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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: No bump for DeSantis from 2024 launch as Trump continues to climb  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was surely hoping for a bump from his presidential campaign launch last week.  But a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows no sign of improvement.  —  In fact, the survey of 1,520 U.S. adults …
Washington Post:
Trump, DeSantis in open warfare as they hit the trail in early states  —  As the candidates hit the trail in key early states at the start of a critical summer stretch, their pitches are increasingly about distinguishing themselves from one another  —  URBANDALE, Iowa …
NBC News:
Porn stars vs. parenthood: Ron DeSantis plays the family card against Trump
Discussion: MSN and The Spectator World
Brittany Bernstein / National Review:   N.H. State Rep Endorses DeSantis, Pulls Support from Trump over Lack of Loyalty: 'He Can't Be Trusted'
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Trump pollster tells donors DeSantis electability is a “myth”
Discussion: Political Wire
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden is delivering on his most far-fetched pledge: Compromise  —  President Biden this week accomplished what America elected him to do — govern from the center and make deals that solve problems.  Progressive Democrats don't seem to like that cooperative spirit, which is a big reason …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
How House Dems went from angry at to rallying around the Biden White House  —  After venting in private and public about what they saw as a one-sided negotiation, Democrats embraced the final debt compromise and gave even more votes than Republicans  —  Congressional bureau chief
NBC News:
Senate passes debt ceiling bill, sending it to Biden to become law and avert disaster
Brent Buchanan / Cygnal:
Poll: Kentucky Governor & AG - Dead Heat; Biden Deeply Underwater
Discussion: Breitbart
Chloe Xiang / VICE:
AI-Controlled Drone Goes Rogue, Kills Human Operator in USAF Simulated Test  —  The Air Force's Chief of AI Test and Operations said “it killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective.”  —  An AI-enabled drone killed its human operator …
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Washington Post:
Georgia probe of Trump broadens to activities in other states  —  An Atlanta-area investigation of alleged election interference by former president Donald Trump and his allies has broadened to include activities in Washington, D.C., and several other states, according to two people with knowledge …
Discussion: The Hill
Kylie Robison / Fortune:
Twitter's head of trust safety Ella Irwin has resigned, Slack account is deactivated, according to sources  —  Ella Irwin, Twitter's head of trust and safety and one of Elon Musk's top lieutenants, is no longer in Twitter's internal Slack, according to a source familiar and a screenshot of her deactivated account viewed by Fortune.
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk's new Twitter pronoun rule invites bullying, LGBTQ groups say
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he told Hannity not to joke about Biden's cognitive ability  —  Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he previously reached out to Fox News host Sean Hannity to suggest he stop joking about President Biden's cognitive abilities.  —  Trump participated in a town hall event …
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David French / New York Times:
A Peek Behind the MAGA Curtain
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:   Trump Ally Roger Stone Admits on Hot Mic He Makes Up Stories to Bend Trump to His Will
New York Times:
Recording of Trump Underscores Growing Evidence in Documents Case  —  A conversation in which the former president is said to have acknowledged that he could not declassify a sensitive document could undercut a defense he has offered.  —  The revelation that federal prosecutors have a recording …
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Washington Times:
Did Trump declassify documents? Criminal indictment of former president has no legitimate basis
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payrolls rose 339,000 in May, much better than expected in resilient labor market  —  The U.S. economy continued to crank out jobs in May, with nonfarm payrolls surging more than expected despite multiple headwinds, the Labor Department reported Friday.  —  Payrolls in the public …
U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
Death in Custody of 8-Year-Old in Harlingen, Texas  —  CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) continues to investigate the tragic death of an 8-year-old girl in U.S. Border Patrol custody, which occurred on May 17 in Harlingen, Texas.  Consistent with agency policy and CBP's commitment …
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Axios:
TV networks battle for Republican debates … And who hosts those debates can have a significant impact on which contenders chose to participate, and how they perform.  — Trump's campaign believes his opponents need the primary debates more than he does because they're behind him in polls.
Discussion: HuffPost
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Inside the Meltdown at CNN  —  CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network's reputation for serious journalism.  How did it all go wrong?  —  “How are we gonna cover Trump?  That's not something I stay up at night thinking about,” Chris Licht told me.  “It's very simple.”
Josh Chafetz / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Has Earned a Little Contempt  —  Although the Supreme Court has been deciding cases at a glacial pace this term — and that with an almost comically small docket of only 59 merits cases — the justices have found other ways to keep busy.  They have been spinning their ethical lapses …
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Even in Prison, She's ‘an Indomitable Voice’ for Freedom in Iran  —  Fighting for change has cost Narges Mohammadi her career, separated her from family and deprived her of liberty.  But a jail cell has not succeeded in silencing her.  —  When Narges Mohammadi was just a little girl, her mother told her to never become political.
Rasmussen Reports:
Most Americans Oppose Transgender Agenda  —  By a 3-to-1 margin, Americans believe there are only two genders, and a majority support laws against transgender treatment for minors.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 71% of American Adults agree …
Public Notice:
Minnesota Democrats' historic legislative session  —  Voters gave Dems a trifecta, and they wasted no time using it to pass a breathtaking array of progressive legislation.  —  ∙ Paid … At a time when national Democrats are thwarted by divided government, Minnesota Democrats …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Breitbart
Bill Chappell / NPR:
When she won the first national spelling bee, Marie C. Bolden dealt a blow to racism  —  If you haven't heard about the Black girl who won the first national spelling bee in the U.S. 115 years ago, you're not alone: even many in her family didn't know about Marie C. Bolden's feat until after she died, decades later.
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie and the Republican Party's Peril  —  In some ways he's a match for Trump, whose third nomination would mark the end of the GOP.  —  If Trump Republicans propel Donald Trump over the top in the primaries, they will be doing and will have done two things.
David Freedlander / Politico:
How a Staunchly Blue State Let MAGA Seep In  —  Democrats are suddenly losing in New York.  What's going on?  —  Kevin Smith was a truck driver who found himself out of work during the pandemic, so he began organizing car caravans in support of Donald Trump and other conservative causes.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Journalists at country's largest newspaper chain will walk off the job  —  Hundreds of staffers at Gannett newspapers across seven states are protesting their company's leadership and job cuts  —  Journalists for the largest newspaper chain in the country will walk off the job next week …
 
 
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