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Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder's Affair With Russian Bridge Player — The disgraced financier was trying to set up a philanthropic fund that he hoped would include the billionaire as an anchor donor — Jeffrey Epstein discovered that Bill Gates …
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New York Times:
Here's What's Dividing Republicans and Biden in Debt-Limit Talks — Discussions meant to avoid a default have bogged down amid disagreements over spending caps, work requirements and new Republican proposals. — President Biden said on Sunday that he believed he had the authority to challenge …
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden ratchets up the pressure as the debt ceiling fight strains his presidency — The White House believes it can build consensus and be rewarded for it. But with the economy on the line, it's not looking like a sure thing. — The nation stands on the precipice of an unprecedented financial calamity …
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Associated Press:
Biden, McCarthy to meet Monday for debt ceiling talks after ‘productive’ call
Biden, McCarthy to meet Monday for debt ceiling talks after ‘productive’ call
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Madison Burinsky / ABC News:
Democrats should get ready for ‘Plan B’ on debt ceiling and force House vote: Van Hollen
Democrats should get ready for ‘Plan B’ on debt ceiling and force House vote: Van Hollen
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Breitbart and Political Wire
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden says Republicans must move from ‘extreme positions’ on debt ceiling talks
Biden says Republicans must move from ‘extreme positions’ on debt ceiling talks
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Washington Times, National Review and Talking Points Memo
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling
Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling
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HuffPost:
Biden, McCarthy To Meet Monday For Debt Limit Talks
Biden, McCarthy To Meet Monday For Debt Limit Talks
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press, One America News Network and The Hill
NBC News:
Yellen says early June is ‘hard deadline for’ raising debt limit, warns bills will go unpaid
Yellen says early June is ‘hard deadline for’ raising debt limit, warns bills will go unpaid
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Raw Story, Fortune and Breitbart
Washington Post:
GOP rejects White House compromise to limit spending as talks stall
GOP rejects White House compromise to limit spending as talks stall
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and Political Wire
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Debt ceiling talks break down and attacks escalate as deadline approaches
Debt ceiling talks break down and attacks escalate as deadline approaches
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Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Raw Story, The Hill and The Messenger
Eduard Gismatullin / Bloomberg:
White House Calls Republican Budget Pact Offer ‘A Big Step Back’
White House Calls Republican Budget Pact Offer ‘A Big Step Back’
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Washington Times, The White House, Fortune, RedState, The Daily Caller and Associated Press
NAACP:
NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Contact: Chyna Fields cfields@naacpnet.org — WASHINGTON - Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response …
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CNN:
NAACP issues travel advisory for Florida, saying the state is ‘openly hostile toward African Americans’ under Gov. DeSantis' administration — Another advocacy group is warning people of color about traveling to Florida - but for different reasons. — The NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state …
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’
NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’
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Rolling Stone, Joe.My.God. and abc7NY
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's 2025 vision, revealed — Former President Trump's second-term governing plans are coming into clearer focus, as he lays out a vision for a dramatic expansion of federal power — particularly the presidency. … - Such pardons would effectively nullify what Attorney General Merrick Garland …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Charlotte Lytton / Washington Post:
Long-hidden ruins of vast network of Maya cities could recast history — In Guatemala, scientists map well-organized network of 417 cities dating to circa 1,000 B.C. — Beneath 1,350 square miles of dense jungle in northern Guatemala, scientists have discovered 417 cities that date …
Washington Post:
Zelensky says destroyed Bakhmut now lives ‘only in our hearts’ — Visiting Hiroshima, another city devastated by war, he implores world leaders to continue aid and support — HIROSHIMA, Japan — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, imploring the world's wealthy democracies …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America — On the day after his confirmation as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June 2020, Michael Pack met with a career employee to discuss which senior leaders at the agency and the Voice of America …
CNN:
A transgender girl misses her high school graduation after Mississippi judge denies emergency plea to permit her to go in a dress and heels — A Mississippi federal judge denied a motion Friday, filed by the family of a transgender high school student requesting she be allowed to wear a dress …
Sharon Danquah / WSMV-TV:
Dickson County parents question why more than half of 3rd graders fail portion of TCAP test — 55% of third graders fail a portion of TCAP tests — DICKSON, Tenn. (WSMV) - The TCAP results are in and more than half of third graders in Dickson County are officially at risk of being held back.
Jennifer Maloney / Wall Street Journal:
How Bud Light Blew It — With one blunder after another, the brewing giant behind the brand became a case study in how not to handle a culture-war storm — Budweiser's famous Clydesdale horses still live in St. Louis, Mo., where its brewer, Anheuser-Busch, has been making beer since the 1850s.
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Trending Politics Conservative, The Post Millennial, Political Wire, TheBlaze and BizPac Review
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Russia's Latest Sanctions on U.S. Officials Turn to Trump Enemies — Among the 500 people singled out for travel and financial restrictions were Americans seen as adversaries by former President Donald J. Trump. — Russia has expanded its list of sanctioned Americans in a tit-for-tat retaliation …
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emptywheel and Fox News
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Ron DeSantis Is About To Run For President. Andrew Warren Has A Warning. — The Democratic prosecutor for a Florida county was suspended by DeSantis, a move he believes has been chilling for democracy. “No one else should have to adjust their behavior to the whims of the dictator,” he said.
New York Times:
The U.S. Left Them Behind. They Crossed a Jungle to Get Here Anyway. — For thousands of Afghans, the American withdrawal from Kabul was just the beginning of a long, dangerous search for safety. — Our journalists trekked with Afghan migrants as they traveled from South America to the United States.
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Insider and The Independent
Dana Kennedy / New York Post:
Daniel Penny, charged in NYC subway chokehold death, breaks silence: ‘I am not a white supremacist’ — Ex-Marine Daniel Penny insisted to The Post Saturday that the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely had nothing to do with race — and everything to do with a broken system “that so desperately failed us.”
New York Times:
Former Trump Lawyer Describes Conflict Inside Legal Team — Timothy Parlatore, who withdrew this past week from representing the former president in the special counsel investigations, said he stepped aside over differences with a Trump adviser, Boris Epshteyn.
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Kaanita Iyer / CNN:
Former key Trump attorney says he left because of legal team infighting
Former key Trump attorney says he left because of legal team infighting
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Insider, Alternet.org, The Hill and ABC News