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7:40 AM ET, June 5, 2023

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Washington Post:
Sonic boom heard across D.C. region caused by military flight, officials say  —  An authorized Defense Department plane caused a sonic boom heard across the D.C. region Sunday afternoon, officials in Maryland said.  —  The sonic boom was related to an incident involving a Cessna that crashed in Virginia …
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Reuters:
Jet fighters chase small plane in Washington area before it crashes in Virginia  —  U.S. officials scrambled jet fighters in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft that violated airspace in the Washington D.C. area and later crashed into mountainous terrain in southwest Virginia, officials said.
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
F-16s investigate unresponsive plane in restricted airspace over DC: Officials  —  The plane subsequently crashed in Virginia, authorities said.  —  D.C. Air National Guard F-16s were scrambled on Sunday from Maryland — causing a sonic boom heard throughout large portions of Washington …
New York Times:
Twitter's U.S. Ad Sales Plunge 59% as Woes Continue  —  In internal forecasts, the company projected that ad sales would keep declining, handing a tough challenge to its new chief executive.  —  Ryan Mac reports on Twitter, and Tiffany Hsu reports on misinformation.
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Showtime Pulls ‘Vice’ Episode on Ron DeSantis  —  An installment delving into the Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate's time as a U.S. Navy JAG officer at Guantanamo Bay was quietly shelved without explanation.  —  Showtime quietly pulled an episode of its Vice newsmagazine last week …
New York Times:
What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days  —  On a two-block stretch of Brownsville in April, the police stepped aside and let residents respond to 911 calls.  It was a bold experiment that some believe could redefine law-enforcement in New York City.
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Netanyahu's New Media Adviser Called Biden ‘Unfit,’ Echoed Trump's Voter Fraud Claims  —  Gilad Zwick has criticized the U.S. president and the validity of the 2020 elections, claiming he is ‘slowly but surely ruining America’ and referring to him as ‘Supreme Leader Biden’
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Biden has a theory of MAGA that just might be working
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Axios:
Chuck Todd to leave NBC's “Meet the Press” in September  —  Chuck Todd, the longtime moderator of NBC's “Meet the Press,” will step down from the hourlong political show later this year. … - He will be replaced by Kristen Welker, who currently serves as NBC News' co-chief White House correspondent.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Chuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show ‘Meet the Press’ and being replaced by Kristen Welker
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Chuck Todd will depart NBC's ‘Meet the Press’; Kristen Welker to become host
The Hill:
McCarthy's biggest victory yet comes with political price  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) may have proven his bipartisan negotiating chops by steering a debt ceiling increase through a severely divided Congress, but it came with a price.  —  Members of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus …
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David Cohen / Politico:
McCarthy ally: The speaker's ‘position is absolutely safe’
Politico:
Suddenly, things are actually going the Senate GOP campaign arm's way  —  A high-profile recruit and some decisions by people not to run has the NRSC feeling good.  —  Senate Republicans blew it last year in the midterms.  Six months later, things are finally going their way.
Discussion: Political Wire
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Could Jeff Zucker Fix CNN?  He Seems to Think So.  —  It's been more than a year since he was forced from the top job at the network.  Since then, he has made no secret of his frustrations with his exit — or his low regard for the man who replaced him, Chris Licht.
Katie Baker / The Daily Beast:
Casey DeSantis Is the Walmart Melania  —  She'd better hope that pleather is pudding-proof. … The First Lady of Florida showed up on the campaign trail in Iowa this weekend wearing a ghastly black leather jacket—American flag on front, an alligator and the silhouette of her state on the back …
CNN:
Exclusive: Ukraine has cultivated sabotage agents inside Russia and is giving them drones to stage attacks, sources say  —  Ukraine has cultivated a network of agents and sympathizers inside Russia working to carry out acts of sabotage against Russian targets and has begun providing …
BBC:
Ukraine war: Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive  —  Russia's defence ministry says it has thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in Donetsk, claiming to have killed 250 troops and destroyed armoured vehicles.  —  Video of what Russia says is the battle appears to show military vehicles coming under heavy fire in fields.
Nijzel Dotson / KSBW:
Gov. Gavin Newsom investigating after migrants from Texas left in front of California church without warning  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a statement on Saturday regarding a group of migrants from Texas who were dropped off in front of a church in Sacramento without warning.
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Inside the high-stakes clash for control of Ukraine's story  —  The News  —  Journalists covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine are engaged in a running, low-grade conflict with the Ukrainian government, which many believe uses access and accreditation to shape their stories.
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Immense Crowds Protest Poland's Governing Conservative Party  —  The country's largest antigovernment gathering in years sought to reclaim the legacy of the Solidarity movement that led the struggle against a Communist system imposed by Moscow.  —  Reporting from Warsaw
Associated Press:
Transgender adults in Florida ‘blindsided’ that new law also limits their access to health care  —  Debate surrounding Florida's new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children.  But a new law that Republican presidential candidate and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Inside the fight to save American college from runaway careerism  —  The war against the great American tradition of a liberal arts college education — rich in the arts and literature, asking life's deep philosophical questions — feels like it's being waged right now on more fronts …
David Mchugh / Associated Press:
With oil prices slumping, OPEC+ producers weigh more production cuts  —  Saudi Arabia will reduce how much oil it sends to the global economy, taking a unilateral step to prop up the sagging price of crude after two previous cuts to supply by major producing countries in the OPEC+ alliance failed to push oil higher.
DGA:
DGA Tentative Agreement Achieves Historic Breakthroughs on Key Global, Economic, Creative Rights, and Safety Issues  —  Tentative Agreement to be submitted to DGA National Board at special meeting Tuesday.  —  LOS ANGELES, CA - The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced tonight …
 
 
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Mirna Alsharif / NBC News:
Sonic boom from Department of Defense aircraft jars residents in DMV area; DoD confirms no threat to public
Bloomberg:
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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
US must ‘stand strong’ in face of ‘unbelievable aggression from China’: Turner
Discussion: IJR
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump's GOP rivals pounce after he congratulated Kim Jong Un: ‘Not something to play with’
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As Ron DeSantis Barnstorms New Hampshire, Thousands Of Floridians Lose Health Insurance
Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Florida taxpayers pick up bill for Ron DeSantis's culture war lawsuits
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The ‘Minnesota Miracle’ should serve as a model for Democrats
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Craig Simpson / Telegraph:
Anglo-Saxons aren't real, Cambridge tells students in effort to fight ‘nationalism’
Discussion: The Mahablog and Breitbart
Miles Parks / NPR:
How the far right tore apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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