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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 …

Discussion: Raw Story

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

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: Associated Press, Election Central, 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: CNN, Voice of America, Little Green Footballs, Financial Times, CBS News 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: Breitbart, Raw Story, Washington Times and USA Today

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

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 …

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

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

Discussion: Twitchy and PoliticusUSA

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

Discussion: NBC News, CBS News, Insider and Townhall

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'

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

Discussion: Washington Times, Florida Politics and Puck

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, The Daily Caller, 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

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 …

Discussion: WTOP News

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: The Times of Israel, Rolling Stone and Al Jazeera

Associated Press:
Israeli army: ‘High possibility’ soldier killed reporter

Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com, Al Jazeera, New York Times and Associated Press

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

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

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

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

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …