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New York Times:
Grand Jury in Florida Hints at Unknown Complexities in Trump Documents Inquiry  —  Prosecutors have started calling witnesses to a federal grand jury in Miami after months in which activity in the investigation was centered on a separate grand jury in Washington.
Discussion: CNN and New York Daily News
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Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Rep. Jim Jordan demands DOJ memo outlining scope of Trump probe  —  The Judiciary Committee chairman's letter was first shared with NBC News a day after Trump attorneys met with special counsel Jack Smith and others at the Justice Department.  —  Jordan asks DOJ for memo on scope of Trump classified documents probe
Bloomberg:
Trump Special Counsel Summons Florida Witnesses in Classifed Documents Probe
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Philip Rotner / Bulwark+:   Here's Why Trump's “Declassification” Defense Falls Apart
New York Times:
Mark Meadows Testified to Grand Jury in Special Counsel Investigation of Trump  —  Mr. Meadows, the final White House chief of staff under Donald Trump, is seen as a potentially key witness in the documents and Jan. 6 inquiries.  —  Mark Meadows, the final White House chief …
Discussion: ABC7
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
PGA Tour agrees to merge with Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf  — The PGA Tour agreed to merge with rival LIV Golf, which is backed by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, an entity controlled by the Saudi crown prince.  — The proposed merger comes after the PGA Tour and LIV Golf …
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Washington Post:
PGA Tour agrees to merge with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, ending feud  —  The PGA Tour on Tuesday announced that it was merging operations with LIV Golf, the Saudi-funded breakaway league that roiled professional golf by luring some of the game's best players with hefty paychecks, a lighter schedule and less-competitive tournaments.
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
PGA Tour and LIV Golf Agree to Merger  —  In a stunning announcement, the tour, along with the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, said the rivals had agreed to create a “new, collectively owned, for-profit entity.”  —  The PGA Tour and LIV Golf, the insurgent league bankrolled …
NBC News:
Republicans angry with McCarthy over debt deal join Democrats to block gas stove bills  —  “We're concerned that the fundamental commitments that allowed Kevin McCarthy to assume the speakership have been violated,” Rep. Matt Gaetz said.  —  Conservatives take down rules vote on gas stove bills amid debt deal feud
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NPR:
Angry over debt deal, conservative House Republicans tank a McCarthy-backed vote
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
These academics studied falsehoods spread by Trump.  Now the GOP wants answers.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan is demanding emails and meetings with leading disinformation researchers, part of a flurry of records requests, subpoenas and lawsuits that academics say have become a means of harassment.
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline  —  The CIA learned last June, via a European spy agency, that a six-person team of Ukrainian special operations forces intended to blow up the Russia-to-Germany natural gas project
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
The 2024 GOP Field Is Basically Donald Trump and His Mini-Mes  —  The Never-Trump lane is looking pretty empty as candidates serve up MAGA red meat and culture-war cruelty to the crowds in Iowa and New Hampshire.  —  Trumpism is about destruction, about burning it all down …
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Associated Press:
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie files paperwork launching 2024 Republican presidential bid
Jonathan Haidt / The Atlantic:
Get Phones Out of Schools Now  —  They impede learning, stunt relationships, and lessen belonging.  They should be banned.  —  In may 2019, I was invited to give a lecture at my old high school in Scarsdale, New York.  Before the talk, I met with the principal and his top administrators.
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
DeSantis Stays Silent on Whether Florida Arranged Migrant Flights to California
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
It Is Completely Bizarre That Florida Is Allowed to Do This
Discussion: KQCA-TV and KRON4
Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
US Judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’  —  Saying gender identity is real, a federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers, ruling Tuesday that the state …
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NBC News:
Live updates: Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of blowing up a major dam  —  The critical Kakhovka dam was destroyed, according to video verified by NBC News and local officials on both sides.
