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New York Times:
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.
Discussion: Business Insider
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Politico:
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.
Discussion: New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Needs More Empathy on the Economy, Democrats Say
Discussion: HuffPost and Breitbart
Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
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.”
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 …
Discussion: Reuters
New York Times:
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 …
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 …
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.
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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Aaron Pellish / CNN:
RFK Jr. loses in first round of Libertarian Party's presidential nomination vote. Trump didn't file paperwork to qualify
 
 
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