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The one thing US fears after Iranian president's death — Biden administration officials still fear Iran could blame the U.S. or Israel for the helicopter crash that killed Ebrahim Raisi. — The Biden administration is closely watching how Iran reacts to the sudden death of its president …
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United States Department of State:
On the Death of Iranian President Raisi and Others in a Helicopter Crash — The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran.
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Iranian Women Celebrate the Death of President Raisi — The Butcher of Tehran is dead. Good riddance. — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian's foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and others were killed in a helicopter crash Sunday. Raisi, 63, was thought to be the most likely successor …
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a ‘unified Reich’ — A video posted to Donald Trump's account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November.
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ABC News:
Trump posts social media video seemingly suggesting his victory will bring ‘unified Reich’ — “This was not a campaign video,” a Trump campaign rep said. — Former President Donald Trump on Monday posted a video on his social media platform that uses a language that appears to mirror that of Nazi Germany …
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Scarlett Johansson says she is ‘shocked, angered’ over new ChatGPT voice — Lawyers for Scarlett Johansson are demanding that OpenAI disclose how it developed an AI personal assistant voice that the actress says sounds uncannily similar to her own. — Johansson's legal team has sent OpenAI …
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
Cohen's bombshell admission could lead to hung jury, if not acquittal: expert — Former Trump attorney MIchael Cohen admitted Monday that he stole thousands from the Trump Organization — Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen's admission in court Monday that he stole from the Trump Organization …
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New York Times:
Prosecution Rests Case in Trump Trial as Defense Targets Cohen Again
Prosecution Rests Case in Trump Trial as Defense Targets Cohen Again
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CNBC:
Judge blasts Trump defense witness for ‘contemptuous’ staring, muttering at hush money trial
Judge blasts Trump defense witness for ‘contemptuous’ staring, muttering at hush money trial
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump's Social Media Company Posts Q1 Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of $327.6 Million — Trump Media and Technology Group, the company affiliated with former U.S. president Donald Trump that operates Truth Social, reported $770,500 in revenue for the first quarter of 2024 and a net loss of $327.6 million.
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Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Controversial Donald Trump movie ‘The Apprentice’ depicts him as rapist — A dark new biopic starring Sebastian Stan as a young Trump is the talk of Cannes. — CANNES, France — Had a movie called “The Apprentice” about a young Donald Trump's rise to power premiered in America …
Wall Street Journal:
FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg to Resign Following Report Detailing Sexual Harassment at Agency — Gruenberg plans to stay until successor is confirmed, avoiding scenario that would leave a Republican as acting chairman — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg bowed …
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Elisabeth Buchwald / CNN:
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg will resign following a scathing investigation that detailed a toxic workplace
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg will resign following a scathing investigation that detailed a toxic workplace
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Biden quietly advances a range of progressive policies — He did so just before a deadline on his rule-making authority. — ∙ Paid … Congress, in case you're just back from Mars, has been so mired in gridlock that its main function — passing laws — has become about as common as hens teeth.
The Atlantic:
New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity — Two decades of U.S. policy appear to be rooted in a mistaken understanding of what happened that day. — For more than two decades, through two wars and domestic upheaval, the idea that al-Qaeda acted alone on 9/11 has been the basis of U.S. policy.
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Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
‘Millionaires tax’ has already generated $1.8 billion this year for Massachusetts, blowing past projections — Massachusetts' so-called “millionaires tax” appears primed to actually deliver billions. — State officials said Monday that the voter-approved surtax on high earners has generated …
Anne Blythe / North Carolina Health News:
Doctors rail against proposed ban against public masking — Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University with a knack for making medicine and science easily understood, is just as straightforward when offering his thoughts on a legislative proposal to ban masking in public.
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Atlanta Black Star
emptywheel:
Hunter Biden Prosecutor Derek Hines Confesses He Failed To Do Basic Due Diligence, Again — I've written about how David Weiss' prosecutors indicted Hunter Biden before they had taken basic investigative steps — like obtaining a warrant to search the President's son's digital data for evidence …
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Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast:
Spoiler Alert: Billionaire Trump Mega-Donor Gave Another $5M to RFK Jr. — PLAYING THE FIELD — The gift is sure to intensify speculation that Timothy Mellon believes Kennedy's candidacy will hurt Joe Biden. — Billionaire mega-donor Timothy Mellon, who has poured millions …
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Bloomberg
Michael Boyle / The Daily Beast:
Jon Stewart Sounds Off on the ‘Real Cancel Culture’ — ‘CONSTANT VICTIMIZATION’ — “Jerry Seinfeld took more shit over the past two weeks promoting a Pop-Tart movie than Harrison Butker did for his entire speech,” Stewart said on Monday's “Daily Show.” — Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker …
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NBC News:
Nevada abortion rights groups submit signatures to advance ballot measure — An amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the Nevada constitution is now one step closer to making the November ballot. — A proposed amendment to enshrine access to abortion in Nevada's constitution …
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Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The Polls Probably Aren't Lying — I feel the need to reinforce much of what Paul has said recently. — Joe Biden may very well lose this election and Donald Trump may very well be the 47th president of the United States. — It boggles my mind too. — Now, I grant you, polling is broken.
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Outside the Beltway
Gram Slattery / Reuters:
Exclusive: Donald Trump foreign policy advisers met Israeli PM Netanyahu, source says — Three former U.S. foreign policy officials in Donald Trump's administration met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures in Israel on Monday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Warrant Applications by the International Criminal Court — The ICC prosecutor's application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous. And let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas.
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