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10:20 AM ET, May 28, 2023

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Reuters:
Biden, McCarthy have tentative US debt ceiling deal - sources  —  U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, ending a months-long stalemate, two sources familiar with the negotiations said on Saturday.
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Debt-ceiling deal: What's in and what's out of the agreement to avert US default  —  President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement in principle on legislation to increase the nation's borrowing authority and avoid a default.  Negotiators are now racing to finalize the bill's text.
Bloomberg:
Biden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US Default  —  White House and Republican negotiators reached a tentative deal late Saturday to raise the US debt ceiling and avert a default that threatened to send tremors through the global economy.  —  President Joe Biden …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Kevin McCarthy's Freedom Caucus headache is just getting started
The Texas Tribune:
Texas AG Ken Paxton impeached, suspended from duties pending outcome of Senate trial  —  In a stunning and unprecedented rebuke, the Texas House impeached the state's top attorney.  The Republican has been mired in scandals and criminal investigations for most of his tenure.
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
All eyes on Sen. Angela Paxton as Texas Senate takes up her husband's removal  —  Ken Paxton helped elect his wife, Angela, to the state Senate.  That chamber will now consider whether to remove him from the attorney general's office.  She has not said whether she will recuse herself.
The Texas Tribune:
God, money and Dairy Queen: How Texas House investigators secured the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton  —  The long list of accusations were outlined as part of 20 charges of impeachment adopted by the Texas House.  —  A nefarious kitchen remodel and an extramarital affair.
Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz stand with Texas AG Ken Paxton as impeachment vote about to begin  —  The former president weighed in on the Trump-backed website Truth Social less than 20 minutes before lawmakers took up impeachment on Saturday.  —  AUSTIN — Former President Donald Trump …
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Texas House votes to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
Dallas Morning News:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton impeached
Ken Paxton Impeachment / The Texas Tribune:
Ken Paxton updates: Texas House impeachment vote will be an intra-GOP showdown
New York Times:
For Trump, the More GOP Presidential Candidates the Better  —  Ron DeSantis entered the presidential race last week along with Tim Scott, with others to follow.  For the former president, the more candidates the better.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida officially entered the presidential race last week …
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Politico:
Many GOP insiders fear that Teflon Don is back
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Here's What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT  —  A lawyer representing a man who sued an airline relied on artificial intelligence to help prepare a court filing.  It did not go well.  —  The lawsuit began like so many others: A man named Roberto Mata sued the airline Avianca …
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 27, 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.
Sky Palma / DeadState:
Pastor at Christian college arrested for letting his ‘spiritual mentor’ sexually abuse young boys  —  Police in Waco, Texas, arrested the former pastor at Baylor University on charges that he allowed a sex offender he called his “spiritual mentor” to sexually abuse two young relatives, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Feinstein, Back in the Senate, Relies Heavily on Staff to Function  —  The California Democrat is surrounded by a large retinue of aides at all times, who tell her how and when to vote, explain what is going on when she is confused, and shield her from the press and public.  —  Reporting from Capitol Hill
David French / New York Times:
The Right Is All Wrong About Masculinity  —  There is a certain irony in discussions of masculinity.  The group that is most convinced of a crisis of masculinity, the American right, is also busy emasculating itself before our eyes.  It correctly perceives that young men are facing an identity crisis …
Discussion: Althouse
Laura Kuenssberg / BBC:
Ukraine war: Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin issues warning of escalation in Ukraine  —  Russia has warned Western supplies of weapons to Ukraine risk escalating the war to levels not seen so far.  —  Andrei Kelin, Russia's ambassador to the UK, told the BBC his country had “enormous resources” and it was yet to “act very seriously”.
Francesca Gillett / BBC:
Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code  —  Twitter has pulled out of the European Union's voluntary code to fight disinformation, the EU has said.  —  Thierry Breton, who is the EU's internal market commissioner, announced the news on Twitter - but warned the firm new laws would force compliance.
 
 
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MSNBC:
The Mar-a-Lago classified docs case keeps getting worse for Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Curtis Williams / Reuters:
US forecasters call for near-normal Atlantic hurricane season
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Adam Sabes / Fox Business:
AOC calls to ‘eliminate the debt limit’ at chaos-filled town hall
Sanchez Manning / Daily Mail:
Leading sanitary products brand is accused of ‘erasing’ girls in a new guide to periods by referring to them as ‘bodies with female sex organs’
Discussion: Twitchy
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Most Americans say they would support stricter gun control laws: poll
Discussion: NewsNation
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley let the Confederate flag fly until a massacre forced her hand
Discussion: Raw Story
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Did WaPo reporters conspire with extremists to attack National Gallery of Art?
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Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
DeSantis campaign will receive $500K raised by super PAC, a source says. Campaign finance experts call it “unprecedented”
Discussion: The National Pulse+
Jonathan Guyer / Vox:
Henry Kissinger is 100, but his legacy is still shaping how US foreign policy works
Discussion: The Guardian
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
U.S. leaders gamble with world's most trusted asset in debt showdown
Discussion: CNN
Sarah Arnold / Townhall:
AOC Heckled and Shouted Off Stage by NYC Voters: ‘Put America First’
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
DeSantis says he would welcome bill to abolish ‘corrupt’ IRS: ‘We need something totally different’
David Cox / The Guardian:
Immunologist Akiko Iwasaki: ‘We are not done with Covid, not even close’
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Charlie Kirk's TPUSA Teamed Up With a Registered Sex Offender
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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