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8:20 PM ET, May 2, 2022

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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Ivanka Trump talked to January 6 committee about what was happening inside White House that day, panel chairman says  —  The Trump family's cooperation with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol - and Ivanka Trump's appearance in particular …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Bidenworld wants to make the midterms more about Trump and hopes Elon Musk helps  —  President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats have struggled to overcome historical headwinds and worrisome economic trends in the lead-up to the midterms.  —  So aides are scheming up something else …
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge rejects RNC bid to block email, fundraising data from Jan. 6 panel
NBC News:
A note to our readers  —  To our readers:  —  A review by NBC News has found 11 articles written by a reporter over the last year that did not meet our standards for original material.  The articles contained passages from other news organizations that were used without attribution.
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Everybody Used to Be In On the Same Joke at the White House Correspondents' Dinner  —  I was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night — pushing rubbery food around my plate while President Biden admonished that “American democracy is not a reality show.”
Discussion: Breitbart and Power Line
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
What Trevor Noah Got Desperately Wrong at the White House Correspondents' Dinner  —  Saturday marked the first White House correspondents' dinner in three years and the first one with an actual president in attendance since 2016.  The most notable part of an event that has felt in recent years …
Discussion: CNN and Boing Boing
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Holy Crap, Look at All These Fancy Nerds (PHOTOS)
Discussion: Politico and IJR
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Esper says Trump wanted to shoot protesters  —  Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper charges in a memoir out May 10 that former President Trump said when demonstrators were filling the streets around the White House following the death of George Floyd: “Can't you just shoot them?
Ben Orner / WCMH-TV:
Vance leads, Dolan surging in last-minute Ohio GOP Senate poll  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As the remaining undecided voters pick their candidates, three Republican U.S. Senate candidates have emerged as the final frontrunners in a major pollster's last poll before Ohio's primary election Tuesday.
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Arizona GOP Senate frontrunner loses lead amid air assault
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Annie Karni / New York Times:
As Feinstein Declines, Democrats Struggle to Manage an Open Secret  —  Democrats have quietly accepted the California senator's memory issues as the status quo, even as her inner circle frets that the spectacle of her difficulties on the job could tarnish her legacy.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin met with Hunter Biden in Moscow over potential investment deal before meeting TWICE more in New York and DC - and is now sanctioned by the UK (but NOT the US)  — Emails obtained by DailyMail.com reveal Hunter Biden had courted Vladimir Yevtushenkov …
Politico:
Why Kamala Harris is the frontrunner in a Biden-less field  —  President JOE BIDEN has said he intends to run for reelection in 2024.  —  If he doesn't, however, Vice President KAMALA HARRIS is best positioned to take the party's mantle.  —  That's not just because she's currently first in line for the presidency.
Discussion: CBS News
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former Marine who kicked officer on Jan. 6 sentenced to more than 2 years in prison  —  WASHINGTON — A military veteran from Georgia who attacked police officers at the Capitol as part of a pro-Trump mob attempting to overturn the 2020 election results was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison Monday.
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Former N.Y.P.D. Officer Convicted of Assault in Jan. 6 Case
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tucker Carlson Is a White Nationalist, and Conservatives Are Okay With It … Ten years ago, National Review fired longtime contributor John Derbyshire over a column urging white and Asian American parents to warn their children that Black people posed a danger to them.
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court rules for group in dispute with Boston over flying Christian Flag  —  The court ruled the city of Boston violated the group's First Amendment rights.  —  A unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the city of Boston violated the First Amendment when it denied a civic group …
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The Seattle Times:
Herrera Beutler, Newhouse went further than previously known in attempts to oust Trump, new book says  —  Washington Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Dan Newhouse, two of the 10 Republican representatives who voted to impeach Donald Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol …
Alfredo Corchado / Dallas Morning News:
Mexico: Rail link worth billions won't go through Texas after Abbott used trade as ‘political tool’  —  Instead, the proposed rail line would be routed along the far edge of West Texas up through Santa Teresa, N.M., about 20 miles west of downtown El Paso.  —  SANTA TERESA, N.M. …
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is planning to endorse Nina Turner in a rematch for an Ohio House seat.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, one of the nation's most prominent left-wing officials, is planning to endorse Nina Turner's congressional bid in the final hours …
Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Amazon to reimburse U.S. employees who travel for abortions, other treatments  —  Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, told its staff on Monday it will pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses annually for non-life threatening medical treatments including abortions, according to a message seen by Reuters.
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Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Amazon to get hearing that could overturn New York union vote
CNN:
Georgia official texted Mark Meadows as Trump badgered secretary of state to ‘find’ votes  —  (CNN)As Donald Trump badgered Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on an hour-long call to “find” the votes necessary to flip the battleground state to Trump's column after the 2020 election …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: Jared Kushner to publish White House memoir in August  —  Jared Kushner will be out Aug. 8 with “Breaking History: A White House Memoir,” with the publisher promising never-before-reported tales from the 2016 campaign, the Russia investigation, impeachment and COVID.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and New York Post
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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Jared Kushner's White House Memoir Slated For August Release
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:
Herschel Walker, other candidates test skipping debates  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker is expected to skip a second debate against his Republican rivals for a crucial U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday after missing the first one.  —  Ted Budd has skipped four Republican primary debates …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
This Is How America's Culture War Death Spirals  —  Sign up for Derek's newsletter here.  —  The drama in Florida between Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company has taken so many unusual turns in so little time that providing a truly straightforward account of what's transpired is not easy.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Based and Reformed
 
 
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EU Prepares Ban on Russian Oil
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NYPD's Stonewalling Attorney Called Out for Lying and Forging Emails
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Modi invited to G7 summit as west seeks to weaken New Delhi's Russian ties
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