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9:40 PM ET, May 11, 2023

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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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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
CNN Brings Donald Trump Back  —  What a disaster.  But maybe he can be defeated in a big, needed brawl for the GOP nomination.  —  Well, that was a disaster, a politically historic one.  It situated Donald Trump as the central figure of the 2024 presidential cycle, certainly more compelling …
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.
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 ― …
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.
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 …
Michael J. Socolow / Slate:
You're Interviewing Trump.  He's Lying Through His Teeth.  Here's What to Do.  —  “I absolutely, unequivocally believe America was served very well by what we did last night,” CNN CEO Chris Licht reportedly told his employees Thursday morning.  In lauding his network's airing of a live town hall …
Discussion: Mediaite
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
CNN's Donald Trump Town Hall Was Essentially a Campaign Rally
Politico:   Playbook PM: Trump and CNN reap the whirlwind
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN's Trump town hall nabs 3.3 million viewers amid brutal criticism
Darren Tome / CNN:
The chilling reality of Trump
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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Sky Palma / Raw Story:
E. Jean Carroll says she may sue Trump for defamation again after CNN town hall  —  In the wake of Donald Trump's town hall special on CNN this Wednesday night, E. Jean Carroll says she's considering whether to file another defamation suit against Trump for defaming her yet again, The New York Times reported.
Washington Post:
CNN leadership under fire after ‘disastrous’ Trump town hall  —  A furious backlash raised questions about the future of chief executive Chris Licht and the larger challenges facing the news media going into the 2024 election  —  CNN's prime-time broadcast of a raucous town hall …
Discussion: New York Daily News and HuffPost
CNN:
Trump appealing $5 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll civil suit
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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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Judge in Virginia Strikes Down Federal Limit on Age of Handgun Buyers  —  The ruling in Richmond is one of the first successful challenges to gun control laws under the Supreme Court's landmark 2022 Bruen decision.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  A judge in Virginia has struck …
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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Associated Press:
Man who choked NYC subway rider to death will face manslaughter charge, prosecutors say  —  Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday that they will bring criminal charges against a man who used a fatal chokehold on an unruly passenger aboard a New York City subway train, a death that stirred outrage …
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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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.
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 …
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Justice Department moves to block Trump deposition in Strzok, Page lawsuits  —  The government said it will ask a U.S. appeals court to stop former president Donald Trump from being questioned under oath on May 24.  —  The Justice Department said Thursday that it will ask a U.S. appeals court …
Discussion: emptywheel and Raw Story
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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
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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: Alternet.org, Insider and Common Dreams
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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.”
CNN:
Republican front-runner for North Carolina governor attacked Civil Rights Movement: ‘So many freedoms were lost’  —  North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the state's first Black lieutenant governor and the GOP front-runner for the 2024 gubernatorial race, repeatedly lambasted the “so-called” …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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
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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