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New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case  —  Donald J. Trump, the former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that silenced a porn star.
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Is Trump going to prison?  What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction  —  Washington — Former President Donald Trump has now been convicted in the New York “hush money” criminal trial, immediately raising a lot of questions and launching the case into uncharted territory …
CNN:
Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges  —  What you need to know  —  Trump to be sentenced just days before officially becoming the GOP presidential nominee  —  Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced just days before the Republican National Convention where it is expected …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump guilty on all counts in New York criminal trial  —  Trump says he will ‘fight till the end,’ and says ‘this is long from over’  —  Former President Trump was found guilty on all counts in his historic and unprecedented criminal trial, making him the first former president of the United States to be convicted of a crime.
Erin Doherty / Axios:
TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES … - Trump's guilty verdict is also likely to fuel his repeated efforts to paint himself as the victim of politically motivated prosecutors.  — Minutes after the verdict, Trump campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita wrote on the social media platform X: “The FIX was always in ...”
Renato Mariotti / New York Times:
How Trump's Team Blew It  —  The criminal trial of Donald Trump didn't have to end this way.  —  The prosecution's case had flaws that couldn't be wallpapered over even with weeks of testimony, over 200 exhibits and a polished and persuasive presentation by Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, and his team.
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Biden campaign on Trump verdict: ‘No one is above the law’
Associated Press:
Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
Adam Wren / Politico:
Why Trump's team thinks he can survive any verdict
Bill Pruitt / Slate:
For 20 Years, I Couldn't Say What Donald Trump Did on the Set of The Apprentice.  Now I Can.  —  For 20 years, I couldn't say what I watched the former president do on the set of the show that changed everything.  Now I can.  —  On Jan. 8, 2004, just more than 20 years ago, the first episode of The Apprentice aired.
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Biden's problems with younger voters are glaring, poll finds  —  Younger voters have been a crucial voting bloc for Democrats for decades.  —  Voters 18-29 years old made up roughly 1 in 6 voters in 2020, and President Biden won them by more than 20 points, according to exit polls.
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Marist Poll:
November's Presidential Election May 2024  —  NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll  —  Biden and Trump Locked in Tight Race Nationally...West & Stein, Not RFK, Make Difference in Multi-Candidate Field  —  President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are closely matched …
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Politico:
Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons  —  It's a major reversal that will help Ukraine to better defend its second-largest city.  —  The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Bystander Shouts ‘You F*cking Suck!’ at Fox News Host Outside Trump Trial  —  DRIVE BY  —  Also calling Gowdy a “c*cksucker,” the unidentified New Yorker sped by on a bicycle during a live TV segment about the Trump trial.  —  A New York bicyclist verbally assailed Fox News host Trey Gowdy …
Discussion: HuffPost
Alex Christy / Newsbusters:
MSNBC Waxes Poetic About Democracy's ‘Shining Moment’ After Trump Conviction  —  The cast of characters that made up the Thursday edition of Deadline: White House were provided the opportunity to give MSNBC's first response to the news that former President Donald Trump had been convicted in New York.
Discussion: Breitbart and PoliticusUSA
Politico:
Biden's Black voter troubles are setting off alarm bells  —  The message out of battleground states and focus groups is that the president's problems are real — and he is running out of time to fix them.  —  Prominent Black officials are warning the Biden campaign that the president's efforts …
Ken Silverstein / New Republic:
Off Leash: Inside the Secret, Global, Far-Right Group Chat  —  In his book In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, Erik Larson cites a cable sent to the State Department in June 1933 by a U.S. diplomat posted in Germany that provided a far …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP mega-donor Miriam Adelson to fund colossal super PAC for Trump  —  The casino billionaire is planning to back the newly reconstituted Preserve America effort to help the former president.  —  Republican mega-donor and casino billionaire Miriam Adelson plans to help bankroll a massive super PAC …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Man who made 12,000 harassing phone calls to Congress admits threatening staffer  —  “I will kill you, I am going to run you over, I will kill you with a bomb or grenade,” Ade Salim Lilly admitted telling one congressional staffer.  —  WASHINGTON — A 35-year-old Queens man pleaded guilty …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Axios:
Free IRS online tax filing program coming soon to all states … - Treasury announced earlier this month that more than 140,000 people participated in the Direct File pilot program in a dozen states claiming more than $90 million in refunds.  — The pilot exceeded its 100,000-person target during this past tax season.
New York Times:
How Republicans in Key Senate Races Are Flip-Flopping on Abortion  —  Several G.O.P. Senate candidates used to embrace anti-abortion views.  Now they are shifting their positions on an issue that has become an electoral liability for their party.  —  Republican candidates in all eight …
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
NRA can sue ex-NY official it says tried to blacklist it after Parkland shooting, Supreme Court says  —  A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist …
John Fritze / CNN:
Chief Justice John Roberts declines to meet with Democratic lawmakers about ethics flap and Alito's flags  —  Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday rejected a meeting request from Democratic lawmakers who wanted to discuss two provocative flags hoisted at Justice Samuel Alito's properties.
CNN:
Trump has touted potential VP picks for months.  He may end up picking someone off the public's radar  —  In recent weeks, an increasingly familiar list of Republicans has dominated the not-very-subtle competition to become Donald Trump's running mate.  Trump himself has added to the air …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Two more US officials resign over Biden administration's position on Gaza war  —  The officials accuse the administration of not telling the truth about Israel's obstruction of aid to Palestinians in Gaza  —  Two more US officials have resigned over the Gaza war, saying that the Biden administration …
 
 
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