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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 …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Mar-a-Lago prosecutors sought records of Trump Organization deals
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Free Advice for Ron DeSantis: Don't Run for President  —  The Florida governor is uncomfortable around regular people, hides from the media, and is too skittish to take on Trump.  What's the point in running at all? … I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) …
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Tara Palmeri / Puck:
Ronny on the Run  —  Lessons from a day shadowing a press-any and socially uncomfortable presidential hopeful.  —  Last week, I made a pre-election year pilgrimage to New Hampshire, where I was able to hit a lobster shack and drive around with Governor Chris Sununu for hours on end.
Discussion: Twitchy
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
DeSantis envisions shaping ‘7-2 conservative majority’ on Supreme Court
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:   Fox Panel Flames DeSantis: ‘Everything About Florida That You Love - DeSantis Inherited’
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 …
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CNN:
U-Haul driver faces multiple charges after crashing into a security barrier near White House in Lafayette Square, police say  —  The driver of a U-Haul who crashed into a security barrier in Lafayette Square near the White House Monday night was arrested on multiple charges …
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Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Driver arrested and Nazi flag seized after truck crashes into security barriers near the White House  —  The driver of the U-Haul truck faces multiple charges after the Monday night incident, which the Secret Service said may have been intentional.  —  A driver was arrested and a Nazi flag …
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and Reuters
Reuters:
White House: driver detained after truck crashes into security barriers near residence
Discussion: The Messenger, CBS News and UPI
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.
Curbed:
How Much Does It Cost to Live Like This?  —  We asked young New Yorkers about their dream futures.  Then we calculated exactly how much each would cost.  —  You begin shopping for your future the moment you become an adult in New York City.  Rich and well-furnished lives are aggressively paraded about.
Discussion: National Review and Althouse
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Democrats Have Already Lost the Debt Ceiling Fight  —  Six months ago, Democrats were riding high.  They had just improbably overperformed in the midterm elections; if it wasn't for the meltdown of New York's Democratic Party, they likely would have held onto slim majorities in both chambers of Congress.
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Brian Faler / Politico:   GOP's cut to IRS funding in debt limit plan would backfire
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Draft Tucker PAC ceases activities after legal threat from Carlson  —  A recently launched political action committee that sought to push former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to run for president has ceased activities after a legal threat from Carlson's lawyer.
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Washington Post:
Before-and-after images of the destroyed Ukrainian city of Bakhmut  —  One year ago, the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, home to some 70,000 people, was known locally for its salt mines and sparkling wine.  Today, it is a symbol of Russia's brutal and relentless war.
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Steve Henson / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers apologize and invite Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Pride Night  —  Less than a week after removing the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their lineup, the Dodgers on Monday re-invited the organization to Pride Night amid backlash from LGBTQ+ and civil rights groups as well as local politicians and even Dodgers employees.
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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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 …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Why the debt talks are McCarthy's second job interview  —  The speaker has to keep conservatives happy or risk a threat to his gavel, while avoiding alienation of his battleground-district members.  So far, it's working.  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy's negotiations with President Joe Biden …
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana governor signs law to define ‘sex’ as only male or female  —  Republican Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill defining the word “sex” in state law as only male or female — joining Kansas and Tennessee, which have similar laws that LGBTQ+ advocates argue will deny legal recognition to nonbinary and transgender people.
Discussion: HuffPost and Montana Free Press
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 22, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Nashville Parents Ask: Must a Mass Shooter's Writings Be Made Public?  —  The lack of information about what motivated a deadly attack on a Christian school has led to a protracted legal fight over releasing the shooter's handwritten journals.  —  Barely two months after an armed assailant …
Discussion: New York Post
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
My neighbor lived to be 109.  This is what I learned from him.  —  Early one August morning during a heat wave in Kansas City, Mo., I stepped outside to fetch the Sunday newspaper — and something stopped me in my tracks.  —  My new neighbor was washing a car.
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Hunter Biden investigation: Second IRS whistleblower claims retaliation  —  A second IRS whistleblower has alleged retaliation for raising concerns that Justice Department leadership was “acting inappropriately” on the investigation into Hunter Biden, the Washington Examiner has learned.
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.
Bloomberg:
Russian Prime Minister Starts China Visit in Sign of Strong Ties  —  Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has kicked off a two-day visit to China, as Moscow seeks to deepen trade ties with Beijing amid growing international isolation over its war in Ukraine.
Discussion: Hong Kong Free Press HKFP and TASS
 
 
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Why we may need a stock market plunge to solve the debt ceiling crisis
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