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Exclusive: Mar-a-Lago pool flood raises suspicions among prosecutors in Trump classified documents case — An employee at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence drained the resort's swimming pool last October and ended up flooding a room where computer servers containing surveillance video logs were kept …
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New York Times:
Trump Lawyers Visit Justice Dept. as Classified Documents Inquiry Nears End — Three lawyers representing the former president spent nearly two hours there after requesting a meeting to discuss their concerns about the department's handling of the investigation.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Conservative Pundit Says 4 Things Show It's ‘Gotten Very, Very Real’ For Donald Trump
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump lawyers meet with DoJ to stave off indictment in Mar-a-Lago case
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CBS News:
Trump attorneys met at Justice Department for just under two hours
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Sarah Blaskey / Miami Herald:
Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges in DeSantis' migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard — A Texas sheriff's department has recommended that the district attorney in Bexar County bring criminal charges over the first iteration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' so-called migrant relocation program.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Watch: Republicans literally beg migrants not to leave Florida over DeSantis anti-immigration law — Florida Republicans on Monday met with migrants to urge them not to leave the state in the wake of a new anti-immigration law that is sparking boycotts of the state.
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New York Times:
Second Plane Carrying Migrants Arrives in Sacramento — As California officials accused Florida of shipping migrants to its capital city last week, about 20 more people, mostly from Venezuela, arrived on Monday on the same chartered plane. — Shawn Hubler reported from Sacramento …
Los Angeles Times:
Newsom threatens DeSantis with kidnapping charges after migrants flown to Sacramento — Gov. Gavin Newsom took his feud with Gov. Ron DeSantis to new heights on Monday, seemingly threatening him with kidnapping charges after California officials say South American migrants were sent to Sacramento …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges over flights to Martha's Vineyard
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Thomas Kika / Newsweek:
Republicans Urge Immigrants to Stay in Florida, Fearing New Law's Impact
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
White House website highlights infrastructure as Biden pushes policy wins — The White House on Tuesday is launching a website to map and track tens of thousands of infrastructure projects and private manufacturing investments, an effort by the administration to show the positive impact …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Biden campaign launches ad blitz capitalizing on debt ceiling deal
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National Review:
Yes, Biden Is Too Old to Serve as President
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Fox News Refuses To Run Snarky White House Comment In Story Criticizing Biden's Age
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The Debrief:
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin — A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact …
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Brian Entin / NewsNation:
Military whistleblower claims US has UFO retrieval program
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter — from the confirmation-idiocy dept — It is amazing the degree to which some people will engage in confirmation bias and believe absolute nonsense, even as the facts show the opposite is true.
Kristin Wilson / CNN:
Rep. George Santos' lawyer asks to keep bond cosigners' names sealed — Indicted Rep. George Santos' attorney has filed a letter asking the judge overseeing the New York Republican's case to keep the names of the people who put up his $500,000 bond sealed. — Attorney Joseph Murray objected …
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The Hill:
George Santos asks judge to keep sealed names of bail sponsors
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
George Santos begs court not to reveal who paid his $500,000 bond
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Washington Post:
FBI had reviewed, closed inquiry into claims at center of Hill fight — Republican lawmaker James Comer said he will still seek to hold the FBI director in contempt of Congress after viewing document in question — The FBI and Justice Department under then-Attorney General William P. Barr …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Is House Oversight's pressure on FBI just a Giuliani goose chase?
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Washington Post:
Chris Christie launching 2024 run as brawler eager to take on Trump — More than seven years after he ended his first campaign for president and swiftly endorsed Trump, Christie returns as a long-shot candidate in a growing Republican field — Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie …
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Sununu passes on 2024 to “have more credibility speaking out against Trump”
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S. — The school, which would offer online, Roman Catholic instruction funded by taxpayers, is almost certain to tee off a legal battle. — The nation's first religious charter school was approved in Oklahoma on Monday …
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Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
RFK Jr. Blames Anti-Depressants for School Shootings — “Prior to the introduction of Prozac, we had almost none of these events in our country,” Kennedy told Elon Musk … The environmental lawyer turned conspiracy theorist — now attempting to primary President Biden …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Fox News' favorite Democratic presidential candidate — Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Tesnim Zekeria — Fox News does not usually feature laudatory coverage of Democratic political candidates. There is an exception: Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who announced in April he was running for president in the Democratic primary.
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Punchbowl News:
6/6/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — THE TOP … Speaker Kevin McCarthy told us Monday that a supplemental spending package for Ukraine is “not going anywhere” in the House, essentially putting the brakes on any immediate plan to send more money to Kyiv — or get around new spending caps.
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Paul Sonne / New York Times:
Fake Putin Speech Calling for Martial Law Aired in Russia — The Kremlin said it was investigating what it called a “hack” after a bogus speech aired on some radio and television networks. — A faked declaration of martial law and military mobilization by President Vladimir V. Putin …
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New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War — Crucial Dam Destroyed on Southern Ukraine's Front Lines — President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia and convened the National Security Council. The damage threatened the safety of a nearby nuclear plant and forced the evacuation of thousands.
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Axios:
Team DeSantis bets big on angrier GOP base — Flush with $82.5 million that was just transferred from his state account, the super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is ready to spend huge sums on a bet that the Republican electorate in 2024 is angrier and more conservative than it was in 2016.
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Florida Politics and The Post Millennial
Washington Post:
Ukrainian forces advance on Russians, deny ‘counteroffensive’ has begun — KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's military made gains against Russian forces in multiple locations along the eastern front, the country's deputy defense minister said Monday, as an increasing cadence in combat operations raised speculation …
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Christopher Cann / Orlando Sentinel:
Republican prosecutor declined to pursue cases similar to those brought by DeSantis' election police — A Republican state attorney last May declined to prosecute six voter fraud cases that involved circumstances strikingly similar to the cases later brought against 20 ex-felons …
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Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal:
Former ByteDance Executive Claims Chinese Communist Party Accessed TikTok's Hong Kong User Data — Allegation is made in suit against TikTok parent company; ByteDance says it vigorously opposes the claim — A former executive at ByteDance, the parent company of the hit video-sharing app TikTok …
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