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Callie Morris / KTUL-TV:
4 dead after active-shooter situation at Saint Francis medical building  —  UPDATE:Police tell us four people are dead, including the shooter, following an active-shooter situation at a Saint Francis medical building.  UPDATE: Police say the shooter has died.
Discussion: 6 and NewsNation
Associated Press:
3 killed in shooting at Tulsa medical building; shooter dead  —  TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — Three people were killed Wednesday in a shooting at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, a police captain said.  —  Capt. Richard Meulenberg confirmed the number of dead.  Meulenberg said the shooter also was dead.
Discussion: KNSD-TV, WBBH-TV and RedState
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone:
‘Men Always Win’: Survivors ‘Sickened’ by the Amber Heard Verdict  —  It didn't matter what the verdict was — as one domestic violence survivor puts it, “this case is my worst fear playing out on a public stage”  —  Over the past few weeks, Meghan has been watching the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial with a sinking feeling.
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Candace McDuffie / The Root:
Amber Heard Verdict Sends A Message To Black Women Everywhere  —  If the mistreatment of a wealthy blonde haired, blue-eyed white actress is ridiculed by the world, what does that mean for Black women?  —  Alerts  —  On Wednesday, a jury in Virginia decided that actor Johnny Depp …
New York Times:
Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial Live Updates: Jury Finds Depp Was Defamed
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Thoughts on the Michael Sussmann Verdict  —  In the years since Donald Trump's election, the former president's supporters and opponents have often seemed to occupy entirely separate factual universes regarding both his conduct and the investigations of it.  —  In the factual universe occupied …
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
'It's going to be an army': Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections  —  Video recordings of Republican Party operatives meeting with grassroots activists provide an inside look at a multi-pronged strategy to target and potentially overturn votes in Democratic precincts …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion Hapless Trumpist Mo Brooks gives away the GOP ‘vote fraud’ scam  —  You might have noticed that many of the same Republicans who insisted that “voter fraud” cast doubt on Donald Trump's 2020 loss mysteriously don't see fraud at play in elections that they win.  This is routinely described as “hypocrisy.”
Discussion: Vanity Fair and New York Times
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Two White House press office staffers leaving for other administration jobs  —  The White House press office is undergoing a minor staffing shuffle as two aides are departing for other agencies within the Biden administration.  —  Vedant Patel, who had served as an assistant press secretary …
Discussion: ABC News and Townhall
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
What are Uvalde police hiding?  —  It's not their incompetence and cowardice.  —  Texas law enforcement authorities said last week that Salvador Ramos got into Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, by way of a door propped open by a teacher.  From there, they said, Ramos found a classroom with two teachers and 19 fourth-graders.
Discussion: New York Times
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon says ‘brace yourself’ for an economic hurricane caused by the Fed and Ukraine war  — There are two main factors that has Dimon worried: So-called quantitative tightening, or QT, is scheduled to begin this month and will ramp up to $95 billion a month in reduced bond holdings.
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Bloomberg:
Jamie Dimon Says JPMorgan Is Bracing Itself for Economic ‘Hurricane’
Discussion: New York Post, TheBlaze and Twitchy
Mike Stone / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. plans to sell armed drones to Ukraine in coming days -sources  —  The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia, three people familiar with the situation said.
Matthew Luxmoore / Wall Street Journal:
Documents Reveal Hundreds of Russian Troops Broke Ranks Over Ukraine Orders  —  Desertions and refusal to engage in the invasion have put Moscow in a bind over how to punish service members without drawing attention to the problem  —  Hundreds of Russian soldiers have escaped the fighting …
Discussion: New York Times, HotAir and CBS News
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Biden administration cancels all remaining student loan debt for 560,000 borrowers  —  The Biden administration is offering a new round of student loan debt relief for more than half a million borrowers who were students of Corinthian Colleges.  —  The action will see $5.8 billion …
Alexander Martin / Sky News:
US military hackers conducting offensive operations in support of Ukraine, says head of Cyber Command  —  In an exclusive interview with Sky News, General Paul Nakasone confirmed for the first time that the US had “conducted a series of operations” in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg:
One-Third of Americans Making $250,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck, Survey Finds  —  More than a third of Americans earning at least $250,000 annually say they are living paycheck to paycheck, underscoring how inflation is taking a bigger bite out of Americans' budgets at all ends of the pay spectrum.
Discussion: Breitbart and Twitchy
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Anatomy of a fake  —  What a viral fake news story about “race-based grading” tells us about our media ecosystem  —  This is the tale of a fake news story, widely shared by a lot of smart people who so badly wanted for it to be true that they didn't care that it wasn't.
