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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans, Once Outraged by Mar-a-Lago Search, Become Quieter as Details Emerge — In the minutes and hours after the F.B.I.'s search of former President Donald J. Trump's residence in Florida this month, his supporters did not hesitate to denounce what they saw as a blatant abuse of power …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Mar-a-Lago Affidavit: Is That All There Is? — The redacted 38-pages add to the evidence that the FBI search really was all about a dispute over documents — WSJ Opinion: Mar-a-Lago and the Swamp's Obsession With Donald Trump — Created with sketchtool.
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Mediaite, Althouse, Fox News, American Greatness, CBS News, CNN and Arizona Mirror
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 …
Andrew Weissmann / New York Times:
What the Redacted Affidavit Shows in the Trump Mar-a-Lago Case — We always knew that whatever information about the Mar-a-Lago search would be released on Friday by a federal court was not going to help Donald Trump. — We know that not just because Judge Bruce Reinhart already concluded …
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Japan Times, Al Jazeera, HuffPost, RADAR and The Hill
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump's narrative takes big hit with affidavit's release — One of former President Trump's main claims about the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago is being undermined by Friday's release of a key affidavit. — Trump has pushed the narrative that he and his lawyers were cooperating …
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Washington Examiner
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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Insider, Raw Story, Townhall and Political Wire
Politico:
Trump lawyers renew plea for outside supervision of Mar-a-Lago search trove — Donald Trump's attorneys late Friday made a new pitch for an independent review of the materials seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate. — In a 12-page filing, they urged a federal judge to appoint a “special master” …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
William Barr Rips Trump For ‘Pandering To Outrage’ Over Mar-A-Lago Search
William Barr Rips Trump For ‘Pandering To Outrage’ Over Mar-A-Lago Search
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New York Post and Breitbart
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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Outside the Beltway, Political Wire, Washington Post, The Daily Beast and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
Documents at Mar-a-Lago Could Compromise Human Intelligence Sources, Affidavit Says
Documents at Mar-a-Lago Could Compromise Human Intelligence Sources, Affidavit Says
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The American Spectator, NewsNation, WFLA-TV and Metro.co.uk
Axios:
DOJ releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
DOJ releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
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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.
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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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Of all the legal threats Trump is facing, is this the one that could take him down? — The quiet workings of a Georgia grand jury hearing evidence of election fraud could represent the ex-president's greatest danger — Donald Trump's lawyers are earning their keep.
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Raw Story
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Truth Social faces financial peril as worry about Trump's future grows — Payment disputes and a dwindling audience have fueled doubts about the former president's Twitter clone — Former president Donald Trump's Truth Social website is facing financial challenges as its traffic remains puny …
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Alternet.org, Mediaite and Rolling Stone
Axios:
Trump's Truth Social has trademark application denied as setbacks pile up — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused Donald Trump's application for a trademark for “Truth Social,” the name of his social media company earlier this month. A trademark lawyer in Washington surfaced the filing on Thursday.
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Daily Kos, The Western Journal and Insider
John Solomon / Just The News:
Retired FBI boss disassembles Trump search warrant: Feds ‘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 to meet …
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Woman carrying fetus without a skull to seek abortion in another state following Louisiana ban — Louisiana woman denied an abortion despite baby's fatal birth defect — A Louisiana mother said she was denied an abortion even though doctors told her that her baby had a rare birth defect and would not survive.
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CNN, WFLA-TV, Newsy, CBS News, Al Jazeera, WTOP News, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, LifeNews.com, Raw Story, The Daily Beast and All in Her Head
New York Times:
Promoting His Memoir, Kushner Offers Tortured Defenses of Trump — Jared Kushner, who spent his years in the White House evading responsibility for his father-in-law's most extreme moves, has had to answer for some of them on his book tour. — WASHINGTON — Making the rounds promoting his new memoir …
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
In DeSantis's Florida, Teachers Navigate Curriculum Restrictions — Gov. Ron DeSantis is battling what he calls “indoctrination” in schools. New laws have left many teachers questioning everything from pride flags to “The Great Gatsby.” — Erin Brown, a teacher in St. Johns County …
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
The Biden White House gets feisty on Twitter — This administration's tweets, long bland, have become punchy and even viral as the president has shown more willingness to go after Republicans — The White House Twitter account under President Biden has not been the most exciting corner of the internet.
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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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Digby's Hullabaloo, Reuters, HuffPost, RedState, Associated Press, BizPac Review and National Review
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
DeSantis Suspends 4 Elected School Board Members After Report on Parkland — A grand jury report found the board members had engaged in “acts of incompetence and neglect of duty,” but an ousted member called the governor's move “political retribution.” — MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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The Hill, WPLG-TV, National Review, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Washington Times, UPI and KOB.com
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Ana Ceballos / Miami Herald:
DeSantis suspends four Broward County School Board members, appoints replacements
DeSantis suspends four Broward County School Board members, appoints replacements
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Washington Post, Breitbart, TheBlaze, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Raw Story
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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PoliticusUSA, Fox News, HotAir, CNBC, The Hill, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, CNN, Mediaite, Raw Story and Must Read Alaska
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