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11:45 AM ET, May 30, 2023

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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump lawyer said to have been waved off searching office for secret records  —  Exclusive: Evan Corcoran said he was steered away from Trump's office, where the FBI later found the most sensitive materials  —  Donald Trump's lawyer tasked with searching for classified documents at Mar …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
NBC News:
Far-right members, unhappy with debt deal, float threatening McCarthy's speakership  —  On a Monday night call, a member of the Freedom Caucus brought up using a rule that would force a vote to remove the speaker, two sources familiar with the call told NBC News.
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Tami Luhby / CNN:
Here's what's in the debt ceiling deal
Discussion: Reason, Raw Story and IJR
Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
Drones strike Moscow in first attack on Russian capital's residential areas since Ukraine war began  —  The strikes caused damage to some buildings and forced residents to evacuate homes, local officials said Tuesday, as Kyiv was hit by the latest deadly Russian bombardment.
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Drone Strikes Damage Buildings in Moscow as Kyiv Is Hit Again  —  The drone attack in Moscow was a potent sign that the war is increasingly reaching the heart of Russia.  It came as an aerial assault on Ukraine's capital left at least one person dead.  —  Here is the latest on strikes in Moscow and Kyiv.
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
The revolt of the Christian home-schoolers  —  They were taught that public schools are evil.  Then a Virginia couple defied their families and enrolled their kids.  —  Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.
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CBS News:
Hollywood police respond to mass shooting on Broadwalk  —  MIAMI - Hollywood police have responded to reports of multiple people shot Monday afternoon.  —  CBS News Miami has learned 9 people were transported to area hospitals, 5 were taken into custody and 1 person is possibly still at large …
David Siders / Politico:
‘Numbers Nobody Has Ever Seen’: How the GOP Lost Wisconsin  —  Republicans in Wisconsin are grappling with how abortion halted their progress in the swing state.  Democrats are planning for a resurgence.  —  Republicans' state Supreme Court loss in April — in a race that …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Chris Christie Gets a Super PAC Ahead of His Likely 2024 Bid  —  The former governor of New Jersey, who has been at times both a confidant and a rival of Donald Trump, will have some outside help in his effort to win the Republican primary.  —  Allies of former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey …
Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Scrambles to Unmask the Feds Investigating Him  —  The former president wants to “immediately” purge the Justice Department's ranks of the officials and agents who've led the criminal probes into his actions  —  DONALD TRUMP JUST needs a few names.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jane Bradley / New York Times:
A British Reporter Had a Big #MeToo Scoop.  Her Editor Killed It.  —  Seven women say that a star columnist groped them or made unwanted sexual advances.  But Britain's news media has a complicated relationship with outing its own.  —  Inside the Financial Times newsroom this winter …
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
Woman is knocked unconscious in famous cheese-rolling race - and wins  —  LONDON — For hundreds of years, people have gathered in Gloucestershire, England, to fling themselves down a notoriously steep hill — in pursuit of a hefty chunk of golden-yellow cheese.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
This GOP senator has a vision for her party's future — and clout in Iowa  —  She herself out of the running for vice president in 2016, now she's the highest ranked woman in her conference and hosting presidential candidates like Gov. Ron DeSantis.  —  Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) …
Discussion: Florida Politics and Fox News
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Lawyers Start to Wonder if One Could Be a Snitch  —  There's plenty of bad blood among Trump's team of lawyers.  But there's also a new concern that someone could turn on the rest of the team. … With three anticipated indictments, two ongoing court cases, and an ever-expanding cadre of lawyers …
Discussion: Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
There is always more money for defense contractors  —  In 2023, Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided on nearly every significant policy issue.  But there is an exception to the rule.  Both parties can always agree on sending more money to defense contractors.
New York Times:
Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation  —  Corporate profits have been bolstered by higher prices even as some of the costs of doing business have fallen in recent months.  —  The prices of oil, transportation, food ingredients and other raw materials …
Robert Spencer / PJ Media:
Hanoi Jane Fonda Has a Novel Way to Solve the ‘Climate Crisis’  —  It's more obvious by the day that Leftists have a taste for authoritarianism, but Hanoi Jane Fonda makes it even more obvious than others do.  Fresh from calling for the murder of pro-lifers, Jane has now blamed the mythical crisis …
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Jeff Dunetz / The Lid:   HELP! Jane Fonda Wants Me In Jail Because White Men Cause Climate Change
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Debt-Ceiling Deal Will Cost the IRS Up to $21.4 Billion  —  Bipartisan agreement rescinds some of the money the tax agency is using for enforcement and technology  —  WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service will lose up to $21.4 billion from its $80 billion expansion fund as part …
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead  —  This is how I've spent most of my time since last Thursday, when my oral surgeon knocked me out so he could abscond with my wisdom teeth.  It's a little bit humbling to be reduced to someone who surfaces for an hour, watches a couple of videos on Instagram, and falls back asleep.
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Associated Press:
Impeachment trial of Texas' Ken Paxton to begin no later than August 28
The Daily Beast:
How Jeffrey Epstein Wooed a Princess  —  Emails obtained by The Daily Beast reveal that the sexual predator scheduled meetings with Norwegian and British royals after he got out of jail. … Late financier and sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein maintained close ties with members of at least …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
The stark numbers driving Democratic panic about a third-party 2024 bid  —  The independent group No Labels says Americans want more presidential choices, but Democrats argue a larger third-party vote would help Trump.  That's what happened in 2016.  —  Among all the reasons Joe Biden …
Wall Street Journal:
China's Fading Recovery Reveals Deeper Economic Struggles  —  Ballooning debt, tepid consumption and worsening relations with the West to weigh on growth, economists say  —  China's era of rapid growth is over.  Its recovery from zero-Covid is stalling.  And now the country is facing deep, structural problems in its economy.
Jonathan Turley / New York Post:
Bidens offer ‘safe harbor’ to Hunter as he flails over scandalous reports, new messages show  —  In 2018, Hunter Biden's world was collapsing.  —  The New York Times had run a story on one of his shady deals with the Chinese and his father, then vice president, was pulled into the vortex.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
EU Balks at Calling Out China in Joint Trade Strategy With US
Discussion: National Review
New York Post:
Outraged critics rip CUNY law grad's ‘hate-filled’ commencement speech, demand billions in tax dollars be stripped
Ava Sasani / New York Times:
Afghan Women Who Aided U.S. Military Wait for Asylum in America
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Democrats hope the Senate could finally have more than one Black woman
Discussion: CNN
Jared Gans / The Hill:
8 killed, 71 injured in mass shootings over long holiday weekend
Kori Schake / The Atlantic:
Biden Is More Fearful Than the Ukrainians Are
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Three Years Later, No Justice for BLM Insurrection in D.C.
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Plants cause global warming now
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Politico:
China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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George Steer / Financial Times:
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

 
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