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Sarah Blaskey / Miami Herald:
Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges in DeSantis' migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard  —  A Texas sheriff's department has recommended that the district attorney in Bexar County bring criminal charges over the first iteration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' so-called migrant relocation program.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Watch: Republicans literally beg migrants not to leave Florida over DeSantis anti-immigration law  —  Florida Republicans on Monday met with migrants to urge them not to leave the state in the wake of a new anti-immigration law that is sparking boycotts of the state.
Thomas Kika / Newsweek:
Republicans Urge Immigrants to Stay in Florida, Fearing New Law's Impact  —  A handful of Florida Republicans have implored immigrants to stay in the state in the wake of recent laws signed by Governor Ron DeSantis.  —  Last month, Florida enacted a new bill, SB 1718, that is set …
Discussion: New Republic
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Texas sheriff files criminal case over DeSantis flights to Martha's Vineyard  —  Sheriff recommends charges over flights arranged by Florida governor to deport 49 South American migrants to wealthy town  —  A Texas sheriff's office has recommended criminal charges over flights that the Florida governor …
New York Times:
Second Plane Carrying Migrants Arrives in Sacramento  —  As California officials accused Florida of shipping migrants to its capital city last week, about 20 more people, mostly from Venezuela, arrived on Monday on the same chartered plane.  —  Shawn Hubler reported from Sacramento …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
It Is Completely Bizarre That Florida Is Allowed to Do This  —  This scheme to ‘transport’ migrants across state lines is crying out for the intervention of federal law enforcement on every level.  —  Not to put too fine a point on it, but the state of Florida seems to be running a some kind of kidnapping operation.
Discussion: Raw Story, NBC News and Joe.My.God.
Los Angeles Times:
Newsom threatens DeSantis with kidnapping charges after migrants flown to Sacramento
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:   Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges over flights to Martha's Vineyard
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.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:   Conservative Pundit Says 4 Things Show It's ‘Gotten Very, Very Real’ For Donald Trump
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
George Santos' lawyer asks to keep identities of those who secured his $500,000 bond sealed  —  His lawyer told the judge overseeing the case that the cosigners would be “likely to suffer great distress, may lose their jobs, and God forbid, may suffer physical injury” if their names were released.
Discussion: East Bay Times
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Kristin Wilson / CNN:
Rep. George Santos' lawyer asks to keep bond cosigners' names sealed
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
White House website highlights infrastructure as Biden pushes policy wins  —  The White House on Tuesday is launching a website to map and track tens of thousands of infrastructure projects and private manufacturing investments, an effort by the administration to show the positive impact …
Discussion: The White House
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Biden to convene his Cabinet on the heels of debt ceiling resolution
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter  —  from the confirmation-idiocy dept  —  It is amazing the degree to which some people will engage in confirmation bias and believe absolute nonsense, even as the facts show the opposite is true.
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Washington Post:
FBI had reviewed, closed inquiry into claims at center of Hill fight  —  Republican lawmaker James Comer said he will still seek to hold the FBI director in contempt of Congress after viewing document in question  —  The FBI and Justice Department under then-Attorney General William P. Barr …
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges Coinbase for Operating as an Unregistered Securities Exchange, Broker, and Clearing Agency  —  Coinbase also charged for the unregistered offer and sale of securities in connection with its staking-as-a-service program.  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  2023-102
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 …
New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War  —  Crucial Dam Destroyed on Southern Ukraine's Front Lines  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia and convened the National Security Council.  The damage threatened the safety of a nearby nuclear plant and forced the evacuation of thousands.
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Nova Kakhovka dam destroyed on Ukraine's front lines, causing flooding and evacuations
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 …
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Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
RFK Jr. Blames Anti-Depressants for School Shootings  —  “Prior to the introduction of Prozac, we had almost none of these events in our country,” Kennedy told Elon Musk … The environmental lawyer turned conspiracy theorist — now attempting to primary President Biden …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Fox News' favorite Democratic presidential candidate
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Chris Christie launching 2024 run as brawler eager to take on Trump  —  More than seven years after he ended his first campaign for president and swiftly endorsed Trump, Christie returns as a long-shot candidate in a growing Republican field  —  Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie …
Discussion: Politico, NPR and New Jersey Online
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Sununu passes on 2024 to “have more credibility speaking out against Trump”
Paul Sonne / New York Times:
Fake Putin Speech Calling for Martial Law Aired in Russia  —  The Kremlin said it was investigating what it called a “hack” after a bogus speech aired on some radio and television networks.  —  A faked declaration of martial law and military mobilization by President Vladimir V. Putin …
Punchbowl News:
6/6/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … Speaker Kevin McCarthy told us Monday that a supplemental spending package for Ukraine is “not going anywhere” in the House, essentially putting the brakes on any immediate plan to send more money to Kyiv — or get around new spending caps.
Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal:
Former ByteDance Executive Claims Chinese Communist Party Accessed TikTok's Hong Kong User Data  —  Allegation is made in suit against TikTok parent company; ByteDance says it vigorously opposes the claim  —  A former executive at ByteDance, the parent company of the hit video-sharing app TikTok …
Axios:
Team DeSantis bets big on angrier GOP base  —  Flush with $82.5 million that was just transferred from his state account, the super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is ready to spend huge sums on a bet that the Republican electorate in 2024 is angrier and more conservative than it was in 2016.
 
 
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Green light’: Legal expert suggests Jack Smith has been given the go-ahead to indict Trump
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Financial Times:
France objects to Nato plan for office in Tokyo
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Missed Dozens of Known Images of Child Sexual Abuse Material, Researchers Say
Washington Post:
Ukrainian forces advance on Russians, deny ‘counteroffensive’ has begun
 Earlier Items: 
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
RFK Jr.: Biden Is Using Ukrainians For Neocon Political Machinations
David Gutman / The Seattle Times:
Why prosecutors in WA are recharging a man police nearly beat to death
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Cornel West pleased with how 2000 election turned out, hoping for a replay
Discussion: Bloomberg, New Republic, The Root and UPI
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Mother of 6-year-old who shot Virginia teacher charged with federal gun crimes
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
U.S. Same-Sex Marriage Support Holds at 71% High
Cassandra Jaramillo / ProPublica:
True the Vote Leadership Accused of Using Donations for Personal Gain
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Emma Green / New Yorker:
Is It Possible to Be Both Moderate and Anti-Woke?
CBS News:
Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, dead at 79
 

 
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The European Commission designates iPadOS under the DMA, giving Apple six months to comply; iOS, the App Store, and Safari are already DMA designated

Bloomberg:
Sources: Tesla partners with Baidu for mapping and navigation functions to clear a key hurdle to launch Full-Self Driving in China, after Elon Musk's visit

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: the new iPad Pro may launch with an M4 chip, kicking off Apple's AI strategy that will be expanded at WWDC; the new Pencil will have haptic feedback
 
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