memeorandum: ‘Crooked Coffee’: The alleged election office breach in the Trump indictment was part of a years-long pattern, some locals say (CNN)

5:25 PM ET, September 2, 2023

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Bill Richardson, a former governor and UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies — Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who also worked for years to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died.

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CBS News:

Bill Richardson, Former U.N. Ambassador and New Mexico Gov, dead at 75 — Former U.N. Ambassador and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who helped negotiate release of detained Americans, has died. — He was 75. — The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which he founded …

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Washington Post:

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Wall Street Journal:

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Nick Robertson / The Hill:

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Reuters:
Biden says he'll meet DeSantis on Florida trip, DeSantis' spokesman suggests not

Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis will not meet with Biden in Florida on Saturday

CNN:

‘Crooked Coffee’: The alleged election office breach in the Trump indictment was part of a years-long pattern, some locals say — The breach of the Coffee County elections office can seem almost out of place in the 97-page Georgia indictment of former President Donald Trump and associates.

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New York Times:

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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:

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Reuters:

Nobel Foundation cancels Russia, Belarus, Iran invites to annual prize awards — The Nobel Foundation said on Saturday it would not after all invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm this year, reversing an earlier decision after widespread criticism.

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Gabriel Gavin / Politico:

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