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New York Times:
Trump Grand Jury Could Hear From Critic of Prosecution's Star Witness — The grand jury considering the hush-money case against Mr. Trump might hear the testimony of lawyer Robert J. Costello, a critic of the ex-president's fixer. — A Manhattan grand jury that is expected to vote soon …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump in panic mode as he braces for likely charges in Stormy Daniels case — Manhattan district attorney expected to file criminal charges against ex-president for payment to adult film star in 2016 — Donald Trump is bracing for his most legally perilous week since he left the White House …
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Just The News, New York Daily News, New York Post, WKRG-TV, RedState, FITSNews and WAVY-TV
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Dissecting Charges That Could Arise From the Trump Investigations — Prosecutors in New York, Georgia and the Justice Department face complex choices about what crimes to charge if they decide to indict Donald Trump. — WASHINGTON — Prosecutors like to say that they investigate crimes, not people.
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New York Times:
Trump Allies Pressure DeSantis to Weigh In on Expected Indictment — The effort previews how an indictment would jolt the still-nascent race for the Republican presidential nomination — and perhaps already has. — Former President Donald J. Trump's political operation is trying to use …
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Michael Rothfeld / New York Times:
Inside the Payoff to a Porn Star That Could Lead to Trump's Indictment
Inside the Payoff to a Porn Star That Could Lead to Trump's Indictment
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Politico:
Why an indictment may help Trump — and threaten the GOP
Why an indictment may help Trump — and threaten the GOP
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Michael Cohen Lawyer Expected to Testify in Grand Jury Investigating Trump
Former Michael Cohen Lawyer Expected to Testify in Grand Jury Investigating Trump
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Raw Story, Washington Post, Associated Press, Washington Examiner and Talking Points Memo
emptywheel:
Pavlov's Press Corps: Trump Once Again Got Journalists to Willingly Serve as His Incitement Mules
Pavlov's Press Corps: Trump Once Again Got Journalists to Willingly Serve as His Incitement Mules
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The Jewish Press
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Sununu on possible Trump arrest: ‘Democrats have misplayed this’
Sununu on possible Trump arrest: ‘Democrats have misplayed this’
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Washington Examiner, National Review, Fox News, Alternet.org and Bloomberg
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Proud Boys bloodied and jailed during NYC drag queen story hour protest — Clashes between Proud Boys and counter-protesters led to at least one arrest on Sunday. — The incidents occurred on 7th Avenue in New York City at the Drag Queen Story Hour with Attorney General Letitia James event.
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Ty Ross / Washington Press:
DRAGGED: Proud Boys get beat up at NYC drag queen story hour — Anti-drag queen bigots the Proud Boys got a dose of their own medicine while protesting at a family-friendly show in New York City this weekend. — New York Attorney General Letitia James had organized a Drag Queen Story Hour …
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The Post Millennial
Politico:
McCarthy pushes back against Trump's calls for protests: ‘We want calmness out there’ — Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday pushed back on Donald Trump's calls for protests if he is ultimately indicted, instead calling for “calmness” and urging against any violence.
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Kevin McCarthy Melts Down And Attacks Manhattan DA
Kevin McCarthy Melts Down And Attacks Manhattan DA
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New York Times:
UBS Agrees to Buy Rival Credit Suisse — In a deal brokered by the Swiss government, Switzerland's largest bank will buy its smaller rival for about $3.2 billion. — Michael de la Merced, Maureen Farrell and Andrew Ross Sorkin cover global finance from London and New York.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
ABC's Jon Karl Confronts Pence With Stunning Audio of Trump Defending ‘Hang Mike Pence!’ Chanters: He's ‘Justifying’ People ‘Calling for You to Be Hanged!’ — Former Vice President Mike Pence faced an intense interview from ABC News's Jon Karl — during which he was forced to directly respond …
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Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
How Elon Musk knocked Tesla's ‘Full Self-Driving’ off course — Tesla's campaign to deliver a fully autonomous vehicle has suffered amid mounting safety concerns — and the boss's Twitter distraction — SAN FRANCISCO — Long before he became “Chief Twit” of Twitter, Elon Musk had a different obsession …
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IJR, more at Techmeme »
John Walcott / Foreign Affairs:
Why the Press Failed on Iraq … Twenty years ago, the George W. Bush administration invaded Iraq to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and eliminate the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) officials said he had. Getting the American public to support a war against a country that had not attacked …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why white Christian nationalists are in such a panic — You might find it strange that a large segment of the Republican base thinks Whites are the true victims of racism and that Christians are under attack. After all, America's biggest racial group is still Whites; the most common religious affiliation remains Christianity.
Daniel W. Drezner / Politico:
Is the United States Creating a ‘Legion of Doom’? — Moscow has directed a lot of vitriol toward the West over the past year. The volume of that rhetoric sometimes drowns out an awkward fact about Moscow's foreign policy reorientation away from the West and toward allies like China and Iran …
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HotAir
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
DeSantis's pivotal service at Guantánamo during a violent year — “Hey, you can actually force-feed,” Ron DeSantis advised, which detainee lawyers said amounted to torture — Ron DeSantis was a 27-year-old Navy lawyer fresh out of Harvard Law School when he arrived in Guantánamo Bay …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Sen. Warren calls for lifting deposit insurance cap, blasts Fed — A longtime critic of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, she also urged the Fed to pause its rate hikes — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Sunday called on Congress to lift the federal insurance levels …
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Gillian Tan / Bloomberg:
Midsize US Banks Ask FDIC to Insure Deposits for Two Years
Midsize US Banks Ask FDIC to Insure Deposits for Two Years
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Max de Haldevang / Bloomberg:
Vulcan Facility Seizure Adds to Tension Between US and Mexico — The seizure of a US company's marine terminal in Mexico has drawn criticism from a US senator and risks sparking more tension between the two nations amid spats over energy and security. — US construction firm Vulcan Materials alleges …
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Fox News
Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
GOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors — A formerly well-connected Republican donor, accused of plying petite, vulnerable teenage girls with cash, liquor and gifts, goes on trial Tuesday on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. Anton “Tony” Lazzaro is charged …
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
Stop requiring college degrees for jobs that don't need them — Employers are finally tearing down the “paper ceiling” in hiring. — When President Joe Biden recently touted the hundreds of billions of dollars invested into American manufacturing in the last two years …
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