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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
‘It was bravado’: Trump says he wasn't holding up classified documents in 2021 meeting — The News — Former President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday that he was not showing off classified documents in an audio clip first published by CNN in which he referred to “highly confidential” …
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CBS News:
Iran memo not among the 31 records underlying charges in Trump federal indictment — Washington — The Defense Department memo on Iran — at the heart of the now-public audio recording that captured a July 2021 meeting with former President Donald Trump — is not part of the 31 counts …
New York Times:
Investigators in Trump Documents Case Also Focused on His Bedminster Club — The inquiry into Donald Trump's handling of classified material revolved largely around his Florida club and residence, but investigators were also quietly focused on his New Jersey property.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump reacts after leaked recording shows him discussing classified docs — Former president tells Fox News Digital he ‘did nothing wrong’ in secret documents case — CONCORD, N.H. - Former President Donald Trump insists that he did “nothing wrong” as he reacted to a leaked recording …
Washington Post:
It's not just Mar-a-Lago: Trump charges highlight his New Jersey life — Two of the most vivid scenes in the former president's indictment take place at his Bedminster golf club, which has not been searched by the FBI — The 49-page indictment against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
McCarthy Questions Strength of Trump's Candidacy, Then Quickly Backtracks — The House speaker angered Donald J. Trump's allies by saying he did not know whether the former president was the strongest candidate to beat President Biden. — Reporting from Washington
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult Pro:
Tracking the 2024 Republican Primary — Trump maintains big lead over the GOP field — Responses shown among potential GOP primary voters, who said they would vote for each of the above if the 2024 Republican primary or caucus were held in their state today.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's weird reaction to the audio recording matters — A newly surfaced audio recording appears to show Donald Trump admitting he kept classified docs while presenting them to someone who lacked clearance. — Late last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that there were some …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Speaker McCarthy: ‘Trump Is Stronger Today Than He Was in 2016’
Exclusive — Speaker McCarthy: ‘Trump Is Stronger Today Than He Was in 2016’
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Expands His Attack On Special Counsel To Include His Family And Friends
Trump Expands His Attack On Special Counsel To Include His Family And Friends
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Nikki Haley Wants Biden Investigation, But We 'Can't Keep Chasing Every Trump Drama'
Nikki Haley Wants Biden Investigation, But We 'Can't Keep Chasing Every Trump Drama'
Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
Supreme Court makes it more difficult to convict someone of making a threat
Supreme Court makes it more difficult to convict someone of making a threat
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
There's a Time Bomb in Progressives' Big Supreme Court Voting Case Win — This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate's coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. We're working to change the way the media covers the Supreme Court. Sign up for the pop-up newsletter …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
How the Supreme Court made it harder to overturn the 2024 election — A ruling rejecting a broad version of the “independent state legislature theory” could help deter far-fetched legal arguments in the 2024 election. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday in a major election case …
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Politico:
How the Supreme Court's decision on election law could shut the door on future fake electors
How the Supreme Court's decision on election law could shut the door on future fake electors
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections
Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections
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Bolts:
Supreme Court Refuses to Empower State Legislatures to Run Elections as They Please
Supreme Court Refuses to Empower State Legislatures to Run Elections as They Please
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court rejects Independent State Legislature theory, but leaves door ajar
Supreme Court rejects Independent State Legislature theory, but leaves door ajar
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Derek Muller / Election Law Blog:
Moore v. Harper vindicates Rehnquist's opinion in Bush v. Gore
Moore v. Harper vindicates Rehnquist's opinion in Bush v. Gore
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Rising Conservative Influencer Pedro Gonzalez Regularly Espoused Racist and Anti-Semitic Sentiments in Private Messages — Pedro Gonzalez, a rising conservative influencer and politics editor of Chronicles magazine, regularly in 2019 and 2020 sent racist and antisemitic messages …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Russian General Knew About Mercenary Chief's Rebellion Plans, U.S. Officials Say — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner, may have believed he had support in Russia's military. — Reporting from Washington — A senior Russian general had advance knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin's plans …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump valet arraignment delayed after losing Florida lawyer over fees dispute — Exclusive: Walt Nauta remains without a Florida lawyer after the person abruptly hiked their fees just before the arraignment — Donald Trump's valet charged in the classified documents case had his arraignment …
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Bud McLaughlin / Yellowhammer News:
Alabama to receive $1.4B for broadband access — The state will receive $1.4 billion to boost ongoing efforts to expand broadband access to unserved areas, Gov. Kay Ivey announced today. — The National Telecommunications and Information Administration today released the state allocations …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Rudy Giuliani interviewed in special counsel's 2020 election interference probe — Former Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has been interviewed by federal investigators as part of the special counsel's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, multiple sources familiar with the meeting told CNN.
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Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
'We're Coming For Your Children' chant at NYC Drag March elicits outrage, but activists say it's taken out of context — Organizers say the NYC Drag March is meant to be lighthearted and to poke fun at anti-LGBTQ sentiment. — Over the weekend, a short video circulated widely on social media …
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New York Times:
Competing Accounts of Justice Dept.'s Handling of Hunter Biden Case — An I.R.S. investigator's testimony describing strains over the inquiry into President Biden's son is at odds with the version laid out by Attorney General Merrick Garland. — At a Senate hearing in March …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Most countries express confidence in Biden, US: poll — Most people around the world in a new survey have largely positive views of the U.S. and President Biden, according to data from the Pew Research Center. — The poll, released Tuesday, found that 59 percent of people surveyed globally view …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
No Labels' signature-gathering firm has ties to Ron DeSantis — The bipartisan group contracted with a Republican firm for its work to qualify for the ballot in Colorado. — As part of its push for a unity ticket presidential bid, the bipartisan group No Labels quietly employed a firm …
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Rolling Stone:
RFK Jr. Claims ‘Vaccine Research’ Likely Responsible for HIV and the Spanish Flu — The 2024 presidential hopeful hosted a panel with some of the loudest vaccine skeptics in the nation … During the unfiltered conversation, he falsely suggested that millions of deaths in the Great Influenza …
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Wall Street Journal:
Magic Mushrooms. LSD. Ketamine. The Drugs That Power Silicon Valley. — Entrepreneurs including Elon Musk and Sergey Brin are part of a drug movement that proponents hope will expand minds, enhance lives and produce business breakthroughs — Elon Musk takes ketamine.
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Associated Press:
The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says — More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs …
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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 …
New York Times:
DeSantis's Pitch to New Hampshire Is All About a State 1,000 Miles South — Focusing heavily on Florida at his first town-hall event in the Granite State, Ron DeSantis drew a reception that was sometimes warm, sometimes more skeptical — especially on the issue of abortion.
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: SOURCE: Top Anheuser-Busch Marketing Executives Behind Boycott Are No Longer Employed — The two top Anheuser-Busch marketing executives who were placed on leave amid the company shakeup no longer work for the brand, a source inside Anheuser-Busch confirmed in texts obtained by the Daily Caller on Tuesday.