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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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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump world fumes over McCarthy's 2024 slight — The speaker tried to make amends, but it just made things worse. — Former President Donald Trump has catapulted the careers of many Republican over the past eight years. None have benefited more than Kevin McCarthy.
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NBC News:
Trump explores messing with the first GOP debate — People familiar with Trump's deliberations say he's still inclined to skip the August debate —and is exploring options for a competing event. — CONCORD, N.H. — No one can force Donald Trump to debate — except, maybe, Donald Trump.
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
How badly do Republican voters want to lose? — The question being posed to GOP voters ahead of the 2024 election has been, remains, and will continue to be a simple one: How badly do you want to lose another presidential election? — Another set of polls has shown just how unyielding the political reality is.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House Republicans embark on a mission: Avenge Trump
House Republicans embark on a mission: Avenge Trump
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
More than Trump ego maintenance: GOP move to “expunge” impeachments is part of their war on history
More than Trump ego maintenance: GOP move to “expunge” impeachments is part of their war on history
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Washington Post:
Twice-indicted Trump dominates GOP race, as support for DeSantis stalls
Twice-indicted Trump dominates GOP race, as support for DeSantis stalls
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump open to returning to Twitter — at some point
Trump open to returning to Twitter — at some point
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
McCarthy Questions Strength of Trump's Candidacy, Then Quickly Backtracks
McCarthy Questions Strength of Trump's Candidacy, Then Quickly Backtracks
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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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Trump Made Shocking Comments About Ivanka, Says Ex-Staffer — Donald Trump's “naked sexism,” including toward his own daughter, is described in a new book by Miles Taylor, the former Trump administration official who famously wrote a scathing op-ed about the former president under the pen name “Anonymous.”
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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 …
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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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 …
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CBS News:
Iran memo not among the 31 records underlying charges in Trump federal indictment
Iran memo not among the 31 records underlying charges in Trump federal indictment
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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 …
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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 …
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Jeremy Bowen / BBC:
Ukraine war: Countdown has begun to end of Putin, say Kyiv officials
Ukraine war: Countdown has begun to end of Putin, say Kyiv officials
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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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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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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Donald Trump sues E. Jean Carroll with his own claims of defamation — The former magazine writer was awarded millions in a lawsuit against Trump. — Former President Donald Trump is now suing the writer who sued him for defamation. — Trump is accusing E. Jean Carroll of defaming him when …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Donald Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation
Donald Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation
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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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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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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.
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Introducing Our Brand-New Polling Averages — As you may have heard, there have been some changes at FiveThirtyEight recently. While it will be strange around here without our founder Nate Silver, his models and his oddly strong opinions about states, there are also some things that aren't going away …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Retirement talk surrounding Thomas, Alito raises stakes for 2024 election — Lawmakers are looking ahead to the 2024 election as a pivotal opportunity to shape the future of the Supreme Court because of the possibility that conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, 75, and Samuel Alito, 73, could retire.
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NBC News:
After 27 tries, Chinese millionaire considers giving up on college entrance exam — “Universities are sacred in my heart,” said Liang Shi, 56, who has been trying for 40 years to get a satisfactory score on the grueling test, known as the gaokao. — HONG KONG — The 27th time was not the charm …
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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 …
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Anna Bower / Lawfare:
The Arraignment That Wasn't — It is a Tuesday morning in Miami, and once again, I find myself arriving at the federal courthouse at an ungodly hour. I should acknowledge an improvement; this time, I have at least arrived on the right day, rather than a full rotation of the Earth before the hearing is scheduled to begin.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
N.J. AG investigating ‘shakedown’ claims tied to power broker George Norcross' Camden waterfront developments, sources say — South Jersey Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III has found himself under scrutiny from state and federal authorities repeatedly over the last two decades.They've tapped …
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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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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NBC News:
Have you heard the one about the old president? Well, Biden has a joke for you — In the past two weeks, Biden has increasingly made his age the punchline, an NBC News analysis of his remarks found. — 'I know I'm 198 years old': Biden cracks jokes about his age in speeches — WASHINGTON — He's been 198.
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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.