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8:05 AM ET, May 11, 2023

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Rolling Stone:
‘F—king Disgrace’: CNN Gifts Trump Primetime Campaign Rally  —  Network insiders who spoke to Rolling Stone were distraught that the former president had free rein to “spew lies” during the ill-advised town hall  —  CNN INVITED DONALD Trump to lie on its airwaves for over an hour on Wednesday night.
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Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Trump just (essentially) won the 2024 GOP primary.  Here's why.  —  How do other 2024 candidates hope to defeat the former president in a head-to-head matchup if they won't even challenge him?  —  When future historians seek to explain how a failed businessman and reality TV star took …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Biden trolls Trump over CNN town hall  —  President Biden trolled former President Trump on Wednesday over a contentious appearance at a CNN town hall on Wednesday, with Biden asking for supporters to donate to his reelection campaign if they don't want “four more years of that.”  —  “It's simple, folks.
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez on Trump town hall: ‘CNN should be ashamed of themselves’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed CNN over its decision to hold a town hall with former President Trump on Wednesday night.  —  “CNN should be ashamed of themselves,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Pure Trump re-injected into the main vein of American politics at CNN town hall  —  Emboldened by polls, Trump took to the airwaves to begin selling his 2024 plans to a broader audience.  —  WASHINGTON — Americans saw a pure version of Donald Trump Wednesday — fortunately or unfortunately.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Trump's Falsehoods and Bluster Overtake CNN Town Hall  —  Facing questions from the audience and the moderator, Donald Trump insisted, falsely, that the 2020 election was rigged.  He also dodged questions on abortion, praised Jan. 6 rioters and mocked E. Jean Carroll.
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Takeaways from town hall: Trump says sexual assault case was ‘fake,’ calls Jan. 6 ‘a beautiful day’  —  Donald Trump's primetime appearance in a live CNN town hall Wednesday had the former president and 2024 presidential candidate doubling down on his false claims as he faced tough questions …
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Hakeem Jeffries Torches Trump Republicans By Naming Their 3 Basic Pillars  —  The House minority leader told MSNBC what the MAGA wing really believes.  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) put former President Donald Trump and his supporters in the Republican Party on blast …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The wider House Oversight's net, the more often it catches Trump  —  The argument was put most concisely by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), as members of the Republican majority on the House Oversight Committee sought to deliver the “judgment day for the Biden administration” that committee chair James Comer …
Politico:
Playbook: How Trump dominated CNN
Discussion: Punchbowl News and Washington Post
Wajahat Ali / The Daily Beast:
CNN Failed America With Its Train Wreck of a Trump Town Hall
Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones:   Trump Mocked E. Jean Carroll Live on CNN. The Audience Laughed.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN's Trump Forum Was a Bracing Preview of Political Coverage to Come
Devan Markham / NewsNation:
Comer: Biden family received $10M from foreign nationals  — Committee: Biden family received millions from China and Romania  — Comer: Biden and family's shady business deals risks national security  — WH: Comer uses baseless claims, personal attacks to score political points
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Comer releases Biden family probe update without showing link to president
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
FBI doesn't share document GOP subpoenaed alleging ‘criminal scheme’ involving Biden
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Tuberville on white nationalists in the military: ‘I call them Americans’  —  U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said there should be no efforts to block different ideological groups, including white nationalists, from serving in the military and criticized President Joe Biden for taking steps …
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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
GOP senator says of white nationalists in the military, ‘I call them Americans’
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
James J. Carafano / Heritage Foundation:
Heritage VPs Support Tuberville's Principled Stand Against Pentagon Abortion Policies
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sen. Tuberville rises to the defense of racists in the armed forces
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
The George Santos Indictment, Annotated  —  Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment on Wednesday charging Representative George Santos of New York with 13 counts, including counts of money laundering, stealing public money, wire fraud and making false statements to Congress.
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New York Times:
New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat  —  The suit, brought by a specialist in Russian disinformation, cites parallels with the recently settled Dominion Voting Systems case against Fox.  —  Fox News was hit on Wednesday with another defamation lawsuit …
Ben Terris / Politico:
Magic Mushrooms, Dear White Staffers and Dianne Feinstein's Dog  —  Tales of workplace woe from the underside of the nation's Capitol.  —  He wasn't supposed to be there, but he was wearing a suit and he still had his congressional employee badge. … He was ex‐staff, actually …
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot to be extradited to US, Beth Holloway says  —  Joran van der Sloot is serving a prison sentence for killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman  —  Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, an American …
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Carol Robinson / al.com:
Joran van der Sloot, implicated in Natalee Holloway disappearance, will be extradited from Peru to US to face extortion charges
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Hugo Bachega / BBC:
Zelensky says Ukraine needs more time for counter-offensive  —  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country needs more time to launch a much-anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, as the military awaits the delivery of promised aid.
New York Times:
Adams Weakens Right-to-Shelter Rules, Anticipating Migrant Surge  —  Saying New York City had “reached our limit,” Mayor Eric Adams said it would loosen regulations that have protected homeless people seeking shelter in the city.  —  New York City is temporarily suspending some of the rules related …
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial  —  Using mRNA tailored to each patient's tumor, the vaccine may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest forms of cancer in half of those who received it.  —  Five years ago, a small group of cancer scientists meeting …
Discussion: Nature
 
 
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