| | | | |  | | By Eli Okun | | | |  DNI Avril Haines said the intelligence community will examine potential national security ramifications from the documents Donald Trump took to Mar-a-Lago. | Jose Luis Magana, File/AP Photo | |  | DRIVING THE DAY | | The revelations keep coming about what may be in the documents the FBI retrieved from DONALD TRUMP's Mar-a-Lago earlier this month — and new developments this weekend preview where the inquiries may be headed next. Here's the latest: — The intel community: DNI AVRIL HAINES told congressional committee chairs in a letter Friday that the intelligence community will examine potential national security ramifications from the top-secret documents Trump took to his Florida residence, Andrew Desiderio and Nick Wu scooped Saturday. The investigation is expected to dive into whether anybody was able to access the classified information who wasn't authorized to do so. Haines' office and the Justice Department are completing a "classification review" of the materials, separately from DOJ's criminal probe, she wrote to House Oversight Chair CAROLYN MALONEY (D-N.Y.) and House Intelligence Chair ADAM SCHIFF (D-Calif.). She sent a similar letter to the Senate Intelligence leaders. "The correspondence represents the Biden administration's first known engagement with Congress on the issue," Andrew and Nick write. "It's also the first known acknowledgment by the intelligence community of the potential harm caused by the missing documents." — A special master: The other big news Saturday was an order from U.S. District Court Judge AILEEN CANNON, who signaled that she's likely to appoint a special master to independently oversee the handling of the materials, as Trump's team requested in a Friday filing. Cannon, a Trump appointee, didn't weigh in on the merits of the FBI's search or of Trump's claims about them. What comes next: Cannon told DOJ to file a more in-depth inventory of what they took from Mar-a-Lago by Tuesday. She'll hold a hearing to determine whether to tap a special master on Thursday in West Palm Beach. More from the NYT … Read the order — The Archives: WaPo's Jacqueline Alemany, Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey go deep on Trump's yearlong records battle with the National Archives, which has yielded a spate of recent threats against the agency after spilling into public view this month. The Archives' missives asking Trump to return government documents began while he was still in office, and his refusal to cooperate after an extended back and forth ultimately led the agency to make a referral to DOJ. The former president tapped partisan allies to negotiate with the Archives, rather than the usual apolitical representatives — "yet another norm that Trump broke," they write. And the Archives is now grappling with the security fallout: On Friday, after Trump made false claims about BARACK OBAMA's records, local police had to increase security at an Archives outpost in Illinois. Good Sunday morning. Thanks for reading Playbook. Drop me a line at eokun@politico.com, or reach out to the rest of the team: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza.
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|  Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova speaks at a Ukrainian independence day celebration outside the White House on Saturday. | Alex Wong/Getty Images | | | PLAYBOOK READS | | 9 THINGS FOR YOUR RADAR 1. THE VIBE SHIFT: Could Democrats actually hold the House? The party is beginning to dream — and to act on that hope, pumping more money into going on offense, report WaPo's Annie Linskey and Michael Scherer. Though Dems acknowledge they're underdogs and are still investing in defending many of the seats they already hold, strategists have moved some incumbents out of the danger zone. Republicans are still confident they'll flip the chamber. But if the GOP's margins are slim, they're bracing for governing headaches, CNN's Mel Zanona and Manu Raju report this morning. The House Freedom Caucus could play an outsize role in Minority Leader KEVIN McCARTHY's path to the speakership and his actions once he attains it. And some Republicans worry that they haven't sufficiently countered the Democratic momentum: "Roe caught Republicans off guard and we haven't used it to paint the left as extreme nor shown any sort of compassion on the issue," one GOP member of Congress says. "Republicans want to say, 'inflation,' as if that solves all our problems. It doesn't." But, but, but: WaPo's Paul Kane takes a look at the history of parties thinking the momentum has suddenly swung their way just before a midterm election — and has some cold water for Democrats. KEN SPAIN and MEREDITH KELLY recall the respective moments in 2010 and 2018 when they feared their parties' predicted gains might wash out; neither did. 2. DEBT RELIEF BLOWBACK: Republican state attorneys general and conservative groups are plotting how best to challenge Biden's student debt relief plan in court, the Washington Examiner's Zachary Halaschak and Kaelan Deese report this morning. Americans for Tax Reform's GROVER NORQUIST is looking to work with think tanks to build an argument that only Congress could constitutionally take such action. Missouri AG ERIC SCHMITT and West Virginia AG PATRICK MORRISEY are exploring options. And the Job Creators Network is seeking plaintiffs with standing. 3. FROM 30,000 FEET: "Biden's Big Dreams Meet the Limits of 'Imperfect' Tools," by NYT's Jim Tankersley: "Experts warn that schools could easily game the new structure Mr. Biden has created for higher education financing, cranking up prices and encouraging students to load up on debt with the expectation that it will never need to be paid in full. It is the latest example, along with energy and health care, of Democrats in Washington seeking to address the nation's most pressing economic challenges by practicing the art of the possible — and ending up with imperfect solutions." 4. BATTLE FOR THE SENATE: A big challenge for Wisconsin Lt. Gov. MANDELA BARNES' Democratic Senate campaign is whether he can drive Black turnout higher in Milwaukee and Madison, where it's been dropping in recent years, NBC's Adam Edelman reports. Democrats are investing in voter outreach, community leader engagement and a ground game — Souls to the Polls Wisconsin, for one, has set a goal of 200,000 door knocks, higher than past years. But activists warn that Barnes' race won't be enough to get Black people to vote for him, and GOP Sen. RON JOHNSON is targeting the community, too.
