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12:05 PM ET, June 27, 2023

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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump's 2021 conversation about classified documents  —  CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify.  —  Hear the conversation
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New York Times:
Audio of Trump Suggests He Discussed Classified Iran Document: Listen Now  —  A recording of a meeting in 2021 in which the former president described a sensitive document in front of him appears to contradict his recent assertion that the material was just news clippings.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules against Republicans in North Carolina elections dispute  —  The justices rejected “independent state legislature theory” arguments that would have restricted the power of state courts to review certain election laws.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects theory that would have meant radical changes to election rules  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the theory that state legislatures have almost unlimited power to decide the rules for federal elections and draw partisan congressional maps without interference from state courts.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections  —  The 6-3 majority dismissed the “independent state legislature” theory, which would have given state lawmakers nearly unchecked power over federal elections.  —  Reporting from Washington
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
New York Times:
Report on Epstein's Death Finds Errors and Mismanagement at Manhattan Jail  —  The inspector general's report comes nearly four years after Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell with a bedsheet tied around his neck.  —  Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in a cell with a bedsheet tied around …
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Associated Press:
Jeffrey Epstein suicide blamed on jail guard negligence and misconduct: Justice Department watchdog  —  The Justice Department's watchdog said Tuesday that a “combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City …
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
DOJ issues scathing rebuke of Bureau of Prisons detailing multiple failures that led to Jeffrey Epstein's suicide  —  The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General on Tuesday issued a scathing rebuke of the Bureau of Prisons detailing the multiple failures that led to the death …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Daily News
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. asks about election fraud claims as well as fake electors  —  The Justice Department's investigation of efforts by Donald Trump and his advisers to overturn the 2020 election results is barreling forward on multiple tracks, according to people familiar with the matter …
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NBC News:
Ga. Secretary of State Raffensperger to meet with special counsel investigators
Discussion: Raw Story
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to meet with special counsel Jack Smith's team Wednesday
Rolling Stone:
Top Trump Adviser Pushed for Drone Strikes on Migrants, New Book Claims  —  Stephen Miller denies the account, and a person present has “no recollection” of the alleged conversation, but the book accuses the top Trump adviser of suggesting an atrocity
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Senate panel finds more pre-Jan. 6 intelligence failures by FBI, DHS  —  Committee report cites striking FBI shortcomings, says DHS analysts were hesitant in the wake of criticism from handling of George Floyd protests  —  A new Senate committee report sharply criticizes the FBI and Department …
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Adam Nichols / Raw Story:
'We're electing idiots': Liz Cheney pinpoints the biggest problem in American politics  —  Outspoken Donald Trump critic and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) summed up the problem with U.S. politics Monday night: “We're electing idiots.”  —  The ex-Jan.6 committee Vice Chair and daughter …
Discussion: Mediaite
Reuters:
America's Family Secret  —  More than 100 U.S. leaders - lawmakers, presidents, governors and justices - have slaveholding ancestors, a Reuters examination found.  Few are willing to talk about their ties to America's “original sin”  —  WASHINGTON  —  A chiseled block of sandstone …
Aubrie Spady / Fox News:
Former Navy SEAL challenges vulnerable Dem senator in red state race vital for 2024 Senate majority  —  Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy: 'I've laid everything on the line for this country'  —  FIRST ON FOX: Tim Sheehy - businessman, firefighting pilot, and former Navy SEAL - is …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Every Supreme Court Justice Should Be Matched With a Billionaire Buddy  —  The Supreme Court ethics crisis continues, not with Clarence Thomas but with his right-wing comrade, Justice Samuel Alito.  —  In 2008, according to a recent ProPublica investigation, Justice Alito took a trip …
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Slate:
The Timing of Alito's Private Jet Scandal Couldn't Be More Damning
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Jesse Watters Says Obama Doesn't Look At Things ‘From An American Perspective’  —  Fox News' permanent replacement for Tucker Carlson criticized the former president's views on the Titan sub disaster.  —  Fox News host Jesse Watters on Monday accused former President Barack Obama of …
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Miami Mayor Frances Suarez On His Bid To Be The GOP's 2024 Nominee  —  Miami Mayor Frances Suarez joined me this morning to discuss his bid for the 2024 GOP nomination for president:  —  Audio:  —  06-27hhs-suarez  —  Transcript:  —  HH: I am joined by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez …
Sharon Bernstein / Reuters:
First U.S. malaria cases diagnosed in decades in Florida and Texas  —  Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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CDC:
Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States
Adam Wren / Politico:
‘Ego, pure delusion and fantasy’: How the 2024 GOP field got so big  —  The hottest club in GOP politics right now is the party's presidential primary.  —  The last time Will Hurd was on anyone's radar, he was riding across the country on a 1,600-mile road trip with Beto O'Rourke to Washington.
