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12:25 PM ET, August 23, 2023

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Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Burgum injured playing basketball, throwing debate attendance into question  —  North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was taken to a Milwaukee emergency room Tuesday after suffering an injury while playing a game of pick-up basketball with his staff, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN.
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Fox News:
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum suffers injury ahead of Republican presidential debate  —  Injury brings Burgum's debate status for tonight in question, campaign tells Fox News  —  North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum suffered a leg injury in Milwaukee, Wisconsin last night while playing a game …
HuffPost:
Doug Burgum Injured Playing Basketball, Might Miss Republican Debate  —  The North Dakota governor hurt his leg after plowing his personal fortune into a long-shot bid for the GOP nomination.  —  LOADING  —  Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum hurt himself playing basketball and might miss Wednesday night's GOP debate.
Discussion: One America News Network and Slate
Kelsey Walsh / ABC News:
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum injured, status for GOP debate unclear, campaign says
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The GOP debate shows that Trump's hostile takeover is complete  —  He's thoroughly humiliated everyone involved, including Fox News and the RNC. … The first Republican presidential primary debate of 2024 is tonight.  Usually the events are chances to shape the future of a party by introducing voters to new ideas and faces.
Discussion: El País, HuffPost and Bloomberg
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Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump reunite to try to upstage Fox News  —  The on-again, off-again partnership found mutual benefit in a pre-recorded interview to air during the first Republican presidential debate  —  Last Wednesday, Donald Trump welcomed Tucker Carlson and his small team …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The First Debate and the Race for Second Place
Discussion: HotAir
Politico:
Prosecutors: Trump Mar-a-Lago security aide flipped after changing lawyers  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's team revealed the details of the employee's about-face in a new filing.  —  A Trump employee who monitored security cameras at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate abruptly retracted …
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ABC News:
Recent obstruction charges against Trump, others followed cooperation from Mar-a-Lago IT worker: Sources  —  The IT staffer is set to be a central witness in the case against Trump.  —  A Mar-a-Lago Information Technology worker's decision to cooperate with special counsel Jack Smith …
NBC News:
A key witness in the Trump classified docs case changed his testimony after switching lawyers, special counsel says
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: DeSantis's support collapses ahead of 1st GOP debate  —  Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched a heavily hyped campaign “reboot,” in hopes of saving his struggling bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.  —  It hasn't worked, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The debate Ron DeSantis needs to win
Discussion: Reuters and ABC News
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John Philp / CNN:
The bottomless humiliation of Rudolph Giuliani
Discussion: HuffPost
Kyler Alvord / People:
‘Dark Brandon’ Appears on Fox News' Homepage on Day of Republican Debates: 'I'm Bringing Roe Back' (Exclusive)  —  President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection campaign is sending Milwaukee — and Fox News readers — a pro-choice message from the president's satirical alter-ego
Washington Post:
Trump gravitates to fringe figures despite efforts to limit their influence  —  The former president has resumed consulting with and embracing supporters whom other Republicans shun  —  On Aug. 13, former president Donald Trump spent the day at his New Jersey golf club with former congressional …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Fake electors, Trump attorneys surrender in Trump Georgia case  —  More defendants charged alongside former President Trump in Georgia are surrendering, including two of the three indicted fake electors and two Trump attorneys.  —  David Shafer and Cathy Latham, both of whom signed documents purporting …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Donald Trump to surrender at Fulton county jail on Thursday night
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump ex-chief Mark Meadows asks judge to protect him from arrest as he seeks to move Georgia case to federal court
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in America for $15  —  It took only a few seconds to uncover the target's entire life.  —  On the messaging app Telegram, I entered a tiny amount of information about my target into the dark blue text box—their name and the state I believed they lived in—and pressed enter.
NBC News:
Man flees China by riding jet ski hundreds of miles to South Korea  —  The man, who has been detained since washing up in the port city of Incheon last week, is believed to be a dissident who was previously jailed for criticizing President Xi Jinping.  —  Video shows jet ski ‘Chinese man used to travel to South Korea’
Discussion: CBS News, Breitbart, CNN, UPI and Reuters
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
All male South Carolina Supreme Court upholds ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban  —  South Carolina's law banning abortion after detection of a “fetal heartbeat” is legal, and there is no constitutional right to an abortion, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Audio: Vivek Ramaswamy Says He Wants ‘the Truth About 9/11’  —  This summer, I set out to write about Vivek Ramaswamy because I thought that his public-speaking skills set him apart from his GOP presidential rivals.  Whereas most candidates were struggling to find their lane …
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Iowa poll: Tough border measures, fighting a ‘woke’ agenda are the most popular GOP issues ahead of debate
NPR:
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NBC News:
Child killed, over 20 injured in Ohio bus crash on first day of elementary school
The Hill:
McCarthy: House could launch impeachment inquiry ‘when we come back into session’
 Earlier Items: 
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Cigar Magnate and Former Florida House Speaker Is New DeSantis Campaign Adviser and Surrogate
Politico:
‘Cherry-picking’: Candidates lash out at RNC after not making debate stage
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Inside the text-for-pay campaign that got Asa Hutchinson on the debate stage
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
D.C. Attorney General is probing Leonard Leo's network
Kylie Robison / Fortune:
Elon Musk plans to remove headlines from news articles shared on X
 

 
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Reuters:
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