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8:15 AM ET, June 5, 2024

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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The facts about Biden's new immigration policy  —  On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced executive actions that would impose sweeping changes to how the nation treats asylum seekers.  Anyone who attempts to cross the border outside of a designated port of entry will be considered presumptively ineligible …
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The White House:
A Proclamation on Securing the Border  —  There are more people around the world who are displaced from their homes today than at any point in time since World War II.  Many factors have contributed to this problem.  Failing regimes and dire economic conditions afflict many countries, including several in the Western Hemisphere.
Associated Press:
Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Secure the Border
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's protectors push Johnson for House vote … - Conservatives want a floor vote on a bill that would allow current or former presidents to move any state case brought against them — such as the one in New York that resulted in Trump's conviction — to federal court, according to multiple House Republican sources.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
GOP plans aggressive ‘weaponization’ investigations in wake of Trump conviction  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to use House oversight powers and other measures to target jurisdictions pursuing prosecutions of the former president.  —  Congressional Republicans returned to Washington …
Discussion: HuffPost
Taylor Orth / YouGov:
After the Trump verdict, most Republicans say they're OK with having a criminal as president
Discussion: Associated Press
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Wall Street Journal:
Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping  —  Participants in meetings said the 81-year-old president performed poorly at times.  The White House said Biden is sharp and his critics are playing partisan politics.  —  WASHINGTON—When President Biden met with congressional leaders …
Politico:
Ethics panel probes Rep. Spartz over staff abuse claims  —  The Indiana Republican has drastically cut staff pay and communicated ‘with complete and total rage,’ according to complaints.  —  The House Ethics Committee has made preliminary inquiries into Rep. Victoria Spartz's treatment …
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 …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: MAGA's jail plan … Nowhere would that be truer than at the Justice Department, which Trump wants to make his fief and retribution arm.  —  Bannon told us Bragg could be targeted using the 14th Amendment (equal protection) and Fourth Amendment (outlawing unreasonable searches …
NBC News:
'It's very possible': Trump floats imprisoning his political opponents  —  Discussing his guilty verdict, Trump said his opponents were going down a “terrible path.”  —  Fresh off last week's historic guilty verdict, former President Donald Trump had a warning for his political opponents on Tuesday.
Discussion: Washington Post
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Dem groups to pour millions into downballot races in battleground states … - Money is already pouring into the same swing states, which will be critical to President Biden's re-election. … - The National Democratic Redistricting Committee and the States Project …
Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War  —  Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel's military, according to officials and documents about the effort.
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: GOP campaign arm's birth control message … - The Senate on Wednesday will vote on the Right to Contraception Act, part of a push Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has timed ahead of the second anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Caller
Kyler Alvord / People:
Donald Trump Is Banned from 37 Countries as Convicted Felon, Including Major Allies Like Canada and U.K.  —  If elected president again, Trump would need special permission to enter several key countries for maintaining foreign relations  —  Donald Trump may face travel restrictions …
CREW:
Bankrolling the Big Lie  —  Since the earliest months after the January 6, 2021 insurrection, CREW's “This sedition is brought to you by...” tracker has been bringing accountability to the corporate PACs and industry groups that funnel money into the Sedition Caucus—those 147 members of Congress …
New York Times:
Trump Super PAC Says It Took In Nearly $70 Million in May  —  In a memo for donors obtained by The New York Times, the group also said it viewed Pennsylvania as critical to the Trump campaign's success in November.  —  The original super PAC supporting Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign plans …
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.
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
CBS News:
Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter, pleads guilty to stealing millions from him  —  Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday, admitting he stole millions from the Los Angeles Dodgers' star player to pay off illegal gambling debts.
Bloomberg:
Hunter Biden Didn't ‘Knowingly’ Lie to Buy Gun, Lawyer Says  — Opening arguments start in criminal trial of president's son  — ‘No one is above the law,’ prosecutor tells jury in Delaware  —  Hunter Biden didn't knowingly lie when he filled out a form to buy a gun in 2018 and checked …
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NBC News:
Hunter Biden trial live updates: First witness is called to stand after dramatic courthouse scene
 
 
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court remains the linchpin of Trumpworld's push for power
Discussion: Raw Story
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
James Comer Helped a Donor Get Chinese Hemp. What They Got Tested as Marijuana
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Poser / New York Times:
Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own
Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
New Jersey Democrats and Republicans picking Senate, House candidates amid Menendez corruption trial
Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
House passes ICC sanctions resolution with 42 Democrats breaking from party
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
Discussion: UPI
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: ‘I will not be intimidated’
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
X Corp. asks Supreme Court to review process that led Jack Smith to obtain Trump Twitter files
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump asks judge to terminate gag order in hush money case
Discussion: CBS News and Raw Story
MSNBC:
The case for imprisoning Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020
 

 
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Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
The Jewish Chronicle removes a series of sensational articles relating to the Gaza war after claims that they were fabricated by freelance journalist Elon Perry

John Koblin / New York Times:
How FX helped Disney win a record 60 Emmys with Shogun and The Bear, easily surpassing perennial Emmy heavyweights like HBO and Netflix for the first time

Financial Times:
Sources: Mathias Döpfner and KKR near a deal to split up Axel Springer, valuing the company at €13.5B; KKR would get control of the €10B+ classifieds business
 
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