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12:50 PM ET, June 20, 2023

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Washington Post:
Hunter Biden reaches deal to plead guilty in tax, gun case  —  The president's son would get about two years probation and enter a diversion program, people familiar with the negotiations said  —  President Biden's son Hunter has reached a tentative agreement with federal prosecutors …
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New York Times:
The outcome focused attention on whether Hunter Biden got a better deal than the average person would get.  —  Under a deal with the Justice Department, the president's son agreed to probation for filing his taxes late, and he can avoid a charge that he lied about his drug use when he purchased a handgun.
New York Times:
Hunter Biden Reaches Deal with Justice Dept. on Tax and Gun Charges  —  Under a deal with the Justice Department, the president's son agreed to probation for filing his taxes late, and he can avoid a charge that he lied about his drug use when he purchased a handgun.
Associated Press:
Robert Hunter Biden  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department, according to a letter filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
NBC News:
Hunter Biden expected to plead guilty to tax-related misdemeanor crimes as part of a plea agreement
Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
Who is David Weiss, the US attorney overseeing Hunter Biden criminal probe?
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump classified documents trial date set for Aug. 14  — A Florida federal judge scheduled the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump for his alleged illegal retention of classified government documents to begin Aug. 14.  — But legal experts do not expect the trial to begin so early.
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New York Times:
Trump Says ‘Secret’ Document He Described on Tape Referred to News Clippings
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Fox's Brit Hume Torches Trump's Explanations for Why He Took Documents: They ‘Verge on Incoherent’
Sam Stein / Politico:
Trump: I was too busy to sort through the boxes I took to Mar-a-Lago
Yael Halon / Fox News:
Trump addresses reluctance to hand over documents in first interview since indictment
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Trump says he will try to unilaterally cut government spending if elected president  —  The Scoop  —  Donald Trump is vowing to upend the decades-old law limiting the ability of presidents to unilaterally withhold federal spending if he is elected to another term, setting …
Discussion: The Hill
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Almost a third of Americans still believe the 2020 election result was fraudulent
Discussion: IJR and American Wire News
Luiza Ilie / Reuters:
Romanian prosecutors send Andrew Tate to trial for human trafficking  —  Romanian prosecutors sent divisive internet personality Andrew Tate, his brother Tristan and two other suspects to trial on Tuesday on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
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Politico:
Playbook: Dems salivate as McCarthy caters to the right  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TOP-ED — “The Truth About the Trump Indictment,” by BILL BARR in The Free Press: “For the sake of the country, our party, and a basic respect for the truth …
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
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Christopher Kane / Washington Blade:
RFK Jr. claims chemicals in the water are turning boys transgender
Discussion: Newsweek
Washington Post:
Gov. Ron DeSantis used secretive panel to flip state Supreme Court  —  Leonard Leo, the key architect of the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority, led the advisers who helped DeSantis reshape the state court  —  For decades, the ambitions of Florida's Republican governors were stymied by the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court.
Reuters:
Titanic tourist sub missing for third day with five aboard  —  A submersible taking wealthy tourists to visit the site of the Titanic wreckage in deep waters off the coast of Canada was missing for a third day on Tuesday, as U.S. and Canadian ships and planes swept a huge area trying to find the vessel.
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Associated Press:
Rescuers race against time to find the missing sub in the Atlantic bound for the Titanic site
New York Times:
Why the Search for the Missing Sub Will Be Difficult
CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump's GOP support appears to soften post-indictment, but he holds lead in primary field  —  Former President Donald Trump's support appears to have softened following his indictment and arrest on federal charges, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns  —  Details of the former president's agreement to work with a Saudi firm to develop a hotel and golf complex overlooking the Gulf of Oman highlight the ways his business and political roles intersect.  —  Reporting from Yiti, Oman
Discussion: Raw Story
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Revealed: New Orleans archdiocese concealed serial child molester for years  —  Lawrence Hecker confessed to superiors he had molested multiple teenagers but he was never prosecuted, secret documents show  —  The last four Roman Catholic archbishops of New Orleans went to shocking lengths …
Tina Reed / Axios:
Scientists on Twitter head for the exit  —  A feud broke out on Twitter over the weekend between popular podcaster Joe Rogan and prominent vaccine researcher Peter Hotez, with the podcaster challenging the scientist to a debate about vaccines in an online skirmish that drew fire from a few billionaires.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Doug Ducey targets free enterprise voters  —  Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is launching a national grassroots effort to find, register and educate voters who are willing to fight for free enterprise, Axios has learned. … - Ducey wants to build a 50-state organization that focuses …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Richard Wolin / Los Angeles Review of Books:
To Sanitize the Master's Corpus: On the Heidegger Hoax  —  THE PHILOSOPHER Martin Heidegger's influence has been enormous.  Richard Rorty once justifiably claimed that it would be impossible to write the intellectual history of the 20th century without acknowledging Heidegger's titanic impact.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-Funded Scientist Among Three Chinese Researchers Who Fell Ill Amid Early Covid-19 Outbreak  —  Identification of three who worked at Wuhan Institute of Virology fuels suspicion for proponents of lab-leak theory  —  A prominent scientist who worked on coronavirus projects funded …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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John Fritze / USA Today:
Supreme Court declines appeal from Christian school fighting transgender housing
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and IJR
David Gilbert / VICE:
Inside Moms for Liberty's Close Relationship With the Proud Boys
Discussion: Raw Story
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Republican's non-profit paid PR firm that also represents her for-profit work
Kimberly Guilfoyle / Washington Times:
MAGA hat stays on: The people choose their president, not the federal bureaucracy
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Sen. Marco Rubio / Washington Examiner:
The Left's civic religion is a threat to national security
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Wall Street Journal:
Beijing Plans a New Training Facility in Cuba, Raising Prospect of Chinese Troops on America's Doorstep
 

 
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A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

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News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Bloomberg:
A look at Crunchyroll's challenges, including current and former employees saying its management is out of touch, as Disney and Netflix's expand into anime
 
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