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11:00 PM ET, June 14, 2023

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Washington Post:
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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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.
Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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.
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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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.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
In Legal Peril, Trump Tries to Shift the Spotlight to Biden
Mike Ives / New York Times:
Fox News Chyron Calls Biden a ‘Wannabe Dictator’
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Garland defends special counsel, Trump classified-documents probe
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Why CNN and MSNBC Didn't Carry Trump's Post-Arraignment Speech Live
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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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Is About to Have His Wile E. Coyote Moment  —  The double-indicted ex-president will soon look down to discover he's over the cliff and there's nothing and no one left to support him. … Donald Trump is rapidly approaching his Wile E. Coyote moment.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Self-Destructive Donald Trump
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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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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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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Ed Shanahan / New York Times:
White Starbucks Manager Fired Amid Furor Over Racism Wins $25 Million
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Broader Support for Abortion Rights Continues Post-Dobbs  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — After rising to new heights last year, Americans' support for legal abortion remains elevated in several long-term Gallup trends.  — A record-high 69% say abortion should generally be legal in the first three months of pregnancy.
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Nearly a year later, most Americans oppose Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe
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.
CNN:
US deploys fighter jets to Middle East after ‘unsafe and unprofessional behavior’ by Russian planes  —  The US military deployed F-22 fighter jets to the Middle East this week due to concerns about ‘unsafe and unprofessional behavior,’ by Russian aircraft, the US military announced on Wednesday.
Discussion: Politico and Al-Monitor
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U.S. Central Command:
F-22 Raptors Demonstrate Air Superiority in CENTCOM
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 …
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.
Discussion: KION546
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.
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 …
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Gross Spectacle of Murder Fandom  —  After four University of Idaho students were killed, TikTok and Reddit sleuths swarmed the campus.  The community is still struggling with the wreckage they left behind.  —  The reporters arrived in news vans and satellite trucks that trundled …
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!”
Discussion: Raw Story
Christina Buttons / Reality's Last Stand:
BREAKING: Second Lawsuit Filed in US Against Medical Transition of Minors  —  Layla Jane accuses the defendants of “gross negligence” that led to permanent disfigurement.  —  Reality's Last Stand is a reader-supported publication.  Please consider becoming a paying subscriber or making …
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Tesla's “Self-Driving” System Never Should Have Been Allowed on the Road  —  Elon Musk's automatic driving technology seems to be roughly an order of magnitude more deadly than human drivers.  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seen during a meeting with France's Finance Minister Bruno Lemaire outside Paris, France, on May 15, 2023.
Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg
Ed Erikson / Free Speech For People:
Government Watchdog Calls for Recusal of Judge Cannon from United States v. Donald Trump  —  Letter to Chief Judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida urges her to exercise her authority under federal law and internal court procedure to reassign the case if Judge Cannon does not recuse herself in ten days
Discussion: The Dispatch and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
Emily Kopp / U.S. Right to Know:
State Department cables: Wuhan Institute of Virology conducted classified research  —  Three previously unreleased State Department cables obtained by U.S. Right to Know include new information about classified research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  —  One cable alleges evidence …
 
 
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The Russian Soldier Who Surrendered to a Ukrainian Drone
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Sophie Tatum / The Messenger:
Donald Trump Can't Vote for Himself in Florida if He's Convicted Before the 2024 Election
NBC News:
Bill Cosby sued in Nevada by 9 women who accuse him of sexual assault
Discussion: TMZ.com and KLAS
Rasmussen Reports:
Election Integrity: Most Voters Expect Cheating Will Affect 2024 Outcome
 Earlier Items: 
Max Bearak / New York Times:
The U.S. Is Paying Billions to Russia's Nuclear Agency. Here's Why.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House blocks resolution to censure Adam Schiff
Kerry Byrne / Fox News:
White House flew controversial new transgender flag that troubles some critics in the gay community
Discussion: WKBN-TV, Mediaite and KTLA
David Corn / Mother Jones:
No Labels Is Helping a Firm that Raises Money for Right-Wing Extremists
Discussion: Political Wire and Balloon Juice
 

 
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Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
New emails released as part of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI show Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever had serious concerns about Sam Altman as early as 2017

Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia:
Biden admin finalizes its $6.6B CHIPS Act grant to TSMC; money will be disbursed in stages and TSMC is expected to receive at least $1B by the end of 2024

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+
 
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