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8:30 AM ET, September 9, 2022

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The White House:
Statement of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on the Death of Queen Elizabeth II  —  Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch.  She defined an era.  —  In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons …
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Martin Austermuhle / DCist:
Thousands Of Miles From Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II Will Always Be Remembered On One D.C. Street  —  Standard protocol when meeting Queen Elizabeth II held that you're only to touch her should she offer her hand; under no circumstances should you hug her.
Mark Landler / Associated Press:
Updates: World Mourns Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's Bastion of Stability  —  Buckingham Palace said the queen, who was 96, died peacefully at Balmoral Castle, her estate in the Scottish Highlands.  Her son became Britain's new monarch, King Charles III.  —  Hulton Archive, via Getty Images
BBC:
Queen Elizabeth II has died
Bruce Oliver Newsome / American Greatness:   The Last Great Briton  —  Queen Elizabeth was greater than a monarch.  —  Queen Elizabeth II is dead.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Nine in 10 living humans were born after Elizabeth became queen
Discussion: Task & Purpose and New York Times
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. seeks to regain access to classified Mar-a-Lago documents  —  As they noted their plans to appeal, prosecutors said they must be able to access classified documents to determine if there are more to be found  —  Federal prosecutors asked a judge to restore their access …
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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
U.S. reveals more classified records may be missing in Trump probe  —  Former U.S. President Donald Trump's team may not have returned all the classified records removed from the White House at the end of his presidency even after an FBI search of his home, U.S. prosecutors warned on Thursday …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:   Rubio walks the Mar-a-Lago line
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Justice Department to appeal judge's ruling on special master in Trump search
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump documents probe: US appeals ruling on special master
Francis Fukuyama / Journal of Democracy:
Why Ukraine Will Win  —  The country's military is advancing on the battlefield.  If Ukraine defeats Russia's massive army, the ripple effects will be felt across the globe.  —  T  —  he war in Ukraine, now in its seventh month, marks a critical juncture that will determine the course of global democracy.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Putin is trying to build a new axis of autocrats
Josh Smith / Reuters:
N.Korea's parliament meets in effort to build ‘socialist fairyland’
Discussion: Twitchy
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59 Million to a Local Bakery  —  Gibson's Bakery said the liberal arts college had falsely accused it of racism after a Black student was caught shoplifting.  —  Oberlin College, known as a bastion of progressive politics …
Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
A publisher abruptly recalled the ‘2,000 Mules’ election denial book.  NPR got a copy.  —  For months, the conservative provocateur Dinesh D'Souza teased that the book version of his widely debunked film “2,000 Mules” would provide compelling new evidence that the 2020 election was “stolen.”
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Gorsuch Said Findings of Probe Into Leaked Roe Draft Opinion Will Be Made in Report  —  The justice, speaking at a judicial conference, also criticized the cost and time it takes to enter the legal profession  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Justice Neil Gorsuch said Thursday …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
WAGA-TV:
New InsiderAdvantage/FOX 5 poll: Kemp widens lead over Abrams, Senate race remains tight  —  Loading Video...  This browser does not support the Video element.  —  The Road to November: Kemp widens lead over Abrams, Senate race remains tight  —  ATLANTA - A new InsiderAdvantage/FOX 5 Atlanta poll released …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Right to Free Speech Is Not the Right to Monologue  —  In August, the author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck.  The novelist has spent decades living under the threat of a hit put out by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.  The religious directive was a response to Rushdie's novel …
Discussion: FOREVER WARS
Axios:
Trumpier than Trump  —  Some GOP candidates are softening their rhetoric and scrubbing their campaign websites of hardline positions as the midterms get closer.  But Doug Mastriano is running a much different playbook in the Pennsylvania governor's race, one of the most important contests in the nation.
Claudia Aoraha / Daily Mail:
Twitter pulls vile tweet by Carnegie Mellon's critical race theory professor who said she hoped Queen died ‘an excruciating death’ - after Jeff Bezos led avalanche of condemnation  — Modern language professor Uju Anya wrote: 'I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying.
David Siders / Politico:
How Democrats gained the upper hand on God, guns and gays  —  It's already the consensus that abortion is going to be a good issue for Democrats in November.  —  What's only now becoming clear — as Republicans scrub their campaign websites of prior positions on abortion and labor to turn …
NPR:
Michigan Supreme Court rules abortion amendment should go to voters this November  —  Thursday, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that a proposed state constitutional amendment that would protect abortion rights should be placed on November's ballot.  —  It's up to the Michigan Board …
Taylor Goldenstein / Houston Chronicle:
Young Democrats are flocking to register to vote in Texas after abortion ruling, data shows  —  Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate  —  In Texas, it's not just women who are fired up about access to abortion and registering to vote in large numbers following this summer's historic …
Christine Vendel / PennLive:
Trump posted private photo with Pa. troopers without authorization: police  —  Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is “looking into the matter” after former President Donald Trump published a photo of himself posing with dozens of uniformed State Police troopers on his social media website when the picture was supposed to be private.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Too fun (and early) to check: Manchin at 32% for 2024 re-election bid?  —  It's too damn early for 2024 Senate polls, I hear you cry.  And you're right, but bear with me, because this has a current-events hook that Joe Manchin should have seen coming.  —  Apparently, his constituents did …
Discussion: ABC News, The Daily Caller and RedState
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Klobuchar pulls vote on bipartisan tech bill, says agreement ‘blown up’ by Cruz amendment  —  Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked to pull a committee vote on a bill aimed at giving news outlets the ability to negotiate collectively with tech platforms after she said an adopted amendment offered …
 
 
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Rowaida Abdelaziz / HuffPost:
Muslim Groups Are Alarmed By New CNN Boss' First Big Hire
Discussion: New York Post
Rasmussen Reports:
Impeach Biden? Most GOP, Independent Voters Say ‘Yes’
Lev Facher / STAT:
Fentanyl test strips could help save lives. In many states, they're still illegal
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
SC Democrats call on their party's US Senate nominee to quit
Discussion: The Daily Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Do the Democrats Have a . . . Murder Problem?
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
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New York Times:
Trump's Postelection Fund-Raising Comes Under Scrutiny by Justice Dept.
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

 
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