Today, a hearing before a federal judge in Florida could determine how much more the public learns about what led to last week’s FBI search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach. The Justice Department is arguing to keep sealed an affidavit believed to hold key details about the government’s investigation into Trump’s potential mishandling of classified materials, while media organizations are pushing for its release.

President Biden remains on vacation Thursday in Delaware, with no public events scheduled. And Congress continues its August recess, with many members focused on their reelection bids.

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On Tuesday night, after Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into a law, he also signed another bill — with much less fanfare.

Writing in The Early 202, our colleagues Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer note that the Public Safety Officer Support Act expands to officers who die by suicide a Justice Department program that provides death and disability benefits for police, firefighters and other first responders to treat mental health injuries on par with physical health injuries and provide survivor benefits.

The bill has the support of every major police group, every senator and 402 House members. Democrats can tout it as supporting law enforcement and their families. But...

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