Special: A federal judge in Florida yesterday granted former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review all the documents and materials confiscated from his Mara-a-Lago home by the FBI.

  Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, cited “unprecedented circumstances” for her decision.

  A third party lawyer will be tapped to do the job, in part to weed out documents or memorabilia that have nothing to do with the question of whether Trump committed a crime by hoarding secret documents in his home. But Cannon also mentioned the possibility of Trump claiming executive privilege over some of the documents, even though he is no longer executive. That’s something that could go all the way to the Supreme Court.

  The order prevents the Justice Department from continuing its review of the materials “pending completion of the special master’s review or further Court order.” This will slow the process but may have no ultimate influence on whether Trump is indicted.

  The Justice Department says it has already identified some documents that would be protected by attorney/client privilege.

  Cannon wrote explaining her decision that “As a function of Plaintiff’s former position as President of the United States, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a league of its own.” She said, “A future indictment, based to any degree on property that ought to be returned, would result in reputational harm of a decidedly different order of magnitude.”

  Friday is the deadline for Trump’s lawyers and the Justice Department to submit candidates to be appointed as special master.

Most Foul: One of the suspected killers in the knifing massacre in rural Saskatchewan has been found dead in a wooded area within the boundary of the James Smith Cree Nation. 

  Damien Sanderson, 31, died of injuries that are described as not self-inflicted. Authorities are still looking for his brother, Myles, 30.

  Both men had already been charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of 10 people and wounding of 19, all with knives. The police have not said whether the two are related.

  Many of the victims are indigenous Canadians. Authorities told residents in the James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby village of Weldon to stay home and lock the doors. So far there’s been no reason or motive given for the massacre.

The War Zone: American actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller have been permanently banned from entering Russia after being put on a list of 25 Americans sanctioned by the Russian government for their opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. 

  Also on the list is Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Rick Scott of Florida, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. The list also includes American business leaders, professors, and government officials. 

New Face: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today submitted his resignation to the queen, clearing the way to be replaced by Liz Truss.

  The new prime minister vowed, “I campaigned as a conservative, and I will govern as a conservative.”

  The NY Times notes that Larry the resident cat at 10 Downing Street is preparing to greet his fourth prime minister.

The Obit Page: Moon Landrieu, the former mayor of New Orleans who spurred racial integration and won the office with a coalition of white and Black supporters in 1970, died yesterday at his home in New Orleans. He was 92.

  Landrieu was a driving force for building the $163 million Louisiana Superdome, which put the popular tourist town in the national spotlight with sports events. After two terms in City Hall, he was named secretary of housing and urban development in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. 

  Given the name Maurice at birth, he legally changed to Moon during his first mayoral campaign.

  He had first been an advocate for integration and civil rights serving in the state legislature in the 1960s.

  Landrieu’s children followed him in politics. His daughter Mary Landrieu was a US senator from Louisiana from 1997 to 2015, and his son, Mitch, also served two terms as mayor of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018.

Over the Fence: Toronto’s Bo Bichette hit three home runs yesterday in the team’s win over Baltimore. He hit one each to right, center, and left. Bichette joins the company of 336 other professionals who have hit three homers in a game.

The Spin Rack: At least one person is confirmed dead and 9 are missing after a floatplane crashed Sunday afternoon in Mutiny Bay in Washington State, north of Seattle. The 1967 de Havilland appeared on radar to be having a normal flight before it plunged. The Coast Guard has ended its search. — The Israeli Army admitted for the first time that Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known Palestinian-American journalist killed in May in the occupied West Bank, was likely shot by an Israeli soldier, but did not fully accept responsibility. She was wearing an armored vest marked “Press” when she was shot. — A suicide bomber attacked the Russian Embassy in Kabul yesterday, killing two employees and four Afghan civilians near the entrance. There has been a string of bombings in Afghanistan in recent months, mostly targeting the Taliban, and this is the first against a foreign entity.

Shocking!!!: Former President Trump is ripping into Fox News and threatening to switch network loyalty. He posted on his Truth Social media site, “Wow! Fox News is really pushing the Democrats and the Democrat agenda. Gets worse every single day.” He wrote, “So many Dems interviewed with only softball questions, then Republican counterparts get creamed.”

 Trump said, “If ‘low ratings’ CNN ever went Conservative, they would be an absolute gold mine, and I would help them to do so!”

  Trump doesn’t realize he’s really a liberal. He liberally uses the exclamation mark. 

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