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Financial Times:
Military briefing: Russia has most to gain from Ukrainian dam breach
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
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Black woman in Florida shot dead through front door by white neighbor  —  Ajike ‘AJ’ Owens killed after allegedly trying to retrieve iPad taken from her child, while shooter has not been arrested or charged  —  A Black mother of four in Florida was killed by a white neighbor who shot …
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Tyler O'Neil / The Daily Signal:
BREAKING: Southern Poverty Law Center Adds Parental Rights Groups to ‘Hate Map’  —  The Southern Poverty Law Center, which brands mainstream conservative and Christian organizations as “hate groups,” placing them on a map with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, added a slew of parental rights organizations to that …
The Hill:
Judge grants request for George Santos's bond sponsors to be unsealed  —  A federal judge Tuesday granted media organizations' requests to unseal the names of the people who cosigned Rep. George Santos's (R-N.Y.) $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case.  —  The order is a blow to Santos …
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 …
Branko Marcetic / The Lever:
Clarence Thomas' Billionaire Benefactor Tied To SCOTUS Bombshell  —  Despite being caught in a swirling corruption scandal, the Supreme Court continues to rule on cases and issue far-reaching decisions that shatter years of precedent to rewrite the country's laws.
Matthew Cappucci / Washington Post:
Where wildfire smoke is hitting the U.S. the hardest — and when it will end  —  The smoke, emanating from Canada, is causing gray skies and poor air quality  —  The smoky scenes and threat of fast-moving fires — so common in California during recent summers — are now paying …
Naomi Feinstein / Miami New Times:
DeSantis Critic, Professor Tossed From New College After Inviting Black Historian Marvin Dunn to Campus  —  Richard Corcoran speaks at the end of a special legislative session, flanked by Rick Scott (right) and Joe Negron (left), on June 9, 2017. … On May 12, New College …
Discussion: Raw Story
Whitney Downard / Indiana Capital Chronicle:
Fort Wayne man charged with felony in harassment of Congressman Banks  —  (Photo courtesy of congressional office)  —  Allen County prosecutors charged a Fort Wayne man with intimidation and harassment of Congressman Jim Banks after he allegedly threatened the elected representative and his family.
Axios:
Uninsurable America: Climate change hits the insurance industry … - It is also bedeviling regulators. … - State Farm said in late May it was done accepting new applications for California property insurance — including homes and commercial property — “due to historic increases …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News:
Oregon breakaway effort is down to just 8 votes, deepening urban-rural divide  —  The Greater Idaho movement aims to redraw Idaho's map to include 14 conservative Oregon counties, but opponents say it's only worsening political tensions.  —  ENTERPRISE, Ore. — A grassroots movement …
Discussion: KOIN-TV and Progress Pond
Politico:
Biden back on the attack — hits GOP for threatening Social Security  —  The White House has begun warning anew that Republicans are coming after those social insurance programs, in what seems destined to be an oft-repeated line between now and November 2024.
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
Republicans' abortion bans are nothing like those in Europe  —  Yes, even the 12-week ones.  —  Republicans scrambling to address mounting backlash to abortion bans have landed on what they hope they can market as a moderate political compromise: limiting abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The right sure loves a lot of ‘woke’ companies  —  Last week, conservatives turned to Chick-fil-A to sate a ravenous appetite.  Not for chicken, mind you, but for uprooting any real or perceived corporate embrace of efforts to recognize diversity.  —  A guy on Twitter (which is usually …
 
 
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NBC News:
Drone attack in Moscow may have targeted homes of Russian intelligence officials, multiple U.S. officials say
Katelyn Burns / them.:
Chase Strangio on Trans Power, Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, and the History of Queer Activism
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Washington Post:
D.C.-area carjackings have soared. Here's where they're happening.
David Aaron / Just Security:
Expert Backgrounder: Secret Evidence in Public Trials
Chris Gelardi / New York Focus:
A New Prison Policy Blocks Incarcerated Journalists and Artists From Publishing Their Work
Oliver Willis Explains:
The Right's Anti-Trans Playbook Was Used Against Blacks And Others Before
Jonathan V. Last / Bulwark+:
Chris Sununu and the Good Republican's Noble Lie
Discussion: Mediaite and The Federalist
 Earlier Items: 
Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
Merck Sues Over Law Empowering Medicare to Negotiate With Drugmakers
Holly Yan / CNN:
Human Rights Campaign declares a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
During this Pride month, journalists should be ashamed
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Maine election officials say No Labels may be misleading voters in its third-party push
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica:
Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment
Gabby Deutch / Jewish Insider:
U.S. diplomat with antisemitic, racist blog ‘cannot continue to serve’: Foreign Service union president
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
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