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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Judge Tosses Trump's Lawsuit Against NY Times, Orders Him to Pay All Legal Fees — Trump sued the paper, along with his niece Mary, alleging an “insidious plot” to grab his tax records and publish them in a Pulitzer-winning report. … A New York judge has tossed out Donald Trump's lawsuit …
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Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Deadline and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Michelle Watson / CNN:
10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville McDonald's until 2 a.m. — New York CNN — Two 10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville McDonald's restaurant — sometimes until 2 a.m. — the US Department of Labor said Tuesday.
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Iowa Starting Line, The Daily Caller and Mock Paper Scissors
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Kentucky McDonald's put 10-year-olds to work until 2 in the morning: officials — A McDonald's restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky had 10-year-olds working shifts that sometimes ended at 2 a.m., CNN reported Wednesday. — The U.S. Department of Labor discovered the hours during an investigation …
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KCCI-TV, Associated Press, Metro.co.uk and Crooks and Liars
Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
10-year-olds among hundreds of children found working at McDonald's restaurants — Two 10-year-olds were discovered working unpaid and until as late as 2 a.m. at one McDonald's restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, operated by Bauer Food LLC, the Labor Department said in a news release.
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Political Wire
NBC News:
Ex-FBI agent feds say urged Jan. 6 rioters to kill police worked terrorism task force — Jared Wise was part of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force and served as supervisory special agent in charge of the Homegrown Violent Extremism unit. — NEW YORK — An ex-FBI official who allegedly urged rioters to …
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CNN, Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly
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CNN:
Florida man charged with throwing explosive at Capitol riot — The FBI on Tuesday arrested a Florida man accused of setting off an “explosive device” in the US Capitol tunnel during the attack on January 6, 2021. — In one of the most violent scenes of the Capitol riot …
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NBC News, Raw Story, UPI and Associated Press
CNN:
Exclusive: Special counsel sat in on Pence's testimony to federal grand jury — Special counsel Jack Smith sat in on the federal grand jury proceeding while former Vice President Mike Pence testified for more than five hours last week, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
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Vanity Fair, Raw Story, Mediaite and Political Wire
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CNN:
Exclusive: Special counsel probing Trump Organization's handling of Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage — Prosecutors for special counsel Jack Smith have been asking questions in recent weeks about the handling of surveillance footage from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort …
New York Times:
Trump Will Offer No Defense in Rape Trial, His Lawyer Says — The lawyer said he would call no witnesses to rebut E. Jean Carroll's account of being assaulted at Bergdorf Goodman. The case could go to a jury early next week. — A lawyer defending former President Donald J. Trump …
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CNBC:
Trump lawyers will not offer witnesses at E. Jean Carroll rape defamation trial
Trump lawyers will not offer witnesses at E. Jean Carroll rape defamation trial
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Politico, Insider, New York Post, Raw Story, The Guardian and Political Wire
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
E. Jean Carroll's Quest for Justice and the Carnage of Donald Trump's Misogyny
E. Jean Carroll's Quest for Justice and the Carnage of Donald Trump's Misogyny
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trumps Fail To Turn Over Documents In Fraud Case, New York Attorney General Claims — Donald Trump, his three eldest children and the Trump Organization failed to turn over emails and other communications in a fraud lawsuit, the New York attorney general's office claimed in a letter submitted in court last week.
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Raw Story, Alternet.org and Political Wire
Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
Tucker Carlson helped broker the deal that made Kevin McCarthy House speaker after 14 failed votes, text messages show — Tucker Carlson won concessions from Kevin McCarthy in a deal that made him House speaker, per his texts. — Carlson said McCarthy agreed to put Rep. Thomas Massie on a committee …
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Mediaite, Bernard Goldberg's Commentary, New Republic and Political Wire
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Atlanta mass shooting live updates: 1 killed, 4 hurt; suspect at large — Police are looking for the suspect, identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson. — Atlanta police are searching for the gunman who killed one and wounded four others in a mass shooting in a medical center waiting room on Wednesday, police said.
Matt Novak / Forbes:
Trump Using Photos From His Own Presidency To Argue Life Is Worse Under Biden — Donald Trump started a new ad campaign on Facebook last week that insists the U.S. is doing worse under President Joe Biden. The Facebook ads even include photos trying to suggest the chaos we see in those images is a direct result of Biden's policies.
