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4:10 PM ET, August 27, 2022

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CNN:
US intelligence chief tells Congress she's conducting damage assessment of documents taken from Mar-a-Lago  —  Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has sent a letter to the House Intelligence and House Oversight committee chairs, saying the intelligence community is conducting …
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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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:   Possibility of Obstruction Looms Over Trump After Thwarted Efforts to Recover Documents
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Trump legal team says redacted affidavit raises ‘more questions than answers’
Discussion: Townhall
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Affidavit for the Search of Trump's Home, Annotated
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
William Barr Rips Trump For ‘Pandering To Outrage’ Over Mar-A-Lago Search
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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Olesia Plokhii / Washington Post:
Roland Mesnier, White House pastry chef for a sweet quarter-century, dies at 78  —  He was a confident and methodical patissier who took as his motto ‘perfection is no accident’  —  Roland Mesnier, the French-born pastry chef who whipped up desserts for five presidents and dignitaries …
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Zachary D. Carter / In The Long Run:
The Real Student Debt Debate  —  It's about the social order.  —  I have a new piece up for Slate on the history of debt relief as an essential safety valve for a functioning credit-based economy.  Hillary Frey is running a great shop over there, and I encourage you to read Mark Joseph Stern's piece …
Discussion: Breitbart and Eschaton
Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
As Republicans stumble - could Democrats really hold on to the Senate?  —  Republicans need just one seat to regain the chamber, but recent failures mean things are looking up for the Democrats  —  Things appear to be looking up for Democratic Senate candidates.
NBC News:
FBI responds to Mark Zuckerberg claims in Joe Rogan show  —  The day after Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook limited a polarizing story ahead of the 2020 election because of an FBI warning, the federal agency said it can only alert a private entity of a potential threat, not require it to take action.
Andre M. Perry / Brookings:
Biden's student debt cancellation doesn't solve the root problems facing borrowers—but it's a start  —  After months of uncertainty, doubt, and debate among pundits and policymakers, this Wednesday saw President Joe Biden finally announce the details of his administration's long-awaited action on student debt cancellation.
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Houston Keene / Fox News:
Nearly 100 Republicans demand Pelosi hold Biden accountable for $500B student debt handout
Discussion: Insider
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.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
As DeSantis Campaigns on Education, Crist Picks Teacher as Running Mate  —  Karla Hernández-Mats, head of the largest teachers union in the region, criticized the Republican governor for attacking educators.  “This is what dictators do,” she said.  —  MIAMI — In choosing the head …
 
 
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State bureau recommends certification of abortion-rights, voting ballot initiatives
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