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8:25 PM ET, September 5, 2022

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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 …
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NBC News:
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
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
‘Deeply Problematic’: Experts Question Judge's Intervention in Trump Inquiry  —  A ruling by a judge appointed by former President Donald J. Trump surprised specialists and could slow the documents investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge's extraordinary decision on Monday to interject …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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.
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
U.S. judge agrees to special master in Trump search case, delaying probe  —  A federal judge on Monday agreed to appoint a special master to review records seized by the FBI during its unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, a move that is likely to delay …
Fox News:
Federal judge orders appointment of special master to review seized Trump records
Discussion: Twitchy and PoliticusUSA
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Climate-Bill Win Offers Fresh Chance to Woo Midterm Voters
Discussion: City Journal and IJR
New York Times:
With Voters From Both Parties Energized, Campaigns Begin Fall Sprint
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” …
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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
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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.
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.
San Diego Union-Tribune:
‘Fat Leonard,’ set to finally be sentenced in long-running Navy bribery scheme, is on the lam  —  Leonard Francis, who has been under house arrest in San Diego for years, cut off his GPS monitoring bracelet on Sunday  —  The military contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” who has been under house arrest …
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 …
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” …
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 …
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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 …
 
 
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Biden again attacks ‘MAGA’ GOP members of Congress, ‘full of anger, violence and hate,’ in Labor Day speech
Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:
Lightfoot: Texas Shipping Migrants to Sanctuary City Chicago Is “Racist”
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Youngkin to boost Maine's LePage despite racially incendiary rhetoric
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Student-Debt-Forgiveness Plan May Cost Up to $1 Trillion, Challenging Deficit Goals
The White House:
Statement by President Biden in Support of California's Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Rise of Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's Authoritarian President
Washington Post:
Suicide bomber hits Russian Embassy in Kabul, killing top diplomat
 Earlier Items: 
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Americans increasingly concerned about political violence — CBS News poll
Discussion: New York Post, Forbes and The Hill
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
How Old Bad Ideas Become Wonderful
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer with a horse, new book says
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Karen Gilchrist / CNBC:
Trump 2024 could be one of the ‘greatest political comebacks in American history,’ says Sen. Lindsey Graham
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Trump rally highlighting January 6 case of alleged Nazi sympathizer sparks criticism
Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal:
British Pound Falls to Lowest Level Since 1985 as U.K. Economic Pain Mounts
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
MAGA is fascism  —  Outrage sells — or at least it does around some conference tables …
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
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Bloomberg:
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