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Washington Post:
Prosecutors near charging decision in Hunter Biden case — A meeting between prosecutors and defense lawyers comes toward the end of an investigation — Prosecutors are nearing a decision on whether to charge President Biden's son Hunter with tax- and gun-related violations …
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Vivek Ramaswamy Paid to Have His Soros Fellowship and Covid-Era Role Scrubbed from Wikipedia Page — Longshot presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has accused his prospective Republican rivals of parroting him, but Ramaswamy himself has made an intentional effort to conceal his own biography …
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HuffPost, New Republic, Forbes, RedState and Political Wire
Anna Phillips / Washington Post:
New York passes first-in-nation law to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels — The state ban on gas in new buildings could face legal challenges, but it marks a milestone in the energy transition sought by climate activists — New York has become the first state in the nation to pass …
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Just The News, Breitbart, The Hill, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Twitchy and IJR
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Lina M. Khan / New York Times:
We Must Regulate A.I. Here's How. — It's both exciting and unsettling to have a realistic conversation with a computer. Thanks to the rapid advance of generative artificial intelligence, many of us have now experienced this potentially revolutionary technology with vast implications for how people live …
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Truth on the Market, Fortune, The Hill, Fox News and Washington Examiner, more at Techmeme »
United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Grassley, Comer Demand FBI Record Alleging Criminal Scheme Involving Then-VP Biden — Congressional subpoena seeks specific FBI document — WASHINGTON - Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member and long-time whistleblower advocate Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Oversight …
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson text on ‘how white men fight’ alarmed Fox board members — The board overseeing Fox News was so alarmed by the prime-time host's text message that it planned to hire a law firm to investigate his behavior — On the eve of what was expected to be the most closely watched defamation trial …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
New data shows how little the electorate looks like the population — The 2022 midterm elections did not got the way the Republican Party expected. Historical patterns suggested that the party would accrue a hefty majority in the House and regain control of the Senate.
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The Liberal Patriot and New York Magazine
Matthew Monks / Bloomberg:
PacWest Is Weighing Strategic Options, Including Possible Sale — PacWest Bancorp., a regional bank teetering following the collapse of three rival California-based lenders, has been weighing a range of strategic options, including a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Hill, NBC News, CBS News, CNBC, The Gateway Pundit, Forbes, Fortune and Yahoo Finance
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Witnesses Are Too ‘Intimidated’ to Testify Against Ammon Bundy, Lawyer Says — A hospital is suing the right-wing leader for harassing its staff. Doctors say witnesses are concerned about new attacks from him or his followers. — Militia leader Ammon Bundy says he won't appear in court because there's too much paperwork.
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Spokesman.com, Raw Story and Daily Kos
The White House:
The Potential Economic Impacts of Various Debt Ceiling Scenarios — Summary — New analyses by both the Congressional Budget Office and the U.S. Department of the Treasury suggest the United States is rapidly approaching the date at which the government can no longer pay its bills, also known as the “X-date.”
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Bloomberg and Associated Press
ABC News:
Tyre Nichols' official autopsy reveals brain injuries from blunt force trauma, DA says — The DA's office said the autopsy will be released publicly soon. — The medical examiner's official autopsy report for Tyre Nichols showed he “died of brain injuries from blunt force trauma,” …
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Aria Bendix / NBC News:
FDA approves world's first RSV vaccine, a shot for adults ages 60 and up — GSK's single-dose shot lowered the risk of severe illness by 94% in older adults. — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the world's first RSV vaccine: a shot for adults ages 60 and up, made by pharmaceutical giant GSK.
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New York Post, ABC News, Financial Times, Fox News, Associated Press, UPI, Gizmodo, WCTX-TV and CBS News
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
How Bidenomics Has Finally Defeated Reaganomics — Two years into his presidency, Joe Biden has revolutionized America's economic policy—both home and abroad. … The last thing many of us expected when Joe Biden became president was that he would be a revolutionary.
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The Moderate Voice
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Michelle Obama launches kids' nutrition firm — Former first lady Michelle Obama has co-founded a new kids' nutrition company geared at improving access to healthier foods, rolling out a low-sugar drink as its first product. — Obama on Wednesday announced the launch of PLEZi Nutrition …
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Associated Press and PLEZi Nutrition
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
North Carolina GOP Rushes New Abortion Ban After Democrat Suddenly Switched Parties — Republicans, who hold a veto-proof supermajority, evaded the traditional legislative process ― introducing a 12-week abortion ban and holding a vote less than 24 hours later.
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