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11:35 AM ET, May 23, 2023

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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 …
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Nathan Howard / Reuters:
Driver detained as truck crashes near White House; Nazi flag found  —  The U.S. Secret Service said it had detained the driver of a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers near the White House on Monday night, perhaps intentionally, but that there were no injuries or ongoing danger.
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 …
Troy Pope / wusa9.com:
U-Haul truck smashes into security barrier near White House, driver arrested  —  Investigators say the 19-year-old driver intentionally crashed into the gates on the outside of Lafayette Park.  —  WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is investigating after a U-Haul crashed into Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House.
Washington Post:
GOP extortion has backed Biden into a corner.  He still has a way out.  —  As America hurtles toward default on its debts and the subsequent economic cataclysm, it's looking as if President Biden is running out of options.  He still has a way out — remaining prepared to invoke the 14th Amendment …
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Tries to Close Debt-Ceiling Deal Democrats Sought to Avoid
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Democrats Have Already Lost the Debt Ceiling Fight
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
White House tries to quell Democratic fears as it negotiates on the debt limit
Discussion: Cyprus Mail and Alaska Beacon
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
DeSantis envisions shaping ‘7-2 conservative majority’ on Supreme Court  —  The Florida governor suggested that Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, John G. Roberts Jr. and Sonia Sotomayor could all retire over the next two presidential terms  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis previewed …
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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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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Here's How Bad CNN's Post-Trump Town Hall Ratings Have Been  —  This reporting is featured in this week's edition of Confider, The Daily Beast's media newsletter.  Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.  —  More than a week after CNN's disastrous town hall …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
As funds run short, Treasury asks agencies if payments can be made later  —  Senior Biden aides are rummaging through the nation's books, looking for new ways to conserve cash while Washington battles over the debt ceiling  —  The Treasury Department has asked federal agencies whether …
Sommer Brugal / Miami Herald:
Miami-Dade K-8 bars elementary students from 4 library titles following parent complaint  —  A K-8 school in Miami-Dade County last month issued restrictions for elementary-aged students on three books and one poem after a parent objected to five titles, claiming they included topics …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Florida school bans poem read at Biden inauguration after objection of just one parent
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The looming existential crisis for cable news  —  The number of cable subscribers, dropping for years, just took a record-breaking plunge.  Sooner or later, it will hurt news channels' bottom line.  —  After a week of promotion and controversy, CNN staged a live town hall telecast …
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
7 news outlets reimagining political journalism in smart ways  —  Political journalism is in crisis.  Over the past few months, BuzzFeed News, FiveThirtyEight, Vice and a number of other outlets that specialize in political news have substantially cut staffing and coverage.
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 …
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.
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Grayson Weir / OutKick:
DODGERS RE-INVITE ANTI-CATHOLIC DRAG GROUP TO PRIDE NIGHT, ISSUE APOLOGY TO LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY DESPITE LETTER FROM MARCO RUBIO
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump Organization finishes last in brand reputation survey for second straight year  —  The Trump Organization, the company led by former President Trump and his family, finished last in an Axios Harris survey of brand reputations for the second year in a row.
Discussion: Axios
Joe Duhownik / Courthouse News Service:
Kari Lake loses election challenge  —  A county judge says Lake provided no evidence that mail-in ballot signature verification wasn't conducted during the 2020 Arizona General Election.  —  MESA, Ariz. (CN) — Katie Hobbs is rightfully Arizona's 24th governor, a county judge ruled for the second time Monday.
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Charlie Kirk's ‘Turning Point’ Pivots to Christian Nationalism  —  The organization founded to promote the free market sure is spending a lot of time promoting attacks on the separation of church and state … Its mission, as recorded with the IRS since 2012, is to enlighten students about …
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
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Court Extends Evan Gershkovich's Pretrial Detention by Three Months  —  WSJ reporter was detained on March 29 while on a reporting trip in the Urals  —  A Russian court extended until at least Aug. 30 the pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter deemed …
Discussion: TASS
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Democrats sue W.Va. Gov. Justice over refusal to disclose work schedule  —  Democrats on Tuesday sued West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican Senate candidate, for refusing to release his work schedule as governor in response to public records request seeking to show a continued pattern of absenteeism.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Family of Man Shot Dead by Cops After Calling 911 Gets Record $19M Settlement  —  Christian Glass, 22, died in the front seat of his car last year after calling cops in the midst of a mental health crisis.  —  The family of a man shot dead in the midst of a mental health crisis by a sheriff's deputy …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
How Vivek Ramaswamy helped make Martin Shkreli the ‘pharma bro’  —  Ramaswamy's hedge fund firm invested with the since-infamous Shkreli.  Later, he would say he was “pathologically incapable of telling the truth.”  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican presidential candidate who made a fortune in biotech …
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Busing of Migrants Has Worked  —  The ire of Democratic mayors and governors would be best directed at the author of this mess, President Biden.  —  B  —  uild the wall" hasn't been a sentiment often heard in South Side Chicago.  —  But someone held a sign calling for the barrier …
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.
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
The debt talks are about to test McCarthy's hold on his party  —  The speaker has to keep conservatives happy or risk a threat to his gavel, while avoiding alienation of his battleground-district members.  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy's negotiations with President Joe Biden …
Zach C. Cohen / Bloomberg Government:
Carper Exit Could Pave Way for First Transgender Congress Member  — Lisa Blunt Rochester likely to leave House seat for Senate bid  — First transgender state senator Sarah McBride eyes House run … Sen. Tom Carper's decision not to seek a fifth term has set off a domino effect …
Washington Post:
Hispanic women to introduce bipartisan immigration bill in House  —  The two lawmakers from border areas hope they can reignite a good-faith conversation between the parties on an issue one called ‘the most toxic topic in Congress’  —  A bipartisan duo of Hispanic women are introducing …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Mika Westwolf matters  —  In the early morning of March 31, Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman, was walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 93, which passes through the Flathead reservation in Montana.  Westwolf was struck by a Cadillac Escalade and declared dead at the scene.
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Former Rep. Suozzi looks to reclaim old House seat, now held by George Santos  —  While a special election seems increasingly likely at this stage, the race remains highly unpredictable — and it could become even more convoluted should Santos leave office sooner than later
American Economic Liberties Project:
The Wall Street Grumble … The American Economic Liberties Project has been tracking the number of editorials, op-eds, and letters to the editor published in the pages of the Wall Street Journal that raise concerns about the antitrust enforcement record of FTC Chair Lina Khan.
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Ronny on the Run  —  Lessons from a day shadowing a press-any and socially uncomfortable presidential hopeful.
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Sen. Tim Scott vows not to overturn the election if he loses