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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Licht's Dispassion Punch — Inside CNN, the reverberations from Wednesday's town hall are still being profoundly felt, further testing the long-strained relationship between the network's anchors and journalists on one side and their newly dispassionate boss on the other.
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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
CNN's Oliver Darcy Reportedly Scolded By Boss Chris Licht Over ‘Emotional’ Trump Town Hall Coverage: ‘They Put the Fear of God Into Him’ — CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy was reportedly scolded by his boss Chris Licht, the chairman and CEO of the network, over his critical coverage of the network's Trump town hall on Wednesday night.
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Just The News and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump supporters are neither underrecognized nor half the country — The morning after the channel's widely pilloried “town hall” with former president Donald Trump, CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht defended the program in a call with staffers. — “While we all may have been uncomfortable …
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Adam Nichols / Raw Story:
CNN told ‘disgusted’ audience members to stay silent during Trump's town hall: report — The audience at CNN's town hall Wednesday appeared to be lapping up Donald Trump's every word, but there were many dissenters in the crowd - and they were told to stay quiet, a new report claims.
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Finding Gravity, Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
Samantha Chery / Washington Post:
Anderson Cooper scolds critics of CNN's town hall with Trump
Anderson Cooper scolds critics of CNN's town hall with Trump
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators disavow Trump on debt ceiling, signaling growing rift
GOP senators disavow Trump on debt ceiling, signaling growing rift
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Axios, New York Magazine, Insider, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Reuters and HuffPost
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump's team revels in town hall victory as CNN staff rages at ‘spectacle of lies’
Trump's team revels in town hall victory as CNN staff rages at ‘spectacle of lies’
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
The Worst Thing to Come Out of Trump's Town Hall Didn't Come From Trump
The Worst Thing to Come Out of Trump's Town Hall Didn't Come From Trump
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
CNN's Trump town hall was a fascist ritual
CNN's Trump town hall was a fascist ritual
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and CBS News
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis is on the verge of announcing his presidential bid — The Florida governor's political staff is set to move into a campaign office on Monday, which means he will soon have to file paperwork to run for president. — The clock is about to begin ticking down on Ron DeSantis' presidential announcement.
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The Post Millennial
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Philip Klein / National Review:
DeSantis Enjoys Huge Haul of Iowa Endorsements Ahead of Visit
DeSantis Enjoys Huge Haul of Iowa Endorsements Ahead of Visit
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Mediaite, Florida Politics, CBS News, The Floridian and Des Moines Register
CNBC:
DeSantis allies could shift $86 million to help him run for president as watchdogs cry foul
DeSantis allies could shift $86 million to help him run for president as watchdogs cry foul
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Mediaite, Politico, Raw Story, New Republic and Orlando Sentinel
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
DeSantis rolls out a major slate of Iowa endorsements
DeSantis rolls out a major slate of Iowa endorsements
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Florida Politics, Alternet.org, Washington Times, Fox News and Des Moines Register
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
GOP lawmaker: Former Trump prosecutor declined to provide details on hush-money investigation — An ex-prosecutor who once oversaw Manhattan's yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to substantively answer questions at a closed-door meeting Friday …
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New York Post, Law & Crime, Raw Story, NBC News, RedState, National Review, Washington Examiner, New York Times and The Gateway Pundit
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Former Trump prosecutor slams GOP ‘political theater,’ takes the Fifth at deposition
Former Trump prosecutor slams GOP ‘political theater,’ takes the Fifth at deposition
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Breitbart, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, PoliticusUSA, CNBC and Washington Press
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
A 22-Year-Old Texas Man Fatally Shot His Partner for Traveling to Get an Abortion — Harold Thompson choked and then murdered his partner, Gabriella Gonzalez, in a parking lot in Dallas the day she returned from having an abortion in Colorado. — A Texas man, 22, was arrested on Wednesday evening …
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Dallas Morning News, CBS News, New York Post, New York Daily News, Associated Press, Fox News and Political Wire
Washington Post:
How Ukrainian forces denied Russia victory in Bakhmut by Victory Day — KYIV, Ukraine — They started shelling at sunrise. — In the dawn haze, under the cover of their own artillery, small groups of Ukrainian soldiers advanced toward a Russian position on the outskirts of the embattled city of Bakhmut.
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HotAir, Associated Press, Balloon Juice, New York Times, Bloomberg, CBS News and BBC
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Cat and dog torture videos litter Twitter, adding to concerns about moderation — Twitter's search function suggested searches for animal abuse, leading some viewers to the video. As of Friday afternoon, Twitter appeared to have turned off all suggestions.
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New York Post and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Sky Palma / Raw Story:
Russian lawyer claims Putin is building settlements for conservatives looking to leave the US for ‘ideological reasons’ — A Moscow-based immigration lawyer claims that a settlement for conservative American and Canadian immigrants seeking to leave the West “for ideological reasons” is being built in Russia, Vice News reported.
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VICE, The Daily Beast, The Moscow Times, Insider and New Republic
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Flush With Federal Money, Strings Attached, a Deep South Factory Votes to Unionize — Friday's victory by the United Steelworkers at a factory building electric school buses was a test for Democratic hopes that clean-energy funding from Washington could bolster organized labor.
