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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
In NBC interview, Putin calls Trump ‘colorful’ but says he can work with Biden — Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an exclusive interview Friday with NBC News, called former president Donald Trump a “colorful individual” and said he can work with President Joe Biden.
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Washington Post:
Biden asks G-7 to take a tougher line on China, but not all allies are enthusiastic — CARBIS BAY, England — President Biden is asking leaders of other wealthy democracies to make a unified front against China's use of forced labor, arguing Saturday that a stronger line is a moral and practical imperative.
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Biden flourishes in Trump's absence from the world stage — CARBIS BAY, England — Joe Biden had many messages for U.S. allies during his first foreign trip as president. But perhaps none were more pronounced than this: I'm not Donald Trump. — Biden's predecessor spent four years …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
G7 Live Updates: Biden and Putin Won't Hold a Joint News Conference — Here's what you need to know: — Biden will hold a solo news conference rather than pairing with Putin after their summit. — After President Biden meets his Russian counterpart on Wednesday, the two men will not face …
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Washington Examiner:
Biden should make sure G-7 isn't full of hot air — This year's G-7 summit begins on Friday and concludes on Sunday. — We have a question: Beyond the rosy rhetoric, relief that former President Donald Trump has relinquished power, and the tranquil setting of Cornwall's Corbis Bay, will this summit actually accomplish anything?
CNN:
Justice Department requested data on 73 phone numbers and 36 email addresses from Apple — Here's the biggest problem Justice Department watchdog faces — (CNN)The Department of Justice sent a broad request in February 2018 to Apple as part of its investigation that collected data on members of Congress, staffers and their families.
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Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Apple tightens rules after Justice Department targeted U.S. lawmakers
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The Daily Beast:
Jeff Sessions Claims He's Clueless About His DOJ's Snooping on Congress
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CNN:
Barr pushed investigators to finish leak probes
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Washington Post:
Garland announces expansion of Justice Department's voting rights unit, vowing to scrutinize GOP-backed voting restrictions and ballot reviews
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Doug Fraser / Cape Cod Times:
‘I was completely inside’: Lobster diver swallowed by humpback whale off Provincetown — PROVINCETOWN — At a little before 8 a.m., Friday, veteran lobster diver Michael Packard entered the water for his second dive of the day. — His vessel, “the J 'an J,” was right off Herring Cove Beach …
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Gabrielle Chung / People.com:
NBC Halts Production on Ultimate Slip 'N Slide amid Report of ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Outbreak on Set — At least one Ultimate Slip 'N Slide crew member tested positive for giardia — a microscopic parasite that, when swallowed, causes diarrheal disease — Talk about a summer bummer.
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KXAN-TV:
Austin mass shooting: 13 hospitalized after attack downtown — AUSTIN (KXAN) — At least 13 people were injured in a shooting in downtown Austin early Saturday morning. — During a briefing Saturday morning, Interim Police Chief Joseph Chacon said the shooting happened at 400 E. 6th Street, which is near Trinity Street.
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Bill Glauber / USA Today:
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson suspended for a week from YouTube for COVID misinformation — A Milwaukee Press Club event has landed Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., in hot water with YouTube. — On Friday, Johnson was slapped with a one-week suspension from uploading videos …
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Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Here's an Idea for Liberals: Propaganda — What does the Democratic Party stand for? What do voters think the Democratic Party stands for? How can Democrats communicate to voters that they actually do stand for things? These are vexing questions for Democratic politicians and the people who run their campaigns.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN insults #MeToo movement, provides happy ending for Jeffrey Toobin — CNN's chief legal analyst returned to national television on Thursday, eight months after masturbating on a New Yorker Zoom conference call that included several female colleagues who had to witness it.
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Washington Post:
Russia's FSB poisoned another Putin critic. It's chilling. — DMITRY BYKOV is a prodigious polymath of Russian letters and journalism. He has written prize-winning biographies and was part of a team that created “Citizen Poet,” a hit series online and on television offering biting political satire.
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Chicago Cop Arrested In Jan. 6 Attack Allegedly Texted ‘We Inside The Capital LMFAO’ — Officer Karol J. Chwiesiuk allegedly breached the Capitol building, and told an acquaintance beforehand that he was going to D.C. to “f**k up some commies.” — Federal authorities arrested …
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Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
Jeff Brain, Whose Site Organized ‘Patriot Caravans’ On January 6, Is Threatening To Sue The Uprising — This is a special issue of The Uprising, a daily politics newsletter. If you appreciated this story and want to help support this work, please sign up!
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Partisan Bureaucracy — Would the IRS violate your privacy to further Democratic policy objectives? — The lesson of this week's leak of billionaires' tax returns isn't that taxes are too low, the rich should pay more or any of the other claims the leak was designed to support.
Nicholas Bagley / The Atlantic:
The Drug That Could Break American Health Care — Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration overruled—to much criticism—its own scientific advisory committee and approved the Alzheimer's treatment Aduhelm. The agency made this decision despite thin evidence of the drug's clinical efficacy …
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Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal:
UCLA Confirms BLM Co-founder Who Called to End “Project That's Called Israel” Will Be Commencement Speaker … https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/ uploads/speaker/post-337580.mp3?cb= 1623348898.mp3 — The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs confirmed to the Journal that Black Lives Matter …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Does Elena Kagan Keep Roasting Brett Kavanaugh? — The Supreme Court is quiet. Too quiet. It is almost mid-June, and the court has yet to release any blockbuster decisions. What's going on? — The simple answer is also the obvious one: These cases have sharply divided the justices …
The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu's last ditch bid to Gantz: 'I'll resign now, you'll be PM for 3 years' — Report says Blue and White chief's associates resolutely rejected multiple offers, with latest proposal for immediate resignation made as recently as the early hours of Friday
Fox News:
Federal Reserve tells employees to avoid ‘biased terms’ like ‘Founding Fathers’ — Source: Fed's Board of Governors issued the guidance for all employees on April 29,
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Outside the Beltway and National Review
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Two Black Students Won School Honors. Then Came the Calls for a Recount. — After two white families claimed a grade calculation error, a Mississippi school added their children as co-valedictorian and co-salutatorian, reviving questions about race and equity. — At first, it seemed a joyous occasion.
USA Today:
One worked for Trump. The other for Obama. This is their advice on unifying the country. — We must overcome political differences and honor our precious rights. Otherwise, the country will fail entirely. — As President Joe Biden heads out to rally the world, our biggest vulnerability is ourselves.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Wonking Out: Economic Nationalism, Biden-Style — If you're under 50, you probably don't remember when Japan was going to take over the world. But in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many people were obsessed with Japan's economic success and feared American decline.
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