three major components. We estimate that debt cancellation alone will cost up to $519 billion, with about 75% …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
August National Poll: Biden Bounces Back On Approval and 2024 Ballot; Voters Split on Student Debt Relief and Student Loan Program Value — Home Polls August National Poll: Biden Bounces Back On Approval and 2024 Ballot; Voters Split on Student Debt Relief and Student Loan Program Value
Marco Rubio / Fox Business:
President Biden, your student loan handout plan is the opposite of the Paycheck Protection Program — The student loan handout program announced Wednesday will not stimulate our economy, create jobs or rescue our small businesses — Biden's student loan handout will 'make college more expensive …
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Fox News, HotAir, Insider, Erick Erickson's Confessions …, Talking Points Memo and Florida Politics
Washington Post:
How President Biden decided to go big on student loan forgiveness
How President Biden decided to go big on student loan forgiveness
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National Review, The Guardian, Politico, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal and New Republic
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
GOP ad blitz mocks Biden's student loan plan
GOP ad blitz mocks Biden's student loan plan
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Muzzle Velocity, The Daily Caller, Morning Shots, Washington Examiner, Breitbart and National Review
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
It's clear now: Liberals increase government spending so that they can tell their critics to shut up
It's clear now: Liberals increase government spending so that they can tell their critics to shut up
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Reason, NBC News, alicublog and Vanity Fair
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: leaked video shows Amy Coney Barrett's secretive faith group drove women to tears — Wife of founder of People of Praise says members ‘were always crying’ during discussions about women's subservience to men — The People of Praise, a secretive Christian faith group that counts …
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Insider, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Judge rips fake electors' claims they shouldn't have to testify in Trump probe — Somewhat lost during a newsy day at the Fulton County special grand jury was a scathing order from Judge Robert McBurney that could have significant implications into the ongoing investigation …
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Election Law Blog
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP super PAC cancels ad buys in Arizona, Alaska — Senate Republicans' primary super PAC is canceling nearly $10 million in Arizona and Alaska ad reservations, raising questions about the party's commitment to Blake Masters, its Senate nominee in the Copper State.
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Josh Israel / The American Independent:
Arizona GOP Senate nominee Blake Masters lies about opponent's abortion views
Arizona GOP Senate nominee Blake Masters lies about opponent's abortion views
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Elizabeth Spiers / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner's memoir is only inadvertently revealing — All memoirs are self-serving — it's just a matter of degree. But Jared Kushner's memoir, “Breaking History,” is, at its core, an extended news release that exists primarily to exculpate its author after his role …
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Virginia Canter / Just Security:
Need for US Ethics Reform Is Far from History: Kushner-MBS Deal Reflects Broken System
Need for US Ethics Reform Is Far from History: Kushner-MBS Deal Reflects Broken System
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The Guardian
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
NBC Considers Cutting Back Programming Hours in Prime Time — Network has discussed giving 10 p.m. hour to local station partners, a cost-cutting move as interest in broadcast TV wanes — NBC is considering reducing the number of hours it programs in prime time, people familiar with the matter said …
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Ana Ceballos / Miami Herald:
DeSantis suspends four Broward County School Board members, appoints replacements — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday suspended four Broward County School Board members for engaging in what the governor described as “incompetence, neglect of duty, and misuse of authority.”
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Monetary Policy and Price Stability — At “Reassessing Constraints on the Economy and Policy,” an economic policy symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming — Thank you for the opportunity to speak here today. — At past Jackson Hole conferences …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: Powell declares war on inflation, predicts “pain” ahead
BREAKING: Powell declares war on inflation, predicts “pain” ahead
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Document reveals identity of donors who secretly funded Nikki Haley's political nonprofit — Many of the GOP's biggest donors are among those who funneled anonymous contributions to former U.N ambassador Nikki Haley's nonprofit as she lays the groundwork for a prospective 2024 presidential bid …
Politico:
Dr. Oz shifts strategy as campaign ails — PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz sees an opening to rescue his floundering Senate campaign: After largely refraining from making his opponent's health an issue, the celebrity doctor has decided to go there. — Oz's Democratic opponent, John Fetterman …
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Alternet.org, Twitchy and Vanity Fair
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Everything's Coming Up Schumer … Chuck Schumer had the ease of someone already on summer vacation. “I'd much rather be in New York than Washington any day of the week,” he said during a Zoom conversation from his Manhattan office in mid-August. The Senate Democrats had just passed …
Christo Grozev / bellingcat:
Socialite, Widow, Jeweller, Spy: How a GRU Agent Charmed Her Way Into NATO Circles in Italy — Three minutes before midnight on 14 September 2018, the cell phone of Andrey Averyanov began to ring. Despite the late hour, phone records show Maj. General Averyanov, the commander …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Privately Blew Up Biden Nominee Needed to Enact Regulatory Agenda … Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was the one to scuttle President Joe Biden's choice to head the obscure but all-important Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, according to sources familiar with the standoff.
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
Flip the Script — Earlier this cycle, a seasoned Democratic strategist argued that his party's success in the midterms wouldn't be predicated on policy successes but by turning out the 2018/2020 coalition of anti-Trump voters. This strategy, however, of trying to turn the midterms …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump fan who assaulted Capitol cops with Trump flag, billboard on Jan. 6 gets over 3.5 years in prison — WASHINGTON — A “pissed off” Donald Trump fan was sentenced to 46 months in prison Friday for assaulting law enforcement officers with a Trump flag and joining a mob to use …
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Forbes
Peter Beinart / New York Times:
Has the Fight Against Antisemitism Lost Its Way? — Over the past 18 months, America's most prominent Jewish organizations have done something extraordinary. They have accused the world's leading human rights organizations of promoting hatred of Jews. — Last April, after Human Rights Watch issued …
Scott Dworkin / Newsweek:
Joementum Has Arrived and It's Propelling Democrats to Victory — , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION — Despite all the exuberant predictions from the Right, Democrats aren't in disarray. Far from it. — Right now, according to recent polling average updates for Senate races …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
In fiery midterm speech, Biden says GOP's turned toward ‘semi-fascism’ — It was some of the strongest language used by Biden, a politician long known — and at times criticized for — his willingness to work with members of the opposite party — President Biden on Thursday night launched …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Defendants targeted in DeSantis' voter fraud crackdown were told they could vote — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Several people who were arrested last week as part of Gov. Ron DeSantis' voter fraud crackdown were notified by official government entities they were eligible to vote, according to court documents and interviews.
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