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5:40 PM ET, May 22, 2023

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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. James Comer Implies Biden Family Probe Is Really About Helping Trump In 2024  —  Oops!  —  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday inadvertently implied that House Republicans' high-profile investigation into President Joe Biden's family members and their finances is actually about helping Donald Trump win the presidency in 2024.
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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 …
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Fox's Latest Hoax  —  “Alright, before we go, a little update on a story we brought you this week about homeless vets being displaced from hotels so that illegals could move in.  Turns out the group behind the claim made it up.  We have no clue as to why anyone would do such a thing, but we'll bring you any updates should they come.”
Discussion: RedState and Jezebel
Michael Nienaber / Bloomberg:
Germany's Scholz Backs Biden Over Trump in Tight US Race
A.B. Stoddard / Bulwark+:   Why Are “Former Administration Officials” Still Not Speaking Up About Trump?
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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CNN:
Trump's attorney took notes that say the former president wanted to fight subpoena for classified docs  —  Donald Trump asked whether he could push back against Justice Department efforts last year to recover any classified documents still in his possession during conversations with his lawyer …
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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Alex Roarty / Miami Herald:
'We've got a real dilemma': How ‘Never Trump’ Republicans view DeSantis vs Trump  —  Fergus Cullen is wary of Ron DeSantis' conflict with Disney, dislikes how the governor once used his kids in a campaign ad, and doubts he'd support the Florida Republican's presidential candidacy if it were any other election.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis is learning that not every state wants to be Florida
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll Seeks New Damages From Trump for Comments on CNN  —  The former president's repeated denials that he sexually abused Ms. Carroll “show the depth of his malice” and merit heavy damages, her lawyer wrote.  —  E. Jean Carroll, who this month won $5 million in damages …
New York Times:
Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War's Destruction  —  Drone footage taken by The New York Times captured the scorched buildings, destroyed schools and cratered parks that now define the city in eastern Ukraine.  —  Photographs and Video by Tyler HicksText by Marc Santora
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Fake image of Pentagon explosion goes viral  —  Following the depiction from a verified Twitter account, another image showing a building purported to be the White House in black smoke started to circulate on the platform.  —  A fake image of what was claimed to be an explosion near …
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Rebecca Cohen / Insider:
An apparently AI-generated hoax of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral online — and markets briefly dipped
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
DeSantis's $13.5m police program lures officers with violent records to Florida  —  Governor's incentive scheme recruits officers with history of excessive violence or who have been arrested since signing up  —  Numerous police officers lured to new jobs in Florida with cash …
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The Daily Dot:   EXCLUSIVE: Murder, kidnapping, brutality charges: These are the cops Ron DeSantis paid to come to Florida
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Seniors are flooding homeless shelters that can't care for them  —  Cities are building special shelters for the old, and shelters are hiring trained staff to handle a wave of aging baby boomers  —  PHOENIX — Beatrice Herron, 73, clutched a flier offering low-cost cable TV …
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.
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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
E.U. slaps Meta with record $1.3 billion fine for data privacy violations  —  Industry representatives argue the ruling creates legal uncertainty for many companies who commonly transfer data across international waters  —  The European Union fined Meta a record $1.3 billion on Monday …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Marianne Williamson loses top 2 campaign officials in a matter of days  —  The campaign director and deputy director for the longshot Democratic presidential candidate quit over the weekend.  —  The top two campaign officials for longshot Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson resigned over the weekend.
Discussion: The Hill
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Bowman says he will ‘stay as far away’ from Greene as possible  —  Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) says he will “stay as far away...as possible” from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after a contentious exchange between the two stemming from an encounter outside the Capitol last week.
Jonathan Shamir / Haaretz:
No More Arab States Will Normalize Ties With Israel, Netanyahu Gov't ‘Embarrassed’ UAE, Emirati Analyst Warns  —  ‘My government and the other signatories are embarrassed,’ says policy analyst Dr. Ebtesam Al-Ketbi at Israeli confab hours before UAE ambassador to Israel extends invite to international climate conference
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Texas Forced This Woman to Give Birth to a Stillborn Son.  She's Suing  —  “I was told that if I tried to discharge myself, or seek care elsewhere, that I could be arrested for trying to kill my child”  —  AFTER MULTIPLE MISCARRIAGES, Kiersten Hogan thought she would never be able to carry a pregnancy to term.
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Investigated Clinton Foundation Until Trump's Final Days  —  President Donald J. Trump and his allies tried to cast the Clinton Foundation as corrupt.  But the yearslong investigation sputtered to its conclusion without charges.  —  Reporting from Washington
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Why Can't Progressive Writers Defend the Law?  —  Rich points to a column by Ezra Klein in the New York Times, in which Klein objects to President Biden taking the “14th Amendment option.”  Rich notes that Klein has a practical objection to the idea — namely that “if the administration declares …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Political Wire
Dylan Gwinn / Breitbart:
WATCH: ‘That Is Disgusting’: High School Athlete Gives Thumbs Down at Podium After Losing to Trans Runner  —  A female high school runner let her frustrations be known on Saturday, as she gave a big thumbs down following her loss to a trans athlete.  A loss that resulted in her exclusion from the state championships.
Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press:
Whitmer signs red flag law allowing temporary removal of guns from those deemed dangerous  —  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a series of bills Monday that will allow law enforcement, family, health care providers and others to petition courts to temporarily remove guns …
Discussion: Associated Press
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
What it would mean for the global economy if the US defaults on its debt  —  If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America's economy would hardly sink alone.  The repercussions of a first-ever default on the federal debt would quickly reverberate around the world.
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.
The Nib:
The Future of The Nib  —  I'm afraid I have some bad news.  After ten years of publishing, The Nib is going to close down this summer.  The new issue of our magazine, the Future issue, will be our last.  We will continue to publish online every weekday through August and then shut down.
Discussion: Graphic Policy
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Reporter Asks Tim Scott If He's a Virgin  —  It's interesting which details and interviews re-emerge about a presidential candidate as they announce their run for office.  —  Washington Post reporter Ben Terris remains in the process of writing his soon-to-be released book The Big Break …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
My neighbor lived to be 109.  This is what I learned from him.  —  Early one August morning during a heat wave in Kansas City, Mo., I stepped outside to fetch the Sunday newspaper — and something stopped me in my tracks.  —  My new neighbor was washing a car.
 
 
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
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Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Daniel Penny Says He Can't Be Racist Because He Was Planning a Road Trip in Africa
Discussion: Yahoo News
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Sidney Powell's Tossed Ethics Case Appealed by Texas Bar Panel
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
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Li Cohen / CBS News:
Trevi Fountain water turned black by climate activists protesting fossil fuels
Randall Chase / Associated Press:
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won't seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state
Employ America:
14th Amendment, Debt Ceiling & Perpetual Bonds: The Treasury Department is Hiding Political Failure In Technocratic Excuses
Discussion: Vox
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
One state just became a national leader on child care. Here's how they did it.
Public Notice:
The Democratic upset in Jacksonville is a product of the GOP's war on cities
Discussion: American Prospect
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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