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11:55 PM ET, May 10, 2023

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Michael Fanone / Rolling Stone:
CNN Is Hosting a Town Hall for a Guy Who Tried to Get Me Killed  —  Donald Trump tried to end American democracy.  Why is CNN throwing him a rehabilitation party?  —  I WOKE UP last week to a text from my mother.  Its contents hit me like a sucker punch.  “CNN is hosting a town hall with Trump; Kaitlin Collins is moderating.
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Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Trump just (essentially) won the 2024 GOP primary.  Here's why.  —  How do other 2024 candidates hope to defeat the former president in a head-to-head matchup if they won't even challenge him?  —  When future historians seek to explain how a failed businessman and reality TV star took …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump dismisses sex abuse verdict and gloats that it will help his 2024 bid  —  His comments came a day after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.  —  Former President Donald Trump mocked E. Jean Carroll as a “whack job” …
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez on Trump town hall: ‘CNN should be ashamed of themselves’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed CNN over its decision to hold a town hall with former President Trump on Wednesday night.  —  “CNN should be ashamed of themselves,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Biden trolls Trump over CNN town hall  —  President Biden trolled former President Trump on Wednesday over a contentious appearance at a CNN town hall on Wednesday, with Biden asking for supporters to donate to his reelection campaign if they don't want “four more years of that.”  —  “It's simple, folks.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN's Kaitlan Collins tries, and tries, to rebut Trump's election lies  —  Collins, one of the network's rising stars, attempted to meet the former president's stream of falsehoods during Wednesday's live town hall with composure and tough questions  —  During a roughly 70-minute-long forum …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Trump's Falsehoods and Bluster Overtake CNN Town Hall
New York Times:
Trump Camp Sees CNN Town Hall as Calculated Risk
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Takeaways from town hall: Trump says sexual assault case was ‘fake,’ calls Jan. 6 ‘a beautiful day’
Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones:   Trump Mocked E. Jean Carroll Live on CNN. The Audience Laughed.
Slate:
There Is Finally Legal Recourse for Donald Trump's Lies
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and The Hill
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Tuberville on white nationalists in the military: ‘I call them Americans’  —  U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said there should be no efforts to block different ideological groups, including white nationalists, from serving in the military and criticized President Joe Biden for taking steps …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sen. Tuberville rises to the defense of racists in the armed forces
Discussion: Raw Story
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:   GOP senator says of white nationalists in the military, ‘I call them Americans’
US Department of Justice:
Congressman George Santos Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering, Theft of Public Funds, and False Statements  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York  —  Santos Allegedly Embezzled Contributions from Supporters, Fraudulently Obtained Unemployment Benefits …
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New York Times:
George Santos Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Santos backed a bill to fight unemployment fraud. Now he's charged with it.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Comer releases Biden family probe update without showing link to president  —  The Oversight panel chair revealed that Biden family members, business associates or related companies received more than $10 million from companies run by foreign nationals.  —  House Republicans on Wednesday showed …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The wider House Oversight's net, the more often it catches Trump  —  The argument was put most concisely by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), as members of the Republican majority on the House Oversight Committee sought to deliver the “judgment day for the Biden administration” that committee chair James Comer …
CNN:
House Republicans allege Biden family members received millions in payments from foreign entities in new bank records report
New York Times:
New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat  —  The suit, brought by a specialist in Russian disinformation, cites parallels with the recently settled Dominion Voting Systems case against Fox.  —  Fox News was hit on Wednesday with another defamation lawsuit …
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial  —  Using mRNA tailored to each patient's tumor, the vaccine may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest forms of cancer in half of those who received it.  —  Five years ago, a small group of cancer scientists meeting …
Discussion: Nature
Dylan Byers / Puck:
The Kaitlin Era Begins Tonight  —  Kaitlan is Licht's answer at 9 p.m.—the great conservative hope upon which his legacy will likely hang.  —  Tonight, for about 90 minutes, CNN may be the most-watched news channel in America—a rare and probably fleeting distinction it has not enjoyed since January 2021 …
New York Times:
Adams Weakens Right-to-Shelter Rules, Anticipating Migrant Surge  —  Saying New York City had “reached our limit,” Mayor Eric Adams said it would loosen regulations that have protected homeless people seeking shelter in the city.  —  New York City is temporarily suspending some of the rules related …
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News poll shows Biden still leads Trump for 2024  —  Despite significant vulnerabilities, the president holds steady against his Republican rival in a rematch of the 2020 election.  —  As Democrats coalesce around him as their inevitable nominee, President Biden still narrowly …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   The Panic Over Biden's Age Is Manufactured
David Weigel / Semafor:
RFK Jr.: Ron DeSantis invited me to breakfast, said he wanted to burn the NIH “to the ground”  —  The News  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that he wanted to “burn” the National Institutes of Health “to the ground,” according to a new interview with the Democratic presidential candidate.
