memeorandum: A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

9:50 PM ET, May 30, 2023

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Debt Limit Bill Heads to Key Committee in First Test of G.O.P. Support — Some Republicans on the panel have already come out in opposition to the package, raising early questions about its fate. — Reporting from Washington — Legislation to raise the government debt ceiling …

Discussion: Axios, National Review, Semafor, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Raw Story, Politico, Fox News, Breitbart, Balloon Juice, NBC News, CNN, Daily Kos and Washington Examiner

Politico:

House conservatives threaten push to oust McCarthy over debt deal — “It is inescapable to me. It has to be done,” said House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Dan Bishop. — Conservative angst over the debt deal is threatening to trigger Kevin McCarthy's biggest fear — a push to oust him from the speakership.

Discussion: USA Today, The Hill, Sputnik News, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Progress Pond, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze

Punchbowl News:

⚡️ Punchbowl News Special Edition: Despite opposition, debt limit moves toward floor — Copy newsletter URL Copied newsletter URL! … But the chamber is moving toward a critical floor vote on Tuesday. The U.S. government will default on its $31 trillion-plus debt if Congress doesn't act by June 5.

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Emily Brooks / The Hill:
First Republican publicly supports ousting McCarthy as Speaker

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Daniel Horowitz / TheBlaze:
The shocking degree of political betrayal from Kevin McCarthy

Discussion: La Prensa Latina Media, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal and GZERO

NBC News:
Far-right members, unhappy with debt deal, float threatening McCarthy's speakership

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, RedState, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite, The Dispatch, Bulwark+, IJR, Washington Press, Conservative Brief, Fox News and Daily Kos

Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Shalanda Young emerges as quietly essential figure in debt deal

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Roll Call

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Debt-Ceiling Deal Bought Biden Time at a Terrible Long-Term Cost

Discussion: HuffPost, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Jacobin

Politico:
McCarthy on track to overcome Rules rebellion over debt deal

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USA Today:
‘Betrayal’: McCarthy faces revolt from GOP conservatives over debt limit deal with Biden

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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:

Breaking: Rep. Chris Stewart plans to resign from Congress — The Utah Republican congressman is expected to announce his departure from the House of Representatives soon, several sources told The Salt Lake Tribune. — U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart plans to resign his seat in Congress, possibly as soon as this week.

Discussion: New York Post, Associated Press, Raw Story, Roll Call, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Politico and Political Wire

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:

Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, defects to Russia — Former Senate staffer who made claim in 2020 appears on Russian media alongside convicted Russian agent in US Maria Butina — Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who in 2020 accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, said on Tuesday she had defected to Russia.

Discussion: The Messenger, The Gateway Pundit, Sputnik News and Raw Story

Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Biden Accuser Tara Reade Claims She Fled to Russia Fearing for Her Life

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Washington Press, Mediaite and New Republic

Monmouth University Polling Institute:

Trump Strongest Candidate Say GOP Voters — DeSantis remains well liked but support fades — West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of Republican voters feel former President Donald Trump would be their strongest nominee in the 2024 election. According to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") …

Discussion: Washington Times, Insider, The Daily Caller, National Review, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Hill, Breitbart and NBC News

Katherine Long / Politico:

The casualties of the debt limit deal — PAY UP — Millions of Americans are now facing the possible resumption of student loan payments on Aug. 30 — for the first time since the outset of the pandemic — as a result of the debt limit deal cut between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Discussion: CBS News, Fox News, One America News Network, Sacramento Bee, NBC News, New York Times, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and Insider

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Chris Christie Gets a Super PAC Ahead of His Likely 2024 Bid

Discussion: The Daily Caller, RedState, Washington Post, Associated Press, Digby's Hullabaloo, Bloomberg, Fox News, The Hill, Washington Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Post Millennial, USA Today, CBS News, KRDO and CNN

The Carter Center:

Carter Family Statement about Health of First Lady Rosalynn Carter — ATLANTA — The Carter family is sharing that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. She continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones.

Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:

Ashli Babbitt's Mother Arrested After Striking Woman at Pro-Jan. 6 Event — Micki Witthoeft, 58, was spotted by The Daily Beast being taken into custody just after 6:45 p.m. — The mother of Ashli Babbitt, Micki Witthoeft, was arrested Tuesday evening after striking a counter-protester …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite

KING-TV:

Child left in hot car in Puyallup dies — A foster parent left the child in a car outside MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup for nine hours, according to police. — PUYALLUP, Wash. — A 1-year-old child died after being left in a hot car outside MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital …

Discussion: Breitbart, Associated Press, Metro.co.uk, CBS News and KRDO

Dennis Romero / NBC News: 3 young children die in separate hot-car incidents across the U.S.

