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6:40 PM ET, June 5, 2023

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CNN:
Exclusive: Mar-a-Lago pool flood raises suspicions among prosecutors in Trump classified documents case  —  An employee at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence drained the resort's swimming pool last October and ended up flooding a room where computer servers containing surveillance video logs were kept …
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New York Times:
Trump Lawyers Visit Justice Dept. as Classified Documents Inquiry Nears End  —  Three lawyers representing the former president spent nearly two hours there after requesting a meeting to discuss their concerns about the department's handling of the investigation.
CBS News:
Trump attorneys met at Justice Department for just under two hours  —  Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump — John Rowley, James Trusty and Lindsey Halligan — were at the Justice Department at around 10 a.m. Monday, weeks after Trump's lawyers had requested a meeting with top federal law enforcement officials.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Seek to Persuade Justice Department Not to Indict Former President
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story and CBS News
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.
Chris Sununu / Washington Post:
I'm not running for president in 2024.  Beating Trump is more important.  —  Chris Sununu, a Republican, is governor of New Hampshire.  —  I will not be seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2024.  —  Our party is on a collision course toward electoral irrelevance without significant corrective action.
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Politico:
Suddenly, things are actually going the Senate GOP campaign arm's way
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: New Hampshire GOP Gov. Sununu says he will not run for president in 2024
New York Times:
Ukraine Intensifies Attacks on Russian Frontline Positions  —  U.S. officials said there were signs that Ukraine may have begun its expected counteroffensive, but Kyiv remained silent about its strategy.  —  Here's what we're covering:  —  Fighting is raging at several points on the front line, Russian and U.S. officials say.
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The Economist:
Ukraine's counter-offensive appears to have begun
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S.  —  The school, which would offer online, Roman Catholic instruction funded by taxpayers, is almost certain to tee off a legal battle.  —  The nation's first religious charter school was approved in Oklahoma on Monday …
CBS News:
Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, dead at 79  —  Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was one of the most damaging spies in American history, was found dead in his prison cell Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for the Russians, dies in Supermax prison
Discussion: Reuters
National Review:
Yes, Biden Is Too Old to Serve as President  —  It was a scary moment when President Biden tripped after handing out diplomas at the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremony and struggled to get up without assistance.  Fortunately, by all indications, Biden was fine afterward and did not suffer any serious injuries.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, IJR and OutKick
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Fox News Refuses To Run Snarky White House Comment In Story Criticizing Biden's Age  —  The exchange is a peek into the testy relationship between the White House and the right-wing cable news channel.  —  Fox News' website declined to publish two different comments the White House provided …
Discussion: Fox News
The Debrief:
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin  —  A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact …
Discussion: HotAir and The Sun
Miami Herald:
DeSantis mum on migrant flights as California alleges ‘state-sanctioned kidnapping’  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a presidential candidate who proudly touts a hardline immigration stance, is suddenly mum as California officials say they are investigating the circumstances by which dozens …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Oversight Chair Comer to hold FBI Director Wray in contempt of Congress over Biden doc alleging crime scheme  —  Comer said the FBI did not comply with a subpoena demanding the document be turned over  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said he will begin the process …
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
‘Highly Credible’ Source Reveals Scandal Bigger Than Biden Bribery: FBI Election Interference
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Ex-Twitter leader Jack Dorsey endorses RFK Jr. for president  —  Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared to endorse anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Democratic presidential nomination over the weekend.  —  Dorsey retweeted a video of Kennedy saying that he could beat former President Trump …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
CNN lost trust over COVID coverage, internal report found  —  The Scoop  —  The Atlantic's Friday profile of the embattled CEO profile Chris Licht drew cringes at Hudson Yards — but also anger over Licht's criticism of the network's award-winning pandemic coverage.
