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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Deposition video shows Trump claiming he prevented “nuclear holocaust” as president — Combative, angry and prone to grandiose claims — newly unveiled footage of an April 2023 deposition gives a glimpse into how former President Donald Trump behaves when testifying under oath.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DC bar authorities file disciplinary charges against pro-Trump 2020 election lawyers — The charges are the latest in a slew of disciplinary proceedings against attorneys who aided Donald Trump's bid to subvert the election. — Washington, D.C. bar investigators have filed disciplinary charges …
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The Messenger and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Angry Rant About His Legal Mess Reveals an Ugly MAGA Truth … Donald Trump's lawyers have been arguing in court that he should have immunity from prosecution for crimes related to his insurrection because they constituted official acts committed while he was president.
CNN:
Exclusive: Attorney General Merrick Garland says there should be ‘speedy trial’ of Trump as 2024 election looms — Attorney General Merrick Garland said in an interview with CNN that he believes there should be a “speedy trial” in the election subversion case against Donald Trump …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Republicans close ranks around Trump as he looks to lock up his third nomination — Elected officials, donors and party figures who had stayed neutral or even opposed Trump in the 2024 GOP primary are starting to flock to his side. — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republicans are quickly falling …
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Fox News, Washington Examiner and Axios
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Jamie Dimon Joins the Trump Normalizers
Jamie Dimon Joins the Trump Normalizers
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Washington Examiner, The American Conservative, Robert Reich, CNN, Raw Story and CNBC
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside the breakup of Haley and Trump's partnership over her U.N. role
Inside the breakup of Haley and Trump's partnership over her U.N. role
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The Hill
New York Times:
Tim Scott, the Former G.O.P. Presidential Contender, Will Back Donald Trump
Tim Scott, the Former G.O.P. Presidential Contender, Will Back Donald Trump
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Who Donald Trump Should — and Shouldn't — Pick for Vice President
Who Donald Trump Should — and Shouldn't — Pick for Vice President
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IJR, Raw Story, The Spectator World, CBS News and Semafor
Politico:
The DeSantis Team Ran the Worst Campaign in History — The bizarre decisions behind a $130 million debacle. — Tim Pawlenty's and Scott Walker's presidential campaigns can breathe a sigh of relief. The mantle of Worst Republican Presidential Campaign Ever has been lifted from their shoulders …
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Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis Is Quietly Starting to Build His Off-Ramp From 2024
Ron DeSantis Is Quietly Starting to Build His Off-Ramp From 2024
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National Review, Balloon Juice, Orlando Sentinel, Political Wire, HuffPost, WFLA-TV and Raw Story
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Dems float a trade: Ukraine-border deal for protecting Johnson — The longshot notion underscores the increasingly desperate thinking around getting a Senate compromise through the House. — With Senate negotiators expected to unveil their elusive bipartisan border deal any day now …
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, The Guardian, Politico, nationalinterest.org, The Hill, BizPac Review, Washington Examiner and Sputnik News
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Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Bank records: DA Willis and special prosecutor traveled together during Trump probe — Bank records show that special prosecutor Nathan Wade purchased airline tickets in his and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' name for trips to San Francisco and Miami, according to a court motion filed Friday.
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Washington Post:
Ga. prosecutor in Trump case paid for flights with Fani Willis, filing shows — The lead prosecutor in the election interference case against former president Donald Trump paid for at least two airline trips with embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) …
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
Sports Illustrated lays off most of its staff, threatening iconic brand's future — Much of the staff of Sports Illustrated, and possibly all remaining writers and editors, received layoff notices Friday, which essentially could spell the end of a publication that for decades was the gold standard of sports journalism.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Comer's habit of cherry-picking depositions comes back to haunt him — One of the arguments offered by attorneys for President Biden's son Hunter when responding to a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee for a closed-door deposition was that the committee had shown a pattern …
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Daily Mail:
Nikki Haley DID cheat on husband Michael - had affairs with her comms consultant and a MARRIED South Carolina lobbyist before she became governor, sworn affidavits and new witnesses claim — Nikki Haley, 51, denied claims she cheated on her husband Michael before she became South Carolina governor …
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RedState, acecomments.mu.nu, The Gateway Pundit, The Wrap, Wide World of News and Political Wire
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Nearly $5 Billion in Additional Student Debt Cancellation for 74,000 Borrowers — Today, my Administration approved debt cancellation for another 74,000 student loan borrowers across the country, bringing the total number of people who have gotten …
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Biden forgives another $5 billion in student loans for 74k borrowers
Biden forgives another $5 billion in student loans for 74k borrowers
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WWL-TV, Reason, CBS News, New York Post, Fox Business, Fortune and Washington Times
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Entire Town's Newspapers Stolen On Day It Runs Story About Rape At Police Chief's Home — “It's pretty clear that someone didn't want the community to read the news this week,” said Ouray County Plaindealer co-publisher Erin McIntyre. — LOADING — It's an old-fashioned paper caper ― but maybe don't call the cops.
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MyNorthwest.com, KSNT-TV, Boing Boing, CBS News, East Bay Times, FOX31 Denver, The Messenger, Macomb Daily and ouraynews.com
Tess Owen / VICE:
Far-Right Congressman Complains There Aren't Enough White People Joining the Army — Rep. Paul Gosar blamed the drop in white recruits on the army's supposed “woke Marxist ideologies.” — Far-right congressman Paul Gosar is losing sleep over how few white people are enlisting in the army these days.
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Raw Story and New Republic
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Media outlets making their own coverage decisions isn't “authoritarian” — Trump's call to take them off the air is — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is worried about creeping authoritarianism in the United States. Not from Donald Trump, whose presidential bid Rubio endorsed Sunday despite …
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The Authoritarian Playbook …, The Hill, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and Washington Examiner
Tom Perkins / The Guardian:
Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds — Thinktank report says ‘resounding evidence’ shows companies continue to keep prices high even as their inflationary costs drop — A new report claims “resounding evidence” shows that high corporate profits …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
House panel advances debt commission without shields for Medicare, Social Security — The House Budget Committee did not take measures to protect systems like Medicare and Social Security Thursday, despite advancing legislation to create a bipartisan fiscal commission designed to find a solution to the government's budget.
Erum Salam / The Guardian:
Outrage as Oklahoma Republican's bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’ — Lawmaker JJ Humphrey seeks punishments for ‘acts of terrorism’ and defines terrorist as ‘any person who is of Hispanic descent’ — An Oklahoma lawmaker is facing backlash for proposing a discriminatory bill …
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HuffPost, Vanity Fair, KFOR-TV, New Republic and NBC News
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Map That Empowers More Black Voters — The Legislature passed a congressional map that creates a second majority-Black district while shielding the state's most powerful conservatives in Washington from political jeopardy. — Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved …
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NBC News, UPI, Roll Call, Louisiana Illuminator, KRDO, Associated Press and Truthout