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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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Alternet.org and Raw Story
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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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.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Emails Reveal ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Herschel Walker Money Scandal — Emails show Herschel Walker solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars for his own business from a billionaire donor, with the donor believing he was giving to Walker's campaign. … Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding.
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
7 people found dead in Oklahoma were shot in the head in apparent murder-suicide, authorities say — Jesse McFadden, 39, is believed to have gunned down five teenagers and his wife during a sleepover at his family's house. — A convicted rapist on trial for child pornography charges …
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David Badash / Alternet.org:
Dem Senator: Scalia accepted over 70 undisclosed gifts similar to Clarence Thomas — U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has revealed the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia also accepted and did not disclose dozens of trips paid for by special interest advocates …
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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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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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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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 …
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Biden allies join Republicans in vote to resume solar tariffs — The Senate on Wednesday voted 56 to 41 to override President Biden's two-year suspension of tariffs on solar imports from four southeast Asian countries. — The resolution, sponsored by Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Joe Manchin …
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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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.
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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