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Washington Post:
Trump lawyers suggest seized Mar-a-Lago documents may not be classified — In new court filing, lawyers for the former president push back on a Justice Department request to limit the role of a special master — Lawyers for former president Donald Trump filed court papers Monday arguing …
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CNN, Just The News and The Guardian
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump legal team responds to Justice Department on Mar-a-Lago documents review — DOJ has said it needs to keep using the documents in its criminal investigation. — Pages from a Department of Justice court filing on Aug. 30, 2022 are photographed early Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner and The Federalist
Politico:
Trump fights back against DOJ in dispute over classified records — Donald Trump urged a federal judge Monday to keep in place her order that blocked the Justice Department from continuing its criminal investigation into the highly sensitive government records stashed in the basement of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
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CNBC, Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, National Review and New York Post
New York Times:
Trump Asks Judge to Keep Blocking F.B.I. From Working With Seized Classified Files — It was the latest salvo in a court fight over a special master, which has stalled an investigation into the former president's hoarding of government documents. — Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump asked …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Dispute Classified Status of Seized Mar-a-Lago Documents
Trump Lawyers Dispute Classified Status of Seized Mar-a-Lago Documents
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Associated Press, Insider, CBS News and Reuters
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump asks judge to block DOJ from viewing classified records seized from Mar-a-Lago
Trump asks judge to block DOJ from viewing classified records seized from Mar-a-Lago
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Fox News, CNN, Washington Times and NewsNation
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Exclusive: 'I'm just not going to leave': New book reveals Trump vowed to stay in White House — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told aides in the days following his 2020 election loss that he would remain in the White House rather than let incoming President Joe Biden take over …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Yes, the Polling Warning Signs Are Flashing Again — Democrats are polling well in exactly the places where surveys missed most in 2020. — Ahead of the last presidential election, we created a website tracking the latest polls — internally, we called it a “polling diary.”
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Townhall, National Review, RedState and Outside the Beltway
Washington Post:
Amid Ukraine's startling gains, liberated villages describe Russian troops dropping rifles and fleeing — ZALIZNYCHNE, Ukraine — In the end, the Russians fled any way they could on Friday, on stolen bicycles, disguised as locals. Hours after Ukrainian soldiers poured into the area …
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Associated Press:
Ukraine makes more gains, pushes back to border in places — Ukrainian troops reclaimed more territory from Russia on Monday, pushing all the way back to the northeastern border in some places as part of a lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat from occupied land.
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BBC, USA Today, Cyprus Mail, UPI, Bloomberg, New Statesman, NewsNation and Just The News
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Russia's Retreat in Ukraine Pokes Holes in Putin's Projection of Force
Russia's Retreat in Ukraine Pokes Holes in Putin's Projection of Force
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The Bulwark, HotAir, Insider, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Just The News, Politico, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera and Reuters
Axios:
Two Americas Index: Democracy deniers … - They're also a reality check against President Biden's speech that portrayed threats to democracy as solely driven by Republican supporters of former President Trump who refuse to accept that he lost the 2020 election.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Philippe Naughton / The Daily Beast:
Man Murdered Wife, Shot Daughter After Being Sucked Down ‘Q Rabbit Hole,’ Family Confirms — Igor and Tina Lanis were “loving and happy people” until Trump lost the 2020 election. “My Qdad snapped and killed my family this morning,” his daughter posted on Reddit.
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Kara Berg / Detroit News:
Police fatally shoot Walled Lake man who allegedly killed wife, shot daughter
Police fatally shoot Walled Lake man who allegedly killed wife, shot daughter
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Rolling Stone and New York Post
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Roberts joins the chorus of Supreme Court whining — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has joined the list of other right-wing justices (Samuel A. Alito Jr., Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas) whining about public criticism of the court. — Let's begin by recalling that no court was more heavily criticized than the Warren court.
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Detroit Metro Times and CNN
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
What Chief Justice Roberts misses
What Chief Justice Roberts misses
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JONATHAN TURLEY, Law Dork, with Chris Geidner and Outside the Beltway
Politico:
Pence, defied subpoenas, and a final report: The Jan. 6 panel's endgame — Should they seek Donald Trump's testimony? What should they do with Republican lawmakers who defied subpoenas? Will they be able to negotiate an interview with Mike Pence? — Members of the Jan. 6 select committee …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP eyes its own Trump-free Jan. 6 inquiry
House GOP eyes its own Trump-free Jan. 6 inquiry
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Raw Story and The Guardian
Politico:
Trump judges are on a tear — A decision by a judge appointed by former President Donald Trump to temporarily halt a Justice Department investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate triggered an avalanche of criticism from across the legal spectrum …
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump backers flood election offices with requests as 2022 vote nears — The requests for records related to the 2020 election have complicated preparations for November, which some officials say may be the point — Supporters of former president Donald Trump have swamped local election offices across …
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Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sneak peek: How Trump fired his man in Manhattan — “Our chief of security apologized for doing it so abruptly, explaining, ‘I was told to get you out of the office immediately.’” — Berman, who was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, writes that he …
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Washington Examiner
New York Magazine:
The Sordid Saga of Hunter Biden's Laptop — The most invasive data breach imaginable is a political scandal Democrats can't just wish away. — Imagine the entirety of your digital existence plotted out before you: your accounts and passwords; your avatars; your contacts …
Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Biden turns urgently to critical task of holding the Senate — For issues including investigations and judicial appointments, control of the Senate will be critical to Biden's legacy. His travel schedule is starting to reflect that. — In Wilkes-Barre, Pa., recently, President Biden excoriated …
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New York Times, LifeNews.com, The Hill, CNN, Fox News, Wide World of News, Punchbowl News, HotAir and Blue Virginia
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden navigates student debt forgiveness politics on campaign trail
Biden navigates student debt forgiveness politics on campaign trail
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Fox News and New York Times
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Plaintiff in Wacky Laura Loomer ‘Fraud’ Suit: Take My Name Off — “Why did you put my name down? I'm not going to lie,” a woman listed on the suit recalled telling Loomer's lawyer. — Far-right activist Laura Loomer lost her second bid for Congress last month, losing a Florida Republican primary by 7 points.
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Raw Story
Liz Schwartz / Shorenstein Center:
Brian Stelter Joins Shorenstein Center as Fall 2022 Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that Brian Stelter will join the center as the Fall 2022 Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow.
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Washington Post:
Biden visiting Boston to deliver ‘Cancer Moonshot’ speech … Today, President Biden is visiting Boston to deliver an address on his goal of cutting the U.S. death rate from cancer in half over the next quarter-century. The speech falls on the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's …
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NBC News and Associated Press
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