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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.”
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.
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 ― …
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 …
Ramesh Ponnuru / Washington Post:
11 questions I wish Trump had been asked at the CNN town hall  —  We learned a few things from CNN's “town hall” with Donald Trump on Wednesday night: Even though he abandoned his policy of separating families at the border, he still defends it as a deterrent to illegal immigration and won't rule out bringing it back if reelected.
Darren Tome / CNN:
The chilling reality of Trump
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN's Trump town hall nabs 3.3 million viewers amid brutal criticism
Grethel Aguila / Yahoo News:   Trump Doral event has speakers who espouse anti-Semitic views, far-right conspiracies
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
CNN's Trump Town Hall: All Spectacle, No Sunlight
Politico:   Playbook PM: Trump and CNN reap the whirlwind
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
The Lincoln Project Unloads On CNN For Malpractice In Normalizing Trump
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 …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Examiner
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Is the debt ceiling constitutional?
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Insider, Alternet.org and Common Dreams
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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 …
Matt Welch / Reason:
Tucker Carlson Is Lying to You  —  On Tuesday night, the man who was until last month the most popular cable news host in the country told a Twitter audience of 122 million viewers and counting that, “at the most basic level, the news you consume is a lie—a lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind.”
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 …
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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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 …
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.
Discussion: Gothamist and www.wnyc.org
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, PinkNews and WFLA-TV
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.
 
 
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