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Grace Segers / CBS News:
Asked why Black Americans are killed by police, Trump responds, “So are White people” — Watch more from Catherine Herridge's interview with President Trump on the “CBS Evening News” at 6:30 p.m. ET, and on “CBS This Morning” from 7 to 9 a.m. ET. — Washington — In an interview with CBS News …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The White House Called a News Conference. Trump Turned It Into a Meandering Monologue. — The president spoke in the Rose Garden for 63 minutes. He spent only six of those minutes answering questions from reporters. — WASHINGTON — In theory, President Trump summoned television cameras …
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Elder Abuse at the White House — Tuesday's Rose Garden press conference was . . . something else. — What did we just see? And who thought this would be a good idea? — Donald Trump is sinking in the polls, failing spectacularly at the worst crisis of his presidency …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump uses Rose Garden event for extended campaign-like attack on Biden
Trump uses Rose Garden event for extended campaign-like attack on Biden
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Reuters, Fox News, Associated Press and The Hill
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Trump uses Rose Garden as substitute rally venue in onslaught against Biden
Trump uses Rose Garden as substitute rally venue in onslaught against Biden
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Virginia Kruta / The Daily Caller:
Rasmussen: Is Joe Biden Capable Of Debating Donald Trump? Only 54% Say Yes
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Trump deflects on why Black people are killed by police: “And so are white people”
Trump deflects on why Black people are killed by police: “And so are white people”
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Raw Story, The American Independent, Washington Post and The Hill
Kyle Olson / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Refuses to Take Questions from Reporters for 2nd Time in Under a Week
Joe Biden Refuses to Take Questions from Reporters for 2nd Time in Under a Week
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Longtime columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan resigns from New York magazine — New York (CNN Business)Columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan is leaving New York magazine, his professional home since 2016, he announced Tuesday. — “This will be my last week at New York Magazine,” Sullivan tweeted.
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Jodi Rudoren / The Forward:
I don't recognize the NYT that Bari Weiss quit — I do not recognize the New York Times that Bari Weiss describes in her resignation letter, and it terrifies me. — This is not to say I do not believe Bari's description of her experience, nor that I did not see some of what she laments …
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City Journal, New York Post and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York Times Will Move Part of Hong Kong Office to Seoul — A sweeping national security law passed by China in June has unsettled news organizations and created uncertainty about the city's prospects as a hub for journalism in Asia. — The New York Times said on Tuesday that it would relocate …
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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Bari Weiss Resigns From New York Times Opinion Post — In a letter posted online Tuesday, she cites “bullying by colleagues” and an “illiberal environment.” — Bari Weiss, a writer and editor for the opinion department of The New York Times, has resigned from the paper, citing “bullying by colleagues” and an “illiberal environment.”
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Laura Wagner / VICE:
Bari Weiss Is Leaving the New York Times
Bari Weiss Is Leaving the New York Times
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Tiffany Littler / KSNT-TV:
3 felony criminal charges filed against Steve Watkins — TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Tuesday he's filed criminal charges against Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins. This follows an investigation by the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office.
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Melissa Brunner / WIBW-TV:
DA charges Watkins with voter fraud — TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins faces criminal charges of voter fraud. — Shawnee Co. District Attorney Mike Kagay said Tuesday he filed four counts against Watkins: Interference with Law Enforcement, Providing False Information …
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USA Today:
Anthony Fauci has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on: Peter Navarro — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on. — In late January, when I was making the case on behalf …
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Washington Post:
Sessions loses runoff in Alabama as Trump helps vanquish a key supporter he came to despise — They stood center stage before a cheering crowd of thousands five years ago, shaking hands in a half embrace that seemed to cement a political and ideological bond that would serve as the foundation for Donald Trump's presidency
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Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
Jeff Sessions Lost His Race To Get Back To The US Senate
Jeff Sessions Lost His Race To Get Back To The US Senate
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NPR, New York Times, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Elaina Plott / New York Times:
For Sessions, No Amount of Campaigning Could Overcome Trump in Alabama
For Sessions, No Amount of Campaigning Could Overcome Trump in Alabama
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Mother Jones and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jane Coaston / Vox:
Tommy Tuberville wins the Alabama GOP Senate primary, defeating Jeff Sessions
Tommy Tuberville wins the Alabama GOP Senate primary, defeating Jeff Sessions
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Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality and FiveThirtyEight
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Administration Strips C.D.C. of Control of Coronavirus Data — Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a central database in Washington, raising questions about transparency.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Walks Back Rule That Would Have Stripped Some Foreign Student Visas — Florida broke its record for most deaths in a single day, and Republicans are rethinking their convention there. People in England will be required to wear masks inside shops and supermarkets.
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Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Trump sporting more natural gray hairdo amid the pandemic — WASHINGTON — As the rest of the nation endures missed appointments with their hairdressers and beauticians, President Trump has also started sporting a more natural look. — At a briefing in the Rose Garden on Tuesday …
NBC News:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with infection — Supreme Court Justice Ruther Ginsburg was admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday for treatment of a possible infection. — Ginsburg was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. …
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CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection
Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection
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The Gateway Pundit
Robby Soave / Reason:
Museum Curator Resigns After He Is Accused of Racism for Saying He Would Still Collect Art From White Men — Until last week, Gary Garrels was senior curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). He resigned his position after museum employees circulated …
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
A message for President Donald Trump from his niece: ‘Resign’ — In exclusive, Mary Trump said she saw “first hand” what shaped her uncle. — Speaking about her influential uncle for the first time since the publication of her explosive new book, Mary Trump — President Donald Trump's niece …
John M. Barry / New York Times:
The Pandemic Could Get Much, Much Worse. We Must Act Now. — A comprehensive shutdown may be required in much of the country. — Mr. Barry is the author of “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History.” — When you mix science and politics, you get politics.
Russell E. Travers / Washington Post:
I'm a former civil servant. We are professionals, not a ‘deep state.’ — Russell E. Travers retired from the civil service this month after being removed as the acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center. — I retired from the federal civil service this month.
Christian Cooper / Washington Post:
Why I have chosen not to aid the investigation of Amy Cooper — Christian Cooper is a writer and editor and a board member of New York City Audubon. — On May 25, when I was birding in the Ramble section of New York's Central Park, I asked a woman whose dog was off his leash to please put him back on, as the area's rules require.
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Patterico's Pontifications
Em Steck / CNN:
Senior Trump campaign lawyer critical of mail-in ballots voted by mail three times — (CNN)A top Trump campaign adviser and lawyer who has criticized voting-by-mail and warned without evidence that it could lead to election fraud previously voted by mail at least three times.
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The Hill
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Sara Gideon Wins Nomination to Challenge Susan Collins in Maine — Ms. Gideon, backed by the Senate Democratic campaign arm and outside political groups, had long been the favorite to challenge Senator Collins, the sole remaining New England Republican in Congress.
JAMA Network:
Universal Masking to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission—The Time Is Now — John T. Brooks, MD1; Jay C. Butler, MD1; Robert R. Redfield, MD1 — In this issue of JAMA, Wang et al present evidence that universal masking of health care workers (HCWs) and patients can help reduce transmission …
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press:
First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing — FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus …
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:
Source: Spain is Customer of NSO Group — The Guardian and El Pais reported NSO Group's malware was used to target prominent politicians in Spain. Now a former employee says that Spain has been an NSO Group customer. — The cellphones of several politicians in Spain …
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