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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.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
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 …
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NBC News:
Far-right members, unhappy with debt deal, float threatening McCarthy's speakership — On a Monday night call, a member of the Freedom Caucus brought up using a rule that would force a vote to remove the speaker, two sources familiar with the call told NBC News.
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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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Politico:
House conservative threatens to push ousting 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 has triggered Kevin McCarthy's biggest fear — threats to oust him from the speakership.
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USA Today:
‘Betrayal’: McCarthy faces revolt from GOP conservatives over debt limit deal with Biden
‘Betrayal’: McCarthy faces revolt from GOP conservatives over debt limit deal with Biden
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
First Republican publicly supports ousting McCarthy as Speaker
First Republican publicly supports ousting McCarthy as Speaker
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Eli Okun / Politico:
Playbook PM: Conservatives roar on debt ceiling and McCarthy
Playbook PM: Conservatives roar on debt ceiling and McCarthy
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PoliticusUSA, The Gateway Pundit and Political Wire
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.
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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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New York Times:
Live Updates: Drone Strikes Damage Buildings in Moscow as Kyiv Is Hit Again
Live Updates: Drone Strikes Damage Buildings in Moscow as Kyiv Is Hit Again
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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.
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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.
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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.
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Auto-CR Dilemma — Today's X-Date: If the debt ceiling deal passes, the military budget goes up and IRS funding gets slashed.
The Auto-CR Dilemma — Today's X-Date: If the debt ceiling deal passes, the military budget goes up and IRS funding gets slashed.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Biden won't claim debt ceiling win, because he must play the owned lib
Biden won't claim debt ceiling win, because he must play the owned lib
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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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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.
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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") …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Debt-Ceiling Deal Bought Biden Time at a Terrible Long-Term Cost … The simplest way to understand the debt-ceiling agreement is that the two parties were focused on different, orthogonal objectives. Democrats wished to minimize the direct harm of the terms of the deal itself to vital government programs …
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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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Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal:
China, India Kick Out Nearly All of Each Other's Journalists as Rivalry Escalates — Rift that opened with deadly border clash deepens as neighbors deny reporter visas — SINGAPORE—India and China have ejected each other's journalists in recent weeks, virtually wiping out mutual media access …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
GOP Oversight chair to launch contempt proceedings against FBI director — House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he plans to bring contempt of Congress proceedings against FBI Director Christopher Wray after the FBI refused to comply with a subpoena from the committee.
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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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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
11-month-old girl dies after left in car for 3 hours while parents went to church: Police — The incident occurred in Palm Bay, Florida. — An 11-month-old baby girl has died after being left in a car for three hours while her parents attended a Florida church service, police said.
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 …
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Biden Accuser Tara Reade Claims She Fled to Russia Fearing for Her Life — In a Russian state TV interview alongside accused Kremlin spy Maria Butina, former Biden assistant Tara Reade said she was feeling “at home” and “lucky” in Moscow. — Tara Reade, a former Senate aide …
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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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Politico:
Two top Ramaswamy aides worked simultaneously for LIV golf — Recent filings show just how intertwined foreign entities and U.S. presidential politics can be. — Two top Vivek Ramaswamy advisers were simultaneously earning money through the Saudi government's public investment fund …
Brian Deese / New York Times:
The New Climate Law Is Working. Clean Energy Investments are Soaring. — Last summer, in a meeting with business and labor leaders as Congress prepared to vote on the landmark Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden argued that it would result in “the largest investment ever in clean energy …
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Christopher Brito / CBS News:
Iranian model who wore noose dress at Cannes says she wanted to highlight “wrongful executions” in her country — The Iranian model Mahlagha Jaberi said she wore a dress with a noose-like design on the red carpet at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on Friday because she wanted to call attention to …
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The Daily Caller, New York Post and IJR
Russell Falcon / The Hill:
Chick-fil-A DEI hire sparks calls for boycott — (NEXSTAR) — Chick-fil-A's newest big hire — a vice president of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) — has some conservative groups calling for a boycott. The fast food giant has been a favorite among many over the years …