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New York Times:
Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago  —  The National Archives found more than 150 sensitive documents when it got a first batch of material from the former president in January, helping to explain the Justice Department's urgent response.
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Ben Whedon / Just The News:
Full text of National Archives letter to Trump on classified documents  —  Just the News has obtained the full text of the letter that the National Archives sent to former President Donald Trump requesting classified documents.  —  Evan Corcoran Silverman Thompson 400 East Pratt Street Suite 900
John Solomon / Just The News:
Biden White House facilitated DOJ's criminal probe against Trump, scuttled privilege claims: memos  —  Long before it professed no prior knowledge of the raid on Donald Trump's estate, the Biden White House worked directly with the Justice Department and National Archives to instigate …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago were among government's most classified, letter shows  —  The National Archives found more than 700 pages of classified material — including “special access program materials,” some of the most highly classified secrets in government …
CNN:
Exclusive: Justice Department issues new subpoena to National Archives for more January 6 documents  —  Why new Trump lawsuit shows disagreement behind the scenes 03:35  —  The Justice Department has issued a new grand jury subpoena to the National Archives for more documents as part …
Discussion: Insider
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Litigation by Leak: Government Officials Leak New Details on the Mar-a-Lago Raid While Continuing to Oppose Disclosures in Court  —  One of the most glaring contradictions in the Mar-a-Lago controversy has been the Justice Department demanding absolute and unwavering secrecy over the FBI raid …
Discussion: The Liberty Loft and Insider
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Dems' hopes for N.Y. come crashing down  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  COUNTDOWN — 11 weeks until Election Day.  —  PRIMARY DAY — Some of the year's most consequential (and highly anticipated) primary battles will be decided tonight …
CNBC:
Trump sues to block DOJ from reviewing materials FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago until watchdog appointed
Wall Street Journal:   The Trump Warrant Had No Legal Basis
CNN:
Trump's legal team asks for ‘special master’ to go through Mar-a-Lago evidence and determine if some should be returned
Washington Post:
Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’  —  In an explosive whistleblower complaint obtained by The Washington Post, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges the company misled regulators about lax security and spam
Discussion: NPR, more at Techmeme »
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CNN:
Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies  —  Video by John General, Zach Wasser and Logan Whiteside, CNN Business,  —  Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders …
Washington Post:
Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers  —  Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump's 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
White House leaning toward canceling $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who make less than $125,000  —  . CNN's Blake Essig reports.  —  ' data-duration="02:56" data-source="CNN" data-affiliate-source-link="https:// www.cnn.com/" data-show-name="" data-show-url="" class="video-playlist__item" >
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Democrats Designed the Climate Law to Be a Game Changer.  Here's How.  —  In a first, the measure legally defines greenhouse gases as pollution.  That'll make new regulations much tougher to challenge in court.  —  When the Supreme Court restricted the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency …
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Bethania Palma / Snopes.com:
Is This a List of ‘Banned Books in Florida Schools and Libraries’? … Amid a push by U.S. Republican legislators to limit children's access to books in schools and libraries about sensitive topics, some social media users in August 2022 posted a list that allegedly contained titles of …
Discussion: BizPac Review
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Legacy Is Convincing Idiots That They Should Run for Office  —  I get the appeal of having “outsiders” come in and “shake up the system.”  But MAGA candidates are proving the folly of the know-nothing candidate. … Donald Trump has left his mark on the American body politic in myriad ways.
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
A Majority of Americans Say the Border Crisis Is an ‘Invasion,’ Poll Says  —  Results come as news outlets attempt to sanitize border crisis language  —  More than half of all Americans believe the United States is facing an invasion at the southern border, according to a recent survey from NPR.
Discussion: Summit News
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Fraudster Gets Five Years for $25 Million Scheme  —  ALFORD PLEA  —  A federal judge on Monday sentenced Florida man Stephen M. Alford to 63 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release for his role in a scheme to defraud the family of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
The biggest special election since Dobbs: What to watch on Tuesday's primary day  —  Some of the biggest elections of the summer are happening Tuesday, including a closely watched New York special election that's also an opportunity to gauge the nation's political environment ahead of November.
Discussion: Fox News, CNN, NPR, HuffPost and NBC News
New York Times:
In Ukraine, a Nuclear Plant Held Hostage  —  Five months after Russian forces took over the Zaporizhzhia plant, all that stands between the world and nuclear disaster are dedicated Ukrainian operators working at gunpoint.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — In the winter darkness, tracer rounds …
Discussion: Informed Comment and UPI
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Youngkin plans midterm campaign stops — including a 2024 early state  —  Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is set to make a campaign stop next month in Nevada, his first appearance in early 2024 nominating state and part of a broader midterm push that's coming amid speculation he's weighing a presidential bid.
Jeff Coltin / City & State New York:
Hakeem Jeffries again challenges the left, on the eve of the primary  —  He thinks voters have rebuked progressives at the ballot box after President Joe Biden was elected.  —  Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou has positioned herself as the most progressive candidate in the Aug. 23 primary.
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Pentagon again denies Bowser request for National Guard help for migrants  —  The Defense Department on Monday again said it will not help the District deal with the thousands of migrants who have arrived on buses from Texas and Arizona, upholding the department's previous denial …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Althouse
Saja Hindi / Denver Post:
Colorado GOP Sen. Kevin Priola switches party affiliation to Democrat, citing election conspiracies and climate denialism  —  Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola, a Henderson Republican, announced Monday morning that he is changing his party affiliation to Democrat.  —  Priola, considered …
Mallory Moench / San Francisco Chronicle:
Despite Newsom's veto, S.F. might push ahead with supervised drug consumption sites anyway  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed pilot programs where people could use drugs under the supervision of trained staff in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles …
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
California congressman becomes latest Republican to invoke Nazis to defend Trump, bash Biden  —  Rep. Mike Garcia, a Republican who faces one of the most competitive House races in the country, likened the Biden administration to the Nazi regime during an interview on a conservative podcast last week.
Discussion: CNN
Geneva Sands / CNN:
ICE officials under Trump told to wipe phones when leaving agency  —  The phones of several top Trump-era Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were deactivated when they left their positions and the data contained on them likely wiped, a court filing released late last week shows.
Discussion: Political Wire
Olivia Olander / Politico:
State Department advises U.S. citizens to leave Ukraine now, says Russia is ‘stepping up efforts’ against civilians  —  Russia is “stepping up efforts” to strike civilian infrastructure “in the coming days,” the State Department said in an alert late Monday, marking the first time the U.S …
Phil Davison / Washington Post:
David Kay, weapons inspector who helped disprove Iraqi WMDs, dies at 82  —  He concluded that no weapons of mass destruction existed in Iraq and that intelligence agencies had badly misjudged the available evidence  —  David A. Kay, the weapons proliferation expert who led a CIA-run operation …
 
 
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Carla Babb / Voice of America:
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David Montgomery / Washington Post:
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Nolan Hicks / New York Post:
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Olivia B. Waxman / TIME:
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Emily Crane / New York Post:
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Desperate Alex Jones Pleads for Forgiveness From Trump After Backing DeSantis
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Los Angeles Times:
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 Earlier Items: 
Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:
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Discussion: Raw Story and Comic Sands
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ProPublica:
How a Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Biden bottoms out, pops back to 47% approval
Discussion: Rasmussen Reports
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Fauci plans to step down in December after half a century in government