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Trump rejected lawyers' efforts to avoid classified documents indictment — The former president was not interested in attempting to negotiate a settlement in the classified documents investigation — One of Donald Trump's new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022 …
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Will Walt Nauta flip? Trump keeps valet close as question hovers over the case. — From military valet to co-defendant, the remarkable rise of Trump's body man could be his downfall — The night before pleading not guilty to federal charges that he broke the law dozens of times by keeping …
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New York Times:
Judge in Trump Documents Case Has Scant Criminal Trial Experience — Judge Aileen M. Cannon, under scrutiny for past rulings favoring the former president, has presided over only a few criminal cases that went to trial. — Michael S. Schmidt reported from New York, and Charlie Savage reported from Washington.
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Tom Ginsburg / Persuasion:
Jack Smith Changed My Mind On Prosecuting Trump — Since at least the first impeachment proceeding against him in 2019, and accelerating after January 6, 2021, the country has been considering whether Donald Trump ought to be prosecuted for various misdeeds.
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Washington Times, The American Spectator, Media Matters for America and Al Jazeera
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Simple Test — What if Donald Trump were someone else? — Two weeks ago, a federal judge sentenced Robert Birchum, a former Air Force lieutenant colonel, to three years in jail for removing hundreds of secret documents from their authorized locations and storing them in his home and officer's quarters.
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Washington Post:
Trump centers campaign on his prosecution, vilifying legal system — The former president has redefined the stakes of his campaign and has misrepresented facts and law — BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Donald Trump is seeking to present the next election as a stark choice: whether to return to power …
Craig Fuller / Washington Post:
A No Labels candidate would likely throw the election to Trump — Al From, founder of the Democratic Leadership Council and author of “The New Democrats and the Return to Power,” is an adjunct professor of graduate studies in government at Johns Hopkins University.
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Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
Pardoning Is Not Enough: We Must All Perform Seppuku for Donald Trump — Some people have been skeptical about the presence of motivational speaker/venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race. My colleague Charlie Cooke cruelly accused him of “not really running for president.”
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
In Legal Peril, Trump Tries to Shift the Spotlight to Biden
In Legal Peril, Trump Tries to Shift the Spotlight to Biden
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Is Already Declaring the 2024 Election Rigged
Fox News Is Already Declaring the 2024 Election Rigged
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Jason Willick / Washington Post:
The Trump indictment has a silver lining for Republicans in 2024
The Trump indictment has a silver lining for Republicans in 2024
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Mike Ives / New York Times:
Fox News Chyron Calls Biden a ‘Wannabe Dictator’
Fox News Chyron Calls Biden a ‘Wannabe Dictator’
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ABC News:
Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of Jordan Neely — Neely's death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner. — A grand jury has indicted former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
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New York Post:
Daniel Penny faces up to 15 years on 2nd-degree manslaughter charge in chokehold death of Jordan Neely — A grand jury has indicted former Marine Daniel Penny for the chokehold killing of homeless man Jordan Neely during a subway confrontation last month, sources have told The Post …
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Grand Jury Votes to Indict Daniel Penny in Subway Chokehold Killing
Grand Jury Votes to Indict Daniel Penny in Subway Chokehold Killing
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NBC Boston:
Feds: Human brains, skin stolen from Harvard morgue, sold on black market — A group of people stole and sold off human remains from Harvard Medical School's morgue, federal prosecutors say, with a grand jury indicting the morgue's manager and his wife, among others.
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Remembering Robert Gottlieb, Editor Extraordinaire — At Knopf and The New Yorker, Gottlieb was an editor of unexampled accomplishment—someone who seemed to have read everything worth reading and to have published a fair amount of it, too. — Early this year, Film Forum …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Miami GOP Mayor Francis Suarez jumps into presidential race — He is the third candidate from Florida running for the GOP nomination. — Miami GOP Mayor Francis Suarez filed federal paperwork Wednesday to join the crowded Republican field for president, becoming the third candidate from Florida running for the GOP nomination.
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Rose Horowitch / NBC News:
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez files for 2024 presidential bid
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez files for 2024 presidential bid
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Adriana Gomez Licon / Associated Press:
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez enters crowded GOP presidential race days after Trump's indictment
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez enters crowded GOP presidential race days after Trump's indictment
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Anika Hope / WESH-TV:
Farmers Insurance Group stops writing new property policies in Florida — Hide Transcript Show Transcript — We are almost two weeks into hurricane season. That means now is the time to make sure your property insurance is taken care of. — But we're learning there is just one less option in the Florida market.
