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- New York Times, F.B.I. Searches Trump’s Home in Florida, Focus Appears to Be on Material Taken From White House
- NBC News, FBI search at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home tied to classified material, sources say
- Associated Press, Trump says FBI searched estate in major escalation of probe
- New York Times, Republican officials reacted with fury to news of the search
- Axios Sneak Peek, 1 Big Thing Analysis: Trump's FBI nightmare, Alayna Treene, Hans Nichols and Zachary Basu
Palmer Report, Analysis: So much for Trump 2024, Bill Palmer
Defense of Democracy
- New York Times, Maps in Four States Were Ruled Illegal Gerrymanders. They’re Being Used Anyway
- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: The fascists are back menacing the world and there are no united Allies this time to stop them, Wayne Madsen
- New York Times, Trump Asked Aide Why His Generals Couldn’t Be Like Hitler’s, Book Says
More On U.S. Politics, Economy, Governance
- New York Times, Why the Soothsayers Are So Puzzled by This Year’s Midterms
- New York Times, 2022 Midterm Elections: A Deal in Hand, Democrats Enter the Fall With Hope
- Associated Press, Trump’s pick overtakes GOP House member who voted to impeach
- New York Times, In an Unequal Economy, the Poor Face Inflation Now and Job Loss Later
Ukraine War- Associated Press, Ukrainian resistance grows in Russian-occupied areas
- New York Times, Ukraine Live Updates: Ukraine updates: Grain shipments have not gone to the countries that need them most
- New York Times, How Russia Took Over Ukraine’s Internet in Occupied Territories
- Associated Press, Estonia, Finland want Europe to end Russian tourist visas
- New York Times, Russian Propaganda Is Reaching Beyond English Speakers
China, Taiwan, World Reaction To Pelosi Trip
- Associated Press, Taiwan warns China drills show ambitions beyond island
- New York Times, Opinion: Why China’s People No Longer Look Up to America, Wang Wen
- New York Times, Analysis: Why China’s Confidence Could Turn Out to Be a Weakness, Li Yuan
Jan. 6 Hearings, Radical Violence, Election Probes
- New York Times, The House Jan. 6 panel is scheduled to interview Pompeo and Mastriano on Tuesday
- Washington Post, Amid ‘mixed race’ speech furor, Orban echoes Trump in Dallas
U.S. Law, Immigration, Crime
- New York Times, 2 Men in Arbery Case Sentenced Again to Life in Prison; 3rd Gets 35 Years
- New York Times, Killings of 4 Men in Albuquerque Leave Muslim Community in Fear
- Politico, Republican FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips to step down
- New York Times, In Lawsuits, Ex-Employees Offer Harsh Portrait of Project Veritas
More On 'Inflation Reduction Act' Bill
New York Times, Opinion: Did Democrats Just Save Civilization? Paul Krugman- New York Times, At the last minute, a lobbying blitz left the bill’s new corporate minimum tax rife with exceptions
- New York Times, The bill would fulfill multiple longstanding Democratic goals. Here’s what’s in it
Trump Watch
New York Times, In Wisconsin, G.O.P. Voters Demand the Impossible: Decertifying 2020- Washington Post, Opinion: The latest Trump grift? Burying Ivana at their golf club, Dana Milbank
Energy, Climate, Environment, Disasters
- New York Times, California Fire and Floods Turn a River to ‘Sludge,’ Killing Thousands of Fish, Livia Albeck-Ripka, Aug. 9, 2022
- Associated Press, South Korean rain turns roads into rivers, leaves 9 dead
- Washington Post, Explosions rock Cuba as fire at oil facility kills 1, injures 125
More World News, Human Rights Analysis
- New York Times, A Fierce Contest to Lead Kenya, an African Powerhouse
- New York Times, Opinion: Guatemala’s Corrupt Officials Train Their Sights on the Press, Francisco Goldman
- New York Times, Opinion: Bolsonaro Is Afraid of Going to Jail, and He’s Right to Be, Vanessa Barbara
Pandemic, Public Health
New York Times, U.S. Moves to Stretch Out Monkeypox Vaccine Supply- Politico, Tim Kaine has long Covid. That’s not moving Congress to act
- Washington Post, Fauci warns of ‘trouble’ for those with BA.5 variant if not up to date on vaccines
- New York Times, Man Who Threatened to Kill Fauci Is Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
U.S. Forced Birth Laws, Privacy, Freedoms
- New York Times, Some Women ‘Self-Manage’ Abortions as Access Recedes in the U.S.
