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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Prosecutors ready to ask for Trump indictment on obstruction and Espionage Act charges — The Independent has learned that prosecutors are prepared to ask grand jurors to vote on charges as early as Thursday — The Department of Justice is preparing to ask a Washington …
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John Solomon / Just The News:
Feds inform Trump he is target likely to be indicted as DOJ rebuffs prosecutorial misconduct claim — Federal prosecutors have notified Donald Trump that he is a criminal target and likely to be indicted imminently in a probe into alleged classified documents - even as the Justice Department declined …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Multiple witnesses subpoenaed in Florida in Trump Mar-a-Lago case — Involvement of top prosecutor Jay Bratt in the Florida grand jury could suggest questions about Espionage Act violations — Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed multiple witnesses to testify before a previously unknown grand jury …
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Washington Post:
Taylor Budowich appears before Miami grand jury in Trump documents probe — Former Trump spokesman was questioned in part about a statement Trump drafted on classified documents in early 2022 — A former aide to Donald Trump appeared Wednesday before a federal grand jury in Miami as part …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Former Trump aide appears before grand jury in classified documents probe
Former Trump aide appears before grand jury in classified documents probe
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Washington Post:
What to look for if Trump is indicted by the DOJ
What to look for if Trump is indicted by the DOJ
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The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The electoral threat of another Trump indictment
The electoral threat of another Trump indictment
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NBC News, The Hill, Vanity Fair, RedState, Townhall and BizPac Review
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Licht's Out — The embattled CNN C.E.O. will be leaving the company, and long-time beloved top executive Amy Entelis will steady the ship until Zaz picks a new leader. It's been a hell of a week since The Atlantic story dropped, and yet here goes another reinvention.
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New York Times:
Chris Licht Is Out at CNN — Mr. Licht had a turbulent tenure that lasted slightly more than a year. — Chris Licht, the former television producer who oversaw a brief and chaotic tenure as the chairman of CNN, is out at the network, according to a person briefed on the decision.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht is out — New York CNN — Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, will depart the company. — “I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN …
Semafor:
What the crisis at CNN means — Chris Licht will be stepping down as the CEO and Chairman of CNN. His departure was first reported by Puck News early Wednesday. — Amy Entelis, Virginia Mosely, and Eric Sherling will act as the network's interim leadership team, according to an email David Zaslav …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Chris Licht's Fundamental Mistake — The ousted CNN executive failed to grasp the altered landscape of American politics. — The precipitous fall of Chris Licht is just the sort of story that today's cable-news environment is best at covering: dramatic, messy, lurid, and ultimately lacking in much substance.
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Can anyone save cable news now? — Chris Licht will be stepping down as the CEO and Chairman of CNN. — Amy Entelis, Virginia Mosely, and Eric Sherling will act as the network's interim leadership team, according to an email David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, sent to the newsroom on Wednesday.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
DOJ charges 'Bob's Burgers,' ‘Arrested Development’ actor in Jan. 6 Capitol riot — Jay Johnston, an actor who appeared in many comedies, was arrested Wednesday and charged with felony obstruction of officers as well as several misdemeanor offenses. — WASHINGTON — A Hollywood actor who appeared on …
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Axios:
Scoop: Fox News says Tucker Carlson breached his contract — Fox News Wednesday notified Tucker Carlson's lawyers that the former prime-time anchor violated his contract with the network when he launched his own Twitter show on Tuesday, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios.
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Wall Street Journal:
Instagram Connects Vast Pedophile Network — The Meta unit's systems for fostering communities have guided users to child-sex content; company says it is improving internal controls — Instagram, the popular social-media site owned by Meta Platforms, helps connect and promote a vast network …
Robinson Meyer / Heatmap News:
The East Coast's Wildfire Smoke Is On Par With the West's Worst Days — Air pollution in New York and across the eastern United States, driven by an outbreak of wildfires across Quebec and Nova Scotia, has reached the worst level since 2005, when modern records began, according to a Stanford economist.
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Io Dodds / The Independent:
Tucker Carlson calls Ukraine's Jewish leader ‘rat-like’ as he launches new Twitter show with pro-Kremlin rant — The far-right former Fox News host also questioned the official story about 9/11 and claimed that the US media are covering up evidence of alien life
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News and Tucker Carlson both lose after his firing
Fox News and Tucker Carlson both lose after his firing
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Rolling Stone, MSN, New York Times, CNN, Trending Politics Conservative, HuffPost, Vanity Fair, The Hill, IJR, HotAir and CBS News
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Justice Thomas delays disclosures after reports of travel, property sale — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has asked for more time to file annual financial disclosures following criticism that he failed to report luxury travel and real estate deals with a Texas billionaire and Republican donor.
