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Washington Post:
FBI resisted opening probe into Trump's role in Jan. 6 for more than a year — In the DOJ's investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for a task force focused on people in Trump's orbit — Hours after he was sworn in as attorney general …
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The WaPo Shows There Should Be More Scrutiny of Steve D'Antuono — The WaPo has a story that many Merrick Garland attackers claim confirms their fears about the DOJ investigation. Except the story has really important gaps, most importantly in its portrayal of the fake electors investigation …
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge issues order that Trump keep quiet about disclosure of discovery material issued in classified documents case — A magistrate judge has signed off on special counsel Jack Smith's request that former President Donald Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta be prohibited from disclosing information …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Judge orders Trump not to disclose evidence in classified documents case — Special counsel Jack Smith sought the protective order last week. — A federal judge on Monday approved a protective order sought by special counsel Jack Smith to keep former President Donald Trump …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How Classified Evidence Could Complicate the Trump Documents Case
How Classified Evidence Could Complicate the Trump Documents Case
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Judge orders Trump not to disclose evidence in documents case
Judge orders Trump not to disclose evidence in documents case
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Andrew McMillan / WSOC-TV:
Lawsuit alleges NC House Speaker had affair, sex with people seeking political favor — RALEIGH — A detailed lawsuit filed by a former Apex City Councilman claims that North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland County) started an affair with his wife and engaged in group sex with other people seeking political favor.
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
North Carolina GOP House Speaker ‘engaged in group sex with people seeking political favor’: lawsuit — The Republican Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives is being accused to using his position to secure sexual favors. — As WSOC-TV reports, a new lawsuit filed …
Lucille Sherman / Axios:
NC House Speaker accused of sexual relationship with state employee
NC House Speaker accused of sexual relationship with state employee
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Gareth Evans / BBC:
Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way — A submersible used to take people to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean. — The Boston Coastguard told BBC News that a search and rescue operation was under way off the coast of Newfoundland.
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Call is Coming from Inside the House — The new anti-Trumpers … — William Barr, Donald Trump's Attorney General — Happy Monday. — As I've warned you before, the new anti-Trump coalition will require a healthy gag reflex because it could include many of Trump's worst enablers.
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William P. Barr / The Free Press:
Bill Barr: The Truth About the Trump Indictment
Bill Barr: The Truth About the Trump Indictment
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize the deteriorating ties between the US and China — The United States and China have pledged to stabilize their badly deteriorated ties during a critical visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election — A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics. — On Capitol Hill and in the courts …
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Progress Pond, Election Law Blog, Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump rips Quinnipiac, Fox News over poll — Former President Trump tore into Quinnipiac and Fox News over a poll showing him trailing President Biden in a head-to-head matchup. — “The Quinnipiac Poll FoxNews keeps showing on “TRUMP” vs. Biden is not just an old Poll, it is a BAD Poll,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.
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Michael Lind / New Statesman:
The 15-minute city is a working-class nightmare — A car-free lifestyle is only possible for those whose profession and income permit it. — Is there a global conspiracy to confine people to “15-minute cities”? At the recent UK local elections, MPs and councillors heard this message from voters.
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NBC News:
Evangelicals supported Trump because he ‘gave voice’ to their frustrations, Pence says — Evangelicals lent their support to Donald Trump because he “gave voice” to their frustrations, despite the former president's personal behavior straying from traditional evangelical values, said former Vice President Mike Pence.
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Tim Nudd / Ad Age:
Bud Light's struggles have been a ‘wake-up call,’ says AB InBev CMO at Cannes — Marcel Marcondes says the brewer's goal is to ‘celebrate and appreciate every consumer that loves our brands’ — Anheuser-Busch InBev's top global marketer on Monday addressed the backlash to Bud Light's use …
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Europe has fallen behind America and the gap is growing — From technology to energy to capital markets and universities, the EU cannot compete with the US — The Ukraine war has revived the transatlantic alliance. But the relationship between the US and its European allies is increasingly lopsided.
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Shira Kadari-Ovadia / Haaretz:
'I'll Blow It Up': Far-right MKs Threaten Summer Camp for Israeli and Palestinian Orphans — At a Knesset Education Committee meeting, coalition MKs slam a youth village for renting its complex to host a summer camp for bereaved Israeli and Palestinian children, warning that ‘this government will respond’
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The Times of Israel
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Why Robert Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden — The unexpected polling strength of an anti-vaccine activist with a celebrated Democratic lineage points to the president's weaknesses, which his team is aiming to shore up. — Reporting from Washington
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Jewish teacher resigns after antisemitic harassment from 12-year-old student — A Jewish middle school teacher in Massachusetts has resigned after facing antisemitic harassment by a 12-year-old student - who allegedly made Nazi jokes and sent him a drawing of Adolf Hitler.
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Glen OwenDaily Mail / PerthNow:
Chinese military scientist Zhou Yusen ‘thrown to his death’ at Wuhan lab for leaking COVID lab information — A Chinese military scientist who was reportedly thrown to his death from the roof of a Wuhan institute is at the centre of mounting evidence that the COVID pandemic resulted from a lab leak.
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Washington Post, National Review and New York Post
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
House GOP moves to ban public access to service members' military records — The proposal comes after the Pentagon erroneously released the personal information of several Republican politicians who were current or former members of the armed forces. — House Republicans are attempting …
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The Messenger
Jeffrey Clark / Fox News:
Pro-life leader Lila Rose calls Trump unqualified to lead despite Roe overturn: Can't have ‘blind loyalty’ — 'President Trump's unmatched record speaks for itself—nominating pro-life federal judges and Supreme Court justices that overturned Roe v. Wade,' Trump spokesperson says
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Forbes and The Daily Caller
Fox News:
New York DA Alvin Bragg sued after refusing to release Trump prosecution records — The conservative think tank filing the lawsuits suspects Bragg ‘coordinated’ with the DOJ, the White House and a Democratic lawmaker — FIRST ON FOX — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is facing …
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Washington Examiner and The Gateway Pundit
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrat Donor Arrested for Starting Massive Fire Democrats Blamed on Climate Change — Several firefighters injured in ‘ginormous’ blaze; suspect also donated to the Lincoln Project … Democratic politicians had insisted climate change was to blame for the blaze, which destroyed …
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The Gateway Pundit and New York Post
Cassidy Morrison Senior / Daily Mail:
American Medical Association says BMI is ‘racist’ because measurement was designed based on white bodies in the 19th century — The major medical group says BMI is too broad to reflect an individual's health — It was is based on non-Hispanic white bodies and doesn't consider other races
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The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit