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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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US Department of Justice:
40 Officers of China's National Police Charged in Transnational Repression Schemes Targeting U.S. Residents — Defendants Accused of Creating Fake Social Media Accounts to Harass PRC Dissidents, and Working with Employees of a U.S. Telecommunications Company to Remove Dissidents from Company's Platform
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CNN:
FBI arrests two alleged Chinese agents and charges dozens with working inside US to silence dissidents
FBI arrests two alleged Chinese agents and charges dozens with working inside US to silence dissidents
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Washington Post, Bloomberg, Gizmodo and ABC7
US Department of Justice:
Two Arrested for Operating Illegal Overseas Police Station of the Chinese Government
Two Arrested for Operating Illegal Overseas Police Station of the Chinese Government
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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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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
McCarthy pledges a vote on one-year debt limit hike - without clear GOP support — @HTTPS://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/ CHRISTINA-WILKIE-6004564/@HTTPS:// TWITTER.COM/CHRISTINAWILKIE — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke at the New York Stock Exchange. — He opened a new phase …
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
McCarthy Pledges Vote on US Debt Limit — With Spending Cuts
McCarthy Pledges Vote on US Debt Limit — With Spending Cuts
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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, The Daily Signal, NPR and Washington Examiner
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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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, HuffPost and Washington Examiner
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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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
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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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Austin Linfante / Heartland Signal:
FBI investigating GOP Oklahoma 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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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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Kathryn Armstrong / BBC:
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years — Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine. — He was found guilty of treason, spreading “false” …
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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 …
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The Daily Caller
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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New York Daily News:
Ohio murder rates far higher than NYC as state's GOP Rep. Jim Jordan slams city's crime woes — Before Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan gavels into order a House Judiciary Committee hearing Monday aimed at shaming New York City's crime problem, he might consider a deep look at the far higher murder rates of his home state.
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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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Politico, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Magazine, acecomments.mu.nu and Talking Points Memo
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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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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
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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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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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate COVID origins report details lab leak theory — The coronavirus pandemic appeared to originate from a laboratory accident, based on biosafety issues in the epicenter in Wuhan, China, and factors observed in the nature and early spread of the virus, according to a 302-page Senate report obtained by Axios.
Reuters:
DeSantis escalates battle with Disney in new legislative push — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday fired another shot in his battle with Walt Disney Co (DIS.N), saying the state's Republican legislature would take steps to nullify the company's effort to circumvent state oversight of Walt Disney World.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Republican donor pauses Ron DeSantis funding over abortion and book banning
Republican donor pauses Ron DeSantis funding over abortion and book banning
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New Republic, Jezebel, The Hill, The Wrap and Insider
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.”