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Anna Bower / Lawfare:
What Actually Happened at Trump's Arraignment? — Monday afternoon around 12:00 p.m. finds me outside the entrance to the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. federal courthouse in Miami-where Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at 3:00 pm. Like a lot of journalists …
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New York Times:
Trump has legal options in the case, but they might face challenges. — Trump Pleads Not Guilty in Documents Case — Donald J. Trump, the first former president to be charged with federal crimes, was arraigned on 37 counts related to his handling of classified documents.
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New York Times:
After Trump's 2nd Indictment, His 2024 Presidential Campaign Trudges On — On the calendar for the Republicans' 2024 front-runner: rallies and primaries mixed with court dates. — Reporting from Bedminster, N.J. — Donald J. Trump went to bed Tuesday night, on the eve of his 77th birthday …
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The Hill, Insider and Florida Politics
Washington Post:
Trump greets arraignment with showmanship in bid to upstage charges — The former president, in growing legal peril, faced down the most serious threat to his personal liberty and political future like just another day on the campaign trail — BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Former president Donald Trump faced …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
A Grim Donald Trump, President No Longer, Is Humbled in the Courtroom — He and Jack Smith, the special counsel, were 20 feet from each other. But they exchanged not a word during their first, nearly hourlong encounter. — A grim Donald J. Trump leaned back from the defendant's table inside …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Wanted Courthouse Protests but Instead Got MAGA Misfits — Trump has a 3 p.m. court date. The theatrics started hours earlier—and protesters found a familiar boogeyman to blame for low attendance. — MIAMI, Florida—Protesters assembled outside the federal courthouse here on Tuesday …
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Miami Herald:
‘Food for everyone.’ Trump detours to Versailles to court Hispanic voters after arraignment
‘Food for everyone.’ Trump detours to Versailles to court Hispanic voters after arraignment
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Clay Higgins Insists He Was Trying To Calm Trump Supporters Down, Not Rile Them Up
Clay Higgins Insists He Was Trying To Calm Trump Supporters Down, Not Rile Them Up
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Associated Press:
Eric Trump accompanies father to federal courthouse | Live updates
Eric Trump accompanies father to federal courthouse | Live updates
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Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence Reads the Trump Indictment — He 'can't defend' the conduct but thinks the case is also political. — By The Editorial Board — Tap For Sound — As Mike Pence walked into the Journal's New York conference room Tuesday afternoon, the cable-TV chyron was carrying news from South Florida …
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Michael Bekesha / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Boxes and Clinton's Sock Drawer — A president chooses what records to return or keep and the National Archives can't do anything about it. — Although the indictment against Donald Trump doesn't cite the Presidential Records Act, the charges are predicated on the law.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Self-Destructive Donald Trump — The document indictment is misguided, but he made it easier for his enemies, as he always does. — By The Editorial Board — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges on Tuesday, with the typical array of supporters and opponents.
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Tampa Bay Times and WFLA-TV
NBC News:
Republicans privately acknowledge Trump's legal woes are serious this time — Many GOP operatives who spoke with NBC News said the federal indictment is serious — and could cause problems for the party. — It's long been Republican orthodoxy that no matter what Donald Trump does, the GOP base will stick with him.
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden orders DNC and reelect to remain silent about Trump's indictment — Some allies see a missed opportunity by going quiet. — President Joe Biden and his top aides have taken a vow of silence on the federal indictment of his predecessor, Donald Trump — and have explicitly ordered …
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Nick Mourtoupalas / Washington Post:
The next steps after Trump's classified documents indictment, explained
The next steps after Trump's classified documents indictment, explained
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Rubio was right about Trump in ways he doesn't want to talk about
Rubio was right about Trump in ways he doesn't want to talk about
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Judge allows E. Jean Carroll to amend her defamation lawsuit to seek more damages against Trump — A federal judge will allow E. Jean Carroll to amend her original defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to include comments he made at a CNN town hall.
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Ethan Strauss / The Free Press:
The NCAA Has a ‘Hot Girl’ Problem — We're in the Cavinder Twins' apartment eight floors above the sun-dappled sprawl of South Florida. A blender whirrs, mixing kiwi-yogurt-almond butter smoothies. A photographer takes pictures. A representative from the Twins' sports-marketing agency …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats meet with anti-Trump conservatives to fight No Labels 2024 bid — Biden allies seek to undermine an effort they see as a threat to the president's reelection — Top Democratic strategists, including current advisers to President Biden and former U.S. senators …
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Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89 — “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders. — Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia …
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Los Angeles Times:
L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price charged with embezzlement and perjury — Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price was charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a years-long parade of elected city officials …
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Insider's top editor caught tearing down union posters in NYC as strike drags on — The top editor of the Insider news site was caught on video bicycling around Brooklyn and tearing down pro-union posters as a labor strike dragged into its second week. — In the video obtained by The Post …
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
After Brinkmanship Over Debt, House GOP Tees Up Potentially $1 Trillion In Tax Cuts — House committee approves bills to extend parts of the temporary tax cuts approved in 2017. — Less than two weeks after the end of the debt limit fight that Republicans said they started because they worried …
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Newswise:
AMA strengthens its policy on protecting access to gender-affirming care — Endocrine Society-proposed resolution passes with overwhelming support in House of Delegates — Newswise — CHICAGO—The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates today passed the Endocrine Society's resolution …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Warned Ukraine Not to Attack Nord Stream — CIA pressed Kyiv weeks before explosions sabotaged the natural-gas pipelines bringing Russian gas to Europe — The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency warned the Ukrainian government not to attack the Nord Stream gas pipelines last summer …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House to consider resolution to censure Adam Schiff — The House is looking to consider a resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) this week after a Republican lawmaker moved to force a vote on the measure. — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House fails to override Biden veto on DC accountability bill — The House on Tuesday failed to override President Biden's veto of a resolution that would block Washington, D.C.'s police accountability bill from taking effect. — The chamber voted 233-197 to override Biden's veto, which was short of the two-thirds support needed.
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Bloomberg:
Geneva Vote Targets Richest 1% With $475 Million of New Taxes — For a few thousand millionaires in Geneva, a regional vote in the next few days could have a lasting impact on their wallets. — The June 18 ballot will ask citizens in the affluent lakeside city-canton whether to slap an extra …
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden grins, chuckles when asked about alleged tapes of him getting bribed — WASHINGTON — President Biden acted amused Tuesday when asked about the alleged existence of audio recordings of himself and the Ukrainian businessman who allegedly bribed him while he was vice president.
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John Murawski / RealClearInvestigations:
Queering Jesus: How It's Going Mainstream at Progressive Churches and Top Divinity Schools — Vignettes from progressive Christianity today: — A Presbyterian church goes viral online for marking the Transgender Day of Visibility with a public prayer to the “God of Pronouns.”
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Forget ‘small-town values.’ We need candidates with big-city values. — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum did not announce his bid for the GOP presidential nomination by grabbing a guitar and crooning out the chorus to John Mellencamp's “Small Town,” but he came awfully close.