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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez accosted by GOP lawmaker over remarks: 'That kind of confrontation hasn't ever happened to me'  —  Tensions flared on Capitol Hill this week when a Republican lawmaker challenged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on issues of crime and policing in an unusual …
Laura A. Bischoff / dayton-daily-news:
BREAKING NEWS: FBI agents are at Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's farm  —  Police activity is being reported at Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's farm in Perry County and the U.S. Attorney's office said it is holding a 2:30 p.m. press conference today related to $60 million in bribes paid to a state official and associates.
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Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60 million bribery case  —  Rick Rouan The Columbus Dispatch Randy Ludlow The Columbus Dispatch  —  Federal officials arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and several others on Tuesday in connection with a $60 million bribery case.
Cincinnati.com:
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60 million bribery case  —  Federal officials arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others on Tuesday morning in connection with a $60 million bribery case.  —  U.S. Attorney David DeVillers' office would not discuss details of the case …
Jeremy Pelzer / Plain Dealer:
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60M bribery case related to HB6 nuclear bailout  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested Tuesday morning ahead of an announcement about a $60 million federal racketeering case related to Ohio's new nuclear bailout law, according to sources and media reports.
James B. Comey / Washington Post:
Is televised conflict Trump's goal?  —  James B. Comey is a former director of the FBI and former deputy attorney general.  —  Each day brings more images of dark-green-clad, helmeted figures striking and spraying unarmed protesters on the streets of Portland, Ore. The figures are federal officers …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Border War in Portland  —  How can this be a job for Homeland Security?  —  Something dangerous is taking shape within the Department of Homeland Security.  —  We got our first glimpse of it last week in Oregon, when unidentified federal agents clad in camouflage and tactical gear descended …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
America Gets an Interior Ministry
The Daily Beast:
Who Actually Wants Trump to Send in the Feds? Police Unions.
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ Journalists Ask Publisher for Clearer Distinction Between News and Opinion Content  —  Letter to publisher Almar Latour cites concerns about Opinion section's accuracy and transparency  —  A group of journalists at The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones NWS .71% staffers sent …
CNN:
No White House coronavirus task force members currently expected at Trump's briefing  —  (CNN)No White House coronavirus task force members are currently expected to join President Donald Trump at his Tuesday evening briefing on the administration's response to the virus …
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ABC News:
Pandemic probably will ‘get worse before it gets better’: Trump at 1st coronavirus briefing in months
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
Republican leaders vow to fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy this year, despite some apprehension  —  (CNN)Senate Republican leaders, undeterred by the scathing criticism leveled against them for blocking President Barack Obama's election-year Supreme Court nominee in 2016 …
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
How Donald Trump Moved Millions From His Campaign Donors To His Private Business  —  Millions from his campaign, millions from the RNC, millions from committees.  While other billionaires spend big on the election, the Donald is raking it in.  —  Donald Trump has not given a dime …
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Simon Lewis / Reuters:
Biden announces $15 million ad buy after fundraising surge
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Conservative Icon George Will Says He'll Vote For Joe Biden In 2020 Election
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Maine brewery cancels Trump campaign event, saying it was misled over details  —  This story will be updated.  —  A veteran-owned Freeport brewery canceled a Wednesday campaign event for President Donald Trump that was to be headlined by the president's daughter-in-law after an owner …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump gives away the game on his census citizenship gambit  —  The Supreme Court was confronted with a difficult question in the past year.  The Trump administration wanted to put a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, and its stated reason was to enforce the Voting Rights Act.
Discussion: Redstate
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson claimed the New York Times planned to expose his address.  Then his fans doxed the reporter.  —  On Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a surprising accusation: the New York Times, he said, was trying to endanger him and his family by revealing where they live in an upcoming story.
