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Eyeing Trump, but on the Fence: How Tuned-Out Voters Could Decide 2024 — Politically disengaged Americans are increasingly Trump-curious, but President Biden has a shot at winning some of them back. Reaching them in a changed media environment will be his challenge.
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Dems in full-blown ‘freakout’ over Biden — One adviser to major Democratic donors keeps a running list of reasons Biden could lose. — A pervasive sense of fear has settled in at the highest levels of the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden's reelection prospects …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
The first Biden-Trump debate of 2024 features new fights between old rivals — Biden has had a consistent playbook and team for preparing for debates, while Trump has taken a far less traditional approach. — WASHINGTON — Four years ago, Joe Biden rehearsed for debates at a lectern in the basement of his Delaware home.
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Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators — Trump has waffled on whether the Israel-Gaza war should end. But speaking to wealthy donors behind closed doors, he said that he supports Israel's right to continue “its war on terror.”
The Daily Beast:
Trump Just Sold His $10M Jet to One of His Megadonors — JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS — The sale, executed earlier this month, was reportedly worth about $10 million. — After nearly half a billion dollars in legal judgments against him this year, Donald Trump's company opted to offload …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Washington Post sat on Alito upside-down flag interview for years … - “I agreed with Bob Barnes and others that we should not do a single-slice story about the flag, because it seemed like the story was about Martha-Ann Alito and not her husband,” Barr said. — “In retrospect, I should have pushed harder for that story.”
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Alan Wong / Bloomberg:
Hong Kong Makes First Arrests Under New Local Security Law — Suspects accused of inciting hatred of Beijing on social media — Ex-organizer of Tiananmen crackdown vigil among those arrested — Hong Kong's national security police arrested six people using a new security law for the first time …
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Trump Leans Into an Outlaw Image as His Criminal Trial Concludes — Preparing for a potential verdict in Manhattan, the former president has increasingly aligned himself with fellow defendants and people convicted of crimes. — Over the past week, Donald J. Trump rallied alongside …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Republicans irked that Herschel Walker is sitting on millions in unspent campaign funds — They say his money could go a long way to help the GOP. — Few are clamoring for Herschel Walker's return to politics since he flamed out in his Georgia Senate bid nearly two years ago.
Politico:
North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes in mid-air — Monday's failed launch came hours after leaders of South Korea, China and Japan met in Seoul in their first trilateral meeting in more than four years. — A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Brian Kemp will attend GOP convention as he builds up political operation — He's continuing to mull a Senate run in 2026 or a presidential bid in the next cycle. — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sat out the 2024 presidential primary as other ambitious Republicans tried to topple Donald Trump.
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Presses Allies Not to Confront Iran on Nuclear Program — U.S. is arguing against an effort by Britain and France to censure Iran at the IAEA's member state board — BERLIN—The Biden administration is pressing European allies to back off plans to rebuke Iran for advances …
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Juliet Jeske on Fox News brain — “They enjoy sitting in their homes and being angry at the world.” — ∙ Paid … Are you terrified of migrants squatting in your home or randomly punching you in the face while you walk down the street? Maybe you find yourself thinking a lot …
Lee Hockstader / Washington Post:
Russia is flooding Europe with disinformation. The U.S. elections are next. — With European parliamentary elections coming in June, Moscow has jumped into action. — PARIS — In 2022, European monitors who track Russian disinformation spotted an ambitious online influence operation they called Doppelganger.
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Holly Honderich / BBC:
Trump booed at Libertarian convention — Donald Trump was booed repeatedly during an appearance at the Libertarian Party's national convention on Saturday as he asked members for their support. — Mr Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, told the party's delegates to unite with him to beat Democrat Joe Biden.
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