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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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Special counsel received documents from Giuliani team that tried to find fraud after 2020 election
Special counsel received documents from Giuliani team that tried to find fraud after 2020 election
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NYPD Boss Handing Over Trump Records to Jack Smith
Ex-NYPD Boss Handing Over Trump Records to Jack Smith
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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 …
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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Ron DeSantis' Latest Staff Shakeup Is Part of a Pattern — Ron DeSantis is looking for a fresh start. Last week, the Florida governor fired roughly a dozen staffers and offloaded two top aides to a pro-DeSantis super PAC, signaling a campaign reset amid an existential crisis …
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US Department of Justice:
Arkansas Man Sentenced for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach — Defendant Beat Police Officer with a Flagpole — WASHINGTON - An Arkansas man was sentenced today on a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who beat officer with flagpole during Capitol riot is sentenced to over 4 years in prison
Man who beat officer with flagpole during Capitol riot is sentenced to over 4 years in prison
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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: Hunter Biden's gallery sold his art to a Democratic donor ‘friend’ who Joe Biden named to a prestigious commission — Insider has learned the identities of two Hunter Biden “friends” who were also buyers of his art: Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali and Kevin Morris.
Washington Post:
Twitter rival Mastodon rife with child-abuse material, study finds — Happy Monday! Send news tips and summer podcast recommendations to: cristiano.lima@washpost.com. — Below: The Microsoft-Activision deal is back in the hands of the U.K.'s antitrust watchdog, and a key OpenAI employee departs.
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Juliana Kim / NPR:
Justice Department sues Texas after Gov. Abbott refuses to remove floating barrier — The Department of Justice has sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott following the governor's refusal to remove a stretch of inflatable buoys on the Rio Grande, which sits between his state and Mexico.
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Jury Decides Ammon Bundy Must Pay More Than $50M for Defaming Hospital — The anti-government leader waged a crusade over treatment of an ally's grandson, known as Baby Cyrus. — Anti-government agitator Ammon Bundy must pay an Idaho hospital more than $50 million for defaming it and targeting …
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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.
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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 …
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Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis campaign mired in controversies over slavery, anti-gay video, alleged Nazi symbol
DeSantis campaign mired in controversies over slavery, anti-gay video, alleged Nazi symbol
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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 …
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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 …
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International Atomic Energy Agency:
IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine — International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have observed directional anti-personnel mines on the periphery of the site of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
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MSPNews:
UPDATE #2-MSP Divers, Environmental Police Recover Body of Paddle Boarder from Edgartown Great Pond — UPDATE #2—Shortly before 10 AM the body of the missing paddle boarder was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond by Massachusetts State Police divers. MSP Underwater Recovery Unit divers …
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Brian Broome / Washington Post:
Jason Aldean? Please spare me the small-town nostalgia. — I'm not here to talk about Jason Aldean's country song “Try That in a Small Town.” I'm not a fan. I'm just here to pat you on the back if you're one of the many Americans, like me, who ran from small-town life and never looked back.
Jim Jones / The Hill:
The GOP is rushing headlong into huge election losses in 2024 — The Republican Party appears to be following the playbook of those storied lemmings that rush to the edge of the cliff and throw themselves off in a suicidal frenzy. — You'd think that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Jim Justice endorses Trump
Jim Justice endorses Trump
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Madison Hall / Insider:
Nearly a third of Republicans now view Trump as ‘unfavorable’: Pew
Nearly a third of Republicans now view Trump as ‘unfavorable’: Pew
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