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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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Alexander Ward / Politico:
Biden: ‘Every reason’ to think Netanyahu wants war with Hamas to go on
The Hill:
Biden on foreign election meddling: ‘All the bad guys are rooting for Trump’
Discussion: Business Insider
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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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. …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Why Republicans Hate the Trump Verdict
Discussion: New York Magazine and IJR
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 …
Semafor:
“It's really disappointing”: Congress' progressives despair over Biden's border order
Axios:
How politics, timing shaped Biden's border gambit
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 …
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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Associated Press:
Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: ‘I will not be intimidated’
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
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, New Republic and Raw Story
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.
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” …
Discussion: RedState and HuffPost
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 …
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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 …
Discussion: RedState
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.
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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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: CIA director, Biden adviser head to Mideast to push for hostage/ceasefire deal
Discussion: Reuters and Al Jazeera
Tiana Lowe Doescher / Washington Examiner:
Biden and his media hagiographers can't stop lying about inflation outpacing wage gains
Hope Xv / Pluralistic:
Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions (permalink)
Jack Forrest / CNN:
Fauci says he still faces death threats because of political ‘performances’ like Marjorie Taylor Greene's at Covid-19 hearing
Washington Post:
New Washington Post editor Matt Murray meets staff after abrupt Buzbee exit
Rodrigo Orihuela / Bloomberg:
Spanish Judge Calls Sanchez's Wife to Testify in Blow for PM
Discussion: Reuters, Le Monde.fr and Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Public Notice:
Biden's fight against monopolies is a fight for democracy
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Ryan Brooks / NBC News:
Biden calls Trump a ‘convicted felon’ who ‘snapped’ after the 2020 election
The official website of the City of New York:
Transcript: Mayor Adams Visits Officers Shot In 115th Precinct And Briefs Media With NYPD Commissioner Caban
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
New York Tosses Stefanik's Trump Court Complaint in Bank Fraud Civil Suit
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
 

 
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Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Nicholas Carlson unveils Dynamo, a video-focused company that aims to make “cinematic” stories, and raised $3.4M from Henry Blodget, Jessica Lessin, and others

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