- New York Times, Opinion: When Sexual Liberation Is Oppressive, Michelle Goldberg
Mass Shootings, Gun Control
- New York Times, The Excruciating Echo of Grief in Uvalde
U.S. Media, Education, Sports, Culture
Washington Post, David McCullough, master chronicler of American history, dies at 89
New York Times, They Made History at Alabama. But Football Stardom Had a Price- New York Times, Bert Fields, Lawyer to the Hollywood Elite, Dies at 93
- New York Times, Olivia Newton-John, Pop Singer and ‘Grease’ Star, Dies at 73
- New York Times, Investigators Say Collector Had Suspect Art and Lots of Chutzpah
New York Times, Analysis: Don’t Expect Alex Jones’s Comeuppance to Stop Lies, Kevin Roose- New York Times, Commentary: Vin Scully Was Los Angeles, Scott Miller
Top Stories
New York Times, F.B.I. Searches Trump’s Home in Florida, Focus Appears to Be on Material Taken From White House, Maggie Haberman, Ben Protess and Adam Goldman, Aug. 9, 2022 (print ed.). 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 dramatic escalation in the various investigations into the final stages of his presidency.The search, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation, appeared to be focused on material that Mr. Trump had brought with him to Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence, when he left the White House. Those boxes contained many pages of classified documents, according to a person familiar with their contents.
Former President Trump said the F.B.I. searched Mar-a-Lago, his club and home in Palm Beach, and broke open a safe. He was in the New York area at the time.The search seemed to center on documents taken from the White House. It would almost surely have required sign off from top officials. Follow updates.
The raid came as Donald Trump is weighing another run for the presidency. President Biden’s top aides found out about the F.B.I.’s search of Mar-a-Lago from reports on Twitter and had no advance notice, according to a Democratic source familiar with the matter. Senior White House officials saw the news via former President Trump’s statement, released shortly before 7 p.m.
The National Archives discovered in January that at the end of his term, former President Donald J. Trump had taken to his home at the Mar-a-Lago resort 15 boxes from the White House that contained government documents, mementos, gifts and letters. The boxes included material subject to the Presidential Records Act, which requires that all documents and records pertaining to official business be turned over to the archives.
After Mr. Trump returned the boxes to the National Archives, its archivists found documents containing “items marked as classified national security information,” the agency told Congress in February.
Federal law enforcement officials obtain search warrants when they need to move quickly on a criminal investigation, or are concerned that sensitive materials they need might be in danger of being moved, concealed, altered or destroyed.
The request for a search warrant is made by a federal law enforcement agency if officials conclude that information, often documents or electronic devices, related to a criminal investigation can be found at someone’s residence, business, car or other property.
NBC News, FBI search at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home tied to classified material, sources say, Marc Caputo and Ryan J. Reilly, Aug. 8, 2022. In a lengthy statement Monday night, Trump said, “They even broke into my safe!”
Former President Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI "raided" his Florida home at Mar-a-Lago and even cracked his safe, with a source familiar with the matter telling NBC News that the search was tied to classified information Trump allegedly took with him from the White House to his Palm Beach resort in January 2021.Trump also claimed in a written statement that the search — unprecedented in American history — was politically motivated, though he did not provide specifics.
“These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump said in a lengthy email statement issued by his Save America political committee.
“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump said before bemoaning: “They even broke into my safe!”Trump lawyer Christina Bobb, who said she was present for Monday’s search, told NBC News that Trump and his team have been “cooperative with FBI and DOJ officials every step of the way,” while adding that the bureau “did conduct an unannounced raid and seized paper.”
One senior government official told NBC News that the FBI was at Mar-A-Largo “for the majority of the day,” and confirmed that the search warrant was connected to the National Archives.
Trump earlier this year had to return 15 boxes of documents that were improperly taken from the White House, the ...
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