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]{

Financial Times
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Citadel surges 6% after swoop on Situational Awareness https://t.co/0USLOxtbno

The Washington Post
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Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens were locked in a tight Democratic primary early Wednesday for Michigan’s open Senate seat, leaving one of the party’s most consequential contests too close to call. Here is your early brief: https://t.co/T9vj3tmnY6

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

BBC News (World)
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Waste workers help find binned €1m lottery ticket in Italy https://t.co/0HyHXeqRMR

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

Newsweek
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Trump criticized the U.S. oil majors for earning "too much money" thanks to supply disruptions caused by the Iran war. https://t.co/UbFiuGAJXk

POLITICO
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El-Sayed tells potential Dem presidential candidates to subscribe to his campaign mantra of getting money out of politics, putting money into pockets and passing Medicare for All. “If not, I’m going to dog you up and down the state,” he said in an interview with our @adamwren. https://t.co/jmekmPcqcM
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