American Oversight:
American Oversight Receives Indication That Durham Investigation Has Closed — On Friday, the Department of Justice dropped a key objection to the release of more than 4,500 pages of documents related to the Durham investigation, the Trump-era inquiry into the origins of the FBI's probe of the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Wanted to ‘Start Threatening’ Fox News Staffers After 2020 Election — We've got more previously unreported texts from Tucker. This time, he and his producer scheme ways to threaten Fox staffers into submission and extract a “big, fat contract.”
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
George Santos Staffer Faces Discipline for Menacing Sexual Comments to Reporter — UM, SIR... MAGA provocateur and Santos ops director Vish Burra is in hot water for his behavior toward a Long Island reporter who has given tough coverage to his boss.
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Alternet.org, Mediaite and Raw Story
New York Times:
Ex-ByteDance Executive Accuses Company of ‘Lawlessness’ — The former executive sued ByteDance, which owns TikTok, for wrongful termination and accused the company of lifting content from rivals and “supreme access” by the Chinese Communist Party. — A former executive at ByteDance …
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Axios, The Hill, Raw Story, The Liberty Loft, The Hollywood Reporter, Fox News, Gizmodo and RedState, more at Techmeme »
Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:
Fake Nevada Trump electors won't face state charges — A group of Nevada Republican electors who submitted paperwork that falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the Silver State's 2020 election will not face state charges, KLAS-TV Las Vegas reports. — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford …
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The Nevada Independent
CNN:
Punishing PBS — America's most-watched PBS station is on the verge of going dark. — The Republican governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, recently vetoed a bill that would have renewed the license and provided millions in funding for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority …
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Alternet.org, Newsbusters and RedState
Seth Wickersham / ESPN:
Sources: Dan Snyder seeks to limit release of inquiry report — Dan Snyder and his lawyers are lobbying the NFL to limit the release of attorney Mary Jo White's report into sexual misconduct allegations and financial improprieties against the embattled Washington Commanders owner, sources told ESPN.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
‘Tool’ of the Proud Boys convicted of Jan. 6 police assault, rioting — Christopher Worrell's treatment at the D.C. jail led a judge to order his pretrial release and jail authorities to be found in contempt — A Florida Proud Boys member whose medical mistreatment at the D.C. jail led …
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Raw Story
CNN:
Russia tried to destroy US-made Patriot system in Ukraine, officials say — Russia tried to destroy a US-made Patriot air defense system in Ukraine last week with a hypersonic missile, two US officials told CNN. — The attack failed, and the Ukrainian military instead intercepted …
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Washington Examiner, Sputnik News and TASS
Robert Legare / CBS News:
Judge agrees to postpone Trump deposition in FBI lawsuit — Washington — In the same Washington, D.C., courthouse where the Justice Department has been convening grand juries to investigate former President Donald Trump's actions around the 2020 presidential election and his handling …
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Washington Examiner, Law & Crime, The Hill, CNN, emptywheel, NBC News, Washington Post and Associated Press
Peter Sterne / City & State New York:
Emma Stone-backed child harassment bill sparks First Amendment, youth incarceration concerns — Legislation backed by the Oscar winner would make recording children in public without parents' consent a misdemeanor in New York punishable by up to a year in prison.
Debra Kamin / New York Times:
‘Mommunes’: Mothers Are Living Single Together — Women are joining forces under one roof, using the age-old power of sisterhood to split the household bills and raise their children. — First, Kristin Batykefer lost her marketing job when there was a management change.
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Cops Win $40M Over Racial Discrimination in Massachusetts — Abel Cano Jr., one of the Massachusetts officers continually passed over for promotion due to his skin color, said he can't help but wonder how much better his life may have been. — After nearly 15 years of litigation …
NBC News:
FDA approves drug to treat hot flashes and night sweats — The new drug, frezolinetant, could be a “game-changer” for women who don't want to take hormone replacement therapy or who have been treated for hormone-sensitive cancers. — The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday …
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US Food and Drug …, Plain Dealer and CBS News
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Military promotions impasse drags on as Sen. Tuberville defends blockade — The Alabama senator says he won't agree to quick approval of promotions until the Defense Department changes its policy on service members and dependents seeking abortions. — WASHINGTON — Dozens …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Alternet.org, New York Post, Roll Call and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Virginia joins list of GOP states leaving bipartisan effort to combat voter fraud amid conspiracies — The state was one of the founding members when the Electronic Registration Information Center was formed in 2012, an effort promoted by then-Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell.
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Virginia Mercury, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, The Federalist, Breitbart, American Greatness, Election Law Blog and NPR
CBS News:
Unaccompanied migrant child dies in U.S. custody, the second death in 2 months — A 17-year-old migrant child from Honduras who arrived in the U.S. without a parent or guardian has died in government custody in Florida this week, officials said Friday, the second such death in two months.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Ally Rebuffs Requests to Block Russian Military Flights — Egypt is giving Moscow crucial access to its airspace, allowing a path to transport weapons to Ukraine from Syria — Egypt has ignored U.S. requests to close its airspace to Russian military flights, American and Egyptian officials said …
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The Western Journal, BizPac Review and Political Wire