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Trump lawyer said to have been waved off searching office for secret records
(The Guardian) Donald Trump’s lawyer tasked with searching for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after the justice department issued a subpoena told associates that he was waved off from searching the former president’s office, where the FBI later found the most sensitive materials anywhere on the property. The lawyer, Evan Corcoran, recounted that several Trump aides had told him to search the storage room because that was where all the materials that had been brought from the White House at the end of Trump’s presidency ended up being deposited.
Trump's Lawyers Start to Wonder If One Could Be a Snitch
(Daily Beast) With three anticipated indictments, two ongoing court cases, and an ever-expanding cadre of lawyers, former President Donald Trump is at a critical juncture—and yet his legal advisers are starting to turn on each other. According to five sources with direct knowledge of the situation, clashing personalities and the increasing outside threat of law enforcement has sown deep divisions that have only worsened in recent months. The internal bickering has already sparked one departure in recent weeks—and that could be just the beginning.
Ron DeSantis vows to 'destroy leftism' and 'woke ideology' if elected president
(Ron DeSantis) Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis vowed during a Monday interview with Fox & Friends to "destroy leftism" if he defeats President Joe Biden in next year's presidential election. DeSantis launched his White House campaign last week and is widely viewed as former President Donald Trump's top competitor for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
Ex-Fox News Host Kimberly Guilfoyle Threatens Ron DeSantis for Joining Presidential Race
(Knewz) Former Fox News employee Kimberly Guilfoyle has launched her own attack against Ron DeSantis for entering the 2024 election race. Guilfoyle, known for her outspoken tendencies, voiced her views via Newsmax. "You're gonna run against Donald Trump? You are going to get hurt and damaged, badly. That is the problem," she said.
Moscow Mitch endorses debt limit deal, calls on Senate conservatives not to delay it
(The Hill) Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is calling on Senate colleagues, including conservative members of his conference, not to drag out the consideration of the debt limit deal, which could be delayed past the June 5 deadline if senators use every procedural tool available to slow it down.
Drones strike Moscow in first attack on capital's residential areas since the war began
(NBC News) Moscow was hit by drones Tuesday morning, in what appeared to be the first attack on residential areas of the Russian capital since the invasion of Ukraine and a dramatic display that the Kremlin's war was increasingly coming home. The incident caused damage to some buildings and forced residents to evacuate homes, local officials said.
Doctors say this is the most important virus you've never heard of
The past winter was a heavy one for respiratory viruses, dominated by surges of RSV, influenza and Covid-19. But just as it was winding down, a little-known virus that causes many of the same symptoms – a lower lung infection, hacking cough, runny nose, sore throat and fever – was just picking up steam. Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, spiked this spring, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s respiratory virus surveillance systems. It filled hospital intensive car ...
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Blinken urges Turkey to immediately approve Sweden's NATO accession
26 min ago - LULEA, Sweden/WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Turkey to immediately finalize Sweden's accession to NATO, saying the Nordic country had already taken significant steps to address Ankara's objectio ... (Reuters)
Ex-Trump White House official Peter Navarro to go on trial in September in Jan. 6 contempt case
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Breaking: Rep. Chris Stewart plans to resign from Congress
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Woman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison
1 hr ago - A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than two years in prison. Pauline Bauer was near Pelosi’s office suite on Jan. 6, ... (Associated Press)
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes reports to prison to serve her 11-year sentence for fraud
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NLRB General Counsel Issues Memo on Non-competes Violating the National Labor Relations Act
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter diagnosed with dementia, Carter Center announces
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Far-right members, unhappy with debt deal, float threatening McCarthy's speakership
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British government given 48 hours to turn over Boris Johnson files in COVID-19 probe
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Air Force veteran once imprisoned for being gay still endures the stigma of a felony record
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US ends probe into Tesla allowing video games while vehicles are moving, says feature was disabled
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Judge postpones showdown over 14th Amendment debt powers
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China rejects U.S. request for a meeting of the defense chiefs
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Man claiming to have "explosive device" drove truck to U.S.-Canada border, police say
7 hrs ago - Updated on: May 29, 2023 / 10:05 PM / CBS News A driver who declared he had explosives in his vehicle drove past state police near the U.S.-Canada border on Monday morning, leading border troopers to open fire, officials said. The driver was identi ... (CBS News)
30 international peacekeepers injured in fierce clashes with ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo
7 hrs ago - By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI today PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, KFOR, on Tuesday raised the number of its troops injured in fierce clashes with ethnic Serbs to 30. The Serbs had tried to take over the ... (AP)
Trump lawyer said to have been waved off searching office for secret records
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Drones attack Moscow, damaging residential buildings
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DeSantis Disney governing board appointee quits a few months into job
11 hrs ago - by Sarah Fortinsky - 05/29/23 3:02 PM ET One of the five members of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) handpicked Disney oversight board has resigned just three months after taking his post, according to local reports. Michael Sasso, a Florida attor ... (the hill)
Nevada legislature blocks governor approving guns to those convicted of hate crimes after prison
13 hrs ago - Sarah K. Burris May 29, 2023, 3:48 PM ET The Nevada Independent reported Monday that the state Senate passed a veto override of Gov. Joe Lombardo (R-NV), who blocked a set of gun safety laws that would stop those convicted of a hate crime in ... (raw story)
Man who crashed U-Haul truck near White House wanted to end U.S. democracy, prosecutors say
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Russia issues arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham over Ukraine comments
18 hrs ago - Russia’s Interior Ministry on Monday issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine. In an edited video of his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that was r ... (Associated Press)
Uganda imposes death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality'
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