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Prosecutor in Trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence, weigh potential charges — NEW YORK — Manhattan's district attorney has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, other executives at his company or the business itself …
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Prosecutors Convene Grand Jury That Could Weigh Potential Trump Charges: Reports — The Manhattan district attorney's office has not brought any official charges. — Prosecutors in New York have convened a special grand jury that may hear evidence against former President Donald Trump …
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House Republican Leader:
Leader McCarthy Condemns Comparisons to the Holocaust — Washington, D.C. - House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) released the following statement:
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Strange Anti-Semitism of the Pro-Jewish Right Marjorie Taylor-Greene loves the Jews to death. — Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene is perhaps best known for having shared her belief that California wildfires were deliberately started by space lasers controlled by the Rothschild family …
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MSN:
Democrats consider the possibility of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seeking a restraining order against Marjorie Taylor Greene
Democrats consider the possibility of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seeking a restraining order against Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Politico:
House GOP leaders rebuke Greene's Holocaust rhetoric as ‘appalling’
House GOP leaders rebuke Greene's Holocaust rhetoric as ‘appalling’
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
Kinzinger calls for Marjorie Taylor Greene to be kicked out of GOP conference over Holocaust remark
Kinzinger calls for Marjorie Taylor Greene to be kicked out of GOP conference over Holocaust remark
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Arizona Republic:
Tech company running Arizona ballot audit backs out: ‘They were done’ — Jen Fifield Andrew OxfordArizona Republic — The Pennsylvania-based IT company that was in charge of running the hand recount of Maricopa County ballots is no longer involved in the audit.
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Trump lashes out against possible U.S. Senate candidate Mark Brnovich over election audit
Trump lashes out against possible U.S. Senate candidate Mark Brnovich over election audit
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Nevada GOP thrown into turmoil after avowed Proud Boys member said he participated in censure vote of state official — The leaders of the Nevada Republican Party are facing an internal revolt after an avowed Proud Boys member said he was invited with friends to attend a state party meeting …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Proud Boy Takeover in Vegas — Here's yet another chapter in the unfolding story of extremist groups and threats of violence seeping into political life in communities across the U.S. in the aftermath of Trump and January 6th. In this case it's an attempted Proud Boy takeover …
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Kathryn Garcia leads field in new poll, 4 weeks ahead of Election Day — Former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia is leading the Democratic field of mayoral contenders, with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams hot on her trail, according to a new poll four weeks ahead of Election Day.
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Michael Gartland / New York Daily News:
Eric Adams gets NYC mayoral endorsement from famed civil rights lawyer
Eric Adams gets NYC mayoral endorsement from famed civil rights lawyer
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon's fraud case dismissed after months of haggling over Trump pardon — NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday formally dismissed the fraud case against Stephen K. Bannon, the conservative provocateur and ex-adviser to President Donald Trump, ending months of litigation …
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Keith E. Whittington / Chronicle of Higher Education:
We Are Critics of Nikole Hannah-Jones. Her Tenure Denial Is a Travesty. — Political intervention in hiring will badly damage higher ed. — Today's rampant political polarization has led to alarming interference in academic affairs, threatening basic principles of openness and faculty authority …
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Washington Post:
Bipartisan group of senators prepares new infrastructure plan as talks stall between White House and GOP — Romney and several others are trying to craft a deal that they hope can win support from lawmakers in both parties — A small bipartisan group of senators is privately sketching …
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Marc Thiessen / Washington Post:
Biden wants bipartisanship to fail and for the GOP to be blamed for it
Biden wants bipartisanship to fail and for the GOP to be blamed for it
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Stephanie K. Baer / BuzzFeed News:
The Teen Who Filmed George Floyd's Murder Shared How It Changed Her Life In A Touching Tribute — Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded the viral video of George Floyd's murder, reflected on witnessing his final moments and the impact it has had on her life in a powerful post on the anniversary of his death Tuesday.
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Mark Phillips / KNXV:
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs stripped of roles by Appropriations Committee — PHOENIX — Political score-settling is not supposed to be part of the budgeting process, but you will have a hard time convincing Democratic members of the House Appropriations Committee of that.
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CNN:
Faulty redactions in court document show federal investigators seized more info in case against Rudy Giuliani than previously disclosed — New details emerge about investigation into Giuliani — (CNN)New York federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani have seized material from a wider array …
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: States warn banks — Drop coal, and we drop you — More than a dozen Republican state treasurers are threatening to pull assets from large financial institutions if they agree to decarbonize their lending and investment portfolios, Axios has learned.
