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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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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Hunter Biden charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally having a weapon  —  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.
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.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump compares Hunter Biden charges to ‘traffic ticket’  —  Former President Trump and his allies on Tuesday bemoaned a plea deal struck between Hunter Biden and federal prosecutors over tax and firearm crimes, comparing it unfavorably to the charges Trump is facing over his retention of classified documents after leaving office.
The Hill:
McCarthy doubles down on Biden family probes after Hunter guilty plea deal
CNBC:
Hunter Biden to plead guilty to federal tax crimes, take deal on gun charge
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
House Oversight chairman vows to keep investigating Hunter Biden despite ‘sweetheart plea deal’
NBC News:
Hunter Biden expected to plead guilty to tax-related misdemeanor crimes as part of a plea agreement
Annie Grayer / CNN:
Republicans on Capitol Hill criticize DOJ charges against Hunter Biden and vow to continue investigating the president's son
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
DOJ criminal probe into Hunter Biden ‘resolved,’ lawyer says
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
Who is David Weiss, the US attorney overseeing Hunter Biden criminal probe?
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.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill and FiveThirtyEight
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.
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:
Judge in Trump Documents Case Sets Tentative Trial Date as Soon as August
New York Times:
Trump Says ‘Secret’ Document He Described on Tape Referred to News Clippings
Associated Press:
Lawyer Eastman faces disciplinary hearing over plot to keep Trump in power after 2020 election loss  —  An effort to disbar conservative attorney John Eastman, who devised ways to keep President Donald Trump in the White House after his defeat in the 2020 election, will begin Tuesday in Los Angeles.
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Rolling Stone:   Team Trump Suspects His Former Chief of Staff Is a ‘Rat’
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Trump says he will try to unilaterally cut government spending if elected president
Discussion: The Hill
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:
A Titanic expert, an adventurer, and a father and son are among the passengers on missing sub
Jamie Whitehead / BBC:
Missing Titanic sub has 40 hours of air left - US Coast Guard
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.
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: The Atlantic, Insider and Raw Story
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Three in 10 still say Biden won because of voter fraud: survey  —  Nearly three in 10 Americans in a new survey report believing President Biden only won the White House due to voter fraud, indicating that the concerns persist as the 2024 race revs up.  —  A Monmouth University poll found 30 percent …
Discussion: NBC News, Washington Post and Breitbart
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Most Say Fundamental Rights Under Threat
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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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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 …
New York Times:
Authors and Students Sue Over Florida Law Driving Book Bans  —  The authors of a picture book about a penguin family with two fathers sued the state and a school district that removed the book from libraries.  —  A group of students and the authors of a children's book about a penguin family …
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.
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
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Marianne Williamson loses second campaign manager in two months  —  Other staff departures have also been rampant.  —  Marianne Williamson has lost her second campaign manager in as many months in what has proven to be a rocky 2024 presidential bid.  —  Roza Calderon's departure …
Mike Reed / USA Today:
Gannett CEO: Here's why we are suing Google for deceptive business practices  —  Google is a serial violator of U.S. antitrust and consumer-protection laws.  —  Mike ReedGannett CEO and chairman  —  This morning, Gannett, the largest news publisher in the United States including USA TODAY …
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
Will James / KNKX Public Radio:
How liberal Seattle created a powerful conservative influencer: Christopher Rufo  —  If you listened to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announce his presidential campaign on Twitter last month, you heard him in a friendly exchange with Christopher Rufo, who praised the governor's use of state power to wage a culture war.
 
 
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The Marshall Project:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Hamed Aleaziz / Los Angeles Times:
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
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Sen. Marco Rubio / Washington Examiner:
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