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8:45 AM ET, September 20, 2022

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents  —  A former White House lawyer sought to impress on him the need to return material he had taken with him upon leaving office.  —  A onetime White House lawyer under President Donald J. Trump warned him late last year …
Miami Herald:
Texas sheriff will investigate Florida flying Venezuelan migrants to Martha's Vineyard  —  Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis' operation to fly roughly 50 Venezuela migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week.
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Amy Simonson / CNN:
Bexar County Sheriff announces investigation into how migrants went from Texas to Martha's Vineyard  —  A Texas sheriff said Monday evening his agency will open an investigation into the transportation of 48 Venezuelan migrants from the state to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
New York Times:   DeSantis's Migrant Flights Aim to Jolt Midterms, and Lay Groundwork for 2024
Brittany Bowker / The Boston Globe:
Plane towing a banner reading ‘Vineyard Hypocrites’ circles Martha's Vineyard
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll gives Republicans the edge in most races  —  The latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll paints a bleak picture for Georgia Democrats in November, with every statewide candidate aside from U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock facing a sizable deficit less than two months before the election.
Discussion: Sacramento Bee
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Republicans' choice for 2024 should be abundantly clear  —  Whatever debate there is about the 2024 presidential race, and about whether Republicans should nominate former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, it is not much of a debate at all.
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
GOP loyalty to Trump over party dips to new low in NBC poll
Discussion: The Hill
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump discovers he's not in Cannon-land anymore  —  Donald Trump put the Justice Department on its heels, courtesy of a single federal judge who gave him the benefit of almost every doubt as he fought against the FBI's probe of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
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Maya Wiley / New Republic:
Judge Aileen Cannon Thinks Poor Donald Trump May Be Stigmatized  —  Say someone took some important and personal papers of yours.  You go to court, and a judge decides you can get those documents back.  You would expect, by following the rules, that you could, right?
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: McConnell's closed-door confidence  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed cautious optimism in closed-door remarks Monday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the GOP can win back control of the Senate, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: McConnell …
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
House Republicans Plan to Investigate Chamber of Commerce if They Take the Majority
Elizabeth Elkind / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance tears into ‘shameless fraud’ Tim Ryan for attending a WEDDING on Saturday night - after Democrat repeatedly attacked him for holding a rally with Trump during an Ohio football game  — Democrat House Rep. Tim Ryan is locked in a tight race with Trump-backed Republican JD Vance …
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Arrests at Southwestern Border Exceed 2 Million in a Year for the First Time  —  The historic pace of undocumented immigrants entering the country continued as the Biden administration tried to steer clear of immigration issues with the midterm elections approaching.
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Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden over seating position at Queen's funeral  —  Former president claims if he was still in the White House he would have been sat nearer the front  —  Donald Trump has mocked Joe Biden over his seating position at the late Queen's state funeral.
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C.C. McCandless / KNWA FOX24:
Beyond Meat COO arrested for biting man's nose near Razorback Stadium  —  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A food company executive was arrested on a pair of charges after reportedly biting a man's nose in a parking garage in Fayetteville on Saturday night.
Leana S. Wen / Washington Post:
Biden is right.  The pandemic is over.  —  President Biden's off-the-cuff comment during a “60 Minutes” interview that “the pandemic is over” has sparked outrage from all sides.  Republicans are accusing Biden of hypocrisy as he asks Congress for more covid-19 funding …
Discussion: NPR, PIX11 and Boston.com
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Politico:
Biden declared the pandemic ‘over.’ His Covid team says it's more complicated.
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Judge Vacates Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’  —  Mr. Syed, 41, had been serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his high school classmate Hae Min Lee.  The judge gave prosecutors 30 days to proceed with a new trial or drop the case.  —  Michael Levenson reported …
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Des Moines Register:
Former staffer accused Democrat Mike Franken of assault; police closed case as ‘unfounded’  —  Brianne Pfannenstiel George ShillcockDes Moines Register  —  A former staffer accused Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Franken of kissing her on the mouth without her permission …
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Politico:
Revenge?  Republicans weigh tanking Manchin's permitting plan  —  Senate Republicans say Joe Manchin can't count on them to save his energy permitting deal with Democratic leaders, potentially upending efforts to attach the centrist's proposal to a must-pass government funding bill.
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House, Senate conservatives: GOP shouldn't give ‘lame duck’ Democrats power in funding bill
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Trump ally Mike Lindell must face defamation suit over election-rigging claims  —  MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Mike Lindell must face a defamation lawsuit brought by a voting machine company that the Trump ally falsely accused of rigging the 2020 U.S. election, a Minnesota federal judge ruled on Monday.
Associated Press:
Judge holds gun ban for felony defendants unconstitutional  —  A U.S. law banning those under felony indictments from buying guns is unconstitutional, a federal judge in West Texas ruled Monday.  U.S. District Judge David Counts, whom then-President Donald Trump appointed to the federal bench …
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Washington Post:
Biden to plug campaign finance bill, head to New York for fundraiser … Today, President Biden plans to plug a Senate bill that would require super PACs and so-called “dark money” groups to disclose donors who give $10,000 or more during an election cycle.  After the event at the White House …
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Why Dems' voter registration surge isn't a midterm cure-all  —  Democrats have been on a voter registration tear since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.  There's just one problem for them — they are digging out from under major Republican gains in the previous 18 months.
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
The Pope Abandons Cardinal Zen  —  As Hong Kong puts the bishop on trial, Francis still offers no support.  —  WSJ Opinion: The Vatican's Silence Over Jimmy Lai and China  —  Skip Ad  —  in 15  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x
 
 
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Philly DA Krasner's office pushes back with ‘correcting the record’ response to state House contempt vote
Discussion: HotAir
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
The Cheney 2024 conundrum  —  Liberals who lavish praise on Liz Cheney for her defiance …
Ayesha Rascoe / NPR:
‘The Divider’ probes Trump's White House years for lessons about our political future
Discussion: Politico
Christian Paz / Vox:
Ruben Gallego's ready for a fight — even if the Democratic Party isn't
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
33 senators call for Hunter Biden special counsel, cite DOJ ‘politicization’
Charlotte Shane / Harper's:
The Right to Not Be Pregnant  —  I've never wanted to be pregnant, and I've been pregnant three times.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Some People Are Finally Getting Their First Dose of a Covid-19 Vaccine
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UWS Synagogue Refuses to Rent Space to Republican Club for Speech by Election Denier
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, prominent Trump ally, weighing U.S. Senate run in 2026
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Chuck Todd / NBC News:
Remembering a pioneer in political journalism
Stephanie Slade / Reason:
The Will to Power Was Front and Center at NatCon III
Discussion: National Review
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