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10:00 PM ET, August 9, 2023

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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.
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NBC News:
FBI fatally shoots man in Utah who allegedly threatened Biden, Alvin Bragg and others  —  Agents were attempting to serve a search warrant at the Provo home of the suspect when he was shot and killed.  —  The FBI shot and killed a man Wednesday while executing a search warrant in Provo, Utah, federal officials said.
Associated Press:
Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Derogatory and false’: Fulton DA denies rumors circulated by Trump  —  Fani Willis expected to seek indictment against Trump in week ahead  —  X  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday flatly denied that she had a relationship with a former client and other rumors spread …
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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: UPROXX
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Special Counsel Obtained Search Warrant for Trump's Twitter Account
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Abortion setback in Ohio alarms GOP, as Democrats see a ‘roadmap for 2024’  —  Trump's former campaign manager warns abortion could provide “rocket fuel” to Biden's re-election bid.  A Democratic pollster says it will motivate voters “as long as sex is salient.”
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Ohio Vote Shows Abortion's Potency to Reshape Elections
Nick Evans / Ohio Capital Journal:
Ohio's Issue 1 goes down to defeat
Annie Grayer / CNN:
House Oversight GOP claims they don't need to find direct payments to Joe Biden to prove corruption in Hunter Biden business dealings memo  —  House Oversight Republicans laid out their intention to accuse President Joe Biden of corruption even without direct evidence that he financially benefited …
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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 …
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: A veteran FBI agent told Congress that investigations into Giuliani and other Trump allies were ‘suppressed’  — An FBI veteran said his superiors suppressed investigations of Trump, Insider can exclusively reveal.  — “Are we going to do public corruption or not?” the whistleblower told Insider.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
DeSantis suspends Orlando state attorney over ‘dereliction of duty’ on crime
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis suspends second elected prosecutor as his 2024 campaign struggles
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 …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Coast Guard rescues people fleeing into ocean to escape Hawaii wildfires
Trisha Ahmed / Associated Press:
GOP donor Anton Lazzaro sentenced to 21 years for sex trafficking minors in Minnesota  —  A formerly well-connected GOP donor convicted of giving teenage girls gifts, alcohol and money in exchange for sex was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in prison on sex trafficking charges.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Montgomery Brawl Was, for Some, a Clarifying Moment  —  The Alabama Sweet Tea Party.  —  That was one nickname people gave to a brawl this past Saturday on a Montgomery, Ala., riverfront dock, captured in viral videos, after a group of white people attacked Damien Pickett …
John King / CNN:
'I think he's the best guy for the job': See the 2024 campaign through the eyes of Iowa voters  —  Watch John King's full report from Iowa on CNN's “Anderson Cooper 360” at 8 p.m. ET.  —  The homes are nearly identical, dotting both sides of the curvy road in a middle-class subdivision.
Stephan Kueffner / Bloomberg:
Ecuador Presidential Candidate Villavicencio Assassinated  — Anti-graft campaigner murdered less than two weeks before vote  — Soaring violence has made Ecuador more violent than Colombia  —  Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated while leaving …
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Michigan mom is charged with buying guns for son who threatened top Democrats, prosecutors say  —  The mother of a 30-year-old Michigan man who's accused of making death threats against Democratic politicians is now charged with lying when she purchased firearms later found in her son's possession.
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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Alberto R. Gonzales / Washington Post:
No, fellow Republicans, the Justice Department is not biased against us
Discussion: PolitiFact and Mediaite
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 …
Discussion: al.com, VoteVets and The Messenger
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Conservatives Are Mad That Robert E. Lee's Dead Horse Has Been Canceled  —  The horse had been dead and forgotten for more than 150 years—until now.  —  Far-right critics have railed against Washington and Lee University for submitting to “cancel culture” after the school removed plaques commemorating …
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Stephen Miller's legal group sues Target over LGBTQ Pride collection backlash  —  A conservative legal nonprofit led by Stephen Miller is suing Target on behalf of one of the company's investors, saying it should have anticipated public backlash to its LGBTQ Pride displays in June.
 
 
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Des Moines Register:
Trump to visit Iowa State Fair with Florida Republicans who endorsed him over Ron DeSantis
Discussion: The Hill, Insider and Fox News
New York Times:
Biden Orders Ban on New Investments in China's Sensitive High-Tech Industries
NBC News:
‘Big Brother’ contestant Luke Valentine removed from show after using N-word on camera
Madeline Miller / Washington Post:
Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump seeks to reestablish secure facility at Mar-a-Lago to review classified evidence
 Earlier Items: 
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Civil rights groups challenge Tennessee GOP-led redistricting maps
Discussion: Associated Press and The Messenger
Anton Zverev / Reuters:
Exclusive: Kremlin aide who brings Ukrainian children to Russia associated online with neo-Nazism
Media Matters for America:
Fox News prime-time ratings continue to crater as Lachlan Murdoch downplays collapse to stakeholders
Ashley Oliver / Washington Examiner:
FBI memo targeting Catholic group went beyond Richmond office, document reveals
TMZ.com:
Senator Dianne Feinstein Taken to Hospital After Tripping, Falling in San Francisco
Hank Stephenson / Politico:
Arizona Republicans Don't Want to Hear About the Deadly Heat Wave
 

 
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
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