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New York Times:
Prosecutors Sought Records on Trump's Foreign Business Deals Since 2017  —  The special counsel scrutinizing the former president's handling of classified documents issued a subpoena to the Trump Organization seeking records related to seven countries.  —  Federal prosecutors overseeing …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump was warned about retaining classified documents, notes reveal  —  Exclusive: Unreported warning contained in notes taken by lawyer Evan Corcoran that prosecutors have viewed in recent months  —  Federal prosecutors have evidence Donald Trump was put on notice that he could not retain …
CNN:
Trump's attorney took notes that say the former president wanted to fight subpoena for classified docs  —  Donald Trump asked whether he could push back against Justice Department efforts last year to recover any classified documents still in his possession during conversations with his lawyer …
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll Seeks New Damages From Trump for Comments on CNN  —  The former president's repeated denials that he sexually abused Ms. Carroll “show the depth of his malice” and merit heavy damages, her lawyer wrote.  —  E. Jean Carroll, who this month won $5 million in damages …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Texts tie DeSantis closely to Trump insider Lev Parnas in 2018 race  —  Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas and his business partner were arrested in 2019, accused by the U.S. government of funneling a Russian oligarch's money into American political campaigns.
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Tara Palmeri / Puck:   Ronny on the Run  —  Lessons from a day shadowing a press-any and socially uncomfortable presidential hopeful.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:   Fox Panel Flames DeSantis: ‘Everything About Florida That You Love - DeSantis Inherited’
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis is learning that not every state wants to be Florida
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. James Comer Implies Biden Family Probe Is Really About Helping Trump In 2024  —  Oops!  —  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday inadvertently implied that House Republicans' high-profile investigation into President Joe Biden's family members and their finances is actually about helping Donald Trump win the presidency in 2024.
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Fox's Latest Hoax
Discussion: Bulwark+, RedState and Jezebel
Politico:
Biden-McCarthy meeting ends ‘better’ — but with no clear path to deal
Axios:
Scoop: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin reconsiders 2024 bid  —  Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is reconsidering a bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, after earlier taking himself out of the race as polls made former President Trump look increasingly formidable, top Republican sources tell Axios.
Davey Alba / Bloomberg:
How Fake AI Photo of a Pentagon Blast Went Viral and Briefly Spooked Stocks  —  A falsified photograph of an explosion near the Pentagon spread widely on social media Monday morning, briefly sending US stocks lower in possibly the first instance of an AI-generated image moving the market.
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Fake image of Pentagon explosion goes viral
Discussion: The Hill and Mercury News
Rebecca Cohen / Insider:
An apparently AI-generated hoax of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral online — and markets briefly dipped
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Sen. Tim Scott vows not to overturn the election if he loses  —  In a wide-ranging interview with NBC News, Scott — who announced his presidential bid on Monday — called the U.S. role in Ukraine “essential” and contrasted himself with former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
Inside the Garden of Evil  —  Harlan Crow wants to stop talking about Clarence Thomas.  —  When you collect statues of lenin, Harlan Crow told me, “you get to be a bit of a snob.”  The first Lenin I had seen that morning was a brass likeness in the entryway to Crow's Dallas mansion …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
GOP donor denies influence over Clarence Thomas, despite lavish gifts
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Frantic Hunting Mission Erupts After Raid on Russian Town  —  The Kremlin said it was working to “destroy this sabotage group.”  —  The Kremlin has launched a “counter-terrorist operation” in Russia's Belgorod region after a pro-Ukrainian group claimed to have stormed and “completely liberated” the border town of Kozinka.
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Financial Times:
Pro-Ukraine fighters ‘liberate’ village in Russia's Belgorod region
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
DeSantis's $13.5m police program lures officers with violent records to Florida  —  Governor's incentive scheme recruits officers with history of excessive violence or who have been arrested since signing up  —  Numerous police officers lured to new jobs in Florida with cash …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
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The Daily Dot:
EXCLUSIVE: Murder, kidnapping, brutality charges: These are the cops Ron DeSantis paid to come to Florida
Discussion: Raw Story
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Seniors are flooding homeless shelters that can't care for them  —  Cities are building special shelters for the old, and shelters are hiring trained staff to handle a wave of aging baby boomers  —  PHOENIX — Beatrice Herron, 73, clutched a flier offering low-cost cable TV …
Bryce Covert / In These Times:
What It's Like to Have an Abortion Denied by Dobbs  —  Dobbs will throw many lives into disarray.  Lationna Halbert's is one of the first.  —  Lationna Halbert doesn't like pickles.  But one day, in July 2022, she was hit with an intense craving as she watched her boss eat one.
