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Washington Post:
Trump scrambles to find lawyer before first federal court appearance — In familiar predicament for famously challenging client, multiple Florida lawyers decline to take Trump's case, people familiar with the matter say — Donald Trump spent the day before his historic appearance …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump finds no new lawyers for court appearance in Mar-a-Lago case — Exclusive: Trump is expected to be represented by existing lawyers Todd Blanche and Chris Kise — Donald Trump is expected to be represented at his first court appearance to face federal criminal charges …
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Rolling Stone:
Inside the Implosion of Trump's Mar-a-Lago Legal Team — At a time of peak legal peril for the former president, his attorneys had the knives out — for each other … The clashes were dramatic enough that Friday, hours before Trump's federal indictment in the Mar-a-Lago documents probe was unsealed …
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CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president “angry” and “vengeful” and accusing him of “vanity run amok” within the event's opening minutes.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's tortured defense of Trump points to a coming GOP split — To hear MAGA Republicans tell it, the indictment of Donald Trump for mishandling national security secrets is one of the most grotesque injustices in U.S. history. They have called for mass protests, vowed “war” …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The DOJ Went Easy on Trump for Political Reasons — Donald Trump has once again handed his Republican apologists an unenviable assignment. — The Justice Department charged the ex-president last Thursday with willfully retaining national security secrets in violation of the Espionage Act and conspiring to obstruct justice.
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Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell, GOP allies steer clear of defending Trump on indictment
McConnell, GOP allies steer clear of defending Trump on indictment
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Bloomberg and Political Wire
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
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National Review and Rolling Stone
Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Georgia's GOP governor calls Trump indictment a “distraction”
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How Republicans are stitching their own straitjacket on Trump indictment
How Republicans are stitching their own straitjacket on Trump indictment
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Geraldine DeRuiter / Washington Post:
We need to talk about Trump's bathroom chandelier
We need to talk about Trump's bathroom chandelier
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Christie says conduct alleged in Trump indictment ‘awful,’ says ‘lot more information to come’
Christie says conduct alleged in Trump indictment ‘awful,’ says ‘lot more information to come’
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Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Biden's Banana Republic — Fact? Hillary Clinton broke the law in handling her emails. No indictment. — President Joe Biden (The White House) — It was amazing to see Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointed special counsel, Jack Smith, step in front of the cameras …
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Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump Threatens To ‘Go After’ Biden Through Special Prosecutor If Reelected
Trump Threatens To ‘Go After’ Biden Through Special Prosecutor If Reelected
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Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Magistrate to preside over Trump's arraignment, not controversial Judge Aileen Cannon
Magistrate to preside over Trump's arraignment, not controversial Judge Aileen Cannon
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How a Trump-Appointed Judge Could Influence His Documents Case
How a Trump-Appointed Judge Could Influence His Documents Case
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Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
A Day of Infamy: Trump Arraigned
A Day of Infamy: Trump Arraigned
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Madison Reeve / Castanet.net:
Girl, 9, accused of being trans at Kelowna track meet — CHILD ACCOSTED AT TRACK MEET — Two Kelowna moms are speaking out after their 9-year-old daughter was verbally assaulted at a track and field event on Thursday at Kelowna's Apple Bowl. — The mothers, who choose not to identify their daughter …
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
DeSantis-world bemoans crowded GOP field — The News — Ron DeSantis' supporters are grumbling that the larger GOP field is complicating their path in South Carolina, where two of the early primary state's highest profile politicians, Senator Tim Scott and former governor Nikki Haley, are in the race.
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Philip Wegmann / Real Clear Politics:
EXCLUSIVE: The DeSantis Plan To Wage War on ‘Weaponized’ DOJ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been working for months on plans to tear down and rebuild both the Department of Justice and the FBI, consulting with experts and members of Congress to develop a “Day One” strategy to end …
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Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
In home state flex, Tim Scott shares names of 69 donors on SC finance committee — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is boosting his political capital in his home state, unveiling a list of 69 influential South Carolina donors who will take a leading role in fundraising in the crucial “First in the South” presidential primary state.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
'Trump can't win': Koch network releases ads targeting ex-president — The political arm of the network backed by billionaire Charles Koch is releasing a slate of digital ads in key states aimed at former President Donald Trump. — The ads argue a Trump nomination in 2024 would effectively give President Joe Biden a second term.
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Shia Kapos / Politico:
No Labels likely to back off third party bid if DeSantis emerges as GOP nominee — The centrist group considers under what conditions it would back out. — CHICAGO — The centrist political organization No Labels has defended its third-party presidential bid by insisting there's …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rose at a 4% annual rate in May, the lowest in 2 years — WATCH NOW — The inflation rate cooled in May to its lowest annual rate in about two years, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. — The consumer price index, which measures changes in a multitude of goods and services …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Grassley: Burisma executive who allegedly paid Biden has audio recordings of conversations with Joe, Hunter — Biden was allegedly paid $5M by a high-level Burisma executive as part of a bribery scheme — Sen. Chuck Grassley said Monday that the Burisma executive who allegedly paid Joe Biden …
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise — Locations in at least five states were evacuated this weekend, and no explosives were discovered — Target stores in at least five states were evacuated this weekend after receiving bomb threats.
Roland Li / San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Westfield giving up S.F. mall in wake of Nordstrom closure, plunging sales and foot traffic — Westfield is giving up its namesake San Francisco mall in the wake of Nordstrom's planned closure, surrendering the city's biggest shopping center to its lender after foot traffic and sales plunged during the pandemic.
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Odette Yousef / NPR:
Trump is calling for support for his court appearance. The far right may stay away — When former President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social platform on Friday, “SEE YOU IN MIAMI ON TUESDAY!!!,” the call eerily echoed the tweets with which he summoned his supporters to Washington, D.C., in the lead-up to Jan. 6, 2021.
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New York Times:
N.Y.P.D. Commissioner Keechant Sewell to Resign — Ms. Sewell, who was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams in 2022, announced her decision on Monday. She did not provide a reason for her departure. — Keechant Sewell, commissioner of the New York Police Department, said Monday she would resign …
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Zoe Greenberg / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Two Rhode Island officials visited Philly. They were so rude their state launched two separate investigations. — The trouble between Philadelphia and the state of Rhode Island began in early March.That's when two Rhode Island officials came to tour Bok, the former South Philly vocational school …
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