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4:05 PM ET, September 5, 2022

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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 …
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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.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Common Dreams
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Judge grants Trump request for special master to review 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 …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judge grants Trump's request to appoint special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents  —  A federal judge on Monday granted former President Trump's request to appoint an independent special master to review materials the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence last month.
Fox News:
Federal judge orders appointment of special master to review seized Trump records
Discussion: Twitchy
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 Guardian, Forbes and Raw Story
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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
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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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.
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, Rolling Stone and Mediaite
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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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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: Raw Story
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” …
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 …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Investigations Face a Dilemma Before the Midterm Elections  —  Justice Department officials are debating how an unwritten rule should affect the criminal investigations into Jan. 6 and the former president's handling of sensitive documents.  —  WASHINGTON — As the midterm elections near …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer with a horse, new book says  —  New York Times reporter David Enrich also says White House counsel Donald McGahn once called senior Trump aides ‘morons’  —  Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer he owed $2m with a deed to a horse.
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  — U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Saturday that former President Donald Trump stands a “pretty good chance” of winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal:
British Pound Falls to Lowest Level Since 1985 as U.K. Economic Pain Mounts  —  Investors see increased odds that the pound will tumble below parity with the dollar, something that hasn't happened in their more than 200-year trading history  —  Inflation Looks Different Worldwide.  Who's Getting It Right?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Trump rally highlighting January 6 case of alleged Nazi sympathizer sparks criticism  —  Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, on Sunday called out former President Donald Trump for featuring a speaker during his Saturday rally …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Americans increasingly concerned about political violence — CBS News poll
Discussion: New York Post and Forbes
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
How Old Bad Ideas Become Wonderful
Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
MAGA is fascism  —  Outrage sells — or at least it does around some conference tables …
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Makes Final Push to Shape Restored Iran Nuclear Deal
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