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TIME:
Read the Full Transcript of President Joe Biden's Interview With TIME — President Joe Biden sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on May 28. — Over the course of the interview, Biden spoke at length about his foreign policy agenda, including his views on China, Taiwan …
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Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Hunter Biden's Wife Goes Off at ‘Nazi Piece of Sh*t’ Outside Courtroom — FIREWORKS — Melissa Cohen Biden reportedly exploded at a former Trump White House aide as her husband's federal gun trial began. — For the first time in American history, the son of a sitting president …
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NBC News:
Hunter Biden trial live updates: First witness is called to stand after dramatic courthouse scene — Prosecutors and Biden's defense attorney delivered their opening statements this morning. … Jill Biden departs the courthouse — First lady Jill Biden has departed the courthouse during the lunch break.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
‘You Nazi piece of s—’: Hunter Biden's wife confronts Trump ally in hallway outside gun trial — Garrett Ziegler was involved with the efforts to make public Hunter Biden's laptop to embarrass his father in the final days of the 2020 election. — WILMINGTON, Del. …
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Hunter Biden Didn't ‘Knowingly’ Lie to Buy Gun, His Lawyer Says
Hunter Biden Didn't ‘Knowingly’ Lie to Buy Gun, His Lawyer Says
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Don't let MAGA theatrics fool you: Donald Trump's 34 felony convictions are not helping him — Many people mistake cynicism for savviness. So, of course, it took no time at all for some political pundits to rush forward to declare that Donald Trump's historic 34 felony convictions would somehow “help” him.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Biden Twists the ‘Convicted Felon’ Knife — Joe Biden called Donald Trump a “convicted felon,” and you know what? The Trump campaign just can't believe a U.S. president would say something so low-down and mean. — That word is “shameful,” campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt …
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Secure the Border — New actions will bar migrants who cross our Southern border unlawfully from receiving asylum — Biden taking action as Congressional Republicans put partisan politics ahead of national security, twice voting against toughest reforms in decades
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New York Times:
In Shift, Biden Issues Order Allowing Temporary Border Closure to Migrants — The move shows how drastically immigration politics have shifted in the United States. The American Civil Liberties Union said it planned to challenge the order in court. — President Biden issued an executive order …
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Michael Dorgan / Fox News:
Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens to force vote on impeaching Biden over border crisis
Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens to force vote on impeaching Biden over border crisis
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Semafor:
“It's really disappointing”: Congress' progressives despair over Biden's border order
“It's really disappointing”: Congress' progressives despair over Biden's border order
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Axios:
How politics, timing shaped Biden's border gambit
How politics, timing shaped Biden's border gambit
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020 — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed felony forgery charges Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide who helped submit paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020.
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Molly Beck / USA Today:
Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul charges Kenneth Chesebro, other Trump aides, in fake elector scheme — MADISON - Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed felony forgery charges against an aide and two attorneys who worked for former President Donald Trump in 2020 for their part in designing …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘I will not be intimidated’: Garland to rebut contempt threats from House GOP — House Republicans are expected to grill the attorney general about the federal prosecutions of Donald Trump and Hunter Biden. — Attorney General Merrick Garland will use an appearance on Capitol Hill on Tuesday …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Feds raid corporate landlord, escalating nationwide criminal probe of rent increases — Over the last four years, rents have skyrocketed by an average of over 30% nationwide and are a major factor in the overall inflation rate. There are a variety of factors behind the increases, including an overall housing shortage.
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Camaron Stevenson / Copper Courier:
Rent monopoly crackdown continues as FBI raids corporate landlord for 18 Arizona properties
Rent monopoly crackdown continues as FBI raids corporate landlord for 18 Arizona properties
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Washington Post:
Lawmakers expensed millions in 2023 under new program that doesn't require receipts — Critics say the program's lack of transparency and record-keeping opens it up to abuse. Matt Gaetz was the program's top spender. — More than 300 House lawmakers were reimbursed at least $5.2 million …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Nigel Farage Immediately Takes a Milkshake to the Face on His First Day of Campaigning — STRAW POLL — It's not the first time this has happened. — Nigel Farage's surprise campaign for the upcoming British general election got off to a sticky start Tuesday when someone chucked a milkshake in his face.
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Johnson lays out strategy to crack down on DOJ ‘weaponization’ against Trump — House Speaker Mike Johnson briefed former President Trump on the plan before announcing it Tuesday morning, one lawmaker says — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., revealed a “three-pronged” …
Daniel Klaidman / CBS News:
The $64 million mystery: How a wave of anonymous donations is fueling the 2024 presidential campaign — Washington hates a secret. — Yet in the summer of 2020, when a blandly named entity called the Impetus Fund received a $64 million donation from a single anonymous source …
NOTUS:
How a Drop in Small-Dollar Donations Is Shaking Up Both Parties … For years, Anna Cypert responded to the daily texts, calls and letters that she received from Democrats asking for money, often marked URGENT or SOS. The former nurse sent what she could: $5 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee …
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
DOJ Says Epoch Times Newspaper Is an Epic Money-Laundering Operation — One of the strangest stories in media over the past decade is the Epoch Times, a formerly free newspaper distributed on the streets of New York that focuses on conspiracist, right-wing takes and reports that are extremely critical of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
House Democrats Begin Bid to Force Contraceptive Vote, Pressuring G.O.P. — By starting a discharge petition on legislation to codify the right to contraceptive access, Democrats aim to spotlight Republican opposition to the bill, part of a broader push to highlight the issue for voters.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Failing State Next Door — Mexico has its first woman president. But her big win may be a bigger danger to democracy and security. — President Joe Biden's next big foreign-policy crisis was waiting for him at his desk this morning: a southern neighbor heading fast toward authoritarianism and instability.
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Michael Cohen's family doxed in wake of testimony in Trump criminal trial — Former Trump fixer laments ‘sad times we are living through’ as addresses and phone numbers of wife and children posted online — Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen has become the latest target of doxing efforts …
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