Meredith Deliso / ABC News: 11-month-old girl dies after left in car for 3 hours while parents went to church: Police

Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:

Russia's reaction to the drone attacks on Moscow — Ukraine launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday but air defences destroyed all eight of the drones, Russia said, bringing the 15-month war in Ukraine to the heart of the capital. — Here are some Russian reactions to the attacks.

Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
Drones strike Moscow in first attack on Russian capital's residential areas since Ukraine war began

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Vanity Fair, PoliticusUSA, New York Daily News, New Republic, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and Daily Kos

Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:

It Took Alito Barely a Month to Violate the Supreme Court's New Ethics Rules — On April 25, Chief Justice John Roberts sent the Senate Judiciary Committee a “Statement on Ethics Principles and Practices” signed by all nine justices. Roberts forwarded along the “statement” …

Discussion: Associated Press and HuffPost

Rolling Stone:

Team Trump Scrambles to Unmask the Feds Investigating Him — The former president wants to “immediately” purge the Justice Department's ranks of the officials and agents who've led the criminal probes into his actions — DONALD TRUMP JUST needs a few names.

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Washington Press

Jan Hoffman / New York Times:

Sacklers Can Be Shielded From Opioid Liability, Appeals Court Rules — The decision gives the Purdue Pharma owners long-sought protection, but it will release billions of dollars from their fortune to states and communities to help cope with the costs of addiction.

Discussion: Financial Times, Mercury News, Associated Press, KRDO and NPR

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn — Leaders from OpenAI, Google Deepmind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons. — A group of industry leaders warned on Tuesday that the artificial intelligence technology …

Bloomberg:

Twitter Is Now Worth Just 33% of Elon Musk's Purchase Price, Fidelity Says — Twitter is now worth just one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social-media platform, according to Fidelity, which recently marked down the value of its equity stake in the company.

Discussion: Deadline, Reuters, The Information, RedState, Breitbart and The American Conservative

Politico:

Republican candidate accused of lying about military record ends comeback bid — It's good news for House Republicans, after JR Majewski lost a competitive Ohio seat in 2022. — JR Majewski, a pro-Trump Republican accused of misrepresenting his military record, is ending his comeback bid.

Associated Press:

The day has arrived for Elizabeth Holmes to report to a Texas prison — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley.

Daniel Duane / New York Times:

A Tale of Paradise, Parking Lots and My Mother's Berkeley Backyard — Plans to build apartments have sparked a fight between progressive newcomers and nostalgic old-timers — with surprising allegiances in a writer's hometown. — In the late 1960s, in the neighborhood where I grew up …

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:

Ron DeSantis says he will ‘destroy leftism’ in US if elected president — Governor makes remark to Fox News and predicts two White House terms should he defeat Trump for Republican nomination — Predicting two terms in the White House should he defeat Donald Trump for the Republican …

Discussion: The American Independent and Twitchy

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.

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Politico:

Ramaswamy fires consultants who worked simultaneously for LIV golf — Recent filings showed just how intertwined foreign entities and U.S. presidential politics can be. — Vivek Ramaswamy has fired one of the firms consulting for his presidential campaign after it was revealed that the firm …

The White House:

Statement by NSC Spokesperson Adam Hodge on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Space Launch — The United States strongly condemns the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its launch using ballistic missile technology, which is a brazen violation of multiple UN Security …

Discussion: Bloomberg

Rafael Bernal / The Hill:

Trump pledges to end birthright citizenship on first day in office — Former President Trump is returning to his calls to remove birthright citizenship, with his 2024 White House campaign on Tuesday announcing he will seek to end it via executive order on his first day in office.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command:

USINDOPACOM Statement on Unprofessional Intercept of U.S. Aircraft over South China Sea — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Public Affairs — A People's Republic of China J-16 fighter pilot performed an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver during the intercept of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft, May 26, 2023.

Discussion: CNN, CBS News, ABC News, Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera, Politico, Reuters, Bloomberg and The Daily Caller

Geraldo Cadava / New Yorker:

The Rise of Latino White Supremacy — At a time of rising racial violence, Latinos are potential perpetrators and potential victims. — On May 6th, a thirty-three-year-old Mexican American man named Mauricio Garcia shot and killed eight people at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »

Colleen Long / Associated Press:

US Border Patrol chief is retiring following end of Title 42 restrictions at US-Mexico border — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol is stepping down following major changes at the U.S.-Mexico border that came with the end of Title 42 pandemic restrictions. Chief Raul Ortiz said in a note …

Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller