Coverage centers on the too-close-to-call Michigan Democratic Senate primary between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, framed by outlets as a test of progressive versus centrist strength ahead of midterms. Other threads include UK prisoner early-release policy debate, a Capitol Hill dispute involving a lawmaker and senator, White House claims about a past FBI-Trump probe, healthcare fraud crackdowns, and business news on SpaceX, markets, and the Supreme Court's upcoming docket.”}[fixing quote character]{

New York Post
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CBS News
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The White House has declassified information claiming the FBI opened an investigation into whether Trump was acting as an asset for Russia when he fired Comey, a theory an official has said was not backed up by evidence. https://t.co/hXupIBRQka

Fox News
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The Trump administration is escalating its healthcare fraud crackdown after a task force identified an estimated $230 billion in fraudulent activity. Federal prosecutors say 19 people in Pennsylvania have been charged with stealing more than $4 million from Medicaid through https://t.co/llCaZNE7Rb

ABC News
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Attorneys for David Hearn, who was alleged to have vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, filed a motion in D.C. Superior Court, citing "exceptional facts and circumstances" to have the indictment against him dismissed with prejudice. https://t.co/2OURCMceME

NBC News
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Left-wing candidates had advanced in Democratic primaries this year in New York and Colorado, but Michigan represented the first test of whether those successes were transferable to a very different sort of playing field — like a purple Midwestern state. https://t.co/CmkKUMOAgc

The New Yorker
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This year’s buzzy “A Violent Masterpiece” inverts the genre’s traditional contrast between optimism and despair. Is a hopeful crime novel still a noir? https://t.co/Ty02vzdjBh

Vox
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Our series America After Trump examines how democracies fall, and how they come back. On Aug. 19 at 12:30 PM ET, @zackbeauchamp is continuing the conversation live with Protect Democracy. Register now: https://t.co/TbfcLEzkq6 https://t.co/ot58jhBhuC

Financial Times
@FT · 7M followers
Citadel surges 6% after swoop on Situational Awareness https://t.co/0USLOxtbno
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