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EXCLUSIVE: Trump captured on tape talking about classified document he kept after leaving the White House — Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document …
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Prosecutors have recording of Trump discussing sensitive Iran document — The July 2021 recording could undercut key defense claims that Trump declassified or didn't know about the documents — Special counsel Jack Smith has obtained a 2021 recording in which Donald Trump appears to brag …
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Trump Was Taped Discussing Sensitive Document He Had Kept After Leaving Office — Federal prosecutors obtained the recording as part of their investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents. — Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump's handling …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump regretted not declassifying retained military document in recording — Federal prosecutors have obtained audio in which the former president acknowledged he retained a classified paper on Iran — Federal prosecutors obtained audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting where Donald Trump suggested …
Axios:
Scoop: Jeffries, McCarthy cut side-deal to save debt ceiling bill — Andrew Solender- Juliegrace Brufke — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) quietly cut a deal for Democrats to vote to advance the bipartisan debt ceiling bill to a final vote …
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McCarthy proves his naysayers wrong — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defied his critics to win the speaker's gavel, then did it again in striking a debt deal with President Joe Biden. Now he and his allies are taking a victory lap. — WASHINGTON — Critics doubted Kevin McCarthy could win …
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NBC News:
A break-glass option, gumbo and a bike ride: How the debt ceiling deal got done — A House vote Wednesday capped a 36-day scramble at the White House and on Capitol Hill to avert economic catastrophe ahead of the default deadline on Monday. — Right up until the end …
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Reuters:
US debt ceiling bill passes House with broad bipartisan support — A divided U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Wednesday, with majority support from both Democrats and Republicans to overcome opposition led by hardline conservatives and avoid a catastrophic default.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling bill heads for House passage after clearing key test vote — Despite opposition from Republican hard-liners, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has projected confidence that the bill will pass the House on a bipartisan vote expected Wednesday.
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Politico:
Playbook: How McCarthy and Biden both won the debt deal — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — STRANGE BEDFELLOWS — “Supreme Court's expansion of gun rights could be good news for Hunter Biden,” by Betsy Woodruff Swan — WHOSE ‘CULTURE OF LOSING’ IS IT?
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Bloomberg:
Debt-Limit Deal Wins House Passage, Easing US Default Concerns
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rand Paul to force Senate vote on potential cuts to Social Security, Medicare
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Washington Post:
Debt ceiling bill passes House, moves to Senate as deadline nears
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The Daily Beast:
Kevin McCarthy's GOP Critics Say He'll Be the One to Pay for the Debt Deal
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Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Manchin could get a gas pipeline out of the debt ceiling deal, and environmental advocates are livid
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CNN:
Inside a debt ceiling standoff ‘far more dangerous than people will recognize’
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Robinson Meyer / Heatmap News:
The Real Climate Defeat in the Debt Ceiling Deal
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Rolling Stone:
Inside Trump and DeSantis' Ugly Feud Over The Babylon Bee — The former president has an extremely online army, but sources tell Rolling Stone that Team DeSantis has tried to peel off influencers, offering access and (in one case) a job … But behind the scenes, the Republican rivals …
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In Iowa, DeSantis Signals the Start of a Slugfest With Trump
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
There is no defense for Trump's attack on Kayleigh ‘Milktoast’ McEnany
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Axios:
Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His team won't say — Some presidential candidates struggle to nail their message. Ron DeSantis is struggling to nail his NAME. … - The video announcing his presidential campaign. — A radio interview in South Carolina, in which he told listeners to go to “RonDee-Santis.com.”
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Mike Allen / Axios:
🐊 2. DeSantis quandary on name — Some presidential candidates struggle to nail their message. … - In the early days of his presidential campaign, DeSantis has gone back and forth between pronouncing his name Dee-Santis and Deh-Santis, Axios' Alex Thompson and Sophia Cai report.
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NBC News:
Pentagon leaders cancel drag show at a Nevada Air Force base — The show at Nellis AFB in celebration of Pride Month was approved by Air Force leaders, but Defense Secretary Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Milley said no. — Pentagon leaders have stepped in to stop a drag show scheduled …
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Oren Liebermann / CNN:
Pentagon cancels drag show at Air Force base as Pride Month begins
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Natasha Lennard / The Intercept:
Atlanta Police Arrest Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters — Part of a brutal crackdown on dissent against the police training facility, the SWAT raid and charges against the protest bail fund are unprecedented. — On Wednesday morning, a heavily armed Atlanta Police Department SWAT team raided …
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules New Abortion Bans Unconstitutional — Oklahoma's Supreme Court said on Wednesday that two laws passed last year that ban most abortions are unconstitutional. — But the ruling does not affect a law passed in 1910 which still prohibits most abortions in the state …
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Jury finds Danny Masterson guilty on 2 counts in rape retrial — The “That '70s Show” actor was accused of raping three women. — A Los Angeles jury has found former “That '70s Show” actor Danny Masterson guilty of two counts of forcible rape in a retrial of a case involving three women.
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Could Hunter Biden be the next poster child for Second Amendment rights? — The president's son is under investigation for potentially breaking the law banning drug users from owning guns - but the law's constitutionality faces growing challenges. — Hunter Biden could soon find himself …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Inside the disturbing investigation of Mika Westwolf's death — In the early hours of March 31, Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman, was fatally struck by a Cadillac Escalade while walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 93 in Montana. The driver of the vehicle was Sunny White …
Andrew Cohen / Berkeley Law:
Chesa Boudin Brings a Lifetime of Experience to Lead New Criminal Law & Justice Center — Chesa Boudin has spent his whole life grappling with incarceration and its far-reaching implications. As the founding executive director of Berkeley Law's new Criminal Law & Justice Center …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on House Passage of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement — Tonight, the House took a critical step forward to prevent a first-ever default and protect our country's hard-earned and historic economic recovery. This budget agreement is a bipartisan compromise.
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Jared Szuba / Al-Monitor:
US not notified yet of UAE's withdrawal from Gulf maritime coalition — The announcement that the UAE had withdrawn its participation in the Combined Maritime Forces coalition appears to be Abu Dhabi's latest signal to Washington that it wants serious dialogue on security guarantees.
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BBC:
Ukraine war: Children die in new missile attack on Kyiv — Two children and an adult died, and more than a dozen people were injured, in a new night-time missile attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say. — Russia has been subjecting the Ukrainian capital to regular aerial attack with missiles and drones.
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Associated Press:
DOJ sues coal firms owned by Jim Justice's family — Thank you for signing up! — The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Energy and Environment newsletter — DOJ announces civil action against coal mines owned by West Virginia governor's son
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NBC News:
A verified AOC parody account got a boost from Elon Musk's Twitter — The account impersonating the congresswoman was suspended in 2019. Musk brought it back and helped it go viral. — A verified Twitter account mocking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has skyrocketed in followers …
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Washington Post:
Biden shows growing appetite to cross Putin's red lines — Despite warnings that arming Ukraine will start a world war, President Biden continues to push the Russian leader's limits — a strategy that brings risk and reward — President Biden's decision last month to help Ukraine obtain …
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NBC News:
‘Trump Bucks’ retailers' websites taken down, days after being exposed for selling bogus currency — “Now if they could be arrested and put behind bars!” one buyer said. — The companies who appear to have swindled supporters of former President Donald Trump out of tens of thousands …
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