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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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New York Times:
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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Scott Wong / NBC News:
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
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Politico:
Playbook: How McCarthy and Biden both won the debt deal
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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Senate leaders stress time crunch as they prepare for debt ceiling bill
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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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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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Washington Post:
Debt ceiling bill passes House, moves to Senate as deadline nears
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Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Joe Biden just proved his critics wrong — again
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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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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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Mediaite
New York Times:
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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Oren Liebermann / CNN:
Pentagon cancels drag show at Air Force base as Pride Month begins — The Pentagon forced an Air Force base in Nevada to cancel a drag show at the start of Pride Month that had already been approved, according to three officials familiar with the situation.
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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 …
Washington Post:
In a deep red Florida county, a student-teacher revolt shames the right — By now, it's obvious that the reactionary culture warriors who want to reshape American education are inspiring a serious liberal counter-mobilization in response. Remarkably, this backlash to the backlash …
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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.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Kari Lake Is Appealing Her Election Loss Again — ‘NEVER BACK DOWN’ — Pathological election denier Kari Lake on Wednesday announced that she is once again mounting a legal challenge against her loss in 2022's Arizona gubernatorial elections. Speaking ahead of her “Defend America” …
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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Military.com:
Poisoned Water: How a Navy Ship Dumped Fuel and Sickened Its Own Crew — Barely clothed Marines huddled exhausted next to their coffin-style bunks stacked to the ceiling below deck on the USS Boxer after midnight in March 2016. They were extremely tired after a long day resupplying their ship …
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Aide fired by George Santos says he got his job after sending money to Republican's deputy — A man who briefly worked as an aide to U.S. Rep. George Santos says he got his job after sending a series of payments to one of the Republican's top deputies. Derek Myers, 31, told staff …
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 …
Washington Post:
Iran plans to escalate attacks against U.S. troops in Syria, documents show — Covert plan to kill Americans is seen as part of a larger Russian-backed strategy to oust the United States from Syria — Iran is arming militants in Syria for a new phase of lethal attacks against U.S. troops in the country …
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The Times of Israel
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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New York Times
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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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 …
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