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Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Driver arrested and Nazi flag seized after truck crashes into security barriers near the White House — The driver of the U-Haul truck faces multiple charges after the Monday night incident, which the Secret Service said may have been intentional. — A driver was arrested and a Nazi flag …
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CNN:
U-Haul driver faces multiple charges after crashing into a security barrier near White House in Lafayette Square, police say — The driver of a U-Haul who crashed into a security barrier in Lafayette Square near the White House Monday night was arrested on multiple charges …
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Nathan Howard / Reuters:
Driver detained as truck crashes near White House; Nazi flag found — The U.S. Secret Service said it had detained the driver of a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers near the White House on Monday night, perhaps intentionally, but that there were no injuries or ongoing danger.
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Troy Pope / wusa9.com:
U-Haul truck smashes into security barrier near White House, driver arrested — Investigators say the 19-year-old driver intentionally crashed into the gates on the outside of Lafayette Park. — WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is investigating after a U-Haul crashed into Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House.
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Sought Records on Trump's Foreign Business Deals Since 2017 — The special counsel scrutinizing the former president's handling of classified documents issued a subpoena to the Trump Organization seeking records related to seven countries. — Federal prosecutors overseeing …
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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 …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Free Advice for Ron DeSantis: Don't Run for President — The Florida governor is uncomfortable around regular people, hides from the media, and is too skittish to take on Trump. What's the point in running at all? … I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) …
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Tara Palmeri / Puck:
Ronny on the Run — Lessons from a day shadowing a press-any and socially uncomfortable presidential hopeful. — Last week, I made a pre-election year pilgrimage to New Hampshire, where I was able to hit a lobster shack and drive around with Governor Chris Sununu for hours on end.
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
DeSantis envisions shaping ‘7-2 conservative majority’ on Supreme Court — The Florida governor suggested that Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, John G. Roberts Jr. and Sonia Sotomayor could all retire over the next two presidential terms — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis previewed …
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign could be brief
Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign could be brief
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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 …
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Axios:
Scoop: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin reconsiders 2024 bid — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is reconsidering a bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, after earlier taking himself out of the race as polls made former President Trump look increasingly formidable, top Republican sources tell Axios.
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Draft Tucker PAC ceases activities after legal threat from Carlson — A recently launched political action committee that sought to push former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to run for president has ceased activities after a legal threat from Carlson's lawyer.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Hits Super PAC Trying to Draft Him Into 2024 Race With Legal Complaint
Tucker Hits Super PAC Trying to Draft Him Into 2024 Race With Legal Complaint
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Steve Henson / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers apologize and invite Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Pride Night — Less than a week after removing the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their lineup, the Dodgers on Monday re-invited the organization to Pride Night amid backlash from LGBTQ+ and civil rights groups as well as local politicians and even Dodgers employees.
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Curbed:
How Much Does It Cost to Live Like This? — We asked young New Yorkers about their dream futures. Then we calculated exactly how much each would cost. — You begin shopping for your future the moment you become an adult in New York City. Rich and well-furnished lives are aggressively paraded about.
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National Review and Althouse
Washington Post:
Before-and-after images of the destroyed Ukrainian city of Bakhmut — One year ago, the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, home to some 70,000 people, was known locally for its salt mines and sparkling wine. Today, it is a symbol of Russia's brutal and relentless war.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Texas Is Torturing Women Whose Pregnancies Fail — It's increasingly clear that it's not safe to be pregnant in states with total abortion bans. Since the end of Roe v. Wade, there have been a barrage of gutting stories about women in prohibition states denied care for miscarriages or forced to continue nonviable pregnancies.
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Sommer Brugal / Miami Herald:
Miami-Dade K-8 bars elementary students from 4 library titles following parent complaint — A K-8 school in Miami-Dade County last month issued restrictions for elementary-aged students on three books and one poem after a parent objected to five titles, claiming they included topics …
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
7 news outlets reimagining political journalism in smart ways — Political journalism is in crisis. Over the past few months, BuzzFeed News, FiveThirtyEight, Vice and a number of other outlets that specialize in political news have substantially cut staffing and coverage.
Axios:
U.S. lawmakers OK'd more pro-gun bills than safety measures since Uvalde — State legislators around the country have passed more laws expanding gun access than they have measures on gun control in the year since the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers day …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Here's How Bad CNN's Post-Trump Town Hall Ratings Have Been — This reporting is featured in this week's edition of Confider, The Daily Beast's media newsletter. Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here. — More than a week after CNN's disastrous town hall …
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Busing of Migrants Has Worked — The ire of Democratic mayors and governors would be best directed at the author of this mess, President Biden. — B — uild the wall" hasn't been a sentiment often heard in South Side Chicago. — But someone held a sign calling for the barrier …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
The debt talks are about to test McCarthy's hold on his party — The speaker has to keep conservatives happy or risk a threat to his gavel, while avoiding alienation of his battleground-district members. — Speaker Kevin McCarthy's negotiations with President Joe Biden …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump Organization finishes last in brand reputation survey for second straight year — The Trump Organization, the company led by former President Trump and his family, finished last in an Axios Harris survey of brand reputations for the second year in a row.
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Hunter Biden investigation: Second IRS whistleblower claims retaliation — A second IRS whistleblower has alleged retaliation for raising concerns that Justice Department leadership was “acting inappropriately” on the investigation into Hunter Biden, the Washington Examiner has learned.
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A.O. Scott / New York Times:
Good Night, Sweet Prince — Our critic assesses the achievement of Martin Amis, Britain's most famous literary son. — On May 6, at the age of 74, Charles III was crowned king of England. A few weeks later, at 73, Martin Amis died at his home in Florida.
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Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 22, 2023 — Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. — Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Nashville Parents Ask: Must a Mass Shooter's Writings Be Made Public? — The lack of information about what motivated a deadly attack on a Christian school has led to a protracted legal fight over releasing the shooter's handwritten journals. — Barely two months after an armed assailant …
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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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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
The NAACP Says Florida Isn't Safe for Black People. Data Tell a Different Story. — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People last week cautioned black Americans to stay out of Florida, claiming that the state's “openly hostile” policies put them at risk.
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana governor signs law to define ‘sex’ as only male or female — Republican Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill defining the word “sex” in state law as only male or female — joining Kansas and Tennessee, which have similar laws that LGBTQ+ advocates argue will deny legal recognition to nonbinary and transgender people.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Mika Westwolf matters — In the early morning of March 31, Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman, was walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 93, which passes through the Flathead reservation. Westwolf was struck by a Cadillac Escalade and declared dead at the scene.
Andres Picon / Politico:
Chinese citizens sue Florida over law barring them from owning houses — DeSantis, who is expected to announce a bid for president soon, has said the law will protect Florida from China's Communist Party. — A group of Chinese citizens who live and work in Florida are suing the state …
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