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5:45 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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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 …
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 …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Special counsel won secret search warrant for Trump's Twitter account
Discussion: NBC News and Financial Times
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.
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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Nick Evans / Ohio Capital Journal:
Ohio's Issue 1 goes down to defeat  —  One Person One Vote spokesman Dennis Willard introducing Deidra Reese from Ohio Unity Coalition at the ‘No’ campaign party.  (Photo by Nick Evans for Ohio Capital Journal)  —  The Republican-led effort to make amending Ohio's constitution more difficult has failed.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Once again, an abortion-related measure breaks partisan barriers
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
Atlanta-area prosecutor expected to seek more than a dozen indictments in Trump case  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to seek more than a dozen indictments when she presents her case regarding efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump seeks to reestablish secure facility 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 documents case.
NBC News:
Trump says a protective order would violate his First Amendment rights: ‘I will talk’
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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New York Times:
Previously Secret Memo Laid Out Strategy for Trump to Overturn Biden's Win
Politico:
Playbook: Trump debates the debate
Discussion: RedState
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
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
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 …
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NBC News:
Vulnerable Republicans aren't sold on impeaching Biden
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.
Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News and The Messenger
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
GOP Operative Who Sexually Abused Teen Girls Gets 21 Years
Discussion: New York Daily News
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 …
TMZ.com:
Senator Dianne Feinstein Taken to Hospital After Tripping, Falling in San Francisco  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 873 … 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.
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
 
 
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New York Times:
Biden Orders Ban on U.S. Investments in China's Sensitive High-Tech Industries
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: A veteran FBI agent told Congress that investigations into Giuliani and other Trump allies were ‘suppressed’
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.
ABC News:
Inside DeSantis' debate prep: Meeting with coach, prepping weekly — and ready for attacks
Discussion: HuffPost and Political Wire
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Civil rights groups challenge Tennessee GOP-led redistricting maps
 Earlier Items: 
Anton Zverev / Reuters:
Exclusive: Kremlin aide who brings Ukrainian children to Russia associated online with neo-Nazism
Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Gaetz introduces bill seeking to codify right to pray in schools
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
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
Silvia Marchetti / CNN:
This family is moving to Italy because they've had enough of the US
 

 
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