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8:25 AM ET, August 21, 2023

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CBS News poll finds Trump's big lead grows, as GOP voters dismiss indictments  —  Well, there's no debate about this: Right now, the Republican Party would easily re-nominate Donald Trump for 2024.  And it's not close.  —  The former president now holds his largest lead over his rivals in our polling amid his recent legal troubles.
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump confirms he will skip the first GOP debate — and maybe future ones, as well  —  A source familiar with Trump's thinking told NBC News that the former president's social media post, where he made the declaration, applies only to the first two debates.  —  Trump will skip first GOP debate and talk with Tucker Carlson instead
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mark Meadows asks federal court for Georgia charges to be dismissed  —  Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows has asked a federal court to order all charges against him brought by Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutors last week to be dismissed, since he says the charges relate to his then-role in the federal government.
Discussion: Raw Story and Reuters
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ABC News:
Meadows told special counsel he could not recall Trump ever declassifying Mar-a-Lago docs: Sources  —  Trump has insisted that he declassified all the materials before he left office.  —  Appearing to contradict former President Donald Trump's primary public defense in the classified documents case …
Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
GOP senator says Trump should drop out and calls classified documents case ‘almost a slam dunk’  —  Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy described the case against former President Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents as “almost a slam dunk” and said he thinks Trump should drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Hogan says No Labels likely to launch third-party ‘alternative’ if Trump, Biden win nominations  —  Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Sunday No Labels will “very likely” launch a third-party “alternative” if former President Trump and President Biden win the nominations for their parties.
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New York Times:
Russia's Luna-25 Moon Lander Is Lost in a Crash  —  The robotic Luna-25 spacecraft appeared to have “ceased its existence” after a failed orbital adjustment, the space agency Roscosmos said.  —  A Russian robotic spacecraft that was headed to the lunar surface has crashed into the moon …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters  —  The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday.  —  The official said that while the Centers …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Visiting Hawaii to Inspect Wildfire Damage  —  After remaining secluded since Friday, the president will break away from his vacation for a brief trip to Maui, where flames have demolished a town and killed more than 100 people.  —  President Biden is set to break away from his summer vacation …
CBS News:
Transcript: Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on “Face the Nation,” August 20, 2023  —  The following is a transcript of an interview with Hawaii Gov. Josh Green that aired on “Face the Nation” on August 20, 2023.  —  MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Hawaii's Governor Joshua Green in Honolulu.  Good morning.
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Minnesota Democrat pans ‘weird group of folks’ on GOP debate stage  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Sunday called the GOP presidential candidates heading to the debate stage a “weird group of folks.”  —  When asked by NBC's “Meet The Press” moderator Chuck Todd about his working relationship …
Discussion: Politico, NBC News and KTSM-TV
Washington Post:
‘I could sell golf’: How DeSantis and aides courted lobbyists for campaign cash  —  The efforts to effectively auction off leisure time to those seeking to influence state policy created a special pathway of access for big donors that is striking in the way that it was documented in writing, ethics experts said
John Blake / CNN:
How conservatives use ‘verbal jiu-jitsu’ to turn liberals' language against them  —  The two frontrunners for the White House in 2024 are tied in a hypothetical rematch.  Congress is paralyzed.  Every big election seems to be decided by razor-thin margins.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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