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7:55 PM ET, September 5, 2022

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Judge grants Trump's request for a special master — A federal judge on Monday granted former President Donald Trump's request for a special master to oversee all the evidence the FBI seized last month from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. — The request came amid questions over whether …

Discussion: Fox News, NewsNation and PoliticusUSA

Politico:

Judge orders halt to DOJ review of documents seized from Trump — A federal judge on Monday ordered a halt to the Justice Department's review of materials seized from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, describing a threat to institutions and the risk of media leaks that could cause harm to Trump.

Discussion: Election Central, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, The Mahablog and Common Dreams

Perry Stein / Washington Post:

Judge to appoint special master to review Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents — Rulings says prosecutors can't use seized documents in criminal probe until they are examined by outside expert — A federal judge will appoint a special master to sift through nearly 13,000 documents and items …

Discussion: New York Times, CNN, Voice of America, CBS News, Little Green Footballs and WELCOME TO PMCARPENTER.COM

New York Times:

Judge Grants Trump's Request for Special Master to Review Mar-a-Lago Documents — The ruling would effectively bar federal prosecutors from using a key piece of evidence as they continue to investigate whether Mr. Trump illegally retained national defense documents at his estate.

Discussion: USA Today, Breitbart, Raw Story and Washington Times

Dan Mangan / CNBC:

Judge authorizes special master to review Trump Mar-a-Lago raid documents, temporarily blocks DOJ using records for probe — A federal judge authorized the appointment of a special master to review records seized from President Donald Trump's Florida residence by the FBI in a raid last month.

Discussion: Mediaite, ABC News, Fortune, UPI, Axios, The Western Journal and Political Wire

Fox News:
Federal judge orders appointment of special master to review seized Trump records

Discussion: Twitchy and PoliticusUSA

Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
U.S. judge agrees to special master in Trump search case, delaying probe

Discussion: American Greatness, Associated Press, Vanity Fair, WTOP News and The Daily Wire

Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judge grants Trump's request to appoint special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents

Discussion: NBC News, Townhall, CBS News and Insider

Associated Press:

Red wave crashing? GOP momentum slips as fall sprint begins — The possibility of a great red wave still looms. But as the 2022 midterm elections enter their final two-month sprint, leading Republicans concede that their party's advantage may be slipping even as Democrats confront …

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: NRCC chief to GOP: 'Don't be measuring the drapes' — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — Happy Labor Day! It's quiet on the news front, so rest up and get ready for the fall: Election Day is nine weeks from tomorrow.

Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Climate-Bill Win Offers Fresh Chance to Woo Midterm Voters

Discussion: Florida Politics, City Journal and IJR

Max Seddon / Financial Times:

Russia switches off Europe's main gas pipeline until sanctions are lifted — Gazprom previously said it was halting flows through Nord Stream 1 because of a technical fault — Russia's gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will not resume in full until the “collective west” …

Discussion: Reuters, National Review, Raw Story and Bloomberg

Léonie Chao-Fong / The Guardian:
Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine says it has pushed Russian forces back near Kramatorsk; last Zaporizhzhia reactor disconnected after Russian shelling - as it happened

Discussion: UPI

Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:

Israeli Military Admits ‘Highly Probable’ Soldier Mistakenly Killed Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh — An Israeli soldier under fire likely erroneously targeted Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, misidentifying her as an armed militant, according to an army probe ■ …

Discussion: Al Jazeera and Rolling Stone

Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israeli investigation finds Shireen Abu Akleh likely killed by unintentional IDF fire

Discussion: CNN, Haaretz, UPI, Financial Times, Raw Story, Bloomberg and Fox News, more at Mediagazer »

Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:

Why I've stopped fearing America is headed for civil war — Thomas E. Ricks's latest book, “Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968,” will be published in October. — Five years ago I began to worry about a new American civil war breaking out.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:

‘Privatization Is On The Table’: Gov. Reeves Gives Jackson Water Crisis Update — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced “significant” improvements in the Jackson water system on Labor Day while telling reporters he is open to numerous long-term solutions, including leasing its management to a private company.

Discussion: Mississippi Today, WJTV and Washington Post

Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:

How Biden could help U.S. reach climate goals on his own — A new report published Monday outlines a slew of executive actions the Biden administration could take to combat climate change. — While the Inflation Reduction Act will help make a significant cut in U.S. emissions …

Esther Webber / Politico:

Liz Truss to be Britain's next prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak — LONDON — Liz Truss will be the next prime minister of the U.K. after comfortably seeing off rival Rishi Sunak in the race to lead the governing Conservative Party. — Truss, currently the U.K's foreign secretary …

Discussion: The Guardian, Fox News, PBS NewsHour, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Financial Times, National Review and Washington Examiner

Nathan Williams / BBC:
Liz Truss to be new UK prime minister

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David Mchugh / Associated Press:

OPEC+ cuts oil supplies to the world as prices fall — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries, including Russia, cut their supplies to the global economy by 100,000 barrels per day, underlining their unhappiness with crude prices that have sagged because of recession fears.

Discussion: Associated Press

Miranda Devine / New York Post:

FBI agent Timothy Thibault hid intel from whistleblower on Hunter and the ‘Big Guy’ Joe Biden — MORE FROM: — Timothy Thibault, the FBI agent alleged to have interfered with an investigation into Hunter Biden, was assigned by the Washington Field Office as “point man” …

Discussion: Breitbart, Carrie's Gazebo and The Daily Wire

Tal Axelrod / ABC News:

Exclusive: Zelenskyy to Muir on dialogue with Russia: ‘We cannot have any compromises with terrorists’ — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited reported instances of torture. — In an exclusive interview with ABC's “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir, Ukrainian President Volodymyr …

Associated Press:

Russia sanctions 25 more Americans, including Penn, Stiller — Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, IndieWire, Rolling Stone, New York Post, Variety and Politico

Tyler Olson / Fox News:

Biden again attacks ‘MAGA’ GOP members of Congress, ‘full of anger, violence and hate,’ in Labor Day speech — Biden targets Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, up for re-election, in Labor Day speech — President Biden attacked Republicans during his Labor Day speech in Wisconsin.