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Hunting Leaks, Trump Officials Focused on Democrats in Congress — The Justice Department seized records from Apple for metadata of House Intelligence Committee members, their aides and family members. — WASHINGTON — As the Justice Department investigated who was behind leaks …
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Washington Post:
Trump Justice Dept. secretly subpoenaed records of two Democrats on House Intelligence Committee — The Justice Department in 2018 secretly subpoenaed Apple for the data of two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, as well as the data of their current and former staffers and family members …
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CNN:
Trump Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from House Intelligence Committee Democrats, sources say — (CNN)Prosecutors in the Trump administration Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of House Intelligence Committee Democrats — including Chairman Adam Schiff …
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NBC News:
Schiff calls for inquiry after report that Trump DOJ targeted Democrats in Congress … Rep. Adam Schiff denounced Thursday the “politicization” of government under former President Donald Trump after The New York Times reported the Department of Justice targeted communication records …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Bill Barr could lose his law license over Trump DOJ spy scandal: Legal expert says ‘expect a lot of legal fallout’
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Trump DOJ seized data from House Democrats in leaks probe
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Kimberly Atkins Stohr Globe / The Boston Globe:
Garland wants to protect the rule of law from politics. This isn't how to do it.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
For Biden, Trump Is an Easy Act to Follow in Europe — But no amount of rallying the allies is going to make it easy to meet with Vladimir Putin. — Joe Biden has waited a lifetime for this trip. As his White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, joked, before Biden departed on his first European tour …
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Molly McKew / Great Power:
Biden in the UK — “A commitment by the American people” to the world, Jill's jacket, Joe goes for a pint (sort of), Donald who? — and the Kremlin casts a shadow over it all — On the first stop of his first trip overseas as president, Joe Biden was the UK for bilateral talks and visits …
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BBC:
G7: UK and US have an ‘indestructible relationship’, PM says — The alliance between the US and the UK should be known as the “indestructible relationship”, Boris Johnson has told the BBC after meeting US President Joe Biden for the first time. — He said he had “terrific” talks with Mr Biden …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
As Biden prepares to meet Putin, millions of Syrian lives are at stake
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds obtain another conspiracy indictment in Jan. 6 riot — Federal prosecutors have obtained a conspiracy indictment against six men allegedly affiliated with a “California Patriots” group for plotting to obstruct the electoral vote count on Jan. 6. — The indictment, returned by a grand jury …
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Reuters:
Three Percenters militia members charged in U.S. Capitol attack — Federal prosecutors have charged six members of the Three Percenters right-wing militia group with conspiring to attack the U.S. Capitol, the latest in a series of such charges arising from the Jan. 6 riot by former President Donald Trump's supporters.
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Washington Post:
Gore pressed Biden to stick with climate plans as liberals fear White House is softening its agenda — The president and former vice president had a private phone call amid concerns the White House might strip climate measures from the infrastructure deal. — A number of Democrats …
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CNN:
Jeffrey Toobin is back at CNN eight months after exposing himself on Zoom — New York (CNN Business)Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN as the network's chief legal analyst on Thursday, eight months after he exposed himself during a Zoom call with colleagues at The New Yorker.
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Heidi Pérez-Moreno / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will build a border wall, but doesn't yet give details on cost or location — The governor suggested more details would be released next week. His announcement Thursday of several initiatives is the latest in an ongoing conflict between Abbott, a Republican …
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Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Gov. Abbott says Texas will build border wall amid immigration crisis
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Russia is preparing to supply Iran with an advanced satellite system that will boost Tehran's ability to surveil military targets, officials say — Russia is preparing to supply Iran with an advanced satellite system that will give Tehran an unprecedented ability to track potential military targets across …
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Raw Story and The Times of Israel
Dirk VanderHart / opb:
OPB's First Look newsletter — Lawmakers are making arrangements for a rare evening floor session to take up a potentially historic vote. — Nearly half a year after an Oregon lawmaker allowed a crowd of far right protesters to enter the capitol building, new evidence emerged showing …
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Insider and Statesman Journal
Politico:
Jason Miller to head tech startup that could become Trump platform — Longtime senior Donald Trump adviser Jason Miller is taking over as chief executive officer of a tech startup company that could be used by the former president. — Miller's company is currently developing a social media platform …
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Epstein Kept Dossiers on His Victims to Blackmail Them — A ballerina says that Epstein and his associates kept files on underage girls to scare them into silence. — A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sex ring claims that a financial advisory firm linked to the deceased trafficker “coaxed” …
Joe Killian / NC Policy Watch:
A ‘potential resolution’ to Hannah Jones tenure controversy may not heal damage done at UNC — “Ninety percent of Black and non-white faculty right now, they are probably looking at their other options. That may be a conservative estimate.” — Attorneys for UNC-Chapel Hill will meet …
Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
Leading biologist dampens his ‘smoking gun’ Covid lab leak theory — Nobel laureate David Baltimore says he overstated case, and the origins of the virus are still unknown — A Nobel prize-winning US biologist, who has been widely quoted describing a “smoking gun” to support the thesis …
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Biden and G-7 leaders will endorse a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% — President Joe Biden and G-7 leaders will jointly endorse a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% on Friday, according to a White House fact sheet. — They will also announce an agreement …
Harriet Alexander / Daily Mail:
Was Trump right about hydroxychloroquine all along? New study shows drug touted by former president can increase COVID survival rates by 200% — A study on 255 patients was done by St Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey — The resulting report, out May 31, found hydroxychloroquine to be effective
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Scott Allen / Washington Post:
Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman will throw ceremonial first pitch at Nats Park — U.S. Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman, who has been hailed as a hero for protecting lawmakers and facing down a wave of rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, will throw out the ceremonial …
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
After CNN's ‘Election Fraud’ Comparison to Trump, Netanyahu's Party Vows Peaceful Transfer of Power — In a statement published on social media only in English, Likud argues Netanyahu has complete confidence in the election process, before lashing out again at Bennett for ‘fraud’
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Shelby sides against Trump in Alabama Senate race — Republican Richard Shelby is backing his former chief of staff Katie Boyd Britt in the race to succeed him in the Senate, siding against former President Donald Trump's favored candidate, Rep. Mo Brooks. — “She's like family.
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Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
California appeals judge's ruling that overturned the state's assault weapons ban — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta on Thursday filed an appeal to a federal court decision that overturned the state's ban on assault weapons, arguing that the law is needed “to protect the safety of Californians.”
Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
N.Y. lawmakers advance bill that could strip Trump name from state park — ALBANY — The state Senate approved a bill Thursday that could lead to New York removing former President Donald Trump's name from a Hudson Valley state park. — Lawmakers have sought to strip Trump's name …
Johnny Magdaleno / The Indianapolis Star:
Indiana Supreme Court rules for man who spent years battling state for his Land Rover — Tyson Timbs spent years battling the state's 2013 seizure of his prized Land Rover. On Thursday, he may have finally emerged victorious after the Indiana Supreme Court issued an opinion in his favor.
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