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Vivek Ramaswamy wants to raise the voting age.  Even his staff doesn't like the idea.  —  The youngest candidate in the Republican presidential field is preparing to announce a proposal to raise the voting age to 25 for most people.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest candidate …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
FBI doesn't share document GOP subpoenaed alleging ‘criminal scheme’ involving Biden  —  The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the FBI for an FD-1023 form  —  The FBI did not comply with the House Oversight Committee's subpoena compelling the production of an FBI document …
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
MLK's famous criticism of Malcolm X was a ‘fraud’, author finds  —  Jonathan Eig was deep in the Duke University archives researching his new biography of Martin Luther King Jr. when he made an alarming discovery: King's harshest and most famous criticism of Malcolm X, in which he accused …
Essi Lehto / Reuters:
Finland prime minister divorces husband  —  Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin has filed for divorce jointly with her husband of three years Markus Raikkonen, they said on Instagram on Wednesday.  —  “We are grateful for the 19 years together and our beloved daughter.
Discussion: New York Post
Alexandra E. Petri / Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein casts her first Senate vote in months, finally shedding light on health issues  —  California Politics  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to cast her first vote in the Senate since taking an extended  —  that threatened Democrats' slim majority and led to mounting calls for her resignation.
Joe Anuta / Politico:
Adams no longer Biden surrogate after blasting White House on migrants  —  New York City Mayor Eric Adams had said the president “failed” the city by mishandling the asylum-seeker crisis.  —  NEW YORK — President Joe Biden's reelection campaign has dropped New York City Mayor Eric Adams …
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot to be extradited to US, Beth Holloway says  —  Joran van der Sloot is serving a prison sentence for killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman  —  Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, an American …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, CBS News, al.com and WGN-TV
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
China pours cold water on bilateral meeting with US defence secretary  —  Stand-off is latest obstacle to top-level dialogue between Washington and Beijing  —  China has told the US there is little chance of a meeting between the countries' defence ministers at a security forum in Singapore due …
Peter Caterina / Fox News:
Chris Christie: Donald Trump Must Be The Unluckiest S.O.B. In The World (Video)  —  Chris Christie spoke to Brian Kilmeade about a Manhattan jury finding former President Donald Trump liable of sexual abuse, defamation against E Jean Carroll.  Christie also discussed how President Trump failed …
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
The Right's Assault on Divorce Will Put More Women at Risk  —  Roe wasn't the culmination of Republican attempts to control women's autonomy, but perhaps just the beginning.  —  What if Roe was just an opening salvo in the war against women's autonomy?  We often think of Roe's fall …
 
 
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Janon Fisher / New York Daily News:
Homeless man charged with hate crimes for defecating on two LGBTQ+ Pride flags: NYPD
Discussion: New York Post
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
How Troubling Are the Payments and Gifts to Ginni and Clarence Thomas?
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
F.D.A. Advisers Say Benefits of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Outweigh Risks
Charles / PollsAndVotes:
Presidential General Election 2024 Update
House Committee on the Judiciary:
Republicans Release Report on How Senior Intelligence Community Officials and the Biden Campaign Worked to Mislead American Voters
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Ari Drennen / Media Matters for America:
New Wash. Post article cherry-picks polling to offer “political jet fuel for Republicans” restricting trans rights
Discussion: Alternet.org
 Earlier Items: 
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
A Walgreens guard killed a Black trans organizer. His community wants answers
Discussion: Breitbart
Justin R. Garcia / Washington Post:
In Indiana, the culture wars aim at Kinsey — the heart of sex research
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Harry Stevens / Washington Post:
We need an area the size of Texas for wind and solar. Here's how to halve it.
Discussion: NaturalNews.com
CREW:
There is reason to believe that George Santos's treasurer does not exist
Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
Prosecutors want 25-year sentence in Texas protest killing
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Biden admin plans to order release of migrants into U.S. with no way to track them
Julia Rock / The Lever:
Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family Payments
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jacobin
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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