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CNN:
Special counsel scrutinizing February 2020 meeting where Trump praised US election security protections  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's office has asked former US officials about a February 2020 Oval Office meeting where then-President Donald Trump praised improvements to the security of US elections …
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Paula Reid / CNN:
Special counsel obtains thousands of documents from Rudy Giuliani team that tried to find fraud after 2020 election  —  A Donald Trump ally has turned over thousands of documents to special counsel Jack Smith related to efforts to find supposed voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NYPD Boss Handing Over Trump Records to Jack Smith  —  Bernie Kerik has been engaged in a legal battle over turning over documents.  He's finally cooperating. … Bernie Kerik, the former NYPD commissioner who collected evidence of supposed election fraud for the Trump campaign in 2020 …
NBC News:
Former Giuliani colleague turns over thousands of pages to special counsel on 2020 election
Discussion: The Hill
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Madison Hall / Insider:
Nearly a third of Republicans now view Trump as ‘unfavorable’: Pew
CNN:
Justice Department sues to force Texas to remove floating barriers in Rio Grande  —  The US Department of Justice is suing the state of Texas over its use of floating barriers in the Rio Grande, which Gov. Greg Abbott has argued is intended to deter migrants from crossing into the state from Mexico.
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Juliana Kim / NPR:
Justice Department sues Texas after Gov. Abbott refuses to remove floating barrier
NBC News:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promises legal battle over river buoys after DOJ warns it will sue
New York Times:
Why Elon Musk Bid Twitter Goodbye  —  Rebranding the social network as X marks the billionaire's latest gamble to reinvent the company, after buying it last year for $44 billion.  —  Twitter has flown away  —  Bye-bye, blue bird: Twitter overnight began rebranding itself as X …
Mitt Romney / Wall Street Journal:
Donors, Don't Fund a Trump Plurality  —  As in 2016, Republican candidates won't drop out soon enough.  Here's how to give them a push.  —  Despite Donald Trump's apparent inevitability, a baker's dozen Republicans are hoping to become the party's 2024 nominee for president.
Susan Page / USA Today:
Bellwether?  Ohio voters back abortion rights amendment in a test case for other states  —  The Ohio vote on abortion this November could presage next year's battle across the U.S.  —  Sweeping support for a proposed Ohio constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights spotlights …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump wanted Ukraine to impugn Biden.  D.C. Republicans finally delivered.  —  Why did Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) choose now to release the unverified allegation against Biden that he's possessed all along?  —  In early May, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Oversight …
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Fox News:
Obama's chef ID'd as paddleboarder who drowned near former president's Martha's Vineyard estate  —  Barack and Michelle Obama were not present at the home at the time of the accident, authorities said  —  A paddleboarder who drowned near former President Barack Obama's Martha's Vineyard estate …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
A radical idea: Just give kids lunch  —  Consider the remarkable concept of “lunch debt,” with which a student is burdened when their parents haven't been able to put enough money into their school account.  When they get to the front of the line in the cafeteria, they might be told …
Andrew Atterbury / Politico:
Florida and DeSantis dig in as criticism of Black history curriculum mounts  —  The teaching standards have again thrust Florida and DeSantis into America's politically polarized fight over how and what to teach children.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida officials are digging in and defending …
Anna Wascovich / The College Fix:
Leftist prosecutor booted from office gets $210,000 job at UC Berkeley  —  'If Boudin was hired to relate his experience, the only take could be how to destroy a city's criminal justice system piece by piece,' critic says  —  A former leftist prosecutor in San Francisco who lost a recall election …
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult Pro:
U.S. Governor Rankings: Beshear Gets a Boost, Desantis' Approval Dips  —  Kentucky's Beshear is among America's most popular governors, boosted by the best approval rating among GOP voters compared with other Democratic governors … Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear — a Democrat running …
Associated Press:
Israeli parliament approves key part of judicial overhaul that has exposed deep fissures in society  —  Israeli police use water cannon on protesters  —  Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive plan to reshape the country's justice …
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Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Former Anti-Abortion Leader and Aide to Alabama Lt. Gov. Arrested on Child Sex Abuse Charges  —  Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth once called Cole Wagner “a whiz-kid” and a “bright, young guy”  —  AS THE CHAIR of Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama in 2018, Cole Wagner helped muscle into the Alabama Constitution …
Discussion: The Messenger
New York Times:
Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification  —  Elite colleges have long been filled with the children of the richest families: At Ivy League schools, one in six students has parents in the top 1 percent.  —  A large new study, released Monday …
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Hunter Biden put then-VP dad Joe on the phone with business associates at least 2 dozen times, ex-partner Devon Archer to testify  —  Hunter Biden would dial in his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, on speakerphone into meetings with his overseas business partners, according to testimony expected …
 
 
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Brian Broome / Washington Post:
Jason Aldean? Please spare me the small-town nostalgia.
Internal Revenue Service:
IRS ends unannounced revenue officer visits to taxpayers; major change to end confusion, enhance safety as part of larger agency transformation efforts
Bloomberg:
Ron DeSantis Plans to Shake Up 2024 Campaign Staff
Andrew Perez / The Lever:
The Church Of Leonard Leo
Discussion: Jacobin
John Bowden / The Independent:
Lauren Boebert blames her AirPods after she threw away photo of 10-year-old Uvalde victim
Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost and Raw Story
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
North Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles after US submarine arrives in South Korea
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Ayotte launches campaign for New Hampshire governor with broad base of GOP support
Reuters:
Swedish court fines Greta Thunberg for disobeying police order
 

 
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