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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Why the Hur report triggers bad 2016 flashbacks  —  It's like James Comey and “but her emails” all over again. … Last week, Robert Hur, the special counsel charged with investigating whether President Biden mishandled classified documents, dropped a 388-page report concluding that Biden did, but not enough to warrant prosecution.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Media creates Biden “fitness” crisis  —  Robert Hur, the Republican special prosecutor assigned to investigate President Biden, is a lawyer, not a doctor.  On Thursday, Hur issued a lengthy report that came to the legal conclusion that charges against Biden for mishandling classified materials were not warranted.
Discussion: New York Times and CBS News
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
‘But His Memory’ and the slow train wreck of American democracy  —  Some night around the year 2064, when the ragtag children of the last historians huddle around a cave fire and mix up some berries and the blood of their groundhog dinner to paint crude images of what the heck ever happened …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
The Only Mental Acuity I'm Questioning These Days Is the Mainstream Media's … Well, of course both The New York Times and The Washington Post led with stories Saturday morning about Joe Biden's age and mental acuity.  The story of special counsel Robert Hur's report and its petty rhetoric …
Bloomberg:
In Trump-Biden Rematch, the Only Sure Loser Is China  —  Trump vows massive tariffs that could shrink US-China trade to practically nothing — and Biden has new restrictions ready to roll before election day  —  Donald Trump's China trade war frayed economic ties between the two global superpowers.
Discussion: National Review and Political Wire
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Donald Trump: Taylor Swift Is ‘Disloyal’ If She Endorses President Biden … LOADING
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump says 'there's no way' Taylor Swift will endorse Biden
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Final Proof That Trump's Appeal Was Never About the Economy
Discussion: Benzinga
Sarah Siock / The Hill:
Overwhelming majority think Biden is too old to serve following Hur report: Poll
Politico:   Playbook: ‘Wild’ and ‘dangerous’ Trump upstages ‘elderly’ Biden
Adam Durbin / BBC:
Nato chief says Donald Trump comments ‘undermine all of our security’  —  Watch: Trump would not protect countries from attack by Russia if they do not pay enough into Nato  —  Donald Trump's suggestion the US would not protect Nato allies failing to spend enough on defence …
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Politico:
GOP senators defy Trump by advancing foreign aid bill  —  The vote was a decisive 67-27.  —  Donald Trump spent the weekend telling senators they should not pass more unconditional U.S. foreign aid.  More than a dozen Republicans ignored him Sunday, moving forward on a bill to send $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
‘Enough to make Reagan ill’: Trump's NATO remarks under fire
James FitzGerald / BBC:
Trump says he would ‘encourage’ Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills
David Cohen / Politico:
Rubio declines to criticize Trump over comments on Haley's husband
U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement From Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Health Status  —  Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following statement:  —  Today, at approximately 2:20 pm, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was transported …
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NBC News:
Biden disparages Netanyahu in private but hasn't changed U.S. policy toward Israel  —  As the reported Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 28,000, the president continues to believe that unequivocally supporting Israel is the right policy.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has been venting …
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Axios:
Exclusive: How Biden botched the border  —  Aboard Air Force One en route to tour the southern border in January 2023, President Biden sat at the head of his conference table and exploded with fury.  — The president lit into his team, which included then-Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O'Malley Dillon …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Stephanie van den Berg / Reuters:
Dutch court orders halt to export of F-35 jet parts to Israel  —  A Dutch appeals court on Monday ordered the government to block all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns they were being used in violations of international law during Israel's Gaza offensive.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Jack Smith's Subtle Shot at Trump Mar-a-Lago Judge Aileen Cannon  —  Federal prosecutors working on the Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago documents case are trying to convince Judge Aileen Cannon by pointing to cases she worked on at the DOJ.  —  Faced with a federal judge in the Donald Trump Mar …
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Axios:
Inside Trump's plans to deport millions from the U.S. … - If elected, Trump wants to mobilize ICE agents — along with the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, federal prosecutors, the National Guard, and even state and local law enforcement officers — to carry out deportations …
 
 
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