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Washington Post:
FBI searches Trump safe at Mar-a-Lago Club, former president says  —  A person familiar with the investigation said the search was court-authorized, related to the potential mishandling of classified documents  —  Former president Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI had raided his Mar …
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New York Times:
The search appears to be focused on materials Trump took from the White House.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump said on Monday that the F.B.I. had searched his Palm Beach, Fla., home and had broken open a safe — an account signaling a major escalation in the various investigations into the final stages of his presidency.
Washington Post:
Top Republicans echo Trump's evidence-free claims to discredit FBI search  —  Their quick defense of Trump and combative posture underlined the former president's status as a standard-bearer in the party, even as he was tainted anew by another investigation  —  Top Republicans …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox is furiously poisoning the well after the Mar-a-Lago search  —  “Partisan witch hunt,” “dark day for our republic,” “preemptive coup,” “Third World bullshit,” “Gestapo,” “Stasi”  —  Shortly before 7 p.m. ET on Monday night, former President Donald Trump issued a press release confirming …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's inauspicious knee-jerk reaction to the Trump raid  —  One day, relatively soon, the heads of the Justice Department and the FBI are likely to be brought to Capitol Hill to testify about the historic decision to raid a former president's home.  —  For now, though …
ABC News:
Wisconsin raises MAGA stakes as Republicans defend Trump: The Note  —  Connecticut, Minnesota and Vermont also hold primaries on Tuesday.  —  Tuesday's GOP race for governor of Wisconsin may look like another in a string of MAGA-vs.-establishment proxy fights.
Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
Bernard Kerik Says Democrats May Try to Orchestrate Trump's ‘Assassination’ After FBI Raid  —  Former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik said Monday he is worried Democrats might try to assassinate former President Donald Trump.  —  Trump's home was raided by the FBI beginning Monday morning …
New York Times:
Alex Jones's Text Messages Turned Over to House Jan. 6 Committee  —  The messages only cover a period up to mid-2020, disappointing investigators who hoped they would shed light on the conspiracy theorist's role in the events leading to the attack on the Capitol.
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Brandon returns, darkly: Democrats turn an insult into a pro-Biden meme  —  With “Let's go, Brandon,” Biden's critics found a way to curse him.  His supporters are seizing on the “Dark Brandon” meme to vaunt his superpowers.  —  It's not President Biden as many have come to know him.
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:   Biden begins his victory lap after string of legislative wins
Politico:
DOJ pushes back against Eastman effort to reclaim his cellphone  —  The Justice Department on Monday rejected an effort by attorney John Eastman — a key ally in Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election — to reclaim his cellphone, which was seized by FBI agents in June.
Discussion: Insider and Talking Points Memo
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Fox News:
Former Trump official Michael Caputo blasts FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid: ‘Full-blown constitutional crisis’
Discussion: Townhall
Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Two vulnerable House Democrats suggest support for Manchin-Schumer bill could be in jeopardy over energy fee  —  Fox News Digital asked two vulnerable Texas Democrats what they thought of the fee and if they supported the legislation  —  Inflation Reduction Act won't reduce inflation: Concha
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Associated Press:
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89  —  NEW YORK — David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
If Trump broke a law on the removal of official records, would he be barred from future office?  —  Early reports that the F.B.I. search of former President Donald J. Trump's residence in Florida related to an investigation into whether he had unlawfully taken government files when he left …
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
A Trap or Not?  Deciphering the Electoral Count Reform Act  —  Earlier this year, a group of Senate Republicans caught my attention when they claimed that they wanted to work with Democrats to help fix the Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA), the outdated law by which presidential elections are certified.
Washington Post:
State supreme courts could soon decide on abortion, raising stakes of their midterm races  —  Mary Kay O'Brien had been working for a year to drum up interest in her campaign for Illinois Supreme Court, struggling to convince voters that it would affect them as a presidential or gubernatorial race would.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
David Petraeus / The Atlantic:
Afghanistan Did Not Have to Turn Out This Way  —  A year after the chaotic scenes at Kabul airport, the outcome of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is heartbreaking and tragic for many Afghans and devastating for their country.  The Afghan government that fell, leading to the return of the Taliban …
Discussion: NPR and The Hill
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Matthieu Aikins / New York Times:   The Taliban's Dangerous Collision Course With the West
Reuters:
As Russian missiles struck Ukraine, Western tech still flowed  —  After Russia invaded Ukraine, the West announced tough new sanctions and tech companies said they had halted all exports to Russia.  Yet supplies of Western computer parts continued, a joint investigation finds.  —  KYIV, UKRAINE
Discussion: The Dispatch and The Home Stretch
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
2 Democratic lawmakers encourage Wyoming voters: Change parties and back Cheney  —  “Liz Cheney and I don't agree on everything, but we're on the same side today.”  —  Two House Democrats — from New Jersey and Minnesota — are appealing to members of their own party in Wyoming to “consider” …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and TheBlaze
Ruth Maclean / New York Times:
Live Updates: Ukrainian Grain Has Not Gone to Countries Most in Need  —  None of the recent shipments were bound for Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia or other countries facing catastrophic levels of hunger.  The U.S. is sending up to $1 billion worth of additional arms and supplies to Ukraine.
U.S. Department of Defense:
USD (Policy) Dr. Kahl Press Conference  —  Dr. Colin Kahl, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy  —  STAFF: All right, good afternoon, everyone.  —  Joining us today is Dr. Colin Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy.  Dr. Kahl will open with a statement which highlights …
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Democrats seek edge with women as Michigan prepares to vote on abortion  —  The purple state with competitive races for governor and Congress is shaping up as one of the most politically consequential battlefronts in a larger fight  —  MASON, Mich. — Sitting next to her two teenage daughters …
Discussion: HuffPost
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Progressive group polling finds Ron DeSantis may be in a closer race than expected … Jacob Ogles  —  Jacob Ogles has covered politics in Florida since 2000 for regional outlets including SRQ Magazine in Sarasota, The News-Press in Fort Myers and The Daily Commercial in Leesburg.
Mary Chastain / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
FBI Director Wray Leaves Senate Hearing Early to Fly on Government Plane to Vacation Spot  —  The “business” Wray had to attend to was a weekend trip to the Adirondacks.  — Telegram  — Gab  — MeWe  — Buffer  — Pocket  — Blogger  — Yahoo Mail  — Viber  — Skype
Discussion: RedState
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