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12:35 PM ET, May 21, 2023

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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: GOP Must Move Off ‘Extreme Positions’ On Debt Limit  —  President Joe Biden says Republicans in the U.S. House must move off their “extreme positions” on the now-stalled talks over raising America's debt limit.  —  President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republicans in the U.S. House must move off their …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden says Republicans must move from ‘extreme positions’ on debt ceiling talks  —  He noted that the 14th Amendment was an option, but probably couldn't be “invoked in time.”  —  HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Joe Biden wrapped up three days of meetings with G-7 leaders and other allies …
Madison Burinsky / ABC News:
Democrats should get ready for ‘Plan B’ on debt ceiling and force House vote: Van Hollen  —  The Maryland senator said he was “extremely worried” about the situation.  —  LIVE  —  Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Sunday he was “extremely worried” amid ongoing debt and budget negotiations …
Discussion: The Hill, Political Wire and ABC7
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling  —  President Biden on Sunday said he believes he has the authority to use the 14th Amendment to unilaterally address the debt ceiling, but he acknowledged potential legal challenges could still lead the nation to default if he went that route.
Washington Post:
GOP rejects White House compromise to limit spending as talks stall
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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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Joe.My.God. and abc7NY
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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Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut
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 …
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: emptywheel and Fox News
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.”
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 …
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 …
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
If Trump ‘Finished’ His Wall Like He Claims, How Are So Many Migrants Still Crossing?  —  The coup-attempting former president lies as a matter of course, but his lie about the wall he promised he would build in 2016 may wind up costing him in 2024.  —  With Donald Trump's “finished” …
Nicole Carr / ProPublica:
He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.”  He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened.  —  An image of a shooting target — with two bullet holes to the head and five scattered around the chest — serves as a warning to visitors who climb the brick steps and pass …
Discussion: Oregonian
The White House:
Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 621 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) …
 
 
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Eric Garcia / The Independent:
Democrats and Republicans say they want to help Afghan veterans. So why haven't they done anything?
Discussion: New York Times
The White House:
Statement from White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt on a Reasonable Bipartisan Budget Agreement
Steve Bousquet / Sun-Sentinel:
We're all hostage to one man's ambitions
Discussion: Florida Politics
Gram Slattery / Reuters:
Trump or DeSantis? Neither, say Ukrainian-American voters angry at war stance
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Even Flirting With U.S. Default Takes Economic Toll
Discussion: Insider
David Axelrod / CNN:
After Barack Obama, America will never be the same
Mike Lofgren / Salon:
The GOP's heart of darkness: Why Ron DeSantis can never beat Donald Trump
Gillian McGoldrick / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Doug Mastriano says he'll announce next week if he'll run for U.S. Senate, teasing ‘crazy good news’
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Jason Burke / The Guardian:
Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds
Discussion: Breitbart
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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