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Weekly Recap: This Week In Politics

All the top stories in the world of politics from the week of September 5, 2022.
Monday
September 5, 2022
Tuesday
September 6, 2022

CNN ➡️ HERE’S *EXACTLY* WHY DONALD TRUMP WILL LIKELY RUN AGAIN

WAPO ➡️ TRUMP’S TERRORIST SOCIAL STEPS CLOSER TO A FINANCIAL CLIFF

WAPO ➡️ EYEING MIDTERMS, BIDEN TO HIT A THIRD BATTLEGROUND STATE THIS WEEK

REUTERS ➡️ EXCLUSIVE DEAL PARTNER FOR TRUMP’S TERRORIST SOCIAL FAILS TO GET BACKING FOR SPAC EXTENSION

GUARDIAN ➡️ LIZ TRUSS BECOMES UK PRIME MINISTER AFTER MEETING QUEEN AT BALMORAL

CNBC ➡️ DEAL PARTNER FOR TRUMP’S TERRORIST SOCIAL FAILS TO GET BACKING FOR SPAC EXTENSION: REUTERS, CITING SOURCES

NYT ➡️ MASSACHUSETTS PICKS RIGHT-WING GOVERNOR NOMINEE, HELPING DEMOCRATS’ OUTLOOK

BUSINESS INSIDER ➡️ TRUMP’S SPOKESMAN ACCUSED THE WASHINGTON POST OF ‘COLLUDING’ WITH THE FBI OVER A REPORT NUCLEAR SECRETS WERE KEPT AT MAR-A-LAGO

AP ➡️ ABORTION FLOOR DEBATE SPLITS SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS

WAPO ➡️ MATERIAL ON FOREIGN NATION’S NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES SEIZED AT TRUMP’S MAR-A-LAGO

CNN ➡️ SPRINT TO THE MIDTERMS SETS OFF ON UNSETTLED POLITICAL TERRAIN

BUSINESS INSIDER ➡️ TRUMP CRITICIZES THE FBI FOR SEIZING HIS MEDICAL RECORDS AT MAR-A-LAGO, BUT ‘AT LEAST THEY’LL SEE THAT I’M VERY HEALTHY, AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT PHYSICAL SPECIMEN’

THE HILL ➡️ TRUMP TRIED TO PAY LAWYER WITH HORSE, NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER WRITES IN NEW BOOK

POLITICO ➡️ GOP OFFERS STRAINED TRUMP DEFENSES IN MAR-A-LAGO PROBE — FOR NOW

VANITY FAIR ➡️ TRUMP’S SPECIAL MASTER SITUATION IS SHADY AS FUCK, SAY LEGAL EXPERTS

THE HILL ➡️ THE MEMO: TRUMP AMPS UP BELLIGERENT RHETORIC AS THREAT OF VIOLENCE RISES

CNBC ➡️ JUDGE CALLS JAN. 6 AN ‘INSURRECTION,’ BARS ‘COWBOYS FOR TRUMP‘ FOUNDER FROM OFFICE

 

Wednesday
September 7, 2022

YAHOO ➡️ POLL: BIDEN NOW LEADS TRUMP BY WIDEST MARGIN IN 6 MONTHS

REUTERS ➡️ MOST AMERICANS SEE TRUMP’S MAGA AS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY: REUTERS/IPSOS POLL

NYT ➡️ A LONG-SHOT PUSH TO BAR TRUMP IN 2024 AS AN ‘INSURRECTIONIST

NEWSWEEK ➡️ REPUBLICANS WANT DONALD TRUMP FOR 2024, EVEN IF HE’S INDICTED: POLL

CNN ➡️ BILL BARR SHARES THOUGHTS ON A POTENTIAL TRUMP INDICTMENT

GUARDIAN ➡️ STEVE BANNON CHARGED WITH MONEY LAUNDERING AND CONSPIRACY IN NEW YORK

GQ ➡️ AOC’S FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE

CBS NEWS ➡️ FORMER TRUMP AIDE STEVE BANNON FACES MONEY LAUNDERING, CONSPIRACY CHARGES IN NEW YORK

BROOKINGS ➡️ LESSONS FROM THE 2022 PRIMARIES — WHAT DO THEY TELL US ABOUT AMERICA’S POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS?

