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New York Post:
Multiple people shot in Brooklyn subway stop during rush hour  —  Multiple people were shot Tuesday morning in a gruesome shooting in a Brooklyn subway station during rush hour, officials said.  —  The bloody incident broke out around 8:30 a.m. at the 36th Street station for the D, N, R lines in Sunset Park.
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Governor Phil Murphy / abc7NY:
At least 16 shot or hurt in NYC by man wearing gas mask, construction vest  —  ABC7 New York 24/7 Eyewitness News Stream  —  SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) — At least 16 people were shot or otherwise injured after a lone gunman in a reflective vest and possibly a gas mask threw smoke bombs …
New York Times:
Live Updates: Several People Are Shot at Brooklyn Subway Station  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Shooting in subway comes amid rise in gun violence across the city.  —  Multiple people were shot in the subway system in Brooklyn during the Tuesday morning rush, officials said …
NBC New York:
Gun Used to Shoot 10 in Brooklyn Subway Attack May Have Jammed, Source Says; Bag, Weapon Recovered
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start  —  Investment and projections for CNN+ are expected to be cut dramatically in response to a low adoption rate, two sources tell Axios. … - Hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to be cut from that original investment total.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
CNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users  — Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence, sources said.  — The paltry number casts doubt on the future of the application following …
New York Times:
Lt. Gov. Benjamin Arrested in Campaign Finance Scheme  —  Brian A. Benjamin, New York's No. 2 official to Gov. Kathy Hochul, will face a federal charge that he conspired to commit bribery while a state senator.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin of New York …
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BBC:
Ukraine War: US ‘deeply concerned’ at report of Mariupol chemical attack  —  The US and Britain say they are looking into reports that chemical weapons have been used by Russian forces attacking the Ukrainian port of Mariupol.  —  Ukraine's Azov regiment said three soldiers were injured by …
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Washington Post:
Hubris and isolation led Vladimir Putin to misjudge Ukraine
Oleg Sukhov / The Kyiv Independent:
Azov says Russia used chemical weapons in besieged Mariupol
New York Times:
What Happened on Day 47 of the War in Ukraine
Lewis Beale / The Daily Beast:
Why Putin Is Itching to Get His Hands on This Ex-American Banker
Discussion: Raw Story and Cyber Wanderlust
Washington Post:
Washington Post columnist arrested in Moscow after criticizing Putin  —  Russian authorities on Monday arrested Vladimir Kara-Murza — a prominent Kremlin critic and politician who has written columns for The Washington Post protesting Russia's war in Ukraine and violations of human rights.
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill, NPR, Raw Story, Forbes, Insider and CNN
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Inflation Continued to Worsen in March, as Gas and Rent Costs Rose: Live Updates  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Prices were 8.5% higher in March than a year earlier.  —  Inflation  —  +8.5% in  —  March  —  +6.5%  —  without  —  food and energy  —  Year-over-year percent change in the Consumer Price Index
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:   Manchin on inflation: Biden administration ‘failed to act fast enough’
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash  —  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House on Tuesday impeached state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over a 2020 fatal crash in which he initially told authorities he thought he had struck a deer or another large animal.
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Argus Leader:
Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg releases statement ahead of impeachment vote, slams Gov. Noem … PIERRE — On the eve of a vote to authorize articles of impeachment against Jason Ravnsborg, the South Dakota attorney general broke months of silence on the issue.
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Give War A Chance  —  More and more, we're told outright war isn't just necessary and right, but the thing that will solve America's existential problems  —  Robert Kagan, neoconservative writer and husband to Deputy Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, wrote a piece called …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
VIDEO: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sends cops to eject our journalists for NO reason  —  The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, sent police to expel two of our journalists from an official press conference at Miami Dade College today for no reason.  —  NBC News and The Miami Herald reported …
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Angry Drivers, Lots of Guns: An Explosion in Road Rage Shootings  —  Dozens have been reported in Texas alone amid a pandemic surge in gun purchases and a country increasingly on edge.  —  HOUSTON — The trouble started with an argument between two drivers merging in slow traffic after an Astros baseball game last summer.
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Pentagon does ‘not object’ to potential transfer of jets from Slovakia to Ukraine  —  The Pentagon would not stand in the way of a possible transfer of Slovakian fighter jets to Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters Tuesday.  —  Slovakia, which has already provided military technology …
Discussion: Fox News and Politico
Annie Karni / New York Times:
House G.O.P., Banding Together, Kills Bid to Honor Pioneering Black Judge  —  A right-wing congressman persuaded fellow Republicans to abruptly turn against a routine measure to name a federal courthouse in Florida for a Black State Supreme Court justice.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Covid-19 may be hastening democracy's demise  —  Trust in U.S. institutions has been declining for years, thanks to government scandals, economic dislocation, increased inequality and social media.  Now, evidence is growing that the coronavirus pandemic is making the phenomenon much worse.
Washington Post:
Congress details allegations of Commanders' ‘unlawful’ conduct to FTC  —  The Washington Commanders and owner Daniel Snyder “may have engaged in a troubling, long-running, and potentially unlawful pattern of financial conduct” that allegedly involved withholding as much as $5 million …
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
Financial Times:
Macron waters down key pension reform in bid to woo left  —  President backs away from pledge to raise retirement age to 65 as he courts working-class voters in run-off against Le Pen  —  Emmanuel Macron has climbed down from a campaign pledge to raise the retirement age in France to 65 …
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
DOJ rebuffs Democrats' request for inventory of Trump's boxes  —  The Justice Department this week rebuffed a request from the House Oversight Committee for more details about the 15 boxes of White House records that former president Donald Trump improperly removed to Mar-a-Lago …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Did Jared Kushner just get a $2 billion bribe?  —  It was jarring to learn that back in 1967, some 16 of 22 senators from former Confederate states opposed the confirmation of the first Black Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall.  For the first Black woman nominee 55 years later …
Insider:
Lindsey Graham is ‘unrecognizable’ and ‘sycophant in chief’ to Trump, Joe Biden's sister Valerie says in a new book  — As a senator, Joe Biden had “strong relationships” with GOP senators, including Graham, Owens wrote.  — But Graham became “sycophant in chief” to Trump once he was elected president, she wrote.
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Summers Watch  —  Larry Summers is not only a self-promoter who is often wrong on his economics.  He is disdainful of who suffers if his recommendations are taken seriously.  —  Larry Summers, spurned for a Biden administration post, is famously vindictive.
 