| | | | A message from Facebook:   | | | 5. GEORGIA ON MY MIND: Having done the impossible in 2020, Georgia Democrats are trying to repeat history in November by embracing their record and hammering Republicans, AP's Bill Barrow and Jeff Amy report. But STACEY ABRAMS, Sen. RAPHAEL WARNOCK and other Dem candidates are weighed down by an unpopular party brand. They're hoping to keep turnout levels high and avoid January runoffs. Abrams, for one, is campaigning a lot in rural, white areas where Democrats have lost ground in recent decades. — Abrams is also looking to use the fight over abortion rights to rally women and liberal voters behind her, Georgia Public Broadcasting's Riley Bunch reports. 6. WILD STORY: "Motorist charged with threatening Utah Senate candidate with gun," by CNN's Jim Acosta: "[EVAN] McMULLIN accused the motorist, JACK AARON WHELCHEL, of making unprovoked threats that included forcing the couple's car into oncoming traffic, before aiming a firearm in a threatening manner [in the April incident]. … Whelchel's attorney, BRIXTON HAKES , said his client disputes McMullin's version of events … McMullin pointed to Whelchel's social media presence, which he said included accusations against politicians he opposes and about 'guns being the tools with which to carry on this war against those he opposes politically.'" 7. SUNSHINE STATE LATEST: Newly crowned the Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Rep. CHARLIE CRIST on Saturday tapped KARLA HERNÁNDEZ-MATS as his running mate, as CBS Miami's Jim DeFede scooped. Hernández-Mats is the head of the Miami-Dade County teachers union, and her selection signals Crist's intention to take the fight to Gov. RON DeSANTIS on education, an arena where the incumbent has steamrolled. "Are you tired of the culture wars and the extremists that are dictating what we can say and do?" Hernández-Mats said in a preview of Dems' efforts to flip the script. But Republicans quickly attacked her for her advocacy for masks in schools. — Crist faces an uphill battle: After making it through a contentious primary, he has little money on hand — compared to DeSantis' $132 million war chest, CNN's Steve Contorno reports. And Democratic donors have gotten gun-shy in the state. The Democratic Governors Association isn't expected to make big investments. "I don't know what I'm going to do," says donor JOHN MORGAN. "I think Charlie has a very, very tough road to hoe. And I've pissed money away before." 8. SOCIAL INSECURITY: Certain Republicans this year, including Wisconsin's Johnson and Arizona's BLAKE MASTERS, have been willing to touch the "third rail" of talking about entitlement reform — and Democrats are wasting no time in going on the attack, NBC's Sahil Kapur reports. Some in the GOP view changes to Social Security and Medicare as financially prudent and necessary in the long term. But "Democratic strategists have long viewed conservative calls for cutting the program as electoral dynamite, mainly with older voters." 9. WARNING SIGNS: "How a Major COVID Relapse Could Soon Hit America — and the World," by The Daily Beast's David Axe: "With the impending end of government funding, Americans would have to start paying for their own COVID shots. … Another likely victim is COVAX, the international vaccine consortium that buys jabs for poorer countries. … Finally, an erosion of federal funding could delay or even kill off efforts to develop new, universal coronavirus vaccines that could work against current and future variants. … Politics are to blame for the coming cash crunch."
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