CNN ➡️ SEE LATE NIGHT HOSTS REACT TO TRUMP’S REQUEST FOR A ‘SPECIAL MASTER’

CNN ➡️ BARR‘S LATEST ANTI-TRUMP BROADSIDE RAISES POLITICAL STAKES OF MAR-A-LAGO SEARCH DRAMA

NPR ➡️ TWO-THIRDS OF INDEPENDENTS SAY THEY DON’T WANT TRUMP TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT

NPR ➡️ IS AFRICA BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN THE POLITICS OF GRAIN WARS?

PBS ➡️ TRUMP SHOULD NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024, MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAY

WAPO ➡️ OBAMA OFFICIAL PORTRAITS UNVEILED IN JOVIAL WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY

BLOOMBERG ➡️ TRUMP JUDGE’S BAD RULING MIGHT DO SOME GOOD

GUARDIAN ➡️ THE TRUMP ‘SPECIAL MASTER’ RULING VIOLATES THE PRINCIPLE THAT NO-ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW

ALJAZEERA ➡️ TRUMP INVESTIGATION: WHERE DO THINGS STAND AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

J-6 ➡️ WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S MISSING CALL LOG FROM JANUARY 6TH, 2021

FACTCHECK ➡️ BIDEN HASN’T OFFICIALLY FILED FOR REELECTION, CONTRARY TO SOCIAL MEDIA CLAIMS

FACTCHECK ➡️ TRUMP DISTORTS FACTS IN PENNSYLVANIA RALLY

Thursday
September 8, 2022

NYT ➡️ JUSTICE DEPT. ASKS JUDGE TO LIFT BLOCK ON TRUMP DOCUMENTS INVESTIGATION

NYT ➡️ THE QUEEN MET 13 SITTING U.S. PRESIDENTS, WHO BASKED IN HER GLOBAL PRESTIGE

CNN ➡️ DOJ APPEALS DECISION TO ORDER SPECIAL MASTER TO REVIEW EVIDENCE SEIZED IN MAR-A-LAGO SEARCH AND SAYS IT’S HALTED INTELLIGENCE REVIEW

WAPO ➡️ BIDEN VISITS BRITISH EMBASSY, SIGNS QUEEN’S CONDOLENCE BOOK AND ADDRESSES DNC FUNDRAISER

VOX ➡️ DOJ WARNS JUDGE THAT DELAYING THE FBI’S TRUMP INVESTIGATION IS A NATIONAL SECURITY RISK

CNN ➡️ FORECASTERS NOW PREDICT DEMOCRATS HAVE THE EDGE IN THE FIGHT FOR SENATE CONTROL

ABC NEWS ➡️ FEDERAL GRAND JURY PROBING TRUMP PAC‘S FORMATION, FUNDRAISING EFFORTS: SOURCES

NBC NEWS ➡️ GAMBLING ON THE BALLOT: COMPETING SPORTS BETTING PLANS DUKE IT OUT FOR CALIFORNIA VOTERS’ FAVOR

NYT ➡️ TRUMP’S POST-ELECTION FUND-RAISING COMES UNDER SCRUTINY BY JUSTICE DEPT.

CBS NEWS ➡️ CBS NEWS POLL: BIG MAJORITY FAVOR MAXIMUM AGE LIMITS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS

BUSINESS INSIDER ➡️ MICHAEL COHEN PREDICTS TRUMP WILL BE INDICTED ‘RELATIVELY SOON’ AND MADE TO FACE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS

CNN ➡️ ANALYSIS: DONALD TRUMP‘S BIGGEST 2024 PROBLEM ISN’T WHAT YOU THINK IT IS

DAILY BEAST ➡️ HILLARY CLINTON TO MELANIA TRUMP: ‘HOW’S YOUR SUMMER GOING?’

