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New York Times:
F.B.I. Arrests Two on Charges Tied to Chinese Police Outpost in New York — Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged the men with conspiring with the People's Republic of China and destroying evidence in connection with a Chinese police outpost in Lower Manhattan.
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CNN:
FBI arrests two alleged Chinese agents and charges dozens with working inside US to silence dissidents — The FBI has arrested two alleged Chinese agents and federal prosecutors have charged dozens of others with working to silence and harass dissidents within the United States …
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Washington Post and ABC7
US Department of Justice:
Two Arrested for Operating Illegal Overseas Police Station of the Chinese Government — Defendants Are New York City Residents Who Allegedly Operated the Police Station in Lower Manhattan and Destroyed Evidence When Confronted by the FBI — A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn …
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US Department of Justice:
40 Officers of China's National Police Charged in Transnational Repression Schemes Targeting U.S. Residents
40 Officers of China's National Police Charged in Transnational Repression Schemes Targeting U.S. Residents
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Fiscal crisis nears as McCarthy takes debt ceiling plan to Wall Street — The House speaker is set to outline the party's new proposal at the New York Stock Exchange, more than a decade after a similar GOP-led standoff hammered U.S. markets — NEW YORK — Nearly 40 years ago …
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
McCarthy Pledges Vote on US Debt Limit — With Spending Cuts — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told a Wall Street audience on Monday that the US House will vote in coming weeks on a plan to lift the nation's borrowing limit, but not without new curbs on spending.
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
McCarthy pledges a vote on one-year debt limit hike - without clear GOP support
McCarthy pledges a vote on one-year debt limit hike - without clear GOP support
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Punchbowl News:
NEWS: What McCarthy will say in NYC
NEWS: What McCarthy will say in NYC
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NBC News, Insider, The Daily Signal, Raw Story, NPR and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Why Joe Biden Has Slow-Walked His Way to a 2024 Run — Closed-door meetings about when to roll out the president's campaign are intensifying. Still, with no serious primary challenge and Republicans infighting, he feels little pressure. — Closed-door planning meetings involving White House officials …
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
New poll: DeSantis — not Trump — leads Biden in battleground states
New poll: DeSantis — not Trump — leads Biden in battleground states
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Sarah Longwell / Bulwark+:
You Have to Think of Trump's Election as Year Zero
You Have to Think of Trump's Election as Year Zero
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Morning Shots, Deseret News, Raw Story and Alternet.org
Doug Sosnik / New York Times:
The ‘Diploma Divide’ Is the New Fault Line in American Politics
The ‘Diploma Divide’ Is the New Fault Line in American Politics
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Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
GOP Megadonor Pulls Plug On Ron DeSantis, Cites Abortion And Book Bans
GOP Megadonor Pulls Plug On Ron DeSantis, Cites Abortion And Book Bans
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump urges Murdoch to embrace false 2020 election claims in Dominion trial — Former President Trump is urging Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corp., to embrace his false allegations of voter fraud if the media mogul is to give testimony during a jury trial in the defamation lawsuit facing Fox News this week.
