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5/18/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … The Justice Department has privately asked the House Ethics Committee to hold off on its own probe into the freshman lawmaker.  Santos was indicted last week on 13 federal criminal charges in New York.
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Politico:
Playbook: Scoop: The mystery woman at Feinstein's side  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE VIEW FROM THE U.S. — “For Biden, Crisis at Home Complicates Diplomacy Abroad,” news analysis by NYT's Peter Baker
Discussion: CNN, Exposing the role … and TheBlaze
CNN:
House expected to take up resolution to expel Santos as GOP eyes off-ramp
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
F.B.I. Revokes Security Clearances of 3 Agents Over Jan. 6 Issues  —  At least two of the three agents are scheduled to testify on Thursday to a House panel investigating what Republicans contend is the “weaponization” of federal agencies against conservatives.
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
FBI: Agents set to testify on alleged abuses had clearances revoked over security concerns
Discussion: Raw Story
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Florida Governor DeSantis to enter US presidential race next week  —  Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis will officially enter the 2024 U.S. presidential race next week, according to two sources familiar with the decision, immediately becoming Donald Trump's biggest rival …
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Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Inside DeSantis' Plan to Outwork Trump in Iowa
Discussion: New York Magazine
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Christiane Amanpour voices dissent over Trump town hall, says she had ‘very robust exchange’ with CNN chief  —  Editor's Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here.  —  CNN —
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
When It Rains, It Amanpours  —  Notes on the ongoing fallout from a cable news makeover.  —  On Wednesday afternoon, CNN's revered chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour took the lectern to deliver the commencement address at Columbia Journalism School, in Morningside Heights.
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Leak suspect shared classified secrets with foreigners, prosecutors say  —  The Justice Department, in a court filing ahead of Jack Teixeira's next detention hearing, also says it found red flags in his Air Force record  —  The Air National Guard member accused in a high-profile classified leaks case appears …
Discussion: NBC News
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New York Times:   Military Caught Airman Mishandling Secrets Before Arrest but Left Him in Job
Patricia Hurtado / Bloomberg:   Alleged Pentagon Leaker Says He's No Edward Snowden, Seeks Bail
Steven Shepard / Politico:
That Gen Z midterm boost for Democrats might be real  —  A new analysis from the Democratic data firm Catalist helps explain how Democrats staved off disaster in 2022.  —  Democrats avoided an electoral wipeout in the 2022 midterms.  One way they did so was by reassembling a history-defying coalition …
Discussion: NBC News and Political Wire
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Catalist:
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED … NATIONAL RESULTS  —  Recent midterms have typically involved national waves that favor one party over the other, particularly when there's backlash against a party that controls the presidency and both chambers of Congress.  —  Figure 1.  Two-Way Democratic Support in General Elections (1976 to 2022)
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Deutsche Bank Will Pay $75 Million to Victims of Jeffrey Epstein  —  A proposed court settlement closes another chapter in the German bank's relationship with the disgraced financier, which began in 2013 and continued up until late 2018.  —  Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $75 million …
Discussion: Reuters
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Wall Street Journal:
Deutsche Bank to Pay $75 Million to Settle Jeffrey Epstein Accusers' Suit  —  A civil complaint alleged the financial institution facilitated the disgraced financier's sex-trafficking ring  —  Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit charging …
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Chris Geidner / Rolling Stone:
Ron DeSantis Just Took Two Big Steps to Make Trans Lives Illegal
Tom Gillespie / Sky News:
Prince Harry and Meghan ‘paparazzi car chase’ was not ‘near catastrophic’, NYPD officials suggest  —  A taxi driver who picked up the Sussexes has said “I don't think I would call it a chase” - but added the couple were “quiet and seemed scared” as they sat in the back of his car for around 10 minutes.
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Washington Post:
Prince Harry, Meghan involved in car chase with paparazzi, spokeswoman says; taxi driver says it wasn't a chase
David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Sinister Flop  —  Special Counsel John Durham served up not an investigation, but an excuse for future partisan abuses.  —  Defending Donald Trump was always awkward.  —  So many incidents unfolded in a familiar pattern.  Somebody would accuse the ex-president of something bad.
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Fin Gómez / CBS News:
North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum likely to run for president  —  As potential Republican contenders Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott move closer to announcing their entries into the GOP presidential fray …
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Study Offers New Twist in How the First Humans Evolved  —  A new genetic analysis of 290 people suggests that humans emerged at various times and places in Africa.  —  Scientists have revealed a surprisingly complex origin of our species, rejecting the long-held argument that modern humans arose …
The Hill:
Appeals court shows openness to rolling back abortion pill access  —  A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday seemed skeptical of the Biden administration's arguments to keep the widely used abortion pill mifepristone on the market in its current form.  —  During oral arguments …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Appeals court appears likely to restrict access to key abortion pill
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Montana Governor Signs Total Ban of TikTok in the State  —  The legislation is the most extreme prohibition of the app in the nation and will almost certainly face legal challenges.  —  The governor of Montana, Greg Gianforte, signed a bill on Wednesday to ban TikTok from operating inside the state …
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Associated Press:
Montana becomes 1st state to ban TikTok; law likely to be challenged
Politico:
Democrats race to avoid a Biden embarrassment in New Hampshire  —  Democrats are searching for ways to get the president on the New Hampshire ballot after he pushed for changes to the nominating calendar.  —  NASHUA, N.H. — Top Democrats are scrambling for ways to avoid a catastrophe …
Discussion: USA Today and Sacramento Bee
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, New Analysis Says  —  Global temperatures are likely to soar to record highs over the next five years, driven by human-caused warming and a climate pattern known as El Niño, forecasters at the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday.
Columbia Journalism School:
Columbia Journalism School to offer educational loan repayment assistance for recent graduates with inaugural program  —  The program is the first of its kind for graduate journalism schools.  With its inception, Columbia continues to stake its claim as a steadfast supporter of rigorous …
Los Angeles Times:
Noted L.A. chef accused by wife of killing family cats, assault.  He denies allegations  —  A chef of popular Los Angeles restaurant Horses accused her husband and business partner of killing the family's cats in a divorce filing in which she also asked for a domestic violence restraining order.
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Theranos founder Holmes loses bid to stay out of prison, hit with huge restitution bill  —  Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and former CEO Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani were on Tuesday ordered to pay $452 million to victims of the blood-testing startup's fraud, and an appeals court also denied Holmes' request …
Emma Green / New Yorker:
The Party Is Cancelled  —  Inside a monthly New York City hangout, where fired university professors and controversial TikTokers get together to have discussions they feel they can't have anywhere else.  —  Every month, more than two hundred people from the media, academia …
 
 
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court hands down a temporary, but significant, victory for gun control
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Pelosi lieutenant who sponsored congressional stock ban bill just violated the STOCK Act
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Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
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Michelle Faverio / Pew Research Center:
Majority of U.S. Twitter users say they've taken a break from the platform in the past year
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Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
‘Squad’ members AOC and Bowman shout at Santos to resign as he speaks outside Capitol
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Mick Mulvaney says he doesn't believe in June 1 deadline for debt ceiling
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Mayoral losses deal blow to GOP in conservative strongholds
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Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court ‘transparency’ charity director panics over IRS donor leak: ‘I just f***ed up’
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