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell paid $25K to fake news purveyor Jacob Wohl to ‘smear Epstein victims and to get SDNY prosecutor Geoffrey Berman fired in attempt to stall sex trafficking investigation against her’  — Ghislaine Maxwell hired Jacob Wohl to smear alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein and her …
Discussion: Law & Crime and naked capitalism
ABC News:
The Note: Trump changes course as COVID-19 response faces critical tests  —  Trump is looking to resume task-force briefings with himself as the focal point  —  You don't have to believe in pivots to see the big moments piling up.  —  President Donald Trump is looking to resume task-force briefings …
Discussion: Fox News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
White House, GOP in disarray over coronavirus spending plan as deadline nears on expiring emergency aid  —  ‘What in the hell are we doing?’  Sen. Cruz asked White House officials and GOP colleagues at a planning lunch  —  A major intraparty rift widened between the White House …
Carrie Mumah / Planned Parenthood of Greater New York:
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Announces Intent to Remove Margaret Sanger's Name from NYC Health Center  —  Contact: Carrie Mumah, [email protected], 212-274-7294 … NEW YORK - Today, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York announced its plans to remove Margaret Sanger's name …
Discussion: The Hill and National Review
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Nikita Stewart / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood in N.Y. Disavows Margaret Sanger Over Eugenics
Discussion: Townhall, The Daily Caller and Aleteia
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Is a Broken Man  —  The most revealing answer from Donald Trump's interview with Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace came in response not to the toughest question posed by Wallace, but to the easiest.  —  At the conclusion of the interview, Wallace asked Trump how he will regard his years as president.
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Can Trump Come Back?  —  Not under his own power.  Only events can save him now.  —  Here is what Donald Trump can realistically do to right his poll numbers, regain his lost supporters and make the 2020 presidential race close instead of a 10-point Joe Biden blowout.  —  Nothing.
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Hostage siege ends after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix film  —  Gunman surrenders after video recommending 2005's Earthlings posted on Facebook  —  A gunman in Ukraine armed with an automatic rifle and grenades has surrendered to police and released 13 hostages …
Sridhar S / The Lancet:
Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary report of a phase 1/2, single-blind, randomised controlled trial … Background  —  The pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) might be curtailed by vaccination.
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen's book to allege Trump made racist comments about Obama and Nelson Mandela, lawsuit says  —  NEW YORK — The book manuscript being drafted by President Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen alleges that Trump has made racist comments about his predecessor Barack Obama …
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Fairfax, Loudoun superintendents scrap earlier learning plans, call for all-virtual start to school year  —  In a major reversal, the superintendents of public schools in Fairfax and Loudoun counties are calling for the two Northern Virginia districts to start the fall semester all virtual …
Discussion: The Hill and Eduwonk
Associated Press:
Ex-New York assembly speaker Sheldon Silver sentenced to 6 1/2 years  —  NEW YORK — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years in prison in the corruption case that drove him from power as a judge said she hoped to “send a message to Albany.”
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR may be ‘public’ radio, but it's feeling the economic pain of the pandemic.  More trouble lies ahead.  —  NPR reporter Kelsey Snell would normally have spent last week covering Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell as the congressional correspondent for “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.”
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Lincoln Project founders have ties to Russia and tax troubles, docs reveal  —  WASHINGTON — The founders of the Lincoln Project, a headline-grabbing new anti-Trump political action committee formed by GOP operatives who describe the president as “crook” and “huckster,” have their own checkered dealings …
Discussion: National Review
 
 
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Chinese Hackers Working with the Ministry of State Security Charged with Global Computer …
Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press:
Facebook's voting labels on candidate posts sow confusion
Nicholas Florko / STAT:
In unusual arrangement, deputy HHS secretary's wife has been lobbying the agency on behalf of health care companies
Edward Lucas / Daily Mail:
‘A naked brutality worthy of the Nazis’: EDWARD LUCAS on the harrowing evidence of Beijing's …
Andrew Schnitker / KXAN-TV:
Longhorns to play football season at 50% stadium capacity, UT athletic director says
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
A black woman faces prison for a voting mistake. Prosecutors just doubled the charges
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Senate panel approves Trump's questionable Fed nominee
Discussion: Reuters, Politico and Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Haylye Plaster / OH Predictive Insights:
POLL: Arizona Opposition to Marijuana Legalization Goes Up in Smoke
Allison Gordon / CNN:
People are using honest obituaries to blame governors for coronavirus deaths and invite …
Discussion: The Hill and Dallas Morning News
Washington Post:
Trump is determined to bring home U.S. military forces from somewhere
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Why Trump can't make the election about Biden
Agnes Callard / New York Times:
Should We Cancel Aristotle?  —  He defended slavery and opposed …
ProPublica:
At This Trump-Favored Charity, Financial Reporting Is Questionable and Insiders Are Cashing In
Discussion: Washington Post
Louise Perry / UnHerd:
Factcheck10:55 An untrue claim in the New Yorker speaks volumes
Discussion: Spectator USA and National Review
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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