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11:05 AM ET, August 28, 2022

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Michael Stern / Just Security:
Assessing Trump's Claim of ‘Executive Privilege’ on FBI Access to MAL Docs  —  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and former President Donald Trump are locked in a long running dispute over records taken from the White House in January 2021.
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Washington Post:
Inside Trump's war on the National Archives  —  The agency has been hit with a wave of threats and vitriol since the FBI retrieved scores of classified records from Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club  —  In the nearly three weeks since the FBI searched former president Donald Trump's Florida home …
Ronald G. Shafer / Washington Post:
‘Mutilated by rats,’ burned, trashed: 200 years of presidential papers lost  —  Before the Presidential Records Act of 1978, presidents owned their papers.  Now all presidents, including Donald Trump, must turn them over to the National Archives.  —  When President George Washington left office in 1797 …
Glynn A. Hill / Washington Post:
BYU bans fan, relocates volleyball match after racist incident  —  A volleyball match was relocated and a spectator was banned from Brigham Young sporting venues after a Black player on Duke's team became the target of racial slurs during a game Friday at Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah.
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Duke volleyball game in Utah moved after racist abuse hurled at Black player  —  Duke University women's volleyball match on Saturday was moved to an alternate location in Provo, Utah, after racial slurs were hurled at a Black player from the crowd during Friday's match with BYU, school officials said.
CBS News:
GOP seat lead shrinks as Biden approval ticks up — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll  —  Republicans head into the fall still in position to gain enough House seats for a majority, but a tumultuous summer has made their advantage appear a little smaller today — with a trend so far pointing toward narrow gains instead of a wave.
Discussion: The Hill
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Washington Post:
Once unthinkable, Democrats now see narrow path to keeping the House  —  While Democrats acknowledge they still face major hurdles, there has been an unmistakable mood shift, according to interviews with candidates, strategists and officials  —  Democrats are voicing growing confidence …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Trump is turning the midterms from a referendum into a choice
Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:
‘The US could lose the right to vote within months’: Top official warns on threat to democracy  —  Jena Griswold urges Americans to pay attention to crucial but often overlooked races for secretary of state  —  Colorado's secretary of state, Jena Griswold, is warning anyone who will listen …
Chloe Folmar / The Hill:
Judge announces intent to appoint special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents  —  A Florida judge filed an order Saturday noting that the court plans to appoint a special master to oversee judicial interactions with plaintiff former President Trump.  —  “The Court hereby provides notice …
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Brad Lendon / CNN:
US sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip  —  China fires missiles towards Taiwan strait in drill after Pelosi visit  —  Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats hammer Republicans over Social Security as conservative candidates grab the ‘third rail’  —  WASHINGTON — When Blake Masters was running for the Republican nomination for Senate in Arizona, he floated what he called a “fresh and innovative” idea.  —  “Maybe we should privatize Social Security.
NBC News:
Black Covid long-haulers felt invisible to the health care system, so they formed their own support groups  —  Chimére L. Smith, 40, thought her bout with Covid in March 2020 would pass within two weeks, as most mild cases do.  But the Baltimore English middle school teacher found …
CNN:
A once-bullish GOP now sees a smaller House majority in its future, presenting a challenge to McCarthy  —  Democrats closing the enthusiasm gap but the midterms will still be an “uphill battle”  —  House Republicans are starting to grow pessimistic about their chances of winning a massive majority …
Olivia Olander / Politico:
Sanders answers debt relief criticism: ‘The solution is not to deny help’  —  “I don't hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to billionaires,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday lamented conservative criticism of President Joe Biden's plan for student debt forgiveness.
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Rachel Sharp / The Independent:
Ted Cruz mocked for blasting ‘slacker baristas’ after Biden scraps some student loan debt  —  Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders posted a video on Twitter educating the Texas senator about some of the Americans - such as nurses - struggling because of crippling student loan debt
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
WATCH: Karl Rove says Secret Service could have ratted Trump out over classified docs  —  A Secret Service member tasked with safeguarding former President Donald Trump may have been the one to spill the beans about the classified material at Mar-a-Lago, according to Karl Rove.
Discussion: Politico
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