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4:35 PM ET, August 9, 2023

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Special counsel obtained search warrant for Donald Trump's Twitter account  —  Twitter's initial resistance to complying with the warrant resulted in a federal judge holding the company in contempt and levying a $350,000 fine.  —  Special Counsel Jack Smith sought and obtained a search warrant …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Twitter was fined $350,000 for failing to turn over Trump's data  —  The social media company Twitter was forced to hand over records from former president Donald Trump's account to the special counsel investigating the events leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and pay sanctions for failing …
Discussion: Associated Press
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Special Counsel Obtained Search Warrant for Trump's Twitter Account  —  The warrant, obtained in January, adds a new dimension to the scope of the federal inquiry into the events of Jan. 6, 2021.  —  Prosecutors working for Jack Smith, the special counsel who has twice brought indictments …
NBC News:
Trump says a protective order would violate his First Amendment rights: ‘I will talk’
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Special counsel won secret search warrant for Trump's Twitter account
ABC News:
Man killed during FBI raid in connection with threats against Biden, other officials  —  The Utah man was shot and killed during an FBI raid early Wednesday morning.  —  A Utah man was shot and killed during an FBI raid early Wednesday morning, the FBI confirmed to ABC News.
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Ohio Vote Shows Abortion's Potency to Reshape Elections  —  The Dobbs ruling has turned a coalition of liberal, swing and moderate Republican voters into a political force.  Even in August in Ohio.  —  Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio, a Republican, argued that Tuesday's vote over how to amend …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Not just Trump: The Ohio abortion vote exposes the bitterness fueling the GOP war on democracy  —  Republicans want to impose their policies on unwilling voters, just like they'll force childbirth on women  —  For decades, Republicans had bamboozled the press into believing that the country was “bitterly divided” over abortion.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Once again, an abortion-related measure breaks partisan barriers
Discussion: New York Times
Nick Evans / Ohio Capital Journal:
Ohio's Issue 1 goes down to defeat
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Ohio Voters Reject Constitutional Change Intended to Thwart Abortion Amendment
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Win for reproductive rights as Ohio voters reject effort to make it harder to amend state constitution
New York Times:
DeSantis Suspends Second Elected Prosecutor in Florida  —  The Republican governor accused Monique H. Worrell, the state attorney in Orlando and a Democrat, of leniency toward violent criminals, a charge her office has denied.  —  Reporting from Florida  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida suspended …
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis suspends second elected prosecutor as his 2024 campaign struggles
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
DeSantis suspends Orlando state attorney over ‘dereliction of duty’ on crime
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis:
Governor Ron DeSantis Suspends State Attorney Monique Worrell for Neglect of Duty and Incompetence
Hawaii News Now:
Much of historic Lahaina town believed destroyed as huge wildfire sends people fleeing into water  —  LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Eyewitnesses described an apocalyptic scene Tuesday in Lahaina town, where residents were forced to jump into the harbor waters to avoid fast-moving flames …
TMZ.com:
Senator Dianne Feinstein Taken to Hospital After Tripping, Falling in San Francisco  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 786 … 7:30 AM PT — Senator Dianne Feinstein's office released this statement ... “Senator Feinstein briefly went to the hospital yesterday afternoon as a precaution after a minor fall in her home.
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New York Times:
Previously Secret Memo Laid Out Strategy for Trump to Overturn Biden's Win  —  The House Jan. 6 committee's investigation did not uncover the memo, whose existence first came to light in last week's indictment.  —  A lawyer allied with President Donald J. Trump first laid out a plot …
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Politico:
Playbook: Trump debates the debate
Discussion: RedState
Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
Ex-federal judge and prominent conservative: ‘There is no Republican Party’  —  J. Michael Luttig, a conservative retired federal judge and key adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, declared on Wednesday that “there is no Republican Party” and said former President Donald Trump …
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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Releases Third Bank Memo Detailing Payments to the Bidens from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine  —  WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released a third bank records memorandum detailing new information obtained …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as ‘weak’  —  Evangelical Christian leader Russell Moore revealed this week that many evangelical pastors have become alarmed that their Trump-loving congregants have become so militant that they are even rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Discussion: Mediaite
Media Matters for America:
Fox News prime-time ratings continue to crater as Lachlan Murdoch downplays collapse to stakeholders  —  A Media Matters analysis of Fox's new prime-time lineup finds that ratings have fallen roughly 30% since Tucker Carlson's firing, and over 45% in the key 25-54 year-old demographic
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump seeks to reestablish SCIF at Mar-a-Lago to review classified evidence  —  Donald Trump's legal team is asking the government to reestablish a secure facility at Mar-a-Lago so that the former president can review classified discovery in the case.  —  The filing comes after Trump requested …
Discussion: The Messenger
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Most Alabama voters want Tuberville to drop military hold: poll  —  A majority of likely Alabama voters want Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) to drop his hold on military promotions, according to a new poll.  —  The poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling and commissioned by VoteVets …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Civil rights groups challenge Tennessee GOP-led redistricting maps  —  A group of voters and civil rights organizations are filing a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's congressional and state senate maps as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.  —  The 49-page complaint accuses …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Biden says he has ‘practically’ declared a climate emergency  —  President Biden in a new interview says he has ‘in practice’ declared a national climate emergency, though he has not actually announced such a declaration.  —  A national emergency declaration on climate change is a specific tool …
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Sean Breslin / The Weather Channel:
President Biden Calls Climate Change ‘Existential Threat’ In The Weather Channel Interview
 
 
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Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Pentagon launches AI competition to solicit help securing computer systems
Anton Zverev / Reuters:
Exclusive: Kremlin aide who brings Ukrainian children to Russia associated online with neo-Nazism
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
White House unveils new tracking tool for heat-related illnesses
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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Gaetz introduces bill seeking to codify right to pray in schools
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The Churchillian Case Against a Trump Pardon
ABC News:
American woman, child freed after being kidnapped in Haiti last month
Hank Stephenson / Politico:
Arizona Republicans Don't Want to Hear About the Deadly Heat Wave
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
NBC News:
Vulnerable Republicans aren't sold on impeaching Biden
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This family is moving to Italy because they've had enough of the US
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

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