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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump lawyer said to have been waved off searching office for secret records — Exclusive: Evan Corcoran said he was steered away from Trump's office, where the FBI later found the most sensitive materials — Donald Trump's lawyer tasked with searching for classified documents at Mar …
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Raw Story
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Chris Christie Gets a Super PAC Ahead of His Likely 2024 Bid — The former governor of New Jersey, who has been at times both a confidant and a rival of Donald Trump, will have some outside help in his effort to win the Republican primary. — Allies of former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey …
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Washington Post:
Trump campaign braces for Iowa battle as DeSantis team sees an opening
Trump campaign braces for Iowa battle as DeSantis team sees an opening
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Tapping on glass ceilings and feting 2024 contenders: Behind Ernst's GOP surge
Tapping on glass ceilings and feting 2024 contenders: Behind Ernst's GOP surge
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Fox News and Florida Politics
CBS News:
Hollywood police respond to mass shooting on Broadwalk — MIAMI - Hollywood police have responded to reports of multiple people shot Monday afternoon. — CBS News Miami has learned 9 people were transported to area hospitals, 5 were taken into custody and 1 person is possibly still at large …
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Sun-Sentinel:
Nine wounded in shooting on crowded Hollywood Broadwalk. Victims range from 65 years old to as young as 1. — HOLLYWOOD — A dispute between two groups ended in gunfire on the crowded Hollywood Broadwalk near the end of the Memorial Day weekend, leaving nine people shot, including a 1-year-old child, police say.
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Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
Drones strike Moscow in first attack on Russian capital's residential areas since Ukraine war began — The strikes caused damage to some buildings and forced residents to evacuate homes, local officials said Tuesday, as Kyiv was hit by the latest deadly Russian bombardment.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
There is always more money for defense contractors — In 2023, Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided on nearly every significant policy issue. But there is an exception to the rule. Both parties can always agree on sending more money to defense contractors.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden's underrated deal-making prowess strikes again — President Biden's capacity to overperform after an onslaught of negative press and Democratic hand-wringing is second to none. He did it with the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, NATO solidification and expansion, and now with the debt ceiling deal.
New York Times:
New Details in Debt Limit Deal: Where $136 Billion in Cuts Will Come From
New Details in Debt Limit Deal: Where $136 Billion in Cuts Will Come From
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
What's in the debt limit bill? Key provisions in the Biden-McCarthy deal to avert default
What's in the debt limit bill? Key provisions in the Biden-McCarthy deal to avert default
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David Siders / Politico:
‘Numbers Nobody Has Ever Seen’: How the GOP Lost Wisconsin — Republicans in Wisconsin are grappling with how abortion halted their progress in the swing state. Democrats are planning for a resurgence. — Republicans' state Supreme Court loss in April — in a race that …
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Morning Shots, Raw Story and Political Wire
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
The revolt of the Christian home-schoolers — They were taught that public schools are evil. Then a Virginia couple defied their families and enrolled their kids. — Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
Woman is knocked unconscious in famous cheese-rolling race - and wins — LONDON — For hundreds of years, people have gathered in Gloucestershire, England, to fling themselves down a notoriously steep hill — in pursuit of a hefty chunk of golden-yellow cheese.
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Jane Bradley / New York Times:
A British Reporter Had a Big #MeToo Scoop. Her Editor Killed It. — Seven women say that a star columnist groped them or made unwanted sexual advances. But Britain's news media has a complicated relationship with outing its own. — Inside the Financial Times newsroom this winter …
Jeff Dunetz / The Lid:
HELP! Jane Fonda Wants Me In Jail Because White Men Cause Climate Change — One of Hollywood's worst American traitors, Hanoi Jane Fonda, is also apparently a climate scientist, and now she is claiming “climate change” is happening because of “racism”... or something.
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Robert Spencer / PJ Media:
Hanoi Jane Fonda Has a Novel Way to Solve the ‘Climate Crisis’
Hanoi Jane Fonda Has a Novel Way to Solve the ‘Climate Crisis’
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Lawyers Start to Wonder if One Could Be a Snitch — There's plenty of bad blood among Trump's team of lawyers. But there's also a new concern that someone could turn on the rest of the team. … With three anticipated indictments, two ongoing court cases, and an ever-expanding cadre of lawyers …
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Katie S. Phang / MSNBC:
Trump's legal team is an epic disaster
Trump's legal team is an epic disaster
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite and Raw Story
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead — This is how I've spent most of my time since last Thursday, when my oral surgeon knocked me out so he could abscond with my wisdom teeth. It's a little bit humbling to be reduced to someone who surfaces for an hour, watches a couple of videos on Instagram, and falls back asleep.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
The stark numbers driving Democratic panic about a third-party 2024 bid — The independent group No Labels says Americans want more presidential choices, but Democrats argue a larger third-party vote would help Trump. That's what happened in 2016. — Among all the reasons Joe Biden …
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Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden world confident in a Trump rematch but preps for a surprise
Biden world confident in a Trump rematch but preps for a surprise
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Politico:
Why McCarthy's gavel is safe — for now — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — BIG DAYS AHEAD — House members return today from their Memorial Day recess to begin work on the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the 99-page bill that would curb federal spending and raise the debt ceiling until 2025.
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The Daily Beast:
How Jeffrey Epstein Wooed a Princess — Emails obtained by The Daily Beast reveal that the sexual predator scheduled meetings with Norwegian and British royals after he got out of jail. … Late financier and sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein maintained close ties with members of at least …
Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ News Exclusive | China Rebuffs Pentagon Chief, Blunting Push for Rapprochement — China has rebuffed a U.S. request for a meeting of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu at a security forum in Singapore this coming weekend, the Pentagon said …
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
China turns down US invitation for defence chiefs' meeting in Singapore
China turns down US invitation for defence chiefs' meeting in Singapore
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CNN:
Ugandan president signs one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law — Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, the speaker of parliament said, defying international pressure. — The bill includes the death penalty for …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Enactment of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Enactment of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act
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