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Tuesday&#39;s Primaries Cemented a New GOP
Tuesday's Primaries
Cemented a New GOP
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 17, 2022 9:35 AM CDT

Tuesday's Primaries Cemented a New GOP

Cheney vows to continue fighting 'against those who would destroy our republic'

(Newser) - Liz Cheney knew she was fighting a losing battle. Had she cozied up to Donald Trump, she might have easily won her Wyoming primary on Tuesday instead of losing handily (she had 29% support to Harriet Hageman's 66%, with 99% of expected votes counted, per the Washington Post )....

New Flashpoint in Trump Search: His Passports

FBI took them but is returning them; former president says they were 'stolen'

(Newser) - Donald Trump is getting his passports back. That they were taken in the first place has emerged as the latest source of controversy related to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, reports USA Today . On Monday, Justice Department official Jay Bratt emailed Trump representatives to say that agents removed three Trump...

Primary Day: 3 Big Names on Ballot, Plus One That Isn't

Liz Cheney, Sarah Palin, and Lisa Murkowski fight to move on, all with fates tied to Donald Trump

(Newser) - Pretty much all the focus in Tuesday's primary schedule is on three high-profile names—Liz Cheney, Lisa Murkowski, and Sarah Palin—all of whom have a strong connection to former President Trump. Here's the latest on the contests out of Wyoming and Alaska:
  • Cheney: The sentiment about the
...

Man Charged With Declaring 'Open Season' on FBI Agents

Pennsylvania man allegedly posted threats both before, after Mar-a-Lago raid

(Newser) - Following the FBI raid of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, a 46-year-old Pennsylvania man allegedly posted violent threats against the bureau and has now been arrested. Adam Bies is accused of threatening to kill FBI agents, whom he compared to Nazi and KGB officers, in posts he made on...

Justice Department Wants to Keep Trump Affidavit Sealed

News organizations seek release, citing historic case

(Newser) - The Justice Department argued Monday against unsealing the affidavit it submitted in support of its search of former President Donald Trump's home, saying releasing of the information could hurt its investigation. Several news organizations asked the court to make the affidavit public, the Washington Post reports. On Friday, a...

Trump: US &#39;Temperature Has to Be Brought Down&#39;
Trump: US 'Temperature
Has to Be Brought Down'
the rundown
Aug 15, 2022 12:24 PM CDT

Trump: US 'Temperature Has to Be Brought Down'

He tells Fox he'll help do so, continues to denounce FBI's 'scam' search

(Newser) - Donald Trump spoke to Fox News Digital Monday and said the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago residence has triggered levels of anger in the country he's never before seen. The "temperature has to be brought down," he said, per Fox News . The former president pledged to help...

Anti-Semitic Threats Mount to Judge Who Signed Warrant

Florida synagogue increases security after search of Trump's home

(Newser) - Approval of the search of former President Donald Trump's home has brought a federal magistrate judge in Florida—and his synagogue—a deluge of anti-Semitic threats. Temple Beth David has added security and canceled an outdoor service because of the threats, Politico reports. The attacks against Magistrate Judge Bruce...

NYT: Trump Lawyer's June Declaration a Factor in Search

Attorney wrote that all classified material had been returned

(Newser) - The New York Times sheds some more light into the rationale behind the remarkable FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last week. The newspaper reports that one of Trump's attorneys provided a written declaration in June—following a visit to Mar-a-Lago by a top Justice Department official—...

National Archives Fact-Checks Trump on Obama Documents

Agency assures that it has all Obama records

(Newser) - Former President Donald Trump ran into an obstacle to his what-about deflection posted on social media while the FBI looks over documents it removed from his home, but it didn't slow him down. "President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified,"...

Conspiracy Drama Complicates Decision on Voting Machines

Louisiana's equipment is outdated, but Trump supporters push for paper ballots

(Newser) - The need for Louisiana to replace its voting machines is not in dispute. They are badly outdated—deployed in 2006—and do not produce paper ballots critical to ensuring election results are accurate. What to do about them is another story, the AP reports. The drama includes allegations of bid-rigging,...

