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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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Massimo Calabresi / TIME:
‘We Are the World Power.’ How Joe Biden Leads … Joe Biden makes his way through the West Wing telling stories.  In the Cabinet Room, with sun pouring through French doors from the Rose Garden outside, he remembers the first time he sat around the long mahogany table, its high-backed leather chairs ordered by seniority.
Alexander Ward / Politico:
Biden: ‘Every reason’ to think Netanyahu wants war with Hamas to go on
John Sexton / HotAir:
Joe Biden Seems Out of Touch With Reality In This Time Magazine Interview
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu
The Hill:   Biden on foreign election meddling: ‘All the bad guys are rooting for Trump’
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
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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.
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Hunter Biden's Infamous Laptop Makes a Cameo at His Gun Trial  —  FIREWORKS  —  Meanwhile, Biden's wife reportedly exploded at a former Trump White House aide as the federal trial began.  —  Federal prosecutors in Hunter Biden's history-making federal trial brought out his infamous laptop …
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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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
Associated Press:
Biden says he's restricting asylum to help ‘gain control’ of the border
Axios:
How politics, timing shaped Biden's border gambit
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
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 …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump asks judge to terminate gag order in hush money case  —  Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing his criminal hush money case to terminate the gag order against the former president, saying it's no longer justified since the trial is over.  —  “Now that the trial is concluded …
Camaron Stevenson / Copper Courier:
Rent monopoly crackdown continues as FBI raids corporate landlord for 18 Arizona properties  —  Federal agents raided a property management company operating in Arizona as part of an investigation into price-fixing rent, marking a distinct escalation in the renewed push to enforce consumer protection laws.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:   Feds raid corporate landlord, escalating nationwide criminal probe of rent increases
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’
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Nigel Farage Gets Milkshaked by OnlyFans Model on First Day of His Campaign  —  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.
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
Politico:
‘Horrible mistake’: GOP senators urge RNC to back off Hogan  —  Republicans are moving to head off a long-term war between Larry Hogan and former President Donald Trump's allies, including the RNC, as Hogan faces one of the toughest ticket-splitting efforts in modern politics.
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
 
 
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MSNBC:
The case for imprisoning Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Ginger Gibson / NBC News:
Former Trump lawyer says it's ‘ridiculous’ to say Biden was involved in hush money prosecution
Discussion: New Republic
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
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Washington Post:
New Washington Post editor Matt Murray meets staff after abrupt Buzbee exit
Public Notice:
Biden's fight against monopolies is a fight for democracy
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
DOJ Says Epoch Times Newspaper Is an Epic Money-Laundering Operation
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's new competition TV show, debuting October 30, will have entrepreneurs pitch judges, including Amazon execs; finalists' product will be sold on Amazon

Sean Hollister / The Verge:
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