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Brad Moss / The Daily Beast:
It's Over: Trump Will Be Indicted — There is little left for the Justice Department to do but decide whether to wait until after the midterms to formally seek the indictment from the grand jury. … I have finally seen enough. Donald Trump will be indicted by a federal grand jury.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Possibility of Obstruction Looms Over Trump After Thwarted Efforts to Recover Documents — Unredacted portions of the affidavit point to a crime that has been overshadowed amid disputes over classified information. — WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department proposed redactions …
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Washington Examiner
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, American Greatness, The Daily Signal and Media Matters for America
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
William Barr Rips Trump For ‘Pandering To Outrage’ Over Mar-A-Lago Search — It's premature to reach a conclusion about the ex-president's trove of government documents stashed at Mar-a-Lago, his former U.S. attorney general said. — Former Attorney General William Barr attacked Donald Trump …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
3 big things we learned from the Mar-a-Lago affidavit — In the Mar-a-Lago saga, Donald Trump has offered several big defenses. First, he has reportedly insisted to aides that he primarily took from the White House documents that were “mine.” Second, he has suggested he always intended …
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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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Law & Crime, Power Line, PoliticusUSA, Crooks and Liars and IJR
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Shows Trump Kept Some of America's Top Secrets, Is In Huge Trouble
Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Shows Trump Kept Some of America's Top Secrets, Is In Huge Trouble
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Raw Story, DonaldsHeroes's Newsletter and Washington Post
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Affidavit for the Search of Trump's Home, Annotated
The Affidavit for the Search of Trump's Home, Annotated
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New York Post, Mediaite, FOX21 News Colorado, Townhall and The Atlantic
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden scoffs at Trump claim he declassified Mar-a-Lago documents: ‘Come on’
Biden scoffs at Trump claim he declassified Mar-a-Lago documents: ‘Come on’
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New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, KFOR-TV and New York Post
New York Times:
Inside the 20-Month Fight to Get Trump to Return Presidential Material
Inside the 20-Month Fight to Get Trump to Return Presidential Material
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KFOR-TV, Political Wire, Los Angeles Times and Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Mar-a-Lago affidavit says many witnesses interviewed, 184 classified files returned in January
Mar-a-Lago affidavit says many witnesses interviewed, 184 classified files returned in January
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NBC News:
Redacted FBI affidavit used to justify search of Mar-a-Lago is released
Redacted FBI affidavit used to justify search of Mar-a-Lago is released
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Pennsylvania candidate Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform at Army War College — Three years before retiring from the U.S. Army in 2017, Donald Trump-backed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College …
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Doug Mastriano Wore a Confederate Uniform in a Faculty Photo
Doug Mastriano Wore a Confederate Uniform in a Faculty Photo
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Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump Inquiry Fueled in Part by Concern Over Intelligence Sources — Documents related to the work of clandestine sources are some of the most sensitive and protected in the government. F.B.I. agents found some in boxes retrieved from Donald J. Trump's home.
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CNN:
Arizona GOP Senate candidate attempts to soften anti-abortion stance in pivot to general election — Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters attempted to tone down his position on abortion Thursday, scrubbing his website of his support of a “federal personhood law” and a host …
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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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CNN, CNBC, Washington Examiner, The Hill, HotAir, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Washington Post and Must Read Alaska
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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PolitiFact, IJR, Crooks and Liars, Raw Story and Just The News
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.”
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
DeSantis Suspends 4 Elected School Board Members After Report on Parkland
DeSantis Suspends 4 Elected School Board Members After Report on Parkland
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WPLG-TV, UPI, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, KOB.com and Washington Times
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
Children's hospital threatened after Libs of TikTok recording on trans hysterectomies — Children's National Hospital has been inundated with threatening emails and phone calls after an influential right-wing Twitter account published a recording that falsely suggested the hospital …
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Fox News, Breitbart, Libs of TikTok and NPR
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Biden Mocks Trump's Claim He Declassified Mar-a-Lago Documents — President Joe Biden mocked former President Donald Trump's claim that he declassified documents the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month. — “I've declassified everything in the world, I'm president, I can do it all?”
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
‘Semi-fascism’: Rhetoric reflects newly aggressive Biden strategy
‘Semi-fascism’: Rhetoric reflects newly aggressive Biden strategy
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The Verge, Breitbart, Associated Press, HuffPost and National Review
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
‘The definition of fascism’: Biden uses F-word to describe Trump Republicans
‘The definition of fascism’: Biden uses F-word to describe Trump Republicans
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Coverage of Ron DeSantis shows the media has learned nothing from Trump — Mainstream-media journalists are completely unprepared to cover a presidential candidate who would use the power of the state against his political enemies, who stokes division with racist conspiracy theories …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Defendants targeted in DeSantis' voter fraud crackdown were told they could vote
Defendants targeted in DeSantis' voter fraud crackdown were told they could vote
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Daily Kos and The Guardian
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Failed effort to recall George Gascón had a good chance of winning, new poll shows — Los Angeles Dist. Atty. George Gascón got a lucky break when his opponents failed to gather enough valid signatures to put a recall on the ballot. If it had gone before voters …
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HotAir and Political Wire
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Abortion issue has deflated Republicans' hopes for November; question now is how badly
Abortion issue has deflated Republicans' hopes for November; question now is how badly
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Roll Call, Associated Press and Newsy
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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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 …
New York Times:
Moderna Sues Pfizer and BioNTech Over Covid Vaccine Technology — Two lawsuits filed in Massachusetts and Germany claim the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine violated Moderna's mRNA patents. — The vaccine manufacturer Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday, claiming …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC fires national spokesperson — The Republican National Committee has fired Paris Dennard as its national spokesman, according to two people familiar with the move. — Dennard had been serving as a national spokesman and director of Black media affairs for the committee.
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John Solomon / Just The News:
FBI's former intel chief on raid of Trump home: ‘I think they are going to regret this’ — The FBI's former intelligence chief declared Friday the agency should not have criminalized the records dispute between Donald Trump and the National Archives and that the bureau appears to have failed …