US Department of Justice:
U.S. Marine, 2nd Man Arrested on Federal Charges Stemming from Firebombing of Planned Parenthood Clinic in Orange County — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California — SANTA ANA, California - Special agents with the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service …
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James Gant / Daily Mail:
White Starbucks manager who ran Philly store where two black men were refused access to bathroom - sparking protests - is awarded $25M as jury finds she was fired because of her race — Shannon Phillips won her lawsuit against the coffee giant and got $25.6million
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Republicans Acknowledge Biden Bribe Audio Might Not Exist — The alleged Joe Biden bribe was allegedly caught on tape — but nobody can say if either allegation is true. — WASHINGTON — Several Republicans said this week that they don't know if there really are tapes of Joe Biden talking about taking a bribe.
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Stacey Sager / abc7NY:
Babylon Town Council candidate poses naked behind screen door of house, shocking residents — For the past two months, the 63-year-old Kevin Sabella Sr. has stood without clothes behind the screen door of his house, for all who pass to see. Stacey Sager interviews shocked residents.
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Anne Laurent / ABC News:
2 Americans found dead in hotel room in Baja California Sur, Mexico: Police — The local attorney general is overseeing the investigation. — Two Americans were found dead in their hotel room in Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Tuesday, local police told ABC News.
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U.S. Central Command:
F-22 Raptors Demonstrate Air Superiority in CENTCOM — TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors deployed to U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility as part of a multifaceted show of U.S. support and capability in the wake of increasingly unsafe and unprofessional behavior by Russian aircraft in the region.
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Nearly a year later, most Americans oppose Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe — A growing majority of Americans support legal abortion in at least the early months of pregnancy, but the public has become more politically divided on the issue, according to a new Gallup poll.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Broader Support for Abortion Rights Continues Post-Dobbs
Broader Support for Abortion Rights Continues Post-Dobbs
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New York Times:
Hoping to Avert Nuclear Crisis, U.S. Seeks Informal Agreement With Iran — The talks reflect a resumption of diplomacy between the United States and Iran after the collapse of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal. — Michael Crowley reported from Washington, Farnaz Fassihi from New York and Ronen Bergman from Tel Aviv.
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Preston Padden / The Daily Beast:
Former Fox Executive: Is It Time for the FCC to Take a Close Look at Rupert Murdoch's Licenses? — A judge found Fox News knowingly broadcast fake news. Will the feds do anything about it? … As Tucker Carlson said almost nightly on his Fox News show, “I'm just asking the question!”
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Michigan city votes against allowing Pride flags on public property after contentious council meeting — The city council in Hamtramck, Michigan, says Pride flag ban is about respecting religious rights of its citizens — A Michigan city near Detroit has decided against allowing Pride flags …
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Associated Press:
Climate protesters throw paint and glue at Monet painting in Swedish museum — Two women were detained in Stockholm after they threw “some kind of paint” at a painting by French artist Claude Monet and then glued themselves to the frame, Sweden's National Museum said Wednesday.
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Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:
Amazon Locks Man Out Of Smart Home Devices Over False Racism Claims — Amazon locked a Microsoft engineer out of his smart home devices for nearly a week after a delivery driver accused him of uttering a racial slur. — According to a June 4 blog post on Medium, Brandon Jackson found himself locked …
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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Google hosts, profits from fake abortion clinic ads: report — Google is profiting from ads placed by anti-abortion groups for so-called crisis pregnancy centers that pose as reproductive healthcare clinics but aim to dissuade pregnant people from accessing abortion care, according to a report released Thursday.
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Man who wanted to kill gay people when he opened fire in a small Montana town is sentenced to 18 years — No one was struck in the shooting in 2020 in Basin, population around 200, but officials say John Howald shot up one home and intended a mass killing. — A Montana man who fired …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: White House elbows back on “MAGA” Hatch Act violation — The White House will continue to use the term “MAGA” a week after the independent Office of Special Counsel (OSC) declared that doing so is a violation of the Hatch Act, according to a new memo obtained by Axios.
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Community outrage after Burlington, MA Middle School students counter-program Pride celebration — I guess it's taken as a given now that Middle Schoolers should be encouraged to celebrate Pride month. That's certainly the case in Burlington, Massachusetts where on June 2 the school encouraged students …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
In Big Win For Progressives, Senate Confirms Dale Ho To Be A Federal Judge — Ho, one of the nation's leading voting rights attorneys, squeaked through without any GOP support. — The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Dale Ho to a lifetime federal judgeship, a major victory for progressives …
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