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New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll May Sue Trump a Third Time After ‘Vile’ Comments on CNN — In an interview, her lawyer said that the former president's mocking comments in a town hall broadcast could create fresh legal jeopardy. — E. Jean Carroll is weighing whether to file a new defamation lawsuit …
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CNN:
Trump and the Town Hall — It's hard to see how America was served by the spectacle of lies that aired on CNN Wednesday evening. — Kaitlan Collins is as tough and knowledgable of an interviewer as they come. She fact-checked Trump throughout the 70-minute town hall.
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
CNN's Donald Trump Town Hall Was Essentially a Campaign Rally — The network gave Trump a platform to spout lies and insults—and a cheering section! Network boss Chris Licht is defending the debacle, but inside, says one CNN journalist, “the mood is absolutely the lowest.”
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump's comments on Mar-a-Lago documents ‘like red meat to a prosecutor’ — The former president's remarks at a CNN town hall Wednesday night could help the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents, legal experts say. — Former President Donald Trump's comments Wednesday night …
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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
CNN Employees Are Not Happy With The Network's Trump Town Hall — “It's hard to see how America was served by the spectacle of lies that aired on CNN Wednesday evening,” wrote reporter Oliver Darcy. — CNN's highly criticized town hall event with Donald Trump ― …
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Moment That You Knew — Critics had worried that giving the indicted, twice-impeached, coup-plotting, chronically lying sexual predator an unedited, live television forum might turn out badly. — The reality, however, was far ghastlier: a sh*tshow for the ages, and a moment that captured …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN Chairman Defends Decision to Host Trump Town Hall — “People woke up and they know what the stakes are in this election in a way that they didn't the day before,” Chris Licht, said in a morning call at the network. — The chairman of CNN, Chris Licht, issued a robust defense on Thursday …
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New York Times:
Five Takeaways From Trump's Unruly CNN Town Hall — Behaving as the Republicans' de facto nominee, Donald Trump dug in on his 2020 lies and dodged on abortion. The G.O.P. audience cheered, but so did Democrats seeking 2024 fodder. — Donald Trump is still Donald Trump.
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Shame on CNN for That Naked, Cynical Play for Fox Viewers — Here's what Chris Licht said the day he took over at CNN: “Sadly, too many people have lost trust in the news media. I think we can be a beacon in regaining that trust by being an organization that exemplifies the best characteristics …
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Politico:
Playbook: How Trump dominated CNN — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — TITLE 42 GETS EIGHTY-SIXED — NYT: “U.S. Warns Migrants Before End of Pandemic Restrictions That ‘Border Is Not Open’” ... WaPo: “Texas uses aggressive tactics to arrest migrants …
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Washington Post:
11 questions I wish Trump had been asked at the CNN town hall
11 questions I wish Trump had been asked at the CNN town hall
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN's Trump town hall nabs 3.3 million viewers amid brutal criticism
CNN's Trump town hall nabs 3.3 million viewers amid brutal criticism
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Axios:
Key takeaways from Trump's CNN town hall
Key takeaways from Trump's CNN town hall
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
CNN's Trump Town Hall: All Spectacle, No Sunlight
CNN's Trump Town Hall: All Spectacle, No Sunlight
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
On CNN, lying Trump was a late-night comedian for an America I didn't recognize
On CNN, lying Trump was a late-night comedian for an America I didn't recognize
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
The Lincoln Project Unloads On CNN For Malpractice In Normalizing Trump
The Lincoln Project Unloads On CNN For Malpractice In Normalizing Trump
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
CNN's Trump town hall turns into a Trump rally
CNN's Trump town hall turns into a Trump rally
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John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Entirely Unrepentant — “Our country is being destroyed by stupid people,” …
Entirely Unrepentant — “Our country is being destroyed by stupid people,” …
NBC News:
Debt ceiling meeting between congressional leaders and Biden delayed — The meeting set for Friday has been postponed until next week, sources said, as the U.S. seeks to avoid a first-ever default on its debt ahead of a June deadline. — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's meeting …
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Washington Post:
Debt ceiling meeting between Biden, congressional leaders postponed — President Biden was expected to huddle with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and top Democrats on Friday. — A meeting planned for Friday between President Biden and top congressional leaders on the debt ceiling …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Is the debt ceiling constitutional?
