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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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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 …
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Lessons for Chris Licht's successor at CNN  —  There is no evidence that CNN President Chris Licht is capable of learning anything.  Nevertheless, his own journalists gave him a hell of a lesson during and after the totally predictable disaster that was the “town hall” with Donald Trump Wednesday night.
New York Times:
Trump Suggests He Knowingly Took Documents From White House  —  The former president, in his appearance on CNN, misstated the law governing presidential records, saying he was allowed to take the material now at the heart of a Justice Department investigation.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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 …
New York Times:
Trump's Second-Term Goal: Shattering the Norms He Didn't Already Break  —  The former president made it clearer than ever this week that on issues including Ukraine, the economy and the rule of law, his return to office would lead to a sharp departure from core American values.
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: National Review and Mediaite
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.
Sky Palma / Raw Story:
E. Jean Carroll says she may sue Trump for defamation again after CNN town hall
Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN's Trump town hall draws 3.3 million viewers
CNN:
Trump and the Town Hall
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump fires back at critics slamming his town hall: ‘did the right thing’
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN Chairman Defends Decision to Host Trump Town Hall
Collins / CNN:
READ: Transcript of CNN's town hall with former President Donald Trump
Discussion: Power Line and Los Angeles Times
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
CNN ripped for leaving Kaitlan Collins helpless against Trump's lies
Discussion: Deadline and Twitchy
Politico:
Can Trump cure all of Biden's ills? Some Dems aren't so sure.
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
CNN Employees Are Not Happy With The Network's Trump Town Hall
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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 …
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.
NBC News:
Title 42 officially expires  —  Alicia Victoria Lozano, Julia Ainsley and Daniella Silva  —  As the clock struck midnight on the East Coast, the Covid-era restrictions that allowed immigration officials to quickly turn away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border expired, ushering in tougher policies for asylum-seekers.
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Hamed Aleaziz / Los Angeles Times:
Biden cuts time for migrants to get lawyers, echoing Trump policy as Title 42 expires
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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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 …
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman expected to leave post this summer, sources say  —  Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is expected to depart her post this summer, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.  —  The announcement of her departure is expected in the coming days, two of the sources said.
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 …
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” …
New York Times:
A Swaggering Clean-Energy Pioneer, With $400 Billion to Hand Out  —  Jigar Shah runs a federal program that suddenly has a gusher of money to lend before the next election.  —  The hotel ballroom was packed before breakfast as Jigar Shah took the stage at the oil and gas industry's annual conference in Houston this spring.
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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