FBI List Shows Top Secret Files Were Recovered at Mar-a-Lago

Possible charges for Trump include Espionage Act violations, warrant indicates

(Newser) - A list compiled by the FBI shows agents took 11 sets of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago after searching former President Donald Trump's home Monday, including some labeled top secret and sensitive. About 20 boxes were removed, reports the Wall Street Journal , whose reporters have seen the three-page list. Among...

Everyone Is Saying the Same Thing About Merrick Garland

He 'called Trump's bluff' with move to unseal Mar-a-Lago search warrant

(Newser) - After Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that he was seeking to unseal the search warrant justifying Monday's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estates, numerous outlets, including CNN , the Washington Post , Politico , and the New York Times , had very similar headlines about him "calling Trump'...

Sources: Agents Were Looking for Nuclear Docs at Mar-a-Lago

Meanwhile, Trump says the warrant should be unsealed and released

(Newser) - The FBI was looking for classified documents related to nuclear weapons when agents searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida Monday, according to sources who spoke to the Washington Post . The sources didn't give many details, including whose nuclear weapons the documents might refer to or whether any...

Thousands Demand Return to Rule of Law in Brazil

Worried that Bolsonaro is following Trump's lead, masses support pro-democracy manifestos

(Newser) - Thousands of Brazilians flocked to a law school Thursday in defense of the nation's democratic institutions, an event that echoed a gathering nearly 45 years ago when citizens joined together at the same site to denounce a brutal military dictatorship. In 1977, the masses poured into the University of...

Trump Retains Georgia's #BillionDollarLawyer

Drew Findling of Atlanta has called his new client racist in past tweets

(Newser) - With a Georgia grand jury investigating accusations of election interference in the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump has hired a defense lawyer to the stars to represent him there—one who's been publicly critical of his new client. Drew Findling, who uses the hashtag #BillionDollarLawyer on Twitter,...

Garland: I 'Personally Approved' Mar-a-Lago Search

Attorney General asks court to unseal the warrant

(Newser) - Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered his first public comments since Monday's surprise search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence by federal agents, though he shed little immediate light on the reasons behind it. Garland did, however, say that he "personally approved" the decision to a seek a search...

Trump World Reportedly Worried About a Rat
Trump World Reportedly
Worried About a Rat
the rundown
Aug 11, 2022 1:16 PM CDT

Trump World Reportedly Worried About a Rat

Multiple outlets say an insider raised concerns to feds, triggering this week's search of Mar-a-Lago

(Newser) - Days after the surprise FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, some big questions remain unanswered. By practically all accounts, the feds were searching for classified documents Trump might have taken with him from the White House. But what specifically triggered the search this week? A number of stories...

What We Know About Phone Seizure of Trump Ally Scott Perry

GOP congressman's phone was taken by the FBI

(Newser) - Three FBI agents took the rare step of seizing the cellphone of a sitting member of Congress on Tuesday. Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, a five-term congressman and chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, has claimed the seizure is tied to the search of Trump's home in...

FBI Chief Calls Threats 'Deplorable'

Online posts have called for violence since search of Trump's home

(Newser) - The director of the FBI on Wednesday answered supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the aftermath of his agency's search of Trump's Florida home . Christopher Wray, who was appointed as the agency’s director in 2017 by Trump, called threats circulating...

Trump at State AG Deposition: I Plead the Fifth
Trump at State AG Deposition:
I Plead the Fifth
the rundown
Aug 10, 2022 3:29 PM CDT

Trump at State AG Deposition: I Plead the Fifth

Former president says he had 'no choice' but to refuse to answer questions from Letitia James' office

(Newser) - In 2016, before he was elected president, Donald Trump famously said at a campaign rally: "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" On Wednesday, Trump did just that, refusing to answer questions at his own deposition in New York at the office of state Attorney...

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