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9:55 AM ET, May 22, 2023

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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 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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Plain Dealer
Politico:   Playbook: The case for Tim Scott
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Why Trump Wants U.S. to Default on Debt
Discussion: Morning Shots and The Daily Beast
Reuters:
Biden and McCarthy to meet on Monday as debt ceiling talks resume  —  U.S. President Joe Biden and House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet to discuss the debt ceiling on Monday, after the two leaders held a phone call on Sunday as the president flew back to Washington that both sides described as positive.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
The man in charge of knowing when the U.S. runs out of money
Discussion: Semafor and Reason
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 …
Washington Post:
As hold on Bakhmut slips, Ukrainian forces push to encircle city  —  KOSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces have been reduced to small footholds in the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut, which despite its limited strategic importance has emerged as the war's bloodiest battlefield.
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Wall Street Journal:
Brutal Battle for Bakhmut Leaves Russia With an Uncertain Victory
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Weapons contractors hitting Department of Defense with inflated prices for planes, submarines, missiles  —  With the U.S. supplying billions-of-dollars of munitions to Ukraine and growing tensions in the Taiwan Strait, some Pentagon generals are sounding alarms about the dwindling supply of U.S. weapons …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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.
Jeffrey Clark / Fox News:
Fetterman wearing ‘hoodies and gym shorts’ in Senate shows ‘robust recovery,’ AP report claims  —  Fetterman reportedly ‘votes from the doorway’ or a ‘side entrance’ to get around the Senate's strict dress code rules  —  Sources “close” to Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Penn., are claiming that his trademark …
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Uber's Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaints of Insensitivity  —  The executive hosted sessions about race and being a white woman that were titled “Don't Call Me Karen,” prompting an employee uproar.  —  Uber has placed its longtime head of diversity, equity and inclusion on leave …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
First on Fox: Trump ally Sen JD Vance endorses in Ohio's 2024 GOP Senate primary, backing Bernie Moreno  —  Moreno 1 of 2 major GOP candidates in Ohio Senate primary along with state Sen Matt Dolan  —  EXCLUSIVE - First-term Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio is weighing in on his state's burgeoning 2024 Senate primary.
Discussion: Plain Dealer
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.
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 …
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
South Carolina Democrats demand apology from GOP governor for ‘hunt them with dogs’ comment  —  South Carolina Democrats are demanding an apology from the state's Republican Gov. Henry McMaster for comments he made at a South Carolina GOP convention.  —  According to a Tweet …
Discussion: WCIV
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Imagine if the Press Covered the Supreme Court Like Congress  —  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.  —  You can only write …
Discussion: Eschaton
Herb Scribner / Washington Post:
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO booed at Boston University commencement speech over writers strike  —  The Writers Guild of America said it planned to picket during the speech  —  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav faced boos and jeers from audience members during his Boston University commencement speech …
Bernard-Henri Lévy / Wall Street Journal:
Put Ukraine on the U.N. Security Council  —  Russia's membership has no legal basis and should be transferred.  —  Tap For Sound  —  In Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine, one of his weapons is Russia's status as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, which entails the power to block any resolution.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico
Star Tribune:
Minnesota Legislature wrapping work on one of the most consequential sessions in state history  —  Democrats crossed off a long list of priorities in a single session in power.  Republicans say they overreached.  —  Minnesota Democratic leaders gathered the Friday after they won control …
Discussion: Power Line
Sarah Longwell / Bulwark+:
The GOP Is in an Abusive Relationship with Trump  —  WHEN A JURY FOUND Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll, it drove home one of the grosser features of our political era: No amount of contemptible behavior from Donald Trump toward women creates political problems for him with GOP primary voters.
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis's context-free history book vanished online.  We got a copy.  —  In the lead-up to this spring's release of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's book “The Courage to Be Free,” a funny thing happened on the internet: His first book, published in 2011 before his political career began, disappeared.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Exclusive: Paul Whelan tells CNN he's confident ‘wheels are turning’ toward his release  —  Paul Whelan, an American who is wrongfully detained in Russia, told CNN on Sunday that he feels confident that his case is a priority for the United States government but wishes it could be resolved faster.
 
 
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
These are some of the people who'll be impacted if the U.S. defaults on its debts
U.S. Department of Defense:
Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine
Associated Press:
Polls open in Greece's first election since international bailout spending controls ended
Washington Post:
Japan's unlikely venue for G-7 discussions: A website beloved by anime fans
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why was this massive Trump scandal hiding in plain sight for 28 months?
Discussion: Axios
Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
C. Boyden Gray, White House counsel to President G.H.W. Bush, dies at 80
Discussion: CNN, Instapundit and New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
Mike Freeman / USA Today:
Dodgers fail miserably, crumble under pressure by disinviting Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Balloon Juice and ABC7
Jim Daley / The TRiiBE:
‘Fox and Friends’ staged Naperville interview criticizing Mayor Brandon Johnson
William S. Becker / The Hill:
A call to arms: Defending America's soul in an age of extremism
Discussion: The Week
Susan Stubson / New York Times:
What Christian Nationalism Has Done to My State and My Faith Is a Sin
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Biden bets DeSantis' ‘Florida blueprint’ will help him flip the Sunshine State and win reelection
Samuel Braslow / Rolling Stone:
The ‘Beverly Hills Insurrectionist’ and the Big Myth About Jan. 6
Discussion: The Hill, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder's Affair With Russian Bridge Player
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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