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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.
John Sexton / HotAir:
Joe Biden Seems Out of Touch With Reality In This Time Magazine Interview  —  Time Magazine just published an interview with President BIden.  The interview actually took place one week ago so some of the details discussed may not be up to date but many of the topics cover a much longer time scale.
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu
Alexander Ward / Politico:
Biden: ‘Every reason’ to think Netanyahu wants war with Hamas to go on
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: New York Post, 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
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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Associated Press:
Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
New York Times:
In Shift, Biden Issues Order Allowing Temporary Border Closure to Migrants
Semafor:
“It's really disappointing”: Congress' progressives despair over Biden's border order
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 …
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
Discussion: Breitbart, CNN and HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
Why Republicans Hate the Trump Verdict
Discussion: New York Magazine, emptywheel 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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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.
Associated Press:
Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: ‘I will not be intimidated’  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice.”  —  Photos  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland rebuked …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘I will not be intimidated’: Garland to rebut contempt threats from House GOP
Associated Press:
Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: ‘I will not be intimidated’
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
Colorado Republican Party issues call to burn all Pride flags  —  The party's shift toward extremism continued with a nod to an infamous anti-gay slur and an invitation to burn Pride flags.  —  COLORADO, USA — The Colorado Republican Party marked the start of Pride Month with a mass email attacking …
Discussion: Raw Story, New Republic and Mediaite
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
Justin Glawe / Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Sue to Allow Election Officials to Refuse to Certify Results  —  The America First Policy Institute is representing an election-denying election official who wants the discretion to refuse to certify results … A Republican election official in Georgia's largest county …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
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: New Republic, The Hill and Raw Story
MSNBC:
The case for imprisoning Donald Trump  —  Trump's status renders his offense far more serious and his behavior during the case indefensible, thus making a prison sentence more plausible.  —  By Frank O. Bowman III, author of “High Crimes & Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump”
Discussion: Raw Story
US Department of Justice:
White Supremacist Sentenced for Federal Hate Crimes for Conspiracy Targeting Black and Jewish People and Desecrating Michigan Synagogue with Neo-Nazi Symbols  —  For Immediate Release  —  A Michigan man was sentenced today to 26 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
X Corp. asks Supreme Court to review process that led Jack Smith to obtain Trump Twitter files  —  The social media company argues that a district judge ran afoul of the First Amendment when she ordered the company to turn over Trump's data.  —  Last year, federal courts in Washington …
Discussion: New Republic and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
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Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
House passes ICC sanctions resolution with 42 Democrats breaking from party
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
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