New York Times:
Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War's Destruction  —  Drone footage taken by The New York Times captured the scorched buildings, destroyed schools and cratered parks that now define the city in eastern Ukraine.  —  Photographs and Video by Tyler HicksText by Marc Santora
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Russian Deputy Minister Dies Suddenly After Slamming ‘Fascist Invasion’ of Ukraine  —  The Russian government offered its “deepest condolences” to his loved ones.  —  A senior Russian lawmaker who was reportedly critical of the invasion of Ukraine died over the weekend, the Russian government confirmed …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Deborah Turness / BBC:
Explaining the ‘how’ - the launch of BBC Verify  —  In the early hours of Wednesday 3 May, video footage emerged showing what appeared to be two drones crashing into a dome of the Kremlin complex in Moscow.  But was the video real or fake?  Did this “attack” actually happen?  And how could we tell?
Discussion: The Wrap, Twitchy and The Daily Caller
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
In Florida, reproductive care nightmares become tragically common  —  Ron DeSantis is ready to pitch a “Make America Florida” platform.  The public should be clear-eyed about what that would mean on abortion rights.  —  After the lopsided results in last month's state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Marianne Williamson loses top 2 campaign officials in a matter of days  —  The campaign director and deputy director for the longshot Democratic presidential candidate quit over the weekend.  —  The top two campaign officials for longshot Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson resigned over the weekend.
Discussion: The Hill
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Texas Forced This Woman to Give Birth to a Stillborn Son.  She's Suing  —  “I was told that if I tried to discharge myself, or seek care elsewhere, that I could be arrested for trying to kill my child”  —  AFTER MULTIPLE MISCARRIAGES, Kiersten Hogan thought she would never be able to carry a pregnancy to term.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Texas Is Torturing Women Whose Pregnancies Fail  —  It's increasingly clear that it's not safe to be pregnant in states with total abortion bans.  Since the end of Roe v. Wade, there have been a barrage of gutting stories about women in prohibition states denied care for miscarriages or forced to continue nonviable pregnancies.
Jonathan Shamir / Haaretz:
No More Arab States Will Normalize Ties With Israel, Netanyahu Gov't ‘Embarrassed’ UAE, Emirati Analyst Warns  —  ‘My government and the other signatories are embarrassed,’ says policy analyst Dr. Ebtesam Al-Ketbi at Israeli confab hours before UAE ambassador to Israel extends invite to international climate conference
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Bowman says he will ‘stay as far away’ from Greene as possible  —  Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) says he will “stay as far away...as possible” from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after a contentious exchange between the two stemming from an encounter outside the Capitol last week.
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Investigated Clinton Foundation Until Trump's Final Days  —  President Donald J. Trump and his allies tried to cast the Clinton Foundation as corrupt.  But the yearslong investigation sputtered to its conclusion without charges.  —  Reporting from Washington
Kim Parker / Pew Research Center:
How Pew Research Center will report on generations moving forward  —  Journalists, researchers and the public often look at society through the lens of generation, using terms like Millennial or Gen Z to describe groups of similarly aged people.  This approach can help readers see themselves …
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Bob Woodward roasts Trump's ‘everything is mine’ take in ‘unprecedented’ copyright suit: Interview tapes ‘belong to the People’  —  From George Washington to Joe Biden, U.S. presidents have harnessed the power of the press to reach the populace.  Investigative journalist Bob Woodward argues …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Florida Pride events canceled in wake of new laws, ‘unsafe’ climate
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Washington Post:
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Reporter Asks Tim Scott If He's a Virgin
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Randall Chase / Associated Press:
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won't seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state
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