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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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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 …
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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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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 …
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 …
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Expands His Attack On Special Counsel To Include His Family And Friends
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Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
Supreme Court makes it more difficult to convict someone of making a threat
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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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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.
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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
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Speaker McCarthy: ‘Trump Is Stronger Today Than He Was in 2016’
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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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 …
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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Richard H. Pildes / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Rejected a Dangerous Elections Theory. But It's Not All Good News.
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Politico:
How the Supreme Court's decision on election law could shut the door on future fake electors
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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 …
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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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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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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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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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Bud McLaughlin / Yellowhammer News:
Alabama to receive $1.4B for broadband access
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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.
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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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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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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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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 …
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Krystie Lee Yandoli / Rolling Stone:
Jennifer Lawrence, A-List Actors Threaten to Strike in Letter to SAG — In a letter signed by 300+ actors, including Meryl Streep, members of the Screen Actors Guild say they're ready to strike for the best deal possible — EARLIER THIS MONTH, members of the Screen Actors Guild voted …
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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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Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times:
Landmark Study Shows Higher Suicide Risk for Transgender People — Using four decades of health data from Denmark, the study offers the clearest picture yet of the suicide risk among transgender people. — Transgender people in Denmark have a significantly higher risk of suicide than other groups …
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Reuters:
Police officer investigated after 17-year-old shot dead in Paris suburb — A French police officer is being investigated for homicide after shooting dead a 17-year-old on Tuesday morning in the Paris suburb of Nanterre after the youth failed to comply with an order to stop his car, the local prosecutor's office said.
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Ex-State Department official weighs challenge to Kean in NJ-7 — Jason Blazakis, a Warren County native who headed Counterterrorism Finance at U.S. Department of State for a decade, might seek Democratic nomination — A counterterrorism and economic sanctions expert who grew up in Warren County …
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