Weekend Update

All political news articles from Fox News, CNN, NBC and CBS from August 27, 2022 and August 28, 2022.

Congress

Fox News:

Vulnerable House Dem pushes back on GOP claim that student loan handout will increase inflation, taxes

Powerful Democrats were against the student loan handout before they were for it

Bernie Sanders reacts to concerns from Democrats on student loan handout: 'That criticism is correct'

Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan says Biden's student loan handout sent 'the wrong message,' prefers tax cuts

GOP Sen. Blunt says Trump ‘should have turned over all’ documents

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CBS:

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Biden Administration

Fox News:

DAY FIVE: White House refuses to say who will pay for Biden $500,000,000,000 student loan handout

Washington Post cheers White House Twitter account's 'feisty', 'personal' attacks on GOP

EPA to designate 'forever chemicals' as hazardous substances

DNC's Richmond insists Biden has authority to cancel student loans despite past Pelosi claim otherwise

DNC chair Jaime Harrison says Biden being ‘consistent’ after president calls MAGA ‘semi-fascism’

CNN:

GOP governor calls on Biden to apologize for suggesting 'semi-fascism' drives some Trump-backing Republicans

NBC:

Census director is a Chicano who photographed bands at SXSW and used tortilla dough to fish

CBS:

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Elections

Fox News:

Cruz says 'real risk' Biden student loan handout will drive up Democratic turnout in midterms

Utah man charged with threatening Senate hopeful Evan McMullin with gun on campaign trail

Stacey Abrams, Raphael Warnock hope to replicate 2020 in upcoming Georgia midterms

Mitch McConnell-backed GOP super PAC cancels nearly $10M in ad buys in Arizona, Alaska ahead of midterms

Texas gov candidate Beto O'Rourke diagnosed with 'bacterial infection,' says he will be 'resting at home'

Colorado secretary of state claims Americans could 'lose right to vote within months' if GOP wins election

CNN:

Beto O'Rourke off the campaign trail in Texas with bacterial infection

Crist urges Democratic donors to help stop DeSantis before he becomes too powerful. But Florida is a tough sell

Democratic Senate candidate Tim Ryan says he will attend Biden event in Ohio next month

A once-bullish GOP now sees a smaller House majority in its future, presenting a challenge to McCarthy

Michigan GOP formally nominates two Trump-backed election deniers for key statewide offices

Republican National Committee spokesperson Paris Dennard no longer working for party

NBC:

Democrats hammer Republicans over Social Security as conservative candidates grab the 'third rail'

Crist picks Miami teachers union leader as running mate

Black voter turnout has declined in Wisconsin. Democrats see reversing that trend as key to Senate victory.

CBS:

Beto O'Rourke takes break from campaign trail after suffering bacterial infection

GOP seat lead shrinks as Biden approval ticks up — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll

GOP nominee for Pennsylvania governor Doug Mastriano wore Confederate uniform for faculty photo

Democrats spending heavily on abortion leading up to midterm elections

Immigration

Fox News:

Coalition of Republican women take immigration crisis head on with visit to southern border hotspot

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CBS:

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World

Fox News:

Israeli PM Lapid, unable to get Biden on phone, pushes for meeting to discuss Iran: report

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Trump

Fox News:

Trump legal team says redacted affidavit raises 'more questions than answers'

Judge announces 'preliminary intent to appoint a special master' to review Trump records seized by FBI

CNN:

Judge says she has 'preliminary intent' to appoint special master to oversee Mar-a-Lago search review

US intelligence chief tells Congress she's conducting damage assessment of documents taken from Mar-a-Lago

NBC:

Judge signals support for special master to review some Trump records FBI seized

Intel officials will assess ‘risk to national security’ from documents found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

CBS:

Former acting CIA director Morell says affidavit indicates "sloppiness" in the way classified documents were handled at Trump White House

Judge states her "preliminary intent" to appoint special master requested by Trump, but schedules hearing

Director of national intelligence to review documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

U.S.

Fox News:

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CNN:

From the Uvalde fallout to student debt, five stories we can't stop talking about

It's time to get excited about space again

Smoking weed is now more popular than smoking tobacco

NBC:

Roland Mesnier, White House pastry chef for five presidents, dies at 78

CBS:

Maryland Gov. Hogan says "no question" there are signs of authoritarianism within Republican Party

Economy

Fox News:

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CNN:

Warren slams Jerome Powell over interest rate comments: 'I'm very worried that the Fed is going to tip this economy into recession'

NBC:

Sen. Warren 'very worried' the Federal Reserve will tip economy into recession

CBS:

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January 6th

Fox News:

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CNN:

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NBC:

Jan. 6 committee will dig in on the money behind the riot, Kinzinger says

CBS:

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Crime

Fox News:

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CNN:

First on CNN: Motorist charged with threatening Utah Senate candidate with gun

NBC:

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CBS:

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Hunter Biden

Fox News:

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CNN:

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NBC:

FBI responds to Mark Zuckerberg claims in Joe Rogan show

CBS:

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COVID-19/Monkeypox

Fox News:

Fauci owes Americans answers about COVID-19 origin, and House GOP is determined to get them

CNN:

US government to end free at-home Covid test program this week

NBC:

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CBS:

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