ABC NEWS ➡️ BIDEN ADDRESSES QUEEN ELIZABETH’S DEATH

REUTERS ➡️ U.S. REVEALS MORE CLASSIFIED RECORDS MAY BE MISSING IN TRUMP PROBE

ABC NEWS ➡️ WHAT’S TO COME: STEVE BANNON EXPECTED TO SURRENDER TO PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK

NPR ➡️ TRUMP’S SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY DEALT ANOTHER SETBACK IN ROAD TO STOCK MARKET LISTING

CNBC ➡️ DOJ APPEALS DECISION TO APPOINT SPECIAL MASTER IN TRUMP FBI RAID DOCUMENT CASE

MSNBC ➡️ WHY TRUMP WON’T LIKE STEVE BANNON‘S NEW YORK INDICTMENT

NEWSWEEK ➡️ DONALD TRUMP RAGES AS DOJ APPEALS SPECIAL MASTER DECISION

FACTCHECK ➡️ FETTERMAN‘S COMMUTATION VOTE ON CONVICTED MURDERER

Friday
September 9, 2022

CBS NEWS ➡️ FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE LAWYER TY COBB THINKS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S TRUMP INVESTIGATION IS RELATED TO JAN. 6 — “THE TAKEOUT” PODCAST

WAPO ➡️ ‘FUTURE OF THE CHIP INDUSTRY IS GOING TO BE MADE IN AMERICA,’ BIDEN SAYS IN OHIO

BUSINESS INSIDER ➡️ FORMER TRUMP LAWYER THINKS THE EX-PRESIDENT RISKS BEING DISQUALIFIED FROM OFFICE OVER HIS HANDLING OF JANUARY 6 RIOT

CNN ➡️ BIDEN CALLS OUT REPUBLICANS WHO TOOK CREDIT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION THEY OPPOSED

CNBC ➡️ FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE LAWYER TY COBB CALLS HIM ‘DEEPLY WOUNDED NARCISSIST‘ WHO ACTED IN ‘CRIMINAL‘ WAY TO OVERTURN BIDEN WIN

POST-GAZETTE ➡️ POLITICS ARE IN THE AIR AS PRESIDENT BIDEN VISITS FUTURE INTEL PLANT IN OHIO

AXIOS ➡️ JUDGE THROWS OUT TRUMP’S LAWSUIT AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON

AP ➡️ JUDGE TOSSES TRUMP’S RUSSIA PROBE SUIT AGAINST CLINTON, FBI

USA TODAY ➡️ TRUMP RACKETEERING LAWSUIT AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON DISMISSED AS ‘POLITICAL MANIFESTO

BOSTON GLOBE ➡️ LATINO POLITICAL POWER GROWS AT THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE

WAPO ➡️ TRUMP TEAM, JUSTICE DEPT. TO MAKE NEW MAR-A-LAGO FILING

CNN ➡️ NO SHAME‘: BIDEN BLASTS GOP FOR TAKING CREDIT FOR LEGISLATION THEY OPPOSED

MSNBC ➡️ IN THE MAR-A-LAGO CASE, THE DOJ APPEAL (AND TRUMP’S REACTION) MATTERS

POLITICO ➡️ LONGTIME FORMER TRUMP ALLY TURNS TO BUILDING 2024 ‘BULLPEN’

CNN ➡️ JUDGE THROWS OUT TRUMP’S SPRAWLING LAWSUIT AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON, EX-FBI OFFICIALS OVER RUSSIA PROBE

CNN ➡️ OPINION: WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR THE GOP TO ABANDON TRUMP

WAPO ➡️ JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LEANS IN ON TRUMP AND THE EMPTY FOLDERS

POLITICO ➡️ POLITICO PLAYBOOK: DOJ OFFERS JUDGE CANNON A NEW DEAL

GUARDIAN ➡️ NEW BOOK EXPOSES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR PUSHING PROSECUTION AGAINST POLITICAL ENEMIES

WAPO ➡️ TRUMP PRESENTED HIS RUSSIA HOAX THEORY TO A COURT. IT WENT POORLY.

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