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9:40 AM ET, June 28, 2023

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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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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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump open to returning to Twitter — at some point  —  It may take a while, but former President Trump has entertained the idea of returning to his happy place on Twitter, where he's been absent for nearly 2 1/2 years, sources tell Axios. … Now a growing number of Trump allies …
Discussion: Mediaite and Shockya.com
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
Politico:
Inside Trump world's fury at McCarthy  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  MY, KEVIN — Former President DONALD TRUMP has catapulted the career of many a Republican over the past eight years, elevating backbenchers into stars and breathing new relevance into more than a few GOP has-beens.
NBC News:
Trump explores messing with the first GOP debate
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump reacts after leaked recording shows him discussing classified docs
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House Republicans embark on a mission: Avenge Trump
Discussion: Salon and Washington Examiner
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
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
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
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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Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Wagner's Prigozhin Planned to Capture Russian Military Leaders  —  Western intelligence officials say Russian domestic intelligence agency learned of plot in advance  —  Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin planned to capture Russia's military leadership as part of last weekend's mutiny …
Jeremy Bowen / BBC:
Ukraine war: Countdown has begun to end of Putin, say Kyiv officials  —  Attention in the Ukrainian capital has been fixed squarely on the mutiny of the Wagner Group, its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, and its consequences for Vladimir Putin and the conduct of the war in Ukraine.
Discussion: Jacobin
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Richard H. Pildes / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Rejected a Dangerous Elections Theory.  But It's Not All Good News.  —  Mr. Pildes is a legal scholar who analyzes the intersection of politics and law and how they affect our democracy.  —  On Tuesday, the Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper rejected the most extreme version …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
How the Supreme Court made it harder to overturn the 2024 election
Politico:
How the Supreme Court's decision on election law could shut the door on future fake electors
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 …
Adam Nichols / Raw Story:
Ex-staffer describes Trump fantasizing about sex with Ivanka  —  Former President Donald Trump made sexual comments about his daughter Ivanka that were so lewd he was rebuked by his Chief of Staff, former Trump official Miles Taylor writes in a new book.  —  The comments are used by Taylor …
Discussion: Newsweek
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Donald Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation  —  Donald Trump has sued E. Jean Carroll for defamation after a jury found he sexually abused the former magazine columnist and defamed her.  —  In a counter claim filed Tuesday night, Trump alleges that Carroll defamed him when she appeared …
Discussion: ABC News, Reuters, UPI and Political Wire
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Sues Carroll for Defamation Over Post-Trial Rape Claim
Discussion: The Hill and The National Pulse+
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Tommy Tuberville Celebrates Broadband Funding He Voted Against  —  “Great to see Alabama receive crucial funds,” the GOP senator said of his state benefiting from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) on Tuesday celebrated his state getting more than $1 billion …
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: nltimes.nl and Raw Story
Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
Most Americans support US arming Ukraine -Reuters/Ipsos  —  Solid majorities of Americans support providing weaponry to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia and believe that such aid demonstrates to China and other U.S. rivals a will to protect U.S. interests and allies, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Judge signals he'll let Trump hush money case stay in state court  —  A federal judge did not appear inclined to move a New York state case against Donald Trump to federal court, suggesting on Tuesday that the prosecution stemming from hush money payments had little to do with his conduct while president.
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 …
Washington Post:
Bidenomics is in the eye of the beholder  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  Two more days of free access to The Post.  Consume as much as you can (and think about becoming a subscriber if you're not already).  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  Reading this online?
Roman Olearchyk / Financial Times:
Ukraine says ‘main event’ in counteroffensive still to come  —  Defence minister argues Wagner insurrection in Russia will encourage further western support for Kyiv  —  Ukraine has hit back at doubters over the progress of its summer counteroffensive, insisting recent modest gains …
CNN:
Ron DeSantis voted for the First Step Act and hailed its ‘successes.’ He now calls it ‘the jailbreak bill’  —  On the campaign trail, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has attacked Donald Trump's signature prison reform bill, calling it a “jailbreak bill” and claiming it “allowed dangerous people …
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
'He's the cheapest S.O.B. I've ever met': Christie rips Trump for diverting campaign money to PAC  —  The former president has previously used his Save America political action committee to pay his legal bills.  —  The news that former President Donald Trump is steering donations away …
Discussion: The Hill, The Messenger and HuffPost
 
 
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NBC News:
Have you heard the one about the old president? Well, Biden has a joke for you
Discussion: Insider and Just The News
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Miami Mayor Suarez: “What's a Uyghur?” “A weeble?”
Lisa Rathke / ABC News:
Vermont town to let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local elections, after legislature overrode veto
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Ex-State Department official weighs challenge to Kean in NJ-7
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Jennifer Lawrence, A-List Actors Threaten to Strike in Letter to SAG
Michael Goldberg / Associated Press:
Deputies accused of abusing Black men are fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
White House picks fight with Greene over funding
 

 
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