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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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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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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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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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 ■ …
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Israeli army: ‘High possibility’ soldier killed reporter
Israeli army: ‘High possibility’ soldier killed reporter
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israeli investigation finds Shireen Abu Akleh likely killed by unintentional IDF fire
Israeli investigation finds Shireen Abu Akleh likely killed by unintentional IDF fire
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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” …
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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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Nathan Williams / BBC:
Liz Truss to be new UK prime minister
Liz Truss to be new UK prime minister
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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 …