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Biden seeks debt ceiling talks, as U.S. faces possible June 1 default — The updated deadline comes less than a week after Republicans adopted a bill coupling an increase in the debt ceiling with spending cuts, defying a veto threat from President Biden — President Biden on Monday invited …
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Biden won't move on debt ceiling terms even as he seeks to restart talks — With threat of a June 1 default now looming, the president invites GOP leaders to talk, but on his terms. — The debt ceiling crisis has arrived on President Joe Biden's doorstep — and left his administration with far less time than anticipated to solve it.
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Robert Reich:
Advice to Biden on how to handle House Republicans' demands for raising the debt ceiling
Advice to Biden on how to handle House Republicans' demands for raising the debt ceiling
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Could Run Out of Cash by June 1, Yellen Warns
U.S. Could Run Out of Cash by June 1, Yellen Warns
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Phill Swagel / CBO Publications:
CBO Sees Greater Risk That the Treasury Will Run Out of Funds in Early June
CBO Sees Greater Risk That the Treasury Will Run Out of Funds in Early June
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CNN:
Trump to appear at CNN town hall in New Hampshire — Former President Donald Trump will participate in a CNN presidential town hall next week in New Hampshire, the network announced Monday. — The event, hosted by “CNN This Morning” anchor Kaitlan Collins and airing at 9 p.m. ET on May 10 …
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Twitter Users Slam CNN For Scheduling Donald Trump ‘Town Hall’ Meeting
Twitter Users Slam CNN For Scheduling Donald Trump ‘Town Hall’ Meeting
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Republicans Fine With Supreme Court Justices Having No Formal Code Of Ethics — Their response to Clarence Thomas' ethics scandal continues to be silence or scoffing at the idea that Congress should do anything. — WASHINGTON ― Senate Democrats have been demanding congressional action …
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
“Get Him Out of Here”: Donald Trump Tossed NBC Reporter's Phones During Tirade Aboard Campaign Plane — In a recording obtained by Vanity Fair, the former president lashed out at Vaughn Hillyard over his questions related to the Manhattan DA's case, demonstrating that the ex-president's …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Photog Was Warned Over Taking White House Creepshots — Multiple complaints have been made about a freelancer taking candid shots of female reporters at the White House, sometimes when they were exiting the bathroom. … It turns out that notorious gadfly Simon Ateba isn't the only journalist …
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NBC News:
U.S. military is tracking another mysterious balloon — The military has determined that it poses no threat to aerial traffic or national security, but it's not clear what it is or who it belongs to, officials said. — The U.S. military is tracking a mysterious balloon that flew over American soil …
Cade Metz / New York Times:
‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead — For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm. — Geoffrey Hinton was an artificial intelligence pioneer.
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Trump's Rape Trial Does Not Appear to Be Going as Well as His Lawyer Had Hoped — The ex-president's request for a mistrial—on the claim the judge “openly expresses favoritism” toward E. Jean Carroll—was swiftly denied. And things weren't going much better before that either.
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Black waiter forced to serve N-word spewing diners decked in Confederate flags: report — A Black server at an Ohio restaurant was forced to serve a dinner party that was decked in Confederate battle banners and casually tossing around the N-word, reported The Daily Beast on Monday.
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Hunter Biden must answer more questions about his finances and art sales in Arkansas paternity case, judge says — President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, will need to sit for a sworn deposition and answer additional written questions about his investments, art sales and other financial transactions …
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Politico:
Allred set to launch Texas Senate run against Cruz — The former NFL player turned civil rights attorney is walking a path that helped make former Rep. Beto O'Rourke a national name. — Democratic Rep. Colin Allred is planning to announce a run against Sen. Ted Cruz as soon as this week …
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Minnesota lawmaker Sen. Bahr is shirtless during Zoom meeting: Video — ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - A Minnesota lawmaker was spotted briefly shirtless during a Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor Zoom meeting, which was streamed on YouTube, on Monday.
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CNN:
Suspect in Texas massacre had been deported 4 times after entering US illegally, ICE source says — The man wanted by law enforcement in the fatal shooting Friday of five of his neighbors in Texas - including a 9-year-old boy - had entered the US illegally and been deported by immigration officials …
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Search for Missing Teen Girls Ends in Horrific Discovery of 7 Bodies — The bodies of Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 16, were found alongside that of a convicted rapist and four others. — Two teen girls who went missing over the weekend in rural Oklahoma were found dead on Monday afternoon …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Culture wars are lots of fun until you kneecap your economy — It is important to recognize that Bill Maher's HBO show, “Real Time,” is the successor to a similar show called “Politically Incorrect” that went on the air in 1993. For three decades, in other words, Maher has been inveighing directly …
Lora Kolodny / NBC News:
FAA sued over SpaceX Starship launch program following April explosion — Five environmental and cultural heritage groups are suing the Federal Aviation Administration over the agency's dealings with SpaceX. — Five environmental and cultural heritage groups are suing the Federal Aviation Administration …
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New York Times:
Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy — The company, which was once valued at $5.7 billion, has been struggling to find a buyer this year. — Vice, the brash digital-media disrupter that charmed giants like Disney and Fox into investing before a stunning crash-landing …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
FOXLEAKS: Tucker Carlson slammed Fox Nation in behind-the-scenes video — Tucker Carlson headlined Fox News' Fox Nation streaming service in the years leading up to his sudden firing from the network. But a behind-the-scenes video obtained by Media Matters shows him lashing out at Fox for the service's …
emptywheel:
Joe Tacopina Complains about Woke Jonathan Swift — Joe Tacopina has filed for a mistrial in the E. Jean Carroll suit, accusing Judge Lewis Kaplan of bias. — The motion would not go over well with Kaplan on a good day. — But among Tacopina's complaints is that Judge Kaplan recognized …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
6 dead, dozens hospitalized after blinding dust storm in Illinois caused multiple highway pileups — More than 30 other people were taken to hospitals with injuries following collisions involving as many as 90 vehicles near Farmersville, state police said. — Six people were confirmed dead …
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Jeff Barker / Baltimore Sun:
Longtime Maryland U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin won't seek reelection, creating rare Senate vacancy — U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin says he won't seek reelection next year, ending a nearly 60-year run in Maryland politics and creating a scramble to fill a rare vacancy in the closely-divided Senate.
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Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Feds: Hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law — Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor put her life in jeopardy and violated federal law, a first-of-its-kind investigation by the federal government has found.
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
GOP Gov. Greg Abbott Ripped For ‘Despicable’ Characterization Of Mass Shooting Victims — “Star Trek” actor George Takei and chef José Andrés slammed the pro-gun Texas Republican's use of dehumanizing language. — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has been slammed for how he described …
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
DeSantis expands Florida death penalty law, defying U.S. Supreme Court — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) expanded Florida's death penalty law on Monday, signing a measure making it a capital crime to rape a child under the age of 12, a law that could set up a future U.S. Supreme Court case.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Jr. Rips Into Fox News Over Not Inviting Him on in Months — ‘CENSORSHIP’ — Donald Trump Jr.—the self-proclaimed general of the meme wars—tore into Fox News on a podcast Monday, partly over the right-wing cable behemoth not welcoming him on their airwaves in nine months.
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Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
The first arrests from DeSantis's election police take extensive toll — ORLANDO — The fallout came fast when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's new election police unit charged Peter Washington with voter fraud last summer as part of a crackdown against felons who'd allegedly broken the law by casting a ballot.
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