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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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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 …
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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Washington Post:
Man who crashed U-Haul near White House charged with threatening harm — U.S. Park Police arrested a 19-year-old from Missouri after a U-Haul truck he was allegedly driving crashed near the White House on Monday night, prompting the evacuation of the nearby Hay-Adams hotel.
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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
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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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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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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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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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Julie Rovner / NPR:
Abortion bans drive off doctors and close clinics, putting other health care at risk — The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that abortion opponents may not have considered: fewer medical services available for all women living in those states.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Texas Is Torturing Women Whose Pregnancies Fail
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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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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The looming existential crisis for cable news — The number of cable subscribers, dropping for years, just took a record-breaking plunge. Sooner or later, it will hurt news channels' bottom line. — After a week of promotion and controversy, CNN staged a live town hall telecast …
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.
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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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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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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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 …
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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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
A far bigger problem than book bans? Declining literacy. — Communists. Satanists. Neighbors who lace Halloween candy with heroin. — Every era has its bogeyman, the cartoonish villain who parents worry will corrupt their babies. Today's fearsome predator, apparently, is the local librarian.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Russian Deputy Minister Dies Suddenly After Slamming ‘Fascist Invasion’ of Ukraine — The Russian government offered its “deepest condolences” to his loved ones. — A senior Russian lawmaker who was reportedly critical of the invasion of Ukraine died over the weekend, the Russian government confirmed …
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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.
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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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Lori Weisberg / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Restaurants near San Diego coast must restore parking displaced by streetside dining — The new regulation, which will apply to a narrow stretch of the coastline closest to the water, was approved by the City Council, but only after being required to do so by the California Coastal Commission.
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump to appear remotely in N.Y. criminal court to hear judge's warnings — NEW YORK — Former president Donald Trump will appear remotely in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday so that a judge can warn him not to share evidence provided to his lawyers as part of pretrial discovery …
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