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10:45 AM ET, June 14, 2023

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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.
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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 …
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.
NBC News:
Republicans privately acknowledge Trump's legal woes are serious this time  —  Many GOP operatives who spoke with NBC News said the federal indictment is serious — and could cause problems for the party.  —  It's long been Republican orthodoxy that no matter what Donald Trump does, the GOP base will stick with him.
Sinéad Baker / Insider:
Fox News chryon text called Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ who got ‘his political rival arrested’ during broadcast of Trump's post-courtroom speech  — A Fox News chyron called Biden a “wannabe dictator ” who had “his political rival arrested.”  — The text accompanied footage of Trump speaking …
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Mike Pence Makes Apparent U-Turn on Trump Indictment  —  ALMOST THERE  —  Former vice president Mike Pence made an apparent U-turn in his thoughts on the indictment of his onetime boss, Donald Trump—telling The Wall Street Journal's Editorial Board on Tuesday that he “can't defend” …
Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story and NBC News
Jess Bidgood / MSN:
As GOP candidates evoke Reagan, Michigan Republicans say the future is Trump, indictments and all  —  SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The federal criminal indictment of former president Donald Trump has set up an extraordinary confrontation between President Biden's administration and the front-runner …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
What Will Come From This Indictment  —  In the two places we call America …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden orders DNC and reelect to remain silent about Trump's indictment
New York Times:
A Deflated, Low-Energy Trump, Now Twice-Indicted at 77: ‘Some Birthday’  —  He grumbled about his arraignment.  He ate McDonald's.  Then he went back to his New Jersey club for an event that was a blend of a summer garden wedding and a political victory party.  —  Reporting from Bedminster, N.J.
Discussion: The Hill and Insider
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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 …
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 …
Eric Lach / New Yorker:
Is Donald Trump Scared?  —  At the former President's indictment in Miami on Tuesday, it was impossible to say whether his fate was more likely to be a return to the White House—or prison.  —  For long stretches during former President Donald Trump's arraignment in Miami on Tuesday afternoon …
Politico:
Playbook: Scenes from a presidential arraignment
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Miami Herald:
‘Food for everyone.’ Trump detours to Versailles to court Hispanic voters after arraignment
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Judge allows E. Jean Carroll to amend her defamation lawsuit to seek more damages against Trump
New York Times:
Seeking Latino Support, Trump Raises Specter of Latin American Corruption
Discussion: Bulwark+ and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Launches Quiet Diplomatic Push With Iran to Cool Tensions  —  Talks in Oman seek release of American prisoners as Iran wants billions of dollars trapped overseas  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has quietly restarted talks with Iran in a bid to win the release of American prisoners held …
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Jack Smith's indictment unmasks Trump as a complete and utter buffoon  —  The emperor has no clothes, but he does have boxes in his bathroom.  —  Aaron Rupar and davidrlurie  —  ∙ Paid … The greatest political gift for Donald Trump's Republican rivals this primary cycle …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Rebels Are Breaking the Rule on Rules, Upending How the House Works  —  Those challenging Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the far right are violating a longstanding House tradition, fundamentally changing the nature of the chamber in ways that point to major dysfunction ahead.  —  Reporting from Capitol Hill
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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 …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Larry Summers Was Wrong About Inflation  —  There aren't many Americans who've benefited from the past two years of inflation.  But Larry Summers is probably one of them.  —  In February 2021, the celebrated economist warned that Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was excessively large …
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Leader says Belarus now has Russian nuclear weapons, wouldn't hesitate to use them  —  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that his country has received Russian nuclear weapons and would not hesitate to use them if provoked.  —  “We have got the missiles and bombs from Russia …
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 …
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.
Jennifer Maloney / Wall Street Journal:
Bud Light Loses Title as Top-Selling U.S. Beer  —  What if the Most Powerful Way to Live Longer Is Just Exercise?
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Sesame Allergy Sufferers Wanted Warning Labels.  They Got More Sesame.  —  Required to label sesame in food, some companies chose to add the food allergen  —  Congress passed legislation intended to make life better for people allergic to sesame seeds.  Instead, it made things worse.
Washington Post:
Congress just cut IRS funding.  It costs even more than we thought.  —  The White House and Congress recently agreed to claw back more than $20 billion earmarked for the Internal Revenue Service.  This deal was, ostensibly, part of a grand bargain to reduce budget deficits.
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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NBC News:
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