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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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CBS News, Outside the Beltway, FactCheck.org, The Atlantic, New York Times, HuffPost and PolitiFact
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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.
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Tampa Bay Times, Forbes and WFLA-TV
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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NBC News, New York Times, Washington Examiner, CNN, The Post Millennial, The Guardian, Forbes, USA Today, New York Post, HuffPost and The Hill
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.
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Raw Story, Slate, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, USA Today and HuffPost
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.
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New York Post and The Hill
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 …
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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Mother Jones, RedState, Twitchy, IJR, al.com, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, The Wrap, The Hill, HuffPost and Fox News
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump would burn America before facing justice
Trump would burn America before facing justice
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Los Angeles Times, Magnolia Tribune, The American Spectator, New York Times and Washington Times
Eric Lach / New Yorker:
Is Donald Trump Scared?
Is Donald Trump Scared?
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Althouse, Informed Comment, HuffPost, Bloomberg, Denver Post, Breitbart, NBC News, Washington Post and The Guardian
Jess Bidgood / MSN:
As GOP candidates evoke Reagan, Michigan Republicans say the future is Trump, indictments and all
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Mike Pence Makes Apparent U-Turn on Trump Indictment
Mike Pence Makes Apparent U-Turn on Trump Indictment
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CNBC, Raw Story, Washington Examiner and NBC News
Joseph Moreno / Washington Examiner:
Just as Trump has forsaken the law, Republicans should forsake him
Just as Trump has forsaken the law, Republicans should forsake him
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New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times and American Greatness
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
Fox News chryon text called Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ who got ‘his political rival arrested’ during broadcast of Trump's post-courtroom speech
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Morning Shots, Deadline, Mediaite, The Guardian, New Republic, Rolling Stone, Washington Examiner, Forbes and Political Wire
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Most Republicans in Biden-won districts don't want to talk about Trump indictment
Most Republicans in Biden-won districts don't want to talk about Trump indictment
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Washington Examiner, Frontpage Mag, Vox, Raw Story, Politico, Not the Bee, Fox News, Louder With Crowder, Breitbart, The Post Millennial, The Daily Caller, Boston Herald and Forbes
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
What Will Come From This Indictment — In the two places we call America …
What Will Come From This Indictment — In the two places we call America …
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Washington Monthly
David Corn / Mother Jones:
No Labels Is Helping a Firm that Raises Money for Right-Wing Extremists — The self-proclaimed centrist group is using a vendor that assists election deniers, MAGA Republicans, and the radical Trump right. — No Labels is a political outfit that hails political centrism, calls for bipartisanship …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats meet with anti-Trump conservatives to fight No Labels 2024 bid — Biden allies seek to undermine an effort they see as a threat to the president's reelection — Top Democratic strategists, including current advisers to President Biden and former U.S. senators …
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Washington Examiner, NBC News, Election Law Blog, Politico, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, ABC News, New York Times and Daily Kos
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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Politico, Washington Examiner, National Review, ABC News, The Hill, Washington Times, The Guardian, Balkinization and UPI
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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 …
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emptywheel, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, VICE and CNN
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
A Grim Donald Trump, President No Longer, Is Humbled in the Courtroom
A Grim Donald Trump, President No Longer, Is Humbled in the Courtroom
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Letters from an American, Semafor, Insider, Althouse, PoliticusUSA and Washington Examiner
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Idaho Republican to hold up arms sale to Hungary for delaying Sweden's NATO entry — Sen. Jim Risch (Idaho), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he will hold up a $735 million arms sale to Hungary until it drops its opposition to Sweden joining NATO, of which Hungary is a member.
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Reuters, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Bloomberg, Politico, Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish Minute and New York Times
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Is ‘No Nudity on the White House Lawn’ Really Too Much to Ask? — On the menu today: Sure, it's just one social-media influencer who chose to bare breasts on the White House lawn during the Pride event on Saturday. But perhaps it is what inevitably happens when people are bombarded with messages to …
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The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Daily Mail, Washington Blade, TIMCAST, RedState, TheBlaze and New York Post
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 …
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Breitbart, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera, Lawyers, Guns & Money, UPI and Washington Post
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 …
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Talking Points Memo
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.
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Reuters, Bloomberg and CleanTechnica
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?
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Washington Free Beacon, Fortune, The Daily Caller, National Review and WFLA-TV
Peter Smith / Associated Press:
Southern Baptists refuse to let Saddleback Church back into the denomination for women pastors — The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors.
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New York Times, Orange County Register, Jezebel, Not the Bee, ABC7, al.com, Mercury News and Religion News Service
Aylin Woodward / Wall Street Journal:
A Moon of Saturn Has All the Ingredients Needed for Life — Data from NASA spacecraft revealed phosphorus is present in the subsurface ocean of Enceladus — A salty ocean hidden under the icy shell of a tiny moon orbiting Saturn has all the key building blocks of life, suggesting the world is habitable, according to new research.
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Metro.co.uk and The Atlantic
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As more schools target ‘Maus,’ Art Spiegelman's fears are deepening — Right-wing culture warriors pushing restrictions on classroom instruction sometimes defend these measures by insisting that they avoid targeting historically or intellectually significant material.
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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RedState, nationalinterest.org, The Daily Caller, The Times of Israel, Washington Examiner, The Iran Primer, Bloomberg and Reuters
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Washington Post:
How much did Congress lose by defunding the IRS? Way 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.
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Fox News
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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The Hill and The Messenger
Selene San Felice / Axios:
7 years after Pulse, Florida Republicans and LGBTQ+ community at odds — In his first year as governor, Ron DeSantis began what some Floridians thought might be a legacy of allyship with the LGBTQ+ community — a promise and a handshake in a visit to the Pulse Nightclub memorial in Orlando.
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