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2:20 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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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.
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.
CNBC:
Hunter Biden to plead guilty to federal tax crimes, take deal on gun charge  — Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal tax charges, a court filing revealed.  — Hunter Biden also has agreed to enter a so-called pretrial diversion agreement …
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?
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.
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
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Jamie Whitehead / BBC:
Missing Titanic sub has 40 hours of air left - US Coast Guard
Associated Press:
Rescuers race against time to find the missing sub in the Atlantic bound for the Titanic site
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.
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Trump says he will try to unilaterally cut government spending if elected president
Discussion: The Hill
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
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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 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 …
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 …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Almost a third of Americans still believe the 2020 election result was fraudulent
Discussion: American Wire News and IJR
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.
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 …
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
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
US murder rate declines dramatically in 2023 — but you probably haven't heard about it  —  In 2020, along with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a dramatic spike in murders in the United States.  This increase in lethal violence, understandably, was covered extensively in national and local media outlets.
Karen Zraick / New York Times:
3 Are Convicted of Harassing Family on Behalf of China's Government  —  The defendants, including a private detective who said he did not realize he was working for an intelligence operation, pursued people living in New Jersey.  —  Three men were convicted in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-Funded Scientist Among Three Chinese Researchers Who Fell Ill Amid Early Covid-19 Outbreak
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