Is the debt ceiling constitutional?
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Yellen Calls Invoking 14th Amendment to Raise Debt Limit ‘Legally Questionable’
Yellen Calls Invoking 14th Amendment to Raise Debt Limit ‘Legally Questionable’
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Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
18- to 20-year-olds can't be barred from buying handguns, judge rules — A federal judge in Virginia on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a set of federal laws and regulations that prohibit federally-licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to people who are 18 to 20 years of age …
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Ben Terris / Politico:
The Drug-Fueled Protest in Dianne Feinstein's Office You Haven't Heard About — Tales of workplace woe from the underside of the nation's Capitol. — He wasn't supposed to be there, but he was wearing a suit and he still had his congressional employee badge.
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ProPublica:
The Origins of Our Investigation Into Clarence Thomas' Relationship With Harlan Crow — The lavish travel, real estate deal and tuition arrangements have set off a frenzy. Here's where our reporting started and how we got the story. — Our reporting on the relationship between Supreme …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Three-judge panel poised to uphold Jan. 6 obstruction cases — During an oral argument Thursday, the Justice Department seemed likely to prevail on its interpretation of a key obstruction statute. — The Justice Department appears poised to win a significant appeals court victory in a case …
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
At least two cases of drug-resistant ringworm infections found in the U.S., CDC says — Cases of the infection had surged in South Asia over the past decade. — Two cases of highly contagious, drug-resistant ringworm infections have been detected in New York City — the first such cases ever reported …
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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
First-ever drug-resistant ringworm infections found in US: CDC
First-ever drug-resistant ringworm infections found in US: CDC
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ProPublica:
Video Showed an Officer Trying to Stop His Partner From Killing a Man. Now We Know Police Investigators Never Even Asked About the Footage. — We obtained the NYPD's full investigation into the killing of Kawaski Trawick, including documents and audio of interviews with the officers.
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
CNN Trump Town Hall Flops With Ratings Lower Than 2016 — The ratings are in for CNN's Trump town hall, and the special only drew the audience for an average Tucker Carlson show. — Here are the ratings: … CNN was expecting a ratings bonanza after the E. Jean Carroll verdict …
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Connie Wang / New York Times:
Connie — IT WAS ON MY FIRST DAY OF COLLEGE at the University of California, Berkeley, when I started to realize there were more of us out there. — Suddenly, I was among a student body that was almost 50 percent Asian. While I was standing in line to order a sandwich at the campus cafe …
Zach Jewell / The Daily Wire:
Woke College Puts Professor On Leave For Handing Out Jeremy's Chocolate — A California community college history professor is in big trouble with the school's woke administration all because he handed out Jeremy's Chocolate bars to students. — David Richardson, a self-described gay conservative …
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Washington Post names Matea Gold as new managing editor — Matea Gold will become a managing editor of The Washington Post, executive editor Sally Buzbee announced Thursday. — She replaces Steven Ginsberg, who left The Post last year to take a position as top editor of the Athletic, a sports site owned by the New York Times.
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
‘The forever prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah's drawings expose the US's depraved torture policy — Exclusive: For 21 years, the detainee has been in US custody without charge, tortured and sexually humiliated, with no prospect for release — Warning: the images and descriptions of torture in this article are extremely graphic
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New York Times:
What's Driving Record Levels of Migration to the U.S. Border? — The United States is trying to curtail border crossings as a Covid-era immigration policy lifts this week, but it has little control over the crises in Latin America that have upended the lives of millions.
Associated Press:
Man indicted on 98 charges including hate crimes for shooting at Taiwanese church in California — A man who killed one person and wounded five others when he opened fire at a Southern California church luncheon last year has been charged with dozens of federal hate crimes in connection with the attack …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden — After months of investigation and many public accusations of corruption against Mr. Biden and his family, the first report of the premier House G.O.P. inquiry showed no proof of such misconduct. — Reporting from Washington
Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
Couple Suspected of Buying Bud Light Assaulted, Police Say — BEER BRAWL — Three suspects allegedly assaulted an Ontario couple who was suspected of buying Bud Light Saturday night. According to a press release from local police, the couple was leaving a liquor store when three men approached …