Real News Now:
LISTEN: Miami Mayor Says Ron DeSantis Has “No Personality”  —  LISTEN HERE:  —  On an Episode of the Full Send Podcast, Miami's Mayor Francis Suarez was Interviewed and touched on his relationship with Governor Ron Desantis.  —  Miami Mayo Suarez describes the two of them as very different people.
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
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CNBC:
DeSantis asks federal judge to dismiss Disney suit, claiming broad immunity
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Democratic lawmakers seek Supreme Court investigation into Clarence Thomas  —  The letter, led by Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., criticizes Chief Justice John Roberts and asks for institutional reforms at the high court.  —  A group of 18 House Democrats wrote a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts …
Discussion: The Hill
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Trump Aide Walt Nauta Secures Delay in Arraignment to Hire South Florida Attorney  —  Trump's co-defendant's arraignment has been rescheduled for July 6 in federal court  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing an external link …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
McCarthy: 'I don't know' if Trump is the strongest candidate to beat Biden in 2024  —  The speaker said that former President Donald Trump could beat President Joe Biden, but signaled that Trump may not be the best GOP contender to win back the White House.  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker …
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. government debunks COVID lab-leak conspiracy theory, enraging conspiracy theorists  —  That sound you may have detected rising from the ether of social media this weekend was the gnashing of teeth by COVID conspiracy-mongers, outraged by a U.S. government report debunking their most cherished claims.
Emma Uber / Tampa Bay Times:
Dunedin man fired 30 AR-15 rounds at pool cleaner he thought was intruder, sheriff says  —  Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Florida's Stand Your Ground Law is applicable to the situation and the man who fired won't face charges.  —  A Dunedin man will not face charges …
Washington Post:
Supreme Court says a conviction for online threats violated 1st Amendment  —  Prosecutors must show that a person responsible for threats understood the threatening nature of that speech, justices say  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the conviction of a man who made extensive online threats …
Jeannie Suk Gersen / New Yorker:
After Affirmative Action Ends  —  The next big question for school admissions will likely be the legality of “race-neutral” methods that are designed with the continuing goal of producing diverse student bodies.  —  What happens after the Supreme Court ends affirmative action, as is anticipated this week?
 
 
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Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
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Discussion: JNS.org
Omar Younis / Reuters:
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Discussion: NBC News
Reuters:
Trump team lobbying for primary rule changes to boost his 2024 chances
 Earlier Items: 
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Details of PGA Tour and Liv Golf Merger Reveal What's Left to Settle
Discussion: Fox News and Oregonian
Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Supreme Court May Preemptively Ban a Federal Wealth Tax
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Supreme Court rebuffs OSU and enables the remaining sex abuse victims to sue
America First, Always:
Voter Discrepancies Found In The Arizona 2022 General Election
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
Why Pedestrian Deaths Are Skyrocketing in America
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Woman Sues Anti-Abortion ‘Pregnancy Center’ After Her Ectopic Pregnancy Ruptured
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
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