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9:15 AM ET, May 22, 2023

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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
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Washington Post:
Concerns about Biden's reelection swamped by fear of Trump in swing voter focus groups  —  “Whatever the step above panicked is, that is what I feel about Trump,” said one of the voters, who picked Trump in 2016 then Biden in 2020  —  Nearly all of the 15 gathered swing state voters described …
Discussion: Plain Dealer
Politico:
Playbook: The case for Tim Scott  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  EYES ON WILMINGTON — Sen. TOM CARPER (D-Del.), 76, is expected to announce at 11 a.m. whether he'll run for a fifth term, per WBOC-TV's Hunter Landon.  Watching closely: Rep. LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER.
Reuters:
Biden and McCarthy to meet on Monday as debt ceiling talks resume  —  U.S. President Joe Biden and House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet to discuss the debt ceiling on Monday, after the two leaders held a phone call on Sunday as the president flew back to Washington that both sides described as positive.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
The man in charge of knowing when the U.S. runs out of money
Discussion: Reason and Semafor
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Wall Street Journal:
Brutal Battle for Bakhmut Leaves Russia With an Uncertain Victory
Jeffrey Clark / Fox News:
Fetterman wearing ‘hoodies and gym shorts’ in Senate shows ‘robust recovery,’ AP report claims  —  Fetterman reportedly ‘votes from the doorway’ or a ‘side entrance’ to get around the Senate's strict dress code rules  —  Sources “close” to Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Penn., are claiming that his trademark …
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Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Weapons contractors hitting Department of Defense with inflated prices for planes, submarines, missiles  —  With the U.S. supplying billions-of-dollars of munitions to Ukraine and growing tensions in the Taiwan Strait, some Pentagon generals are sounding alarms about the dwindling supply of U.S. weapons …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Ron DeSantis shut out the media.  That's changing.  —  The presidential campaign-in-waiting and super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are trying to warm up the governor's cold war with the journalists who cover him.  —  DeSantis had taken apparent pride in a combative operation …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
First on Fox: Trump ally Sen JD Vance endorses in Ohio's 2024 GOP Senate primary, backing Bernie Moreno  —  Moreno 1 of 2 major GOP candidates in Ohio Senate primary along with state Sen Matt Dolan  —  EXCLUSIVE - First-term Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio is weighing in on his state's burgeoning 2024 Senate primary.
Discussion: Plain Dealer
Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder's Affair With Russian Bridge Player  —  The disgraced financier was trying to set up a philanthropic fund that he hoped would include the billionaire as an anchor donor  —  Jeffrey Epstein discovered that Bill Gates …
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Uber's Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaints of Insensitivity  —  The executive hosted sessions about race and being a white woman that were titled “Don't Call Me Karen,” prompting an employee uproar.  —  Uber has placed its longtime head of diversity, equity and inclusion on leave …
New York Times:
Spying in Mexico Strikes a New Victim: the President's Ally  —  While looking into abuses by the armed forces, the country's top human rights official was targeted with Pegasus, the world's most notorious spyware, The Times found.  —  Natalie Kitroeff reported from Mexico City and Ronen Bergman from Tel Aviv.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Imagine if the Press Covered the Supreme Court Like Congress  —  This is a part of Disorder in the Court, a weeklong series on the legal press and the most explosive Supreme Court in generations: how we cover it, how we've failed, and how we can do better.  —  You can only write …
Discussion: Eschaton
Public Notice:
The Democratic upset in Jacksonville is a product of the GOP's war on cities  —  Republican big city mayors are a highly endangered species.  That's not a fluke.  —  ∙ Paid … Last week, Democrat Donna Deegan won an upset mayoral election victory in Jacksonville, Florida …
Herb Scribner / Washington Post:
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO booed at Boston University commencement speech over writers strike  —  The Writers Guild of America said it planned to picket during the speech  —  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav faced boos and jeers from audience members during his Boston University commencement speech …
Star Tribune:
Minnesota Legislature wrapping work on one of the most consequential sessions in state history  —  Democrats crossed off a long list of priorities in a single session in power.  Republicans say they overreached.  —  Minnesota Democratic leaders gathered the Friday after they won control …
Discussion: Power Line
Bernard-Henri Lévy / Wall Street Journal:
Put Ukraine on the U.N. Security Council  —  Russia's membership has no legal basis and should be transferred.  —  Tap For Sound  —  In Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine, one of his weapons is Russia's status as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, which entails the power to block any resolution.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis's context-free history book vanished online.  We got a copy.  —  In the lead-up to this spring's release of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's book “The Courage to Be Free,” a funny thing happened on the internet: His first book, published in 2011 before his political career began, disappeared.
Sarah Longwell / Bulwark+:
The GOP Is in an Abusive Relationship with Trump  —  No matter how horrible Trump is to women, Republicans' opinions are baked in.  —  WHEN A JURY FOUND Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll, it drove home one of the grosser features of our political era …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Exclusive: Paul Whelan tells CNN he's confident ‘wheels are turning’ toward his release  —  Paul Whelan, an American who is wrongfully detained in Russia, told CNN on Sunday that he feels confident that his case is a priority for the United States government but wishes it could be resolved faster.
Scott Horsley / NPR:
These are some of the people who'll be impacted if the U.S. defaults on its debts  —  Veterans, seniors and government employees: These are just some of the people who stand to be impacted if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.  —  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns …
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
DeSantis keeps abortion comments brief at antiabortion group's gala  —  DeSantis spent about 20 seconds on abortion restrictions during a 40-minute address to a gala for a major advocate of Florida's new six-week ban  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discussed abortion only briefly during …
 
 
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why was this massive Trump scandal hiding in plain sight for 28 months?
Discussion: Axios
Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
C. Boyden Gray, White House counsel to President G.H.W. Bush, dies at 80
Discussion: CNN, Instapundit and New York Times
Mike Freeman / USA Today:
Dodgers fail miserably, crumble under pressure by disinviting Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
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Jim Daley / The TRiiBE:
‘Fox and Friends’ staged Naperville interview criticizing Mayor Brandon Johnson
New York Times:
30 Tons of Explosive Chemicals Lost During Rail Shipment
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William S. Becker / The Hill:
A call to arms: Defending America's soul in an age of extremism
Discussion: The Week
Susan Stubson / New York Times:
What Christian Nationalism Has Done to My State and My Faith Is a Sin
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Biden bets DeSantis' ‘Florida blueprint’ will help him flip the Sunshine State and win reelection
CNN:
NAACP issues travel advisory for Florida, saying the state is ‘openly hostile toward African Americans’ under Gov. DeSantis' administration
CNN:
A transgender girl misses her high school graduation after Mississippi judge denies emergency plea to permit her to go in a dress and heels
 

 
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Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Microsoft plans to add the latest installment of Call of Duty to Xbox Game Pass at launch this fall, a major shakeup of its video game sales strategy

 
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