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Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Is the US job market beginning to weaken? Friday's employment report may provide hints — America's employers added a vigorous 272,000 jobs in May, accelerating from April and a sign that companies are still confident enough in the economy to keep hiring despite persistently high interest rates.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Robust job growth in May once again exceeds expectations
Robust job growth in May once again exceeds expectations
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Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump holds 4-point edge in Florida rematch as majority says conviction won't matter to vote — Nearly 7 in 10 support legalizing marijuana and establishing the right to abortion — Former President Donald Trump won Florida in 2016 and 2020 and a new Fox News survey shows he is favored to win it again.
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Politico:
Playbook: A credibility crisis rocks the WaPo CEO — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — In late April, WILL LEWIS arrived at the former Georgetown home of KATHARINE GRAHAM. — Graham was the most revered publisher in the Washington Post's history.
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Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden, Trump in a dead heat in Virginia
Fox News Poll: Biden, Trump in a dead heat in Virginia
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
The Hunter Biden Case Is Solid. There's Something Rotten About It Too. — WILMINGTON, Delaware — The line between criminal prosecution and public flogging was hard to detect this week when federal prosecutors began their case against Hunter Biden for allegedly buying a gun in 2018 while addicted to drugs.
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Washington Post:
Justice Thomas discloses two 2019 trips paid for by Harlan Crow — 2023 financial disclosure reports for Supreme Court justices also show six-figure book payments for Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Jackson — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has disclosed for the first time trips to Bali …
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Public Notice:
Revisiting “the biggest political crime in American history, by far” — Remember “Obamagate”? You should. … It's tough to remember now as Donald Trump regularly wails about the need for total presidential immunity, but four years ago, the then-president was a huge proponent of prosecuting presidents.
Gabe Roth / Fix the Court:
A Staggering Tally: Supreme Court Justices Accepted Hundreds of Gifts Worth Millions of Dollars — Following the groundbreaking reporting from ProPublica and other outlets, FTC ventured to compile all the SCOTUS gifts, found a few unreported ones — Ahead of tomorrow's expected release …
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Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Convictions: The Many Crimes of Donald Trump: Bannon Banished — On July 1, three days before Independence Day, Stephen Kevin Bannon, the leprous-faced, multi-shirt-wearing, nihilistic windbag, must report to prison, to serve his four-month sentence for Contempt of Congress.
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New York Times, New Republic and Vanity Fair
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'Donald Trump doesn't like America': Ex-GOP pollster writes MAGA movement's obituary — Republicans booed and walked out on two former Capitol police officers at the Pennsylvania statehouse, and a former GOP pollster was disgusted by that display of antipathy to American democracy.
Associated Press:
Biden is to meet with Ukraine's Zelenskyy in Paris as Russia leans into its battlefield offensive — U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield.
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden to offer forceful defense of democracy in Normandy speech commemorating D-Day
Biden to offer forceful defense of democracy in Normandy speech commemorating D-Day
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Victor Goury-Laffont / Politico:
Zelenskyy to French lawmakers: ‘Nazism is resurgent’
Zelenskyy to French lawmakers: ‘Nazism is resurgent’
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CNN:
Isolated and inexperienced: A portrait of the judge overseeing Trump's documents case from veterans of her courtroom — Judge Aileen Cannon had been on the federal bench for little more than a year when a senior judge offered to preside over one of her first criminal trials in her isolated south Florida courthouse.
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NBC News:
RNC hires a prominent ‘Stop the Steal’ advocate to help craft its 2024 platform — Ed Martin, who was hired by the RNC in May, pushed to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 loss and marched outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. — WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee has hired …
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Barbara Tasch / BBC:
BBC election debate: Leading figures from seven parties prepare to face each other — Watch the build-up to the debate live by tapping the Play button above — Summary — Join us as we build up to the BBC's first election debate, where leading figures from seven parties will face each other at 19:30
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Noah Keate / Politico:
Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping D-Day event to do TV interview
Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping D-Day event to do TV interview
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
As Biden rallies the free world, Trump serves a higher cause: Himself — In Phoenix, at his first post-conviction campaign rally, Trump portrayed a dark and desperate America. — The 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday provided the contrast that should define the election.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims Democratic states are passing laws allowing people to execute babies after birth — Former President Donald Trump continues to try to depict Democrats as the “true radicals” on abortion policy. To make his case, though, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made wildly inaccurate claims.
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Abortion, Every Day
New York Post:
Briahna Joy Gray fired from The Hill days after rolling her eyes at sister of Oct. 7 hostage during interview — A political commentator was sacked from The Hill — days after rolling her eyes while interviewing the sister of an Israeli abducted on Oct. 7 victim. — “It finally happened.
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David Gilbert / Wired:
Google's and Microsoft's AI Chatbots Refuse to Say Who Won the 2020 US Election — With just six months to go before the US presidential election, Gemini and Copilot chatbots are incapable of saying that Joe Biden won in 2020, and won't return results on any election anywhere, ever.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Yes, Democrats Should Still Care How Real Journalists Cover The News — Just because most mainstream news consumers are already Biden voters, doesn't mean big problems with mainstream news coverage don't seep into the larger culture. — Six years ago, White House Press Secretary Sarah …
Alex Kaplan / Media Matters for America:
A group of far-right media figures is using social media to recruit for its newly formed militia — The group is recruiting on Instagram, despite Meta's previous crackdowns on militias — A group of far-right media figures has announced the formation of a militia group that is dedicated to …
Eric W. Dolan / PsyPost:
Why do Republicans stick with Trump? New study explores the role of white nationalism — A new study explores why many Americans, particularly Republican voters, continue to support former President Donald Trump despite serious charges against him. Researchers found that white nationalism …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the May Jobs Report — The great American comeback continues, but we still have to make more progress. On my watch, 15.6 million more Americans have the dignity and respect that comes with a job. Unemployment has been at or below 4% for 30 months—the longest stretch in 50 years.
New York Times:
Kennedy's Campaign Is Accused of Lying About His New York Residency — A group aligned with President Biden has challenged his ballot petition with New York State officials, arguing he should not be on the fall ballot. — A group aligned with President Biden is challenging Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s …
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