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Months of distrust inside Trump legal team led to top lawyer's departure — Exclusive: Two Trump lawyers considered a ‘murder-suicide pact’ where one would resign if the other was fired — Donald Trump's legal team for months has weathered deep distrust and interpersonal conflict …
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump captured on tape talking about classified document he kept after leaving the White House — Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document …
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Trump Was Taped Discussing Sensitive Document He Had Kept After Leaving Office — Federal prosecutors obtained the recording as part of their investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents. — Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump's handling …

Trump regretted not declassifying retained military document in recording — Federal prosecutors have obtained audio in which the former president acknowledged he retained a classified paper on Iran — Federal prosecutors obtained audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting where Donald Trump suggested …

Scoop: Jeffries, McCarthy cut side-deal to save debt ceiling bill — Andrew Solender- Juliegrace Brufke — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) quietly cut a deal for Democrats to vote to advance the bipartisan debt ceiling bill to a final vote …
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Did Washington underestimate Kevin McCarthy? — The News — Kevin McCarthy's allies say it's finally time for him to get a little respect. — After some last-minute procedural drama on Wednesday, House lawmakers passed the new bill to lift the debt ceiling negotiated by the speaker …
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After debt ceiling vote, McCarthy takes a victory lap — With a 314-117 House vote to lift the debt ceiling until 2025, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) proved he could harness his narrow majority to force President Biden to make policy concessions on issues that are deeply important to both parties.
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McCarthy proves his naysayers wrong
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Politico:
Biden tried an ice-then-court strategy with House Dems. It worked.
Biden tried an ice-then-court strategy with House Dems. It worked.
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Reuters:
US debt ceiling bill passes House with broad bipartisan support
US debt ceiling bill passes House with broad bipartisan support
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Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Joe Biden just proved his critics wrong — again
Joe Biden just proved his critics wrong — again
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rand Paul to force Senate vote on potential cuts to Social Security, Medicare
Rand Paul to force Senate vote on potential cuts to Social Security, Medicare
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Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His team won't say — Some presidential candidates struggle to nail their message. Ron DeSantis is struggling to nail his NAME. … - The video announcing his presidential campaign. — A radio interview in South Carolina, in which he told listeners to go to “RonDee-Santis.com.”
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Inside Trump and DeSantis' Ugly Feud Over The Babylon Bee — The former president has an extremely online army, but sources tell Rolling Stone that Team DeSantis has tried to peel off influencers, offering access and (in one case) a job … But behind the scenes, the Republican rivals …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
🐊 2. DeSantis quandary on name

In a deep red Florida county, a student-teacher revolt shames the right — By now, it's obvious that the reactionary culture warriors who want to reshape American education are inspiring a serious liberal counter-mobilization in response. Remarkably, this backlash to the backlash …
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Republicans are spending millions on turnout operations that are deeply flawed, insiders say — “That's why we're losing elections,” one Republican field veteran said of the conservative canvassing apparatus. “Nobody wants to admit it.” — A few weeks before last fall's midterm elections …
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Drag Show At Air Force Base Canceled After Pentagon Leadership Intervenes — The event was set to take place at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on Thursday, the first day of Pride month. — The Pentagon has blocked a U.S. Air Force base in Nevada from hosting a drag show this week, according to multiple news reports.
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Pentagon cancels drag show at Air Force base as Pride Month begins
Pentagon cancels drag show at Air Force base as Pride Month begins
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Could Hunter Biden be the next poster child for Second Amendment rights? — The president's son is under investigation for potentially breaking the law banning drug users from owning guns - but the law's constitutionality faces growing challenges. — Hunter Biden could soon find himself …
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There's Unsettling New Evidence About William Rehnquist's Views on Segregation — This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate's coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. We're working to change the way the media covers the Supreme Court. Join us!
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City Jails No Longer Announcing Deaths Behind Bars Angering Watchdogs — The Department of Correction says that the de Blasio-era practice of notifying the press when someone dies in a detention facility is over. Advocacy groups and a federal monitor say it's part of a broader effort to hide wrongdoing.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Millennials Are Not an Exception. They've Moved to the Right. — Fifteen years ago, a new generation of young voters propelled Barack Obama to a decisive victory that augured a new era of Democratic dominance. — Fifteen years later, those once young voters aren't so young — and aren't quite so Democratic.
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‘Fastest girl in Connecticut’ Chelsea Mitchell suing state after losing to trans athletes — “At the end of the day, this is just about fairness,” Chelsea Mitchell told The Post. “This is about biology.” — The 20-year-old is fighting for the integrity of women's sports after she lost …
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SpaceX's Starlink wins Pentagon contract for satellite services to Ukraine — SpaceX's Starlink, the satellite communications service started by billionaire Elon Musk, now has a Department of Defense contract to buy those satellite services for Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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ABC News suspends relationship with Christie ahead of expected campaign launch — ABC News has suspended its relationship with contributor Chris Christie ahead of the former New Jersey governor's expected entrance into the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
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Media Matters for America and Breitbart

Inside the disturbing investigation of Mika Westwolf's death — In the early hours of March 31, Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman, was fatally struck by a Cadillac Escalade while walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 93 in Montana. The driver of the vehicle was Sunny White …

Coast Guard suspends search for Carnival Magic passenger who went overboard off Florida — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who was reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship off of Florida's Atlantic Coast. — The agency said the man fell …
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Poisoned Water: How a Navy Ship Dumped Fuel and Sickened Its Own Crew — Barely clothed Marines huddled exhausted next to their coffin-style bunks stacked to the ceiling below deck on the USS Boxer after midnight in March 2016. They were extremely tired after a long day resupplying their ship …

LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival — Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park rides, mingle with costumed performers, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside at hotels during Gay Days, a decades-long tradition.

Iran plans to escalate attacks against U.S. troops in Syria, documents show — Covert plan to kill Americans is seen as part of a larger Russian-backed strategy to oust the United States from Syria — Iran is arming militants in Syria for a new phase of lethal attacks against U.S. troops in the country …
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Mike Pence to announce presidential campaign with June 7 rally in Des Moines — Former Vice President Mike Pence will publicly launch his presidential campaign June 7 with a rally in Des Moines, according to a source close to Pence who was not authorized to speak publicly about his plans.
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US sanctions Iranian officials accused of plotting assassinations abroad including against Bolton and Pompeo — The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials accused of plotting assassinations abroad, including …
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Kari Lake Is Appealing Her Election Loss Again — ‘NEVER BACK DOWN’ — Pathological election denier Kari Lake on Wednesday announced that she is once again mounting a legal challenge against her loss in 2022's Arizona gubernatorial elections. Speaking ahead of her “Defend America” …
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Biden Proclaims June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Denounces Oppression … On the last day of May, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation Wednesday from the White House declaring June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Pride Month. It comes amid a wave of conservative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.
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Federal grand jury charges ex-GOP candidate with shootings on lawmakers' homes — A failed political candidate has been indicted on federal charges including interference with the electoral process in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque …

John Durham Fabricated His Basis to Criminalize Oppo Research — I'd like to talk about Durham's treatment of what he calls the “Clinton Plan” in his report, an attempt to criminalize Hillary's effort to hold Trump politically accountable for his coziness with Russia.
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