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Washington Post:
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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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 …
Discussion: New Republic
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Cathy Young:   “Cancel Culture,” Hypocrisy, and Double Standards
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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MSN:
Democrats consider the possibility of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seeking a restraining order against Marjorie Taylor Greene
Discussion: Insider
Politico:
House GOP leaders rebuke Greene's Holocaust rhetoric as ‘appalling’
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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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Federal Judge Dismisses Steve Bannon's Indictment Due to Trump Pardon, But Not Without a Parting Shot  —  Former White House strategist Steve Bannon got what he asked for—and then some.  —  The hard-right media mogul turned Donald Trump campaign and administration operative prevailed …
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.
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
Discussion: New York Magazine
Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
‘Time For Self Care’: Dianne Morales' Campaign Goes Dark As Sources Say Multiple Senior Staff Quit  —  The mayoral campaign of Dianne Morales, a former non profit executive, effectively paused on Tuesday with just 28 days left until the crucial Democratic primary in New York City.
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.
Discussion: Breitbart
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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
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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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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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
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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Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Senate advances measure barring taxpayer funds for China's Wuhan Institute of Virology
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
David French / The Dispatch:
The GOP Becomes What it Once Despised  —  Turning their backs on the First Amendment, Republicans are making Marcuse great again.
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Forbes, IJR and Talking Points Memo
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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 …
Dara Lind / ProPublica:
“Shadow Wins”: How ICE Avoids Judicial Accountability by Quietly Releasing Immigrants Who Challenge Being Detained  —  ICE helps maintain the status quo of prolonged detentions by releasing immigrants without having their cases vindicated in court, according to a new report.
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog and Slate
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.
Washington Post:
Black residents now account for more than 8 in 10 D.C. coronavirus cases  —  Black people make up more than 80 percent of coronavirus cases reported in the District in recent days, compared with 46 percent late last year, a disparity that D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) highlighted in a call with Ward 8 community leaders Tuesday.
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.
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 …
 
 
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New York Times:
Pentagon Accelerates Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Rep. Jim Jordan will publish a political memoir in November
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
EXCLUSIVE: Scott Stringer and Elyse Buxbaum talk about their marriage and the mayoral race
Axios:
Scoop: Israeli spy chief in talks to join Mnuchin's investment fund
Tori Richards / Washington Examiner:
Newsom ordered to pay $1.35 million for COVID-19 church discrimination
Discussion: Townhall and RedState
Hannah Beech / New York Times:
Poets in Myanmar Are Killed After the Coup
Discussion: Mother Jones
Ed Conway / Sky News:
Ireland rejects President Biden's global corporate tax plans and will keep 12.5% rate, finance minister tells Sky News
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
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.
Matthew Dalton / Wall Street Journal:
France Suspects Russian Role in Campaign to Discredit Pfizer Vaccine
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
How the G.O.P. Primary for Mayor Turned 2 Friends Into Bitter Rivals
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida state Sen. Bracy to run for congressional seat now held by Demings
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
After Trump, EU feels a more familiar US arrogance
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Peggy McGlone / Washington Post:
Rejecting precedent and Trump, Biden ousts members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
Discussion: NPR, New York Times and The Hill
The Intercept:
Senate Preparing $10 Billion Bailout Fund for Jeff Bezos Space Firm
Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
The End IS Near. No, Seriously.
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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