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| Ex-President Donald Trump says FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida but didn't say why. It's another primary Tuesday in four states. Like it or not, the Crimson Tide has been ranked number one ahead of the 2022 college football season. |
| 🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert. Let's dive into Tuesday's news. |
| 🌅 Up first: Look up! The sturgeon ''supermoon'' will appear in the sky this week. But, for once, the monthly celestial spectacle won't be welcomed by all skywatchers, as the dazzling full moon unfortunately reduces visibility of one of the most anticipated meteor showers of the year – the Perseid meteor shower. Read more |
FBI searches Trump's Mar-a-Lago home |
| The fallout from and reaction to federal agents' search of Mar-a-Lago – former President Donald Trump's Palm Beach, Florida, home – is expected to continue as onlookers attempt to process what has happened and what may come next. Two sources told USA TODAY that the search Monday was part of a federal investigation into allegations Trump removed classified documents from the White House when he left office. Trump has denounced that probe. Historian Matthew Dallek told USA TODAY a law enforcement agency "raiding a former president's house is stunning, period – and unprecedented. Even for Trump." Read more |
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 | | Police stand outside an entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump said in a lengthy statement that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe. | | Wilfredo Lee, AP | |
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| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, national correspondent Donovan Slack reports on how presidents use a special wartime power. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Judge to hear Giuliani's request for delay in grand jury appearance |
| Prosecutors investigating 2020 election interference involving former President Donald Trump and allies asked a judge to force Rudy Giuliani's appearance before a Georgia special grand jury. Giuliani's lawyer said his client had not been cleared for air travel because of a recent heart procedure - despite recent photos Fulton County prosecutors cited of the witness relaxing in New Hampshire. Read more |
| The takeaway: Local court orders represent new markers in an investigation that is offering increasing signs of potential legal peril for Trump and his allies. |
| • | Why Giuliani? Fulton County officials have questions about his wide-ranging claims that voting systems altered Georgia ballots, while ignoring an audit that confirmed Biden's victory in the state. | | • | Challenges from Sen. Lindsey Graham: The South Carolina senator argued that a legislative privilege shields him from a subpoena. | | • | Who is Fani Willis? Meet the DA who could charge Trump. | |
 | | Fani Willis, District Attorney for Fulton County, opened an investigation last year, into any potential attempts to improperly influence the 2020 general election in Georgia by then President Donald Trump and his associates. | | Dustin Chambers, Dustin Chambers-USA TODAY | |
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Primary Tuesday in Wisconsin, Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont |
| Voters in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut will head to the polls for primary elections on Tuesday. Wisconsin's gubernatorial race is a proxy battle between former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. In Vermont, the Democratic primary is tantamount to the general election in this liberal state, and Tuesday's contest will very probably decide who will be the state's first-ever female U.S. House member. Minnesota will also hold a special election to to replace U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, R-Minn., who died in February at the age of 59 after a battle with kidney cancer. Read more |
 | | Democratic House candidate Lt. Gov. Molly Gray speaks to voters in Middlesex, Vt., on July 20, 2022. | | Wilson Ring, AP | |
CHIPS Act to be signed into law amid criticism on immigration |
| President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign a bipartisan bill into law Tuesday that would boost domestic manufacturing of computer chips. Congress passed the bill, known as the CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) Act, last week. The bill provides more than $52 billion in grants and other incentives for the semiconductor industry as well as a 25% tax credit for those companies that invest in chip plants in the U.S. But some advocates said the bill is incomplete without immigration provisions. Some are concerned there are not enough highly skilled workers in the USA as it expands microchip manufacturing. Read more |
 | | President Joe Biden attends an event to support legislation that would encourage domestic manufacturing and strengthen supply chains for computer chips in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, March 9, 2022, in Washington. | | Patrick Semansky, AP | |
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 | | U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the beginning of a roundtable meeting with college and university leaders from across the country about what students face after the overturning of Roe v. Wade on August 08, 2022 in Washington, DC. | | Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images | |
Crimson Tide are No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports AFCA coaches poll |
| The preseason USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll has been released with the start of the college football season less than one month away. Perennial playoff participant Alabama will open as the No. 1 team for the seventh time in 13 years –although the Crimson Tide finished as national champs in just one of those six previous seasons when they opened at No. 1. Ohio State will open with the No. 2 ranking. The Buckeyes received five first-place votes and finished just ahead of defending champion Georgia. Clemson and Notre Dame round out the top five. Read more |
| • | Were any of the teams overrated? Here are teams that may still enjoy good seasons, but are ranked too high. | | • | Left out: These are five teams that were snubbed in the preseason USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll. | | • | Related: Oklahoma football assistant coach Cale Gundy resigns after saying ''racially charged'' word. | |
 | | Alabama defensive lineman Phidarian Mathis (48) pressures Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett (13) during the SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. | | Gary Cosby Jr., USA TODAY Sports | |
📷 Photo of the day: The 2022 preseason USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll 📷 |
| What do the top-ranked team's 2021 numbers records bode for this year? Alabama boasts a Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, the best defensive player in the country and incoming impact transfers. But will that be enough? For Ohio State, how quickly the defense unit comes together is critical with a tough early schedule. Meanwhile, watching the NFL draft highlighted Georgia's huge losses on defense. Read more |
| Click here to see photos of team in the 2022 rankings. |
 | | No. 3: Georgia Bulldogs (14-1 in 2021) | | Sam Navarro, USA TODAY Sports | |
| Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY. Send her an email at NFallert@usatoday.com or follow along with her musings on Twitter. Support journalism like this – subscribe to USA TODAY here. |
| Associated Press contributed reporting. |
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