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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump was warned about retaining classified documents, notes reveal — Exclusive: Unreported warning contained in notes taken by lawyer Evan Corcoran that prosecutors have viewed in recent months — Federal prosecutors have evidence Donald Trump was put on notice that he could not retain …
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Washington Press, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Alternet.org
Washington Post:
Concerns about Biden's reelection swamped by fear of Trump in swing voter focus groups — “Whatever the step above panicked is, that is what I feel about Trump,” said one of the voters, who picked Trump in 2016 then Biden in 2020 — Nearly all of the 15 gathered swing state voters described …
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Breitbart, Raw Story and Plain Dealer
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Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Why Trump Wants U.S. to Default on Debt — And why Biden now says he's “looking at” invoking the Fourteenth Amendment. — Late last week, amid the on-again/off-again White House negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising the debt ceiling, Donald Trump lobbed a grenade.
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Morning Shots, American Prospect, Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Politico:
Key Republican recruits hesitate to jump in if Trump is the nominee — Potential Republican candidates in swing states and districts are reluctant to throw hats into ring. — Less than a month after the midterms, Republican recruiters were already plotting how to persuade …
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NBC News, The Status Kuo, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Rolling Stone, The Guardian and New York Post
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The President Is Already in Litigation Over the Debt Ceiling — On today's X-Date: The White House and its allies are acting like they must avoid a legal battle over the debt ceiling. Too late. — President Joe Biden speaks during a Medal of Valor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, May 17, 2023, in Washington.
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Associated Press, Washington Post, Politico and Boston Herald
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Liberals Are Persuading Themselves of a Debt Ceiling Plan That Won't Work
Liberals Are Persuading Themselves of a Debt Ceiling Plan That Won't Work
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The Triad, RedState, Associated Press, Robert Reich, Alternet.org, DOMEocracy, National Review and Politico
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
NAACP president on Florida warning: We shouldn't use race to ‘weaponize against people’ — NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson on Monday defended the organization's decision to issue a travel advisory to Florida for Black Americans and communities of color.
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Fox News, Associated Press, Florida Politics, Breitbart, The Daily Signal, Louder With Crowder, WFLA-TV and CNN
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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
N.A.A.C.P. Issues Florida Travel Advisory, Joining Latino and L.G.B.T.Q. Groups
N.A.A.C.P. Issues Florida Travel Advisory, Joining Latino and L.G.B.T.Q. Groups
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Fox News, Politico, The Hill, Florida's Voice, Raw Story, PinkNews and Florida Politics
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
When a ‘travel advisory’ is partisan politics
When a ‘travel advisory’ is partisan politics
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Signal:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Policy Exposes Fox News Stances on Woke Ideology — FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Fox News employees are allowed to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity, rather than their biological sex, and permitted to dress in alignment with their preferred gender.
Randall Chase / Associated Press:
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won't seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state — Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. Carper's announcement paves the way for a wide-open contest …
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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper says he won't seek re-election in 2024
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper says he won't seek re-election in 2024
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The Daily Caller, ABC News, CBS News, HuffPost, Politico, Joe.My.God., Just The News, New Jersey Online and Washington Examiner
Reuters:
Exclusive: Texts tie DeSantis closely to Trump insider Lev Parnas in 2018 race — Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas and his business partner were arrested in 2019, accused by the U.S. government of funneling a Russian oligarch's money into American political campaigns.
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The Messenger and Joe.My.God.
Li Cohen / CBS News:
Trevi Fountain water turned black by climate activists protesting fossil fuels — Rome's historic and iconic Trevi Fountain became the site of a protest Sunday when climate activists turned its water black in protest of the fossil fuel industry. — Activist group Ultima Generazione …
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Washington Free Beacon, PJ Media, Breitbart, New York Daily News, Reuters, Mediaite, RedState, TMZ.com, The Messenger, The Gateway Pundit, Metro.co.uk and The Guardian
Employ America:
14th Amendment, Debt Ceiling & Perpetual Bonds: The Treasury Department is Hiding Political Failure In Technocratic Excuses — Many thanks to Carlos Mucha for his generous assistance. — The 14th Amendment is strongly relevant to the debt ceiling, but unlike what some elected officials …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
The central question for Monday's debt ceiling talks — President Biden says he's ready to cut spending in a debt ceiling deal. But how far is he willing to go? — That's one of the questions as he prepares to sit down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for another critical meeting …
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, RedState, NBC News, CNN, CBS News, New York Daily News, The Messenger, Associated Press, The Hill, Bloomberg, USA Today, CNBC, NPR and Breitbart
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
I Know One Way the Supreme Court Got to How It Is. I Watched It Happen for Years. — This is a part of Disorder in the Court, a weeklong series on the legal press and the most explosive Supreme Court in generations: how we cover it, how we've failed, and how we can do better.
