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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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Jessica Levinson / MSNBC:
Trump's response to the FBI search is definitely paying off — for DOJ — Donald Trump ramps up attacks against government agencies following FBI search of Mar-a-Lago — Former President Donald Trump's response to the FBI's search of his Mar-a-Lago residence is paying off ... for the Justice Department, not for him.
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Politico:
DOJ indicates Trump's demand for special master may be too late — Donald Trump's team demanded last week that a judge appoint an official to sift through all the material that was seized from his home to find out if it was privileged. — The government indicated Monday that his demand …
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Document Inquiry Poses Unparalleled Test for Justice Dept.
Document Inquiry Poses Unparalleled Test for Justice Dept.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
DOJ tells judge it has completed review of possible attorney-client privileged materials seized from Mar-a-Lago
DOJ tells judge it has completed review of possible attorney-client privileged materials seized from Mar-a-Lago
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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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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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New York Post:
DeSantis pulls out of $25K-a-plate Zeldin fundraiser over ‘unforeseen tragedy’ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had to pull out of a big-bucks fundraiser for New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin on Long Island on Sunday because of an “unforeseen tragedy,” the candidate's rep told The Post.
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Politico:
DeSantis skips Zeldin fundraiser to attend service for fallen Florida officer
DeSantis skips Zeldin fundraiser to attend service for fallen Florida officer
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Trump Family Dunks on DeSantis: You're ‘Stealing’ Our Bit!
Trump Family Dunks on DeSantis: You're ‘Stealing’ Our Bit!
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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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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Ukrainian forces begin ‘shaping’ battlefield for counteroffensive, senior US officials say — Ukrainian forces have begun “shaping” operations in southern Ukraine to prepare the battlefield for a significant Ukrainian counteroffensive, two senior US officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN.
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Daria Shulzhenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Ukraine reportedly begins advancing to liberate country's south
Ukraine reportedly begins advancing to liberate country's south
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Conspiracy Theorist Advising Joe Biden on the Intelligence Community — President Joe Biden's pick for an intelligence advisory post falsely claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop was part of a Russian disinformation campaign and that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Kremlin.
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Wall Street Journal:
FTC Sues Idaho Company for Selling Sensitive Tracking Data — Data could be used to track consumer visits to abortion clinics and other sensitive locations, suit claims — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against data broker Kochava Inc. Monday …
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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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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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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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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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Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
Trump's Second Term Would Look Like This — Ever since the U.S. Senate failed to convict Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection and disqualify him from running for president again, a lot of people, myself included, have been warning that a second Trump term could bring about the extinction of American democracy.
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New York Times:
Did Biden Just School the Republicans, or His Own Party? — Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. Depending on whom you ask, Joe Biden's decision to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student loans is either the Democrats' political masterstroke or a major political gift to Republicans. What's your take?
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NBC News:
Persuadable voters are breaking for the Democrats, NBC News poll finds — WASHINGTON — If it's Monday ... NASA places Artemis I rocket launch was scrubbed for Monday. ... The Biden administration announces it will suspend taking orders for free at-home Covid tests due to a lack of congressional funding, per NBC's Monica Alba. ...
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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.
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
The “Banana Republic” Fallacy — Following the rule of law does not turn a country into a “banana republic.” Bending the law because you're afraid of a populist strongman does. — (THE BULWARK / MIDJOURNEY) — The FBI's operation to retrieve classified documents from Mar-a-Lago …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor — Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.
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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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
When an election denier becomes an election chief — Many of the election deniers running for secretary of state this year have spent their time talking about something they can't do: “decertifying” the 2020 results. — The bigger question — amid concerns about whether they would fairly administer …
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Look to authoritarian parties abroad to see where the GOP is headed — At critical junctures in their histories, political parties reassess their platforms, methods and the qualities and values they desire their politicians to embody. The Jan. 6 coup attempt that intended …
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