New York Times:
S.E.C. Accuses Binance of Mishandling Funds and Lying to Regulators  —  The S.E.C. said the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange mixed “billions of dollars” in customer funds and secretly sent them to a separate company controlled by Binance's founder, Changpeng Zhao.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
‘Trump too small’ trademark clash to be decided by Supreme Court  —  The dispute is over whether lawyer Steve Elster can register “Trump too small” as a trademark for use on T-shirts.  —  WASHINGTON — A crude joke that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., used to mock what he said was then-2016 …
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Supreme Court to hear ‘Trump too small’ trademark case
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Cornel West announces 2024 run for president as People's Party candidate  —  Progressive activist Cornel West announced Monday his 2024 campaign for president with the People's Party.  —  “I have decided to run for truth and justice, which takes the form of running for President …
Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post:
Electric vehicles appeal to conservative buyers sick of gas guzzlers  —  A few red counties in Texas are experiencing higher-than-average EV growth, as drivers tire of gas prices and chase the latest tech  —  PLANO, Tex. — Tony Federico bought his Tesla Model 3 in 2018.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
DeSantis and the Nebulous ‘Charisma Threshold’  —  On the menu today: I'm not interested in discussing whether you think Ron DeSantis is charismatic or not.  What I want to discuss is how seemingly overnight, so many people decided that the single most important measuring stick of DeSantis …
Discussion: Salon
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin judge: Don't delete records from probe into 2020 Trump loss  —  A Wisconsin judge on Monday declined to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to ensure that no records are deleted from a now-closed state office created to investigate former President Donald Trump's loss in 2020.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Jacobs / CREW:
Trump made over $80 million from UK and Ireland while president  —  Donald Trump made $82.5 million from his businesses in Ireland and Scotland while serving as president, according to a CREW analysis of his tax returns.  All of this revenue came with extraordinary conflicts of interest …
Discussion: Raw Story and Next Impulse Sports
Brittany Gaddy / ABC News:
Over 25,000 women expected to participate in sit-in at Colorado state Capitol to protest against gun violence  —  The thing to do “is to show up, to make the effort,” said actress Lake Bell.  —  More than 25,000 women are expected to participate in a sit-in at the Colorado state Capitol Monday …
Discussion: NBC News and CNN
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Hundreds of Gannett Journalists Walk Out  —  The union representing the company's newsroom employees has urged a vote of no-confidence against the C.E.O. at a shareholder meeting on Monday.  —  Hundreds of journalists for the country's largest newspaper chain walked off the job on Monday …
Associated Press:
Plane destroyed after flying over DC, crashing in rural Virginia, leaving 4 dead  — More coverage  —  Federal investigators trudged through rugged terrain Monday in search of wreckage from a business jet to solve the mystery of why the plane veered off course and slammed into a mountain, killing four people.
Emma Green / New Yorker:
Is It Possible to Be Both Moderate and Anti-Woke?  —  A small nonprofit launched by the journalist Bari Weiss devolves into tribalism.  —  In the fall of 2020, Bion Bartning started worrying that his kids were being indoctrinated.  His daughter, Liv, and his son, Asher …
 
 
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Cassandra Jaramillo / ProPublica:
True the Vote Leadership Accused of Using Donations for Personal Gain
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Robert Kennedy Jr. says he doesn't think Biden will compete in Iowa, New Hampshire
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
How a Fringe Legal Theory Became a Threat to Democracy
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tamara Berens / Mosaic Magazine:
From Coy to Goy  —  How America's far right found its anti-Semitic voice and figured out its true identity.
Discussion: CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Colleagues want a 95-year-old judge to retire. She's suing them instead.
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
In Defense of Humanity  —  We need a cultural and philosophical movement to meet the rise of artificial superintelligence.
Discussion: The Spectator World and spiked
john pavlovitz:
Woke Will Win  —  The leveraging of irrational fear is nothing new.
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
The Real Reason Republicans Want to Give Tax Breaks for Embryos
Discussion: Jezebel
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP's Authoritarian Acceleration
Wall Street Journal:
Targeting Toyota for Its Electric-Vehicle Heresy
Discussion: RedState