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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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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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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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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 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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Tara Palmeri / Puck:
Inside the Trump-CNN Thunderdome — On CNN, it sure looked like Trump won over the crowd during his town hall interview with Kaitlan Collins. But the reality was different in the room—and in the state of New Hampshire. — Matthew Bartlett, the man with the best hair in G.O.P. political consulting …
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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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Washington Post, The Guardian, Raw Story, Fox News, The Hill and Slate
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.”
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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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
2 Years After Condemning Violence, Trump Now Fully Embracing His Jan. 6 Coup Attempt
2 Years After Condemning Violence, Trump Now Fully Embracing His Jan. 6 Coup Attempt
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Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
NH woman who asked Trump about abortion at town hall: 'He didn't actually answer me'
NH woman who asked Trump about abortion at town hall: 'He didn't actually answer me'
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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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Politico:
Playbook: How Trump dominated CNN
Playbook: How Trump dominated CNN
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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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Axios:
Key takeaways from Trump's CNN town hall
Key takeaways from Trump's CNN town hall
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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
Debt ceiling meeting between Biden, congressional leaders postponed
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CNN, Just The News and Washington Examiner
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Is the debt ceiling constitutional?
Is the debt ceiling constitutional?
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Associated Press and Balloon Juice
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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New York Times:
Daniel Penny Will Be Charged in Subway Chokehold Killing of Jordan Neely — Mr. Penny choked Mr. Neely for several minutes on the floor of an F train. He is expected to surrender on Friday and be charged with manslaughter. — Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old Marine veteran who choked …
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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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Wall Street Journal:
NBCUniversal's Linda Yaccarino Is in Talks to Become Twitter CEO — Twitter owner Elon Musk said earlier he had picked a new chief executive, without naming the person — NBCUniversal's head of advertising Linda Yaccarino is in talks to become the new CEO of Twitter, according to people familiar with the situation.
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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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Justin Fenton / The Baltimore Banner:
Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over massive spike in car thefts — Our nonprofit news organization is made possible by subscribers and donors who value storytelling that impacts and uplifts communities. Thank you for supporting our journalism. — The city of Baltimore has filed a federal lawsuit …
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.”
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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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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 …
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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Laura Bradley / The Daily Beast:
Ken Jennings Crosses the Picket Line to Keep ‘Jeopardy!’ Running — Mayim Bialik chose not to host the game show's final week of the season to stand in solidarity with its WGA writers. Jennings reportedly made a different decision. — Even though Mayim Bialik reportedly chose to stand …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Justice Dept. seeks to put Trump deposition on hold in case of FBI agent fired over text messages — The Justice Department asked a judge Thursday to put on hold a scheduled deposition of Donald Trump in a lawsuit brought by an FBI agent who was fired over text messages critical of the former president.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump campaign attack ad uses stock images from Ukraine to depict Americans suffering under Biden — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's campaign used images from Ukraine to depict Americans suffering under President Biden in an attack ad titled “Mourning in America,” The Post has learned.
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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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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 …
Hamed Aleaziz / Los Angeles Times:
Biden cuts time for migrants to get lawyers, echoing Trump policy as Title 42 expires — The Biden administration, desperate to limit border crossings after a key pandemic-era measure expires later Thursday, has slashed the amount of time asylum-seekers have to find lawyers before their crucial …