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11:35 AM ET, June 4, 2023

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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Chuck Todd to leave NBC's ‘Meet the Press’; Welker will become host  —  The transition will happen in September, a major change at one of broadcast television oldest institutions  —  Chuck Todd, who has served as moderator of NBC's Sunday-morning talk show “Meet the Press” since 2014 …
Discussion: NBC News and Political Wire
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Chuck Todd will depart NBC's ‘Meet the Press’; Kristen Welker to become host  —  Chuck Todd, a mainstay in Washington as moderator of “Meet the Press,” will step down from the show in the coming months.  NBC News' co-chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker will take his place.
New York Times:
Inside the Complicated Reality of Being America's Oldest President  —  President Biden is asking voters to keep him in the White House until age 86, renewing attention to an issue that polls show troubles most Americans.  —  There was the time last winter when President Biden was awakened …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Kamala Harris is a Biden fall away from being in the Oval Office  —  It was alarming to watch Joe Biden take a tumble Thursday at the Air Force Academy commencement.  —  But the really scary thought is that if he had landed head-first, Kamala Harris would be sitting in the Oval Office.
CNN:
California is investigating after a private jet carrying migrants arrived in Sacramento, officials say  —  An investigation is underway after over a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento, California, by private jet “with no prior arrangement or care in place,” Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said Saturday.
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Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Mystery private jet of migrants arrives in Sacramento, prompting investigation
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
Grand jury in Trump classified documents case expected to meet this coming week after hiatus  —  A grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the case against former President Donald Trump is expected to meet this coming week in Washington after a lull.  —  The federal grand jury …
Nicholas Carlson / Insider:
'It's like watching a snuff film': Media elites shocked by The Atlantic's surgical dismantling of CNN boss Chris Licht  — Holy moly did CNN boss Chris Licht get smoked by The Atlantic.  — I was at a conference with other media bosses when the story dropped.  I asked them what they thought. - “He needs a handler — fast.”
Jason Willick / Washington Post:
What Republicans and Democrats are missing about threats to democracy  —  Political scientists are finally getting a better handle on how modern democratic systems can break down.  But the best research doesn't support the self-serving account the Western establishment has been offering since the Brexit and Donald Trump shocks of 2016.
Kimberlee Kruesi / Associated Press:
Trump-appointed judge rejects Tennessee's anti-drag law as too broad, too vague  —  Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional, a federal judge says.  The law is both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad” and encouraged …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Ramaswamy: ‘America First’ agenda doesn't ‘belong to Trump’  —  Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said on Sunday that the “America First” agenda does not “belong” to former President Donald Trump, and pledged to “take that agenda even further.”  —  “'America First' does not belong to Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
DNA Test Proves Ex-Wrestler Not Lauren Boebert's Father  —  Stan Lane has been dogged by accusations that he got the congresswoman's mother pregnant during a brief affair. … For years, Rep. Lauren Boebert's mother has maintained that a retired professional wrestler named Stan Lane …
Discussion: Insider, New York Post and Raw Story
Benjamin Dodman / France 24:
Le Pen's far right served as mouthpiece for the Kremlin, says French parliamentary report  —  Dogged by accusations of proximity to the Kremlin, Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party had hoped to clear its name by setting up a parliamentary inquiry to investigate foreign interference in French politics.
Ariella Marsden / Jerusalem Post:
Who were the IDF soldiers killed at the Egyptian border?  —  Three IDF soldiers were killed by an Egyptian police officer at the Israeli-Egyptian border on Saturday.  —  The three IDF soldiers who were killed at the Israeli-Egyptian border on Saturday were identified as Sgt. Lia Ben Nun …
Maura Zurick / Newsweek:
Trans Lawmaker Targets Ron DeSantis in His Own Backyard  —  Transgender Montana Representative Zooey Zephyr and her fiancee, trans activist and journalist Erin Reed, said if Governor Ron DeSantis and fellow Republican lawmakers continue to push “hateful and discriminatory” laws, they'll end up “footnotes” in history.
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
New Hampshire Man Is Arrested After Threatening to Kill U.S. Senator  —  In a voice mail message, the man told the senator was that he was “a dead man walking,” according to federal court documents.  He was angry about the blocking of military promotions, prosecutors said.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
DeSantis suggests Trump doesn't understand the ‘woke’ threat to America  —  2024 Republican presidential nomination showdown: Trump and DeSantis trade verbal fire over the term ‘woke’  —  DES MOINES, IOWA - The current top two contenders for the Republican presidential nomination are trading verbal fire over the term “woke.”
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Sydney Shuler / Daily Progress:
UVa Board of Visitors floats tracking student, faculty political ideology
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Pien Huang / NPR:
Vaccination and awareness could help keep mpox in check this summer
Washington Post:
NATO-trained units will serve as tip of spear in Ukraine's counteroffensive
Discussion: Bloomberg
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
DeSantis Relied Heavily on Big Donors in Initial Money Haul
The Hill:
To address the migration crisis, state governments should hire the migrants
 Earlier Items: 
Tina Moore / New York Post:
Bragg detective Jeremy Rosenberg involved in Trump case suspended for Michael Cohen ties: officials
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Is Promising Peace In A Second Term. War With Iran Seems More Likely.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Messenger
Mackenzie Gray / Global News:
Chinese warship nearly hits U.S. destroyer in Taiwan Strait during joint Canada-U.S. mission
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Patrick Frater / Variety:
Tencent Music reports Q4 revenue down 7% YoY to $971M and a $198M profit; in 2023, paying subscribers rose 21% YoY to 107M and net profit rose 36% YoY to $735M

 
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