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12:10 PM ET, August 28, 2022

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Michael Stern / Just Security:
Assessing Trump's Claim of ‘Executive Privilege’ on FBI Access to MAL Docs  —  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and former President Donald Trump are locked in a long running dispute over records taken from the White House in January 2021.
Discussion: Townhall
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Washington Post:
Inside Trump's war on the National Archives  —  The agency has been hit with a wave of threats and vitriol since the FBI retrieved scores of classified records from Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club  —  In the nearly three weeks since the FBI searched former president Donald Trump's Florida home …
New York Times:
Judge Signals Intent to Appoint Special Master in Mar-a-Lago Search  —  The judge, an appointee of President Donald J. Trump, indicated she was prepared to grant Mr. Trump's request for an arbiter, or special master, to review the documents seized by the F.B.I.
Chloe Folmar / The Hill:
Judge announces intent to appoint special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents
CBS News:
GOP seat lead shrinks as Biden approval ticks up — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll  —  Republicans head into the fall still in position to gain enough House seats for a majority, but a tumultuous summer has made their advantage appear a little smaller today — with a trend so far pointing toward narrow gains instead of a wave.
Discussion: The Hill
Glynn A. Hill / Washington Post:
BYU bans fan, relocates volleyball match after racist incident  —  A volleyball match was relocated and a spectator was banned from Brigham Young sporting venues after a Black player on Duke's team became the target of racial slurs during a game Friday at Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah.
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Duke volleyball game in Utah moved after racist abuse hurled at Black player  —  Duke University women's volleyball match on Saturday was moved to an alternate location in Provo, Utah, after racial slurs were hurled at a Black player from the crowd during Friday's match with BYU, school officials said.
Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:
‘The US could lose the right to vote within months’: Top official warns on threat to democracy  —  Jena Griswold urges Americans to pay attention to crucial but often overlooked races for secretary of state  —  Colorado's secretary of state, Jena Griswold, is warning anyone who will listen …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats hammer Republicans over Social Security as conservative candidates grab the ‘third rail’  —  WASHINGTON — When Blake Masters was running for the Republican nomination for Senate in Arizona, he floated what he called a “fresh and innovative” idea.  —  “Maybe we should privatize Social Security.
Washington Post:
Democrats see the once unthinkable: A narrow path to keeping the House  —  While Democrats acknowledge they still face major hurdles, there has been an unmistakable mood shift, according to interviews with candidates, strategists and officials  —  Democrats are voicing growing confidence …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Trump is turning the midterms from a referendum into a choice
Brad Lendon / CNN:
US sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip  —  China fires missiles towards Taiwan strait in drill after Pelosi visit  —  Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked …
Sarah Vowell / New York Times:
What's With All the Fluff About a New Civil War, Anyway?  —  BOZEMAN, Mont. — The idea was to be permanently chastened by the Civil War, that the relief of emancipation and reunification would always be tempered by the shock of 600,000 corpses.  And yet “civil war” has lately become …
Olivia Olander / Politico:
Sanders answers debt relief criticism: ‘The solution is not to deny help’  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday lamented conservative criticism of President Joe Biden's plan for student debt forgiveness.  —  “I know it is shocking, George, to some Republicans that the government actually …
Discussion: ABC News, The Hill and Alternet.org
CNN:
A once-bullish GOP now sees a smaller House majority in its future, presenting a challenge to McCarthy  —  Democrats closing the enthusiasm gap but the midterms will still be an “uphill battle”  —  House Republicans are starting to grow pessimistic about their chances of winning a massive majority …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Black Covid long-haulers felt invisible to the health care system, so they formed their own support groups  —  Chimére L. Smith, 40, thought her bout with Covid in March 2020 would pass within two weeks, as most mild cases do.  But the Baltimore English middle school teacher found …
Rachel Sharp / The Independent:
Ted Cruz mocked for blasting ‘slacker baristas’ after Biden scraps some student loan debt  —  Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders posted a video on Twitter educating the Texas senator about some of the Americans - such as nurses - struggling because of crippling student loan debt
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
WATCH: Karl Rove says Secret Service could have ratted Trump out over classified docs  —  A Secret Service member tasked with safeguarding former President Donald Trump may have been the one to spill the beans about the classified material at Mar-a-Lago, according to Karl Rove.
Discussion: Politico
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NBC News:
Intel officials will assess ‘risk to national security’ from documents found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago  —  DNI will assess Mar-a-lago documents for potential risk to national security  —  WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said her office will lead a damage assessment …
Discussion: ABC News, Reuters, Vox, MSNBC and Political Wire
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