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SCOTUSblog and Eschaton
Aliza Chasan / CBS News:
How the Pentagon falls victim to price gouging by military contractors — Military contractors overcharge the Pentagon on almost everything the Department of Defense buys each year, experts told 60 Minutes over the course of a six-month investigation into price gouging.
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Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Weapons contractors hitting Department of Defense with inflated prices for planes, submarines, missiles
Weapons contractors hitting Department of Defense with inflated prices for planes, submarines, missiles
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Raw Story
Rebecca Cohen / Insider:
An apparently AI-generated hoax of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral online — and markets briefly dipped — An apparently AI-generated photo faking an explosion near the Pentagon in D.C. went viral. — The Arlington Police Department confirmed that the image and accompanying reports were fake.
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al.com, New York Post, Forbes, Alternet.org, Joe.My.God., The Messenger and TASS
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Ron DeSantis shut out the media. That's changing. — The presidential campaign-in-waiting and super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are trying to warm up the governor's cold war with the journalists who cover him. — DeSantis had taken apparent pride in a combative operation …
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NBC News, No More Mister Nice Blog, Financial Times, Political Wire and WFLA-TV
Washington Post:
Book removals may have violated student civil rights, Education Dept. says — In a move that could affect how schools handle book challenges, the federal government has concluded that a Georgia school district's removal of titles with Black and LGBTQ characters may have created a …
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The Daily Caller, Alternet.org, Raw Story and WCMH-TV
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Sidney Powell's Tossed Ethics Case Appealed by Texas Bar Panel — Attorney ethics enforcers in Texas are appealing the dismissal of their complaint against Donald Trump ally Sidney Powell over her failed legal efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Public Notice:
The Democratic upset in Jacksonville is a product of the GOP's war on cities — Republican big city mayors are a highly endangered species. That's not a fluke. — ∙ Paid … Last week, Democrat Donna Deegan won an upset mayoral election victory in Jacksonville, Florida …
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American Prospect
The Daily Dot:
EXCLUSIVE: Murder, kidnapping, brutality charges: These are the cops Ron DeSantis paid to come to Florida — Florida's police recruitment bonus appears to have attracted a certain kind of cop. — In July 2021, the son of a high-ranking New York Police Department (NYPD) …
New York Times:
Spying in Mexico Strikes a New Victim: the President's Ally — While looking into abuses by the armed forces, the country's top human rights official was targeted with Pegasus, the world's most notorious spyware, The Times found. — Natalie Kitroeff reported from Mexico City and Ronen Bergman from Tel Aviv.
US Department of Justice:
Man Convicted of Torture and Exporting Weapons Parts and Related Services to Iraq — A federal jury convicted a Pennsylvania man on May 19 for numerous crimes, including the torture of an Estonian citizen in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in connection with the operation of an illegal weapons manufacturing plant in Kurdistan.
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NBC News and Rolling Stone
Financial Times:
Pro-Ukraine fighters ‘liberate’ village in Russia's Belgorod region — Kyiv denies direct involvement but says Russian fighters are seeking to create ‘security zone’ near border — A group of anti-Kremlin fighters stormed Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine on Monday …
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Reuters, Bloomberg, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, Newsweek, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Crooks and Liars
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why was this massive Trump scandal hiding in plain sight for 28 months? — It's remarkable, in hindsight, that Donald Trump even showed up for work during the last week of his twisted 45th presidency in January 2021. After all, his fantasies that some sort of coup could overturn …
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Axios
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Bob Woodward roasts Trump's ‘everything is mine’ take in ‘unprecedented’ copyright suit: Interview tapes ‘belong to the People’ — From George Washington to Joe Biden, U.S. presidents have harnessed the power of the press to reach the populace. Investigative journalist Bob Woodward argues …