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New York Times:
Trump did not have a mug shot taken when he was booked. — Trump Pleads Not Guilty in Documents Case — Donald J. Trump, the first former president to be charged with federal crimes, appeared in court in Miami on charges related to his handling of classified documents.
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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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Talking Points Memo, The Messenger, Vanity Fair, Breitbart, The Root, Fox News, Raw Story, UPROXX and Forbes
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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Insider:
Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court for his blockbuster Mar-a-Lago documents case — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in court after surrendering to US Marshals Tuesday. — He's the first ex-president to be charged in federal court — and now the first to enter a plea.
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NBC News, The Hill, Bloomberg, Deadline, Associated Press and NBC New York
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Trump's strategy to defuse court's “rocket docket” — Southern Florida's federal courts are known as a “rocket docket” for their speedy trials, but former President Trump's legal team is likely to unleash a flurry of motions and challenges to delay his criminal trial there, former Trump lawyers say.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's tortured defense of Trump points to a coming GOP split
Jim Jordan's tortured defense of Trump points to a coming GOP split
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CNN, Bloomberg, Bulwark+, Raw Story, The Hill, BizPac Review, New Republic, The National and NPR
Odette Yousef / NPR:
Trump is calling for support for his court appearance. The far right may stay away
Trump is calling for support for his court appearance. The far right may stay away
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Washington Examiner, USA Today, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, NBC 6 South Florida, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump scrambles to find lawyer before first federal court appearance
Trump scrambles to find lawyer before first federal court appearance
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Rolling Stone, Forbes, Raw Story, Bulwark+, Vanity Fair, Hackwhackers, Reason, Mother Jones, NBC Bay Area, emptywheel, New York Times, CNBC, Eschaton, Political Wire and Vox
Howard Cohen / Miami Herald:
Live updates: Trump arrives in downtown Miami from Doral for his court appearance
Live updates: Trump arrives in downtown Miami from Doral for his court appearance
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HuffPost, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Politico, Deadline, Boston Herald, American Wire News, CBS News, Metro.co.uk and NBC 6 South Florida
Luke Funk / The Messenger:
White House Condemns ‘Disrespectful’ Trans Model for Baring Breasts at White House Pride Event — “Individuals in the video will not be invited to future events,” a White House spokesperson tells The Messenger of the footage Rose Montoya posted to social media
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Daily Mail, The Post Millennial, Twitchy, Fox News and The Daily Caller
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Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
White House bans ‘disrespectful’ topless trans influencer Rose Montoya — The White House has banned trans influencer Rose Montoya after she flashed her breasts at President Biden's pride party — blasting the stunt as “inappropriate and disrespectful.” — Montoya, 27, was barred …
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How Republicans are stitching their own straitjacket on Trump indictment — The Republican response to Donald Trump's latest criminal indictment offers a clear test of the famous saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and hoping for a different result.
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The Daily Beast, Fox News, The Hill and Raw Story
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CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie
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The Dispatch, Washington Post, LifeNews.com, HotAir, New Jersey Online, The Messenger, The Daily Beast, USA Today, Raw Story, Washington Times and The Hill
Analisa Novak / CBS News:
Paul Ryan: Trump's “baggage” makes him “unelectable,” indictment goes beyond “petty” politics
Paul Ryan: Trump's “baggage” makes him “unelectable,” indictment goes beyond “petty” politics
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill and Breitbart
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Aileen Cannon should not preside over the Trump trial
Aileen Cannon should not preside over the Trump trial
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Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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Bloomberg Law, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and Political Wire
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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Raw Story, PinkNews and The Messenger
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Freedom Caucus adds new members in the wake of House floor rebellion — Reps. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) and Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) are joining the conservative bloc after some of its members mounted a high-profile protest against GOP leaders. — After hardline House conservatives aggravated GOP leaders …
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HotAir and Political Wire
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Republicans in Disarray — The temper tantrum on House floor votes masks a much more consequential lack …
Republicans in Disarray — The temper tantrum on House floor votes masks a much more consequential lack …
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Washington Examiner and Balkinization
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Inside the room: GOP tensions erupt after House floor protest
Inside the room: GOP tensions erupt after House floor protest
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The Hill, CNN and Political Wire
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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New York Times, HuffPost, Politico and The Daily Caller
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Ron DeSantis Is Picking Some Strange Battles
Ron DeSantis Is Picking Some Strange Battles
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Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Military.com, New York Magazine, New York Post, The Daily Caller, USA Today, Insider, The Hill and Florida Politics
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
In home state flex, Tim Scott shares names of 69 donors on SC finance committee
In home state flex, Tim Scott shares names of 69 donors on SC finance committee
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Associated Press, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Starbucks Denies Union Allegations of a Ban on Pride Decorations — Starbucks has banned Pride decorations in stores halfway through Pride Month, the company's workers union claimed Tuesday. If true, it would be a stunning cave to far-right anti-LGBTQ fury—but the coffee chain denies that any such policy is in place.
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise
Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise
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The Messenger, The Hill, Fox News, PJ Media, TheBlaze, Louder With Crowder, American Greatness, Washington Free Beacon, New York Post, Twitchy, IJR, RedState, KTLA, HotAir and BizPac Review
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How secure is an event space's bathroom door, really? A brief review. — There was a bit of a crisis at my home a few months ago. My 6-year-old son figured out there was a button on the handle of the bathroom door and so he pressed it. Then he came out of the bathroom and closed the door …
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Geoffrey Dickens / Newsbusters:
Nets Spend 291 Minutes On Trump Indictment, 0 Seconds On Biden Burisma Bribery
Nets Spend 291 Minutes On Trump Indictment, 0 Seconds On Biden Burisma Bribery
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Washington Examiner, The American Spectator, Forbes, Boston Herald, The Federalist, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Reuters, HotAir and TheBlaze
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
McCarthy defends Trump with odd comments about bathroom locks
McCarthy defends Trump with odd comments about bathroom locks
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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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HotAir, The American Independent, Florida's Voice, acecomments.mu.nu and Breitbart
Jane Lee / Media Matters for America:
Fox News welcomes swastika-wielding teacher as the latest anti-trans culture warrior — On June 12, Fox News' Jesse Watters hosted Glendale, California, teacher Ray Shelton, who was placed on leave following a school board meeting where he held up a swastika sign and then went on an anti-trans …
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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Michigan Advance, Election Law Blog and The Daily Caller
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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Jay Caspian Kang / New Yorker:
What Was Nate Silver's Data Revolution? — Silver, a former professional poker player, was in the business of measuring probabilities. Many readers mistook him for an oracle. — Political journalism suffers from a central contradiction: elections are finicky things …
NBC News:
Nevada ‘fake electors’ appear before D.C. grand jury investigating Jan. 6 — Even as Trump is set to appear in court in Miami in the classified documents probe, a grand jury investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election is continuing in Washington, D.C.
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