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Trump Implores Rupert Murdoch to Say 2020 Election Was Rigged During His Testimony at Dominion Trial
Trump Implores Rupert Murdoch to Say 2020 Election Was Rigged During His Testimony at Dominion Trial
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Don't Settle, Dominion! Drag Fox News Across the Hot Coals
Don't Settle, Dominion! Drag Fox News Across the Hot Coals
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New York Times:
Judge Delays Fox and Dominion Trial by a Day
Judge Delays Fox and Dominion Trial by a Day
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Washington Post:
Dominion v. Fox trial delayed for settlement talks, people familiar with the matter say
Dominion v. Fox trial delayed for settlement talks, people familiar with the matter say
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CNN:
Accused shooter in Kansas City shooting of Black teen who went to the wrong house is White man in his 80s — A white man in his 80s is the individual who apparently shot and seriously wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, on April 13 in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a CNN review of property records …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
“Stop the Steal” Organizer Apologizes After Being Accused of Asking Teen Boys for D*ck Pics — “I apologize for any inappropriate messages sent over the years,” said Ali Alexander, an ally of former President Trump and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. — A key figure in the pro-Trump …
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Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Clarence Thomas to amend financial disclosure forms to reflect sale to GOP megadonor — Justice Clarence Thomas intends to amend his financial disclosure forms to reflect a 2014 real estate deal he made with a GOP megadonor - an acknowledgment that the transaction should have been disclosed almost …
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Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Russia sentences Kara-Murza, Putin critic and Post contributor, to 25 years — RIGA, Latvia — A Russian court sentenced Vladimir Kara-Murza, a longtime opposition politician and Washington Post Opinions contributor, to 25 years in prison on Monday on charges of treason for criticizing Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Austin Linfante / Heartland Signal:
FBI investigating GOP Okla. officials caught on tape talking about lynching Black people, murdering newspaper reporters — GOP officials from McCurtain County, Okla. are being investigated by the FBI after they were caught on tape expressing their frustration about it not being socially acceptable beat …
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Raw Story, KXII-TV, The Hill, The Oklahoman, Joe.My.God., The Daily Caller and The Black Wall Street Times
David Millward / Telegraph:
Pro-Russia propagandist unmasked as New Jersey tropical fish seller — Sarah Bils identified as the woman behind ‘Donbas Devushka’ social media accounts, notorious for spreading disinformation about the war — To her devoted followers, “Donbas Devushka” - or Donbas Girl …
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Hannah Dreier / New York Times:
U.S. Was Warned of Migrant Child Labor, but 'Didn't Want to Hear It' — The White House and federal agencies were repeatedly alerted to signs of children at risk. The warnings were ignored or missed. — In the spring of 2021, Linda Brandmiller was working at an arena in San Antonio …
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans will try to block Feinstein's Judiciary replacement — Their objections complicate Democrats' path out of the judicial nomination slowdown caused by the California senator's lengthy absence — A second Republican senator on the Judiciary Committee announced their opposition …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
GOP Senators Won't Help Replace Dianne Feinstein On Judiciary Committee
GOP Senators Won't Help Replace Dianne Feinstein On Judiciary Committee
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Politico, Vanity Fair, Joe.My.God., NBC News and CNN
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
Why GOP culture warriors lost big in school board races this month — “Don't assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said. — Amid all the attention on this month's elections in Wisconsin and Illinois …
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Journal Sentinel, Raw Story and Diane Ravitch's blog
Katherine Stewart / New Republic:
The Bigger Story Behind the Charter School That Requires Girls to Wear Skirts — The dress code at the Charter Day School, a supposedly nonsectarian, publicly funded K-8 charter school in Leland, North Carolina, requires that female students wear skirts, jumpers, or “skorts.”
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Rep. Paul Gosar promotes pro-Hitler and Holocaust-denying site after it praised him for attacking “Jewish warmongers” — Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) used his House.gov newsletter to direct people to a story posted on a Holocaust-denier website that praised him for attacking “Jewish warmongers” for their support of Ukraine.
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Joe.My.God., Washington Press and Political Wire
David K. Li / NBC News:
Ohio attorney general to give update on Jayland Walker case — Walker was fatally shot by police last year after officers tried to pull him over for an alleged traffic violation, sparking protests. — The Ohio attorney general will provide an update Monday afternoon on the case of Jayland Walker …
Michael Gold / New York Times:
George Santos Says He Will Run for Re-election in 2024 — Mr. Santos, a Republican House member from New York, has admitted to lying about parts of his biography and is facing several ethics and criminal inquiries. — Representative George Santos, the Republican from New York whose unexpected victory …
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Bloomberg Law:
Berkeley Ban on Natural Gas Hookups Tossed by Ninth Circuit — Share To: — A California city's ordinance banning natural gas hookups in new buildings was toppled Monday by the Ninth Circuit, which said that the ordinance is preempted by federal law. — The panel's decision was a win …