 
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Bruce Golding / New York Post:
Biden shared anti-Hillary Clinton column with aides, family amid 2016 campaign
Discussion: RedState
Lee Smith / Tablet Magazine:
Was the Infiltration of the Secret Service Part of an Iranian Plot to Kill John Bolton?
Discussion: NBC News
Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times:
A transgender psychologist has helped hundreds of teens transition. But rising numbers have her concerned
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
The Republican judge blocking her party from rigging electoral districts
John Yoo / Newsweek:
Clarence Thomas' Vote on Trump Documents Had Nothing to do With His Wife
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
CFPB Charges TransUnion and Senior Executive John Danaher with Violating Law Enforcement Order
Discussion: Bloomberg and CBS News
Tomas Pueyo / Uncharted Territories:
Why Germany Won't Keep Its Nuclear Plants Open
Discussion: Associated Press
James DeHaven / Reno Gazette-Journal:
RGJ poll: GOP hopefuls gain edge on Masto, Sisolak as voters' mood over economy sinks
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
DeJoy says USPS will expedite midterm ballots, holds firm on electric trucks
Discussion: Raw Story
Sergiu Klainerman / Tablet Magazine:
Princeton's Mixed-Up President Discards Free Speech and Demonizes Its Defenders
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Most Americans say COVID is no longer a crisis
The Daily Beast:
The Obscure Law NY Prosecutors Could Use to Charge Trump Years From Now
Discussion: Raw Story
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Internal poll shows Brian Kemp close to outright primary win, despite Trump fight
Discussion: Political Wire
 

 
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Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

 
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