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Doug Burgum / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Running for President in 2024 — America needs new leadership to unleash our people's potential. — When Joe Biden released his video announcing his re-election campaign, it was shocking what was missing. He failed to articulate any economic vision for the country …
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Doug Burgum Could Surprise In The 2024 Republican Primary
Why Doug Burgum Could Surprise In The 2024 Republican Primary
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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, Morning Consult Pro, The Hill, NBC News, NPR and Washington Post
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
CNN's Chris Licht showed the problem with anti-woke centrism — In a roughly 15,000-word profile published last week by the Atlantic, CNN chief executive Chris Licht, who has complained that the network's journalists were too opinionated when Donald Trump was president, gave a lot of, well, opinions.
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TIME, National Review and Raw Story
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Comer releases contempt resolution targeting FBI Director Wray — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released a resolution Wednesday to hold FBI Director Christopher A. Wray in contempt of Congress for not fully complying with a subpoena. Comer said his panel would vote on the resolution Thursday.
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Jonathan Swan / New York Times:
Pence Delivers Strong Rebuke to Trump in Campaign Announcement — The former vice president — and now rival — to Donald Trump gave his most aggressive criticism of his former boss, portraying him as unfit to be president. — Reporting from Ankeny, Iowa
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Pence argues Jan. 6 is disqualifying for Trump as he launches campaign
Pence argues Jan. 6 is disqualifying for Trump as he launches campaign
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Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
The PGA Tour is calling this a victory, but something doesn't smell right — What's the going rate to turn an American executive into a boot boy for a despotic torturer such as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman? Just how worn out are the knees of PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan's pants legs?
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The Athletic, Awful Announcing, The Atlantic, Washington Free Beacon, Golfweek, New York Post, Boston Herald and Los Angeles Times
The Hill:
Conservative rebels throw House into limbo — A revolt from conservatives thrust the House floor into a state of limbo Wednesday, with leaders forced to delay a second try at advancing a rule GOP rebels shot down one day earlier. — The office of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) …
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Ken Paxton Impeachment Prosecutor: We've Got a Slam Dunk Case — Two defense attorneys tasked with nailing the Texas AG say the details are “astounding” and “ten times worse than [what] has been public.” — Famed criminal defense attorney Dick DeGuerin—who has represented clients ranging …
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Dallas Morning News, KXAN-TV and Bulwark+
Bloomberg:
Trust-Busters Have Some Concerns About the Big Golf Not-a-Merger — This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation's capital. Today, White House reporter Jordan Fabian and national security correspondent Anna Edgerton look at the how the PGA-LIV merger is playing in Washington.
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Francisco Guzman / USA Today:
Dead raccoon and racist, ‘intimidating’ sign left on front door of Oregon mayor's office — A dead raccoon and a sign with racist and “intimidating language” was left on the front door of an Oregon mayor's office Monday, authorities said. — Redmond Police Department detectives responded …
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Bend Bulletin, OPB and Associated Press
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Oncoming Train Wreck of Restarting Student Loan Payments — The administration has committed itself to a herculean task, partnering with private loan servicers that in the past have shown themselves to be utterly incompetent. — Graduates walk in a procession as they arrive …
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The Hill, Associated Press, Insider, Washington Post, New York Post, al.com and Reason
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 6, 2023 — Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. — Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Reuters, Washington Examiner, USA Today and Power Line
Wall Street Journal:
Canada Wildfires Rage as Blazes Get Bigger Across the World — Arctic region has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the world, increasing risk of fire in Northern Hemisphere forests — Wildfires like those ravaging Canada are becoming bigger and more frequent as forests around …
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Media Matters for America, National Review, Financial Times and Semafor
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Ron DeSantis' Approval Rating Has Collapsed — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has seen his approval rating fall dramatically two weeks after announcing his 2024 presidential bid. — According to online polling company Civiqs' dynamic approval rating graph, DeSantis currently has a net approval rating …
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Garcia honors ‘American phenomenon’ RuPaul on House floor — Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) paid homage to RuPaul Charles, the superstar drag queen and host of the reality series “RuPaul's Drag Race,” on the House floor Wednesday, praising the barrier-breaking performer and Emmy Award winner …
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NBC News and The Daily Caller