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9:40 AM ET, May 16, 2023

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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Sometimes Back Down: Key DeSantis allies viewed anti-Trump tweet as a “massive mistake”  —  The News  —  The leading pro-DeSantis PAC surprised the political world with a single tweet after Donald Trump's CNN town hall last week.  It bluntly called out the former president for his answers on January 6th …
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New York Times:
Pence Looks Toward 2024 Run, Using Reagan's Playbook, Not Trump's  —  A pro-Pence super PAC is being formed, and so is a plan to barnstorm Iowa.  “This campaign is going to reintroduce Mike Pence to the country as his own man,” a G.O.P. operative said.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence …
NBC News:
4 New Hampshire Republicans who endorsed Trump 19 days ago are now backing Ron DeSantis  —  The Florida governor rolled out a list of more than 50 endorsements from New Hampshire GOP state legislators ahead of his expected presidential bid.  —  In late April, Juliet Harvey-Bolia …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Steve Clemons / Semafor:
Principals  —  The pro-Ron DeSantis PAC Never Back Down criticized Donald Trump like few GOP candidates have after his CNN town hall on Twitter, bringing up everything from January 6th to his court loss to E. Jean Carroll.  But Shelby Talcott scoops that the tweet in question caused deep consternation within …
Axios:   DeSantis' big Iowa bet
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Woman sues Rudy Giuliani, saying he coerced her into sex, owes her $2 million in unpaid wages  —  A woman who says she worked as an off-the-books employee for Rudy Giuliani during his stint as Donald Trump's personal lawyer alleges in court papers that the former New York City mayor coerced …
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Rudy Giuliani said he and Trump were selling pardons for $2m apiece, ex-aide claims  —  Mr Giuliani reportedly claimed he would split the $2 million fee with then-president Donald Trump  —  A former aide to former Trump attorney Rudolph Giuliani says he told her the ex-New York City mayor …
Discussion: Insider and CBS News
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Giuliani accused of offering to sell Trump pardons for $2 million each in new lawsuit
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Harassment Suit Against Rudy Giuliani Full of Graphic Allegations
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump claimed the Durham probe would uncover the ‘crime of the century.’ Here's what it really found  —  An investigation into the origins of the FBI's probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign has finally been concluded, with the prosecutor leading …
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Trump reacts to Durham report: “The American Public was scammed”  —  Trump and his supporters have been vindicated.  Special Counsel John Durham finally released his long-awaited report.  Everything he investigated as it pertained to Crossfire Hurricane was a lie.  It was all false.
New York Times:
In Final Report, Trump-Era Special Counsel Denounces Russia Investigation  —  After four years of investigating the Russia inquiry, John Durham turned in a report that was made public on Monday.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  John Durham, the Trump-era special counsel who for four years …
CNN:
Special counsel John Durham concludes FBI never should have launched full Trump-Russia probe
Mediaite:
Cable News Ratings Friday May 12: CNN Prime Time Viewership Drops Below Newsmax  —  CNN prime time dropped on Friday to 335,000 average total viewers from 8 to 11 p.m, coming below right-wing channel Newsmax, which scored 357,000 average prime time viewers.  —  The ratings-beleaguered network landed …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
CNN Loses to Newsmax in Primetime Ratings Two Days After Trump Town Hall  —  THAT'S GOTTA STING  —  Two days after the network pulled in more than 3.3 million viewers for its widely criticized town hall with former President Donald Trump, CNN found itself in fourth place among cable news networks in primetime.
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
IRS removes investigative team from Hunter Biden probe in move whistleblower claims is ‘clearly retaliatory’  —  WASHINGTON — The IRS on Monday removed the “entire investigative team” from its long-running tax fraud probe of first son Hunter Biden in alleged retaliation against the whistleblower …
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
IRS removes ‘entire investigative team’ in Hunter Biden probe, whistleblower claims retaliation: report
Politico:
Intensifying debt talks threaten rare GOP unity  —  The House's bill is the ceiling for conservative priorities on a debt deal, and Senate Republicans are hoping their lower chamber colleagues will show some flexibility.  —  House Republicans took a hard line going into high-stakes debt negotiations with President Joe Biden.
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Politico:
Centrist Dems are plotting a save-McCarthy strategy for the debt fight
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
DeSantis's celebration of vigilantism is a new low in MAGA extremism  —  When Ron DeSantis defended Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of killing a man suffering from mental illness on a New York City subway, the Florida governor didn't just laud Penny as a hero.
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Free Daniel Penny
Discussion: Washington Examiner and OutKick
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Inside the Biden split with NY Mayor Eric Adams  —  New York Mayor Eric Adams, the highest profile Black mayor in the country, has gotten so crossways with the White House that he was dropped from Biden's 2024 campaign advisory board before it was announced last week.
Tom Hals / Reuters:
Elon Musk subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein litigation in U.S. Virgin Islands  —  The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) of helping enable sexual abuses by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
U.S. Virgin Islands issued subpoena to Elon Musk in Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit
Remy Tumin / New York Times:
Staff Members Attacked With Bat at Congressman's Virginia Office  —  Two people were hospitalized after the attack at the Fairfax office of Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat, and someone was in custody, the police said.  —  A person armed with a baseball bat attacked two congressional staff members …
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CNN:
Democratic congressman's staff attacked by man with baseball bat
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
GOP rejected White House effort to close tax loopholes in debt ceiling talks  —  Negotiations are stuck and time is running out, but Republicans have signaled that there cannot be any new tax increases as part of a budget deal.  —  The White House recently gave congressional Republican leadership …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Media Is Normalizing Debt-Ceiling Extortion
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors and Daily Kos
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Inside Tucker Carlson's Battle to Trade His $20 Million Fox News Salary for a Twitter Show (EXCLUSIVE) … On April 26, Carlson spoke by phone with one of Fox Corp.'s eight board members, who told the host that his recent benching was a condition of Fox News' settlement with Dominion Voting Systems …
Katy Blakey / NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
12-Year-Old Charged With Murder, Accused of Killing Sonic Employee  —  A 12-year-old and a 20-year-old are both facing a murder charge after a restaurant employee was gunned down during an altercation with a customer Saturday night in Keene.  —  Flowers and a cross now stand outside the Sonic Drive-In on Old Betsy Road in Keene.
Zahra Tayeb / Insider:
Billionaire investor George Soros' fund dumped its entire Tesla stake in the first quarter - cashing out on the EV's maker's 2023 rebound  — Billionaire investor George Soros' family office dumped its entire stake in Tesla during the first quarter of 2023.
NBC News:
Biden administration may halt plans to move Space Command to Alabama over state's abortion law, officials say  —  Administration officials have signaled to the Pentagon and lawmakers that they want to reverse the decision to move the headquarters from Colorado to Alabama.
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Vince Rodriguez / KOAT:
Police: 2 officers shot, 3 civilians dead in shooting in Farmington
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Bad News from Florida  —  Monday morning, American democracy became more brittle, at least in Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that prohibits the state's public colleges and universities from continuing their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
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Rich Mckay / Reuters:
DeSantis defunds diversity programs at Florida public colleges
 
 
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
After breaking itself, Congress tries to break the rest of government, too
Samya Kullab / Associated Press:
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Washington Post:
Biden launches Asia trip this week aimed at taking on China
Discussion: The Daily Beast, CNN and The Hill
Drew Costley / Associated Press:
Biden administration announces nearly $11 billion for renewable energy in rural communities
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
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