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Senate confirms DOJ nominee Kristen Clarke with just one Republican vote — Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted yes with all Democrats, and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., did not vote — Fox News Flash top headlines for May 25 — The Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke as the first Black woman …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden ready to name Eric Garcetti ambassador to India — President Biden is ready to nominate Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his ambassador to India, sending a trusted political ally to the world's biggest democracy, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Trump asks judge to throw out Capitol riot lawsuit — WASHINGTON — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump urged a federal judge late Monday to dismiss a lawsuit against him filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who helped argue the House impeachment case against Trump.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump responds to insurrection lawsuit by claiming immunity while he was President
Trump responds to insurrection lawsuit by claiming immunity while he was President
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
After democracy dies — Wisconsin Republicans quickly rejected a fully-funded federal offer to provide healthcare to the poor: … The normal solution in a 50/50 state to legislators acting like sociopaths and doing extremely unpopular things would be to defeat them at the ballot box.
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Jane Wakefield / BBC:
AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs — A camera system that uses AI and facial recognition intended to reveal states of emotion has been tested on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the BBC has been told. — A software engineer claimed to have installed such systems in police stations in the province.
Cdcmmwr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections Reported to CDC — United States, January 1-April 30, 2021 — CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Case Investigations Team (View author affiliations) — COVID-19 vaccines are a critical tool for controlling the ongoing global pandemic.
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Matthew Dalton / Wall Street Journal:
France Suspects Russian Role in Campaign to Discredit Pfizer Vaccine — Several French bloggers said they received emails offering to pay for social-media videos criticizing the Covid-19 vaccine — PARIS—French counterintelligence authorities are investigating whether the Russian government …
Axios:
Scoop: Israeli spy chief in talks to join Mnuchin's investment fund — The boss of Israel's spy agency has been in private talks with former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin about joining his investment fund that will work with Gulf countries, two sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios.
Politico:
Schumer to force vote on Jan. 6 commission this week — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is planning to hold a vote before the Memorial Day recess on whether to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the events of Jan. 6, according to several senators.
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
The End IS Near. No, Seriously. — The tone of some recent writing about this pandemic has seemed — to me, anyway — strangely defeatist. — Friends keep asking me questions like: “Is what I'm hearing true? We'll never reach herd immunity?” — The subtext is we'll never really be safe …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
How the AP wronged Emily Wilder — On May 18, the Associated Press reported on the arrest of an arson suspect over a Los Angeles wildfire: “The man detained Sunday near the fire zone was being treated for smoke inhalation, said Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Ralph Terrazas.
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Michael Anton / The American Mind:
Red Lines — The Constitution invites us—and politics compels us—to consider redrawing state and local borders. — The following essay is the first in a new feature from The American Mind on the possibilities—and necessity—of rearranging our political map. — In September of 2020, I published a book entitled The Stakes.
Sarah Viren / New York Times:
The Native Scholar Who Wasn't — More than a decade ago, a prominent academic was exposed for having faked her Cherokee ancestry. Why has her career continued to thrive? — To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Pompeo-led effort to hunt down Covid lab theory shut down by Biden administration over concerns about quality of evidence — US still not sure on the origins of Covid-19 pandemic — Washington (CNN)President Joe Biden's team shut down a closely-held State Department effort launched late …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump is starting to put together his own Contract with America. And he's teaming up with Newt. — Acid wash jeans, scrunchies, and... Newt Gingrich. Fashion from the '90s is having a comeback, and so too is the '90s Republican playbook for how to win back congressional majorities.
Hannah Beech / New York Times:
Poets in Myanmar Are Killed After the Coup — More than 30 poets have been imprisoned since the military seized power in Myanmar, a country where politics and poetry are intimately connected. — After the first and second poets were killed, the third poet wrote a poem.
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Mara Hvistendahl / The Intercept:
Oracle Boasted That Its Software Was Used Against U.S. Protesters. Then It Took the Tech to China. … As he helped plan massive demonstrations in Chicago to protest the 2012 NATO summit, Matt McLoughlin knew he was up against a formidable police force. An organizer with Chicago's Occupy movement …
New York Times:
Pentagon Accelerates Withdrawal From Afghanistan — American troops are set to be out by early to mid-July, well ahead of President Biden's Sept. 11 deadline, even as big issues remain unresolved. — KABUL, Afghanistan — United States troops and their NATO allies intend to be out of Afghanistan …
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Rep. Jim Jordan will publish a political memoir in November — WASHINGTON, D.C. - You've heard him on Fox News and and seen him on the stage with Donald Trump at political rallies. — In November, you'll be able to read Champaign County Republican Rep. Jim Jordan's new book.
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
How the G.O.P. Primary for Mayor Turned 2 Friends Into Bitter Rivals — Two long-shots, Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels, and Fernando Mateo, a restaurateur, are in a heated fight to be their party's nominee. — The two Republicans running for mayor of New York City used to be friends.