Since leaving office in 2021, former President Donald Trump has spent more than $100 million on costs related to investigations, indictments and his coming criminal trials, the New York Times reports.
Israel Faces Growing U.S. Ire on War in Gaza
“Israel has agreed to reschedule talks on Gaza that it called off in protest just days ago, an apparent effort to mend a growing rift with Washington over the war that was highlighted Wednesday by the resignation of a State Department official and new polling showing that a majority in the United States now disapprove of its ally’s conduct,” NBC News reports.
“The official, Annelle Sheline, who was focused on human rights issues in the Middle East, told NBC News she felt she had no choice but to publicly resign as the death toll in the Gaza Strip has soared past 32,000 people and as warnings of an imminent famine in the Palestinian enclave reach a fever pitch.”
Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed
“Nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious ‘pedophile island’ in the years prior to his death left an invisible trail of data pointing back to their own homes and offices,” Wired reports.
“Maps of these visitations generated by a troubled international data broker with defense industry ties, discovered last week by Wired, document the numerous trips of wealthy and influential individuals seemingly undeterred by Epstein’s status as a convicted sex offender.”
Cesar Chavez’s Family to Endorse Biden
“President Biden is set to be endorsed Friday by members of Cesar Chavez’s family — a mostly symbolic gesture, but one meant to send a signal to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s trying to invoke his own family’s ties to the late union organizer and civil rights leader,” CBS News reports.
Los Angeles Times: Cesar Chavez’s family wants nothing to do with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign.
Billionaires Come Back to Trump
Washington Post: “As hopes of a Republican alternative have crumbled, elite donors who once balked at Trump’s fueling of the Capitol insurrection, worried about his legal problems and decried what they saw as his chaotic presidency are rediscovering their affinity for the former president — even as he praises and vows to free Jan. 6 defendants, promises mass deportations and faces 88 felony charges.”
“The shift reflects many conservative billionaires’ fears of President Biden’s tax agenda, which if approved would drastically reduce their fortunes. In some cases, it also points to their discomfort with the Biden administration’s foreign and domestic policy decisions. Some of these billionaires have been assiduously courted by Trump and his advisers in recent months.”
Why Isn’t Biden Calling Chris Christie?
Jonathan Martin: “Chris Christie’s extended flirtation with No Labels should be a wake-up call — for President Joe Biden.”
“Christie seriously considered whether to run for president as an independent, according to people who spoke to him, and was being actively courted by No Labels. The group shared extensive polling and modeling data with the former New Jersey governor to make their pitch and even presented Christie with a list of potential Democratic running mates to fill out a unity ticket.”
“For his part, the former New Jersey governor commissioned polling of his own and drafted a potential budget.”
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Biden Wants $1 Billion to Rebuild Bridge
President Biden is expected to ask Congress to approve more than $1 billion to help rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Punchbowl News reports.
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Colorado Republicans Choose Placeholder Candidate
“Republicans in Colorado’s sprawling 4th Congressional District on Thursday night chose former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez as their nominee to appear on the June 25 special election ballot to fill out the rest of former Rep. Ken Buck’s term,” the Denver Post reports.
“Lopez, a conservative who ran unsuccessfully for Colorado governor in 2018 and 2022, has said publicly he won’t run in the district’s Republican primary election, which will be held on the same day. So that leaves a field of nine GOP candidates, including Rep. Lauren Boebert, vying to win that contest with the hopes of going on to the general election in November.”
Biden Mocks Trump for Playing Golf
A new ad from President Biden juxtaposes news reports of the president traveling around the country to meet voters against footage of Donald Trump golfing.
The audio also lays out some of Biden’s legislative priorities such as border security, reproductive rights, healthcare, housing and more. That’s put up against one of Trump’s priorities: bragging that he won two golf trophies at his own club.
Biden Raises Money with Obama and Clinton
“Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton joined President Joe Biden for a star-studded fundraiser on Thursday in New York City which raked in over $26 million for Biden’s re-election, his campaign said, calling it a historic show of unity and enthusiasm,” ABC News reports.
“The three presidents’ armchair conversation, moderated by comedian Stephen Colbert, also saw at least six interruptions from pro-Palestine protesters, with most urging a cease-fire in Gaza and accusing his administration of aiding genocide, something that’s become a regular occurrence at Biden’s campaign events.”
Georgia Lawmakers Pass New Election Laws
“Georgia lawmakers on Thursday approved new rules for challenging voters and qualifying for the state’s presidential ballot that could impact the 2024 presidential race in the battleground state,” the AP reports.
Woman Who Got 5 Years in Voter Fraud Case Acquitted
“In a case that has prompted outrage from voting-rights activists for years, a Texas appeals court reversed itself on Thursday and acquitted a woman who had been sentenced to five years in prison for illegally casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election,” the New York Times reports.
“The decision came two years after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, ruled that the lower appeals court, the Second Court of Criminal Appeals, had misconstrued the illegal voting statute under which Crystal Mason was found guilty in 2018.”
Trump Is a Ringmaster of Multiple Sideshows
Stephen Collinson: “Donald Trump is running one of the strangest general election campaigns America has ever seen.”
“He’s hawking Bibles, attacking judges, making billions in the stock market and boasting about his golf game. On Thursday, the ex-president traveled to New York to attend the wake of a fallen police officer – on a trip that allowed him to deepen his characterization of a nation adrift and plagued by crime under President Joe Biden.”
“But there wasn’t much in Trump’s busy week that resembled a conventional general election campaign – certainly not one that might address some of his biggest liabilities as he seeks a return to the White House.”
Biden Campaign Gathers Major Donors in New York
“The morning after President Biden’s fundraiser with former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, his campaign has planned a daylong retreat on Friday for 175 of his biggest financiers and fund-raisers in New York,” the New York Times reports.
“The gathering of what the campaign calls Mr. Biden’s national finance committee will feature a half-dozen briefings from his top political advisers, including his campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, and two former top White House advisers who have moved over to help lead his campaign, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon and Mike Donilon.”
Failure Clouds Glenn Youngkin’s Legacy
“No Virginia governor has come into office with a deeper dealmaking background than Glenn Youngkin, who as former co-chief executive of the Carlyle Group made a fortune acquiring and merging companies around the globe,” the Washington Post reports.
“But as the Republican chief executive of a purple state, Youngkin has struggled to translate that business acumen into political success — or even economic development success, with the demise Wednesday of his much-touted plan to bring the Washington Wizards and Capitals to Alexandria.”
“While Youngkin and his group of financial experts had negotiated with team owner Ted Leonsis to cut what the governor called ‘the single largest economic development deal in Virginia’s history,’ the governor was never able to work the same magic with members of the General Assembly who had to sign off on the $2 billion project.”
Republicans Miss Their ‘Fire Pelosi’ Rallying Cry
“Lacking the reliable boogeyman of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to fundraise against, House Republicans are choosing to focus on President Biden,” Axios reports.
“‘Fire Pelosi’ was a central component of Republican’s messaging strategy in previous cycles. But top House Republicans don’t see that script playing out with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in 2024.”
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