New York Times:
The Middlemen Helping Russian Oligarchs Get Superyachts and Villas  —  They oversee the flow of billions of dollars from Putin-connected Russians to companies involved in superyachts and villas.  They've drawn the attention of a U.S. task force.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Washington Post and Metro.co.uk
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Man Who Shot Reagan Granted Full Freedom  —  John Hinckley, the would-be assassin who shot President Ronald Reagan two months after his inauguration in 1981, was deemed by a federal judge on Wednesday to no longer be a “danger to himself or others.”  As a result, he will be free of all remaining restrictions by June 15.
Washington Post:
House Republicans to unveil conservative roadmap on climate, energy  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy plans to call for boosting domestic fossil fuel production and streamlining the permitting process for large infrastructure projects  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
Discussion: Election Law Blog and Politico
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Biden Administration to Cut Costs for Wind and Solar Energy Projects  —  Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the government would sharply reduce the fees it charges to companies that operate on public lands.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration …
Associated Press:
Jury indicts Buffalo shooting suspect on terrorism charge  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. — A grand jury on Wednesday charged the white 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and 10 counts of first-degree murder.
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
A girl fled her war-torn homeland, but found more trauma in San Francisco  —  The morning began like most in the Saleh family's tiny studio six floors above Turk and Hyde streets in the Tenderloin.  The four children rose from their mats on the floor as their parents emerged from the closet where they shared a small mattress.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Biden celebrates ‘pioneer’ Coast Guard commandant  —  President Joe Biden on Wednesday applauded Adm. Linda Fagan's ascension to commandant of the Coast Guard, making her the first woman to lead a military service branch.  —  Biden, speaking at a change of command ceremony that saw outgoing commandant …
Daniel Gligich / The San Joaquin Valley Sun:
Salas comes clean on 11-year age gap on dating apps: ‘I made a mistake’  —  A Central Valley lawmaker and Congressional candidate admitted to misrepresenting his age on dating apps after screenshots of his profile went public.  —  Tuesday morning, The Sun exclusively revealed screenshots taken …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Watchdog opens probe into huge Social Security fines to poor, disabled  —  An independent watchdog this week opened a broad investigation into Social Security Inspector General Gail Ennis and her office following a Washington Post report that revealed how an anti-fraud program …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Joe Biden Is Too Old to Be President  —  On the menu today: As President Biden continues to misstate his own policies, it is a painful sign that the next president must be someone who has enough youth and energy to handle the pressures of the job.  —  The Wrong Man for a Tough Job
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
What the AR-15 Does to a Child's Body  —  Plus: Durham face-plants  —  What if we saw the pictures?  —  At the moment, the question is academic, since no one can really bear the thought of seeing them.  But what if we saw the pictures of children blown apart by America's most popular gun?
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify Podcasters Are Making $18,000 a Month With Nothing But White Noise  —  People on the prowl for a new podcast to consume often go for a stimulating option like a political debate or a true crime mystery to quicken the pulse.  But when the din of the world becomes too much …
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Director's Remarks to the Boston Conference on Cyber Security 2022  —  Remarks prepared for delivery.  —  Introduction  —  It's good to be back here at BC, particularly since I couldn't participate in the virtual conference last year.  In fact, the last time I was able to participate was in March 2020 …
Ana Goñi-Lessan / Tallahassee Democrat:
'It's all about the kids': Florida high school raffles off rifles, handguns  —  A Florida high school raffled off guns and other weaponry through a month-long fundraising campaign that ended Wednesday.  —  James Madison Preparatory High School in Madison, a charter school …
The UnPopulist:
The Right-Wing Outrage Machine Is Doing Campus Conservatives No Favors  —  Its over-the-top tactics are a far bigger problem than the lack of intellectual openness … For the bargain price of $5,000-$10,000, Matt Walsh, a columnist for The Daily Wire, a self-described conservative site …
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
PolitiFact Drops Another Doozy ‘Fact Check’  —  As Townhall reported last week, PolitiFact was up to its usual tricks trying to provide cover for Democrats, specifically Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams.  The self-proclaimed “independent” arbiters of truth decided to go after Republican officials …
Discussion: RedState
Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
Warning signs cloud tech industry's Supreme Court victory  —  The understandable crowing from the tech lobby over their 5-4 win against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at the Supreme Court this week conceals an uncomfortable fact for the industry: this was a closer shave than they expected.
CNN:
Uvalde school district police chief declines to answer CNN questions in first public comments in a week  —  (CNN)Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, the embattled Uvalde school police chief who led the flawed law enforcement response to last week's school shooting and has remained out of the public eye since …
 
 
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