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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Secret Service official at center of Jan. 6 committee probe retires — Tony Ornato, the senior Secret Service official who served as a top aide in Donald Trump's White House and faced scrutiny from the Jan. 6 select committee earlier this summer, announced his retirement Monday.
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CNN:
US Secret Service Assistant Director Tony Ornato leaves agency — US Secret Service Assistant Director Tony Ornato left the Secret Service on Monday, according to two sources familiar, a significant departure two months after explosive testimony by a former White House aide …
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Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Anthony Ornato, Top Secret Service Official Sought by Investigators for Role in Jan. 6, Retires Unexpectedly — Anthony Ornato, a top Secret Service official embroiled in the January 6 investigation, retired today, just two days before his planned interview with January 6 investigators.
Emily Peck / Axios:
Who student debt relief helps (and it's not who you think) — Despite what critics may say, student loan debtors who stand to benefit most from the relief plan announced last week aren't exactly latte-sipping elites. … Second, a significant percentage of student loan debtors didn't get a four-year degree.
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New York Times:
Did Biden Just School the Republicans, or His Own Party?
Did Biden Just School the Republicans, or His Own Party?
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Elizabeth Popp Berman / American Prospect:
Student Loan Debate Reveals Limits of Economist-Style Thinking
Student Loan Debate Reveals Limits of Economist-Style Thinking
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Ben Whedon / Just The News:
FBI special agent who opened Trump investigation reportedly escorted out of Bureau — Former Washington Field Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge Tim Thibault was reportedly escorted out of the Bureau on Friday, amid whistleblower allegations that he showed political bias in his handling of politically sensitive investigations.
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CNN:
Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters scrubbed language on campaign website saying the 2020 election was stolen from Trump — Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters removed language from his website following his primary win that included the false claim that the 2020 election …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents already examined by FBI, Justice Dept. tells judge — A “filter team” has “completed its review” of material possibly covered by attorney-client privilege, the court filing says. — FBI agents have already finished their review of possibly privileged documents seized …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham's vile ‘riots’ threat gives away Trump's game — “If there's a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham on Fox News, there will be “riots in the streets.” — The South Carolina Republican's quote has been relentlessly skewered …
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Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham warns of ‘riots in the streets’ if Trump is indicted
Sen. Lindsey Graham warns of ‘riots in the streets’ if Trump is indicted
Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
There will be ‘riots in the street’ if Trump is prosecuted, Graham says
There will be ‘riots in the street’ if Trump is prosecuted, Graham says
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden to give prime-time speech on ‘soul of the nation’ as voters prepare to cast midterm ballots — President Joe Biden plans to deliver a prime-time speech this week on how America's “rights and freedoms are still under attack,” returning to the core message of his 2020 campaign as Americans …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Bragged He Had ‘Intelligence’ on Macron's Sex Life … For Trump, that has been a subject of intense — and tawdry — interest for years. — Specifically, Trump has bragged to some of his closest associates — both during and after his time in the White House …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Proud Boy sentenced to 4.5 years in prison in Jan. 6 case, still says election was stolen — WASHINGTON — A former D.C. bartender and Proud Boy who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison on Monday. — Joshua Pruitt, 40, pleaded guilty in June …
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden picks Hunter laptop denier for presidential intelligence board — President Joe Biden's latest pick for his Intelligence Advisory Board is an MSNBC pundit who was among dozens of former intelligence officials to sign a letter in 2020 claiming, without evidence …
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Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
It's Open Season on Jews in New York City — Of the hundreds of hate crimes committed against Jews in the city since 2018, many of them documented on camera, only a single perpetrator has served even one day in prison — The attack that sent 31-year-old Yossi Hershkop to the hospital …
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Retiring AP reporter chronicles 4 decades covering Congress — In the waning moments of Democrats' four-decade hold on the House, I saw a gesture that seems unthinkable today. On the evening of Nov. 29, 1994, they let the top Republican preside, briefly, over the chamber.
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Washington Post:
Iran sends first shipment of drones to Russia for use in Ukraine — Russian cargo planes left Tehran 10 days ago with UAVs, some of which have already malfunctioned, U.S. and allied officials say — Russian cargo planes have quietly picked up the first of scores of Iranian-made combat drones …
Zach Despart / The Texas Tribune:
The Texas Tribune and other newsrooms sue to force Uvalde officials to release shooting records — The Tribune and other news organizations also previously filed suit against the Department of Public Safety over its refusal to release records related to the school shooting. — Copy link
Mississippi Today:
Flooding exacerbates Jackson's water crisis, raises calls for state intervention — Pearl River flooding is exacerbating Jackson's drinking water crisis, bringing warnings of a system-wide outage, causing some businesses and schools to close Monday and prompting some leaders to call for the state to take action.
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Juan Carlos Castillo / Asbury Park Press:
Lakewood cut down Town Square trees to deter homeless — LAKEWOOD - The township cut down all of the shade trees that once lined Town Square in a controversial move designed to prevent homeless people from spending time there. — Mayor Ray Coles said the decision was made after a recommendation …
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
Greenland ice sheet set to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds — New research suggests the massive ice sheet is already set to lose more than 3 percent of its mass, even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today — Human-driven climate change has set …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
3 dead, including suspected shooter, in Oregon grocery store attack — Gunman opens fire in Oregon grocery store, killing two — Three people, including the suspected shooter, are dead following an attack Sunday night at a grocery store in Bend, Oregon, police said.
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Blake Flayton / Common Sense:
My Post-Graduation Plan? I'm Immigrating to Israel. — For me and other young Jews, the future is no longer in America. What we experienced on campus has a lot to do with it. … It's Back to School Week at Common Sense. If you appreciate our coverage of higher ed, please become a subscriber today.
Associated Press:
Clashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 10 dead — An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting hundreds of his angry followers to storm the government palace and sparking clashes with security forces and between rival militias.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Comey-Clinton Document Standard and Trump — WSJ Opinion: What Did We Learn From Justice's Mar-a-Lago Affidavit? — Skip Ad — in 15 — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Republican Paranoia Could Cost the Party in November — The terror that mainstream conservative Republican politicians have felt over the threat of being called insufficiently conservative — of being tagged as Republicans in Name Only — has made governing difficult for them since the 1990s.
NBC News:
Democratic candidates are hesitant to campaign with Biden despite recent win streak — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's recent political revitalization hasn't stopped some Democrats in competitive midterm races from treating him like an in-law: always welcome but seldom wanted.
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Politico:
Biden administration to ask Congress to approve $1.1B arms sale to Taiwan — The Biden administration plans to formally ask Congress to approve an estimated $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan that includes 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the package.
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Allison P. Davis / The Cut:
Meghan of Montecito … The conditions are right for confession. It is a beautiful August day in Montecito, in a beautiful sitting room, in a beautiful home. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, a lively 3-year-old with a shock of ginger curls identical to his father's, toddles into the room demanding …
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