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8:50 AM ET, June 14, 2023

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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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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 …
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 …
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.
Miami Herald:
‘Food for everyone.’ Trump detours to Versailles to court Hispanic voters after arraignment  —  Trump supporters gathered at Versailles late Tuesday afternoon to get a glimpse of the former president as he pulled up to the famed Cuban restaurant and bakery, walked in and shook hands …
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.
Discussion: Mediaite, Tampa Bay Times and WFLA-TV
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 …
Washington Post:
The Republican road map to punishing the Justice Department  —  with research by Tobi Raji and Matt Viser  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  The Congressional Baseball Game is tonight at Nationals Park.  The Democrats are the underdogs.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Mike Pence Makes Apparent U-Turn on Trump Indictment
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
New York Times:
Seeking Latino Support, Trump Raises Specter of Latin American Corruption
Discussion: Bulwark+ and The Hill
NBC News:   After more legal trouble, Trump follows a familiar playbook: Play the victim
Nick Mourtoupalas / Washington Post:
The next steps after Trump's classified documents indictment, explained
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
What Will Come From This Indictment  —  In the two places we call America …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Clay Higgins Insists He Was Trying To Calm Trump Supporters Down, Not Rile Them Up
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
Eric Trump accompanies father to federal courthouse | Live updates
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 …
Discussion: VICE, The Hill, emptywheel and CNN
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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.
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 …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Haley ‘inclined in favor’ of Trump pardon
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Truthout
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 …
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 …
Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Joe Manchin vows to fight Biden's war on appliances: ‘Not supporting any of the craziness’  —  'In our committee, we're not supporting any of the craziness,' Manchin tells Fox News Digital  —  EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is pushing back against the Biden administration's regulations …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Hunter Biden Ghosted Baby Mama During Pregnancy, Texts Show  —  President's crackhead son yanked health insurance from mistress shortly after birth of daughter  —  For months in 2018, a very pregnant Lunden Alexis Roberts was unable to reach Hunter Biden, the father of her soon-to-be-born daughter.
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 …
 
 
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