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6:15 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 …
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 …
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 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.
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.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN's Kaitlan Collins tries, and tries, to rebut Trump's election lies  —  Collins, one of the network's rising stars, attempted to meet the former president's stream of falsehoods during Wednesday's live town hall with composure and tough questions  —  During a roughly 70-minute-long forum …
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.
Michael Fanone / Rolling Stone:
CNN Is Hosting a Town Hall for a Guy Who Tried to Get Me Killed
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
New York Times:
Trump Camp Sees CNN Town Hall as Calculated Risk
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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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 …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Comer releases Biden family probe update without showing link to president  —  The Oversight panel chair revealed that Biden family members, business associates or related companies received more than $10 million from companies run by foreign nationals.  —  House Republicans on Wednesday showed …
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
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sen. Tuberville rises to the defense of racists in the armed forces
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
US Department of Justice:
Congressman George Santos Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering, Theft of Public Funds, and False Statements  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York  —  Santos Allegedly Embezzled Contributions from Supporters, Fraudulently Obtained Unemployment Benefits …
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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
Alexandra E. Petri / Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein casts her first Senate vote in months, finally shedding light on health issues  —  California Politics  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to cast her first vote in the Senate since taking an extended  —  that threatened Democrats' slim majority and led to mounting calls for her resignation.
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
Dylan Byers / Puck:
The Kaitlin Era Begins Tonight  —  Kaitlan is Licht's answer at 9 p.m.—the great conservative hope upon which his legacy will likely hang.  —  Tonight, for about 90 minutes, CNN may be the most-watched news channel in America—a rare and probably fleeting distinction it has not enjoyed since January 2021 …
David Weigel / Semafor:
RFK Jr.: Ron DeSantis invited me to breakfast, said he wanted to burn the NIH “to the ground”  —  The News  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that he wanted to “burn” the National Institutes of Health “to the ground,” according to a new interview with the Democratic presidential candidate.
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Vivek Ramaswamy wants to raise the voting age.  Even his staff doesn't like the idea.  —  The youngest candidate in the Republican presidential field is preparing to announce a proposal to raise the voting age to 25 for most people.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest candidate …
 
 
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James Politi / Financial Times:
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Janon Fisher / New York Daily News:
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