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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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
G7 Live Updates: Biden and Putin Won't Hold a Joint News Conference
G7 Live Updates: Biden and Putin Won't Hold a Joint News Conference
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
In NBC interview, Putin calls Trump ‘colorful’ but says he can work with Biden
In NBC interview, Putin calls Trump ‘colorful’ but says he can work with Biden
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Biden flourishes in Trump's absence from the world stage
Biden flourishes in Trump's absence from the world stage
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Climate change protests hit beach near G7 summit
The Latest: Climate change protests hit beach near G7 summit
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Pushes G-7 to Criticize China Over Forced-Labor Allegations
Biden Pushes G-7 to Criticize China Over Forced-Labor Allegations
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Putin: Relationship with U.S. has ‘deteriorated to its lowest point’ in years
Putin: Relationship with U.S. has ‘deteriorated to its lowest point’ in years
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KXAN-TV:
Austin mass shooting: 13 hospitalized after attack on 6th Street — 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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Alta Spells / CNN:
At least 13 people were injured in a shooting in downtown Austin, authorities say — (CNN)At least 13 people were injured early Saturday morning in a shooting in downtown Austin, Texas, officials said. — Two of the people injured are in critical condition, Austin Interim Chief …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republican attacks on Biden agenda can't break through conservative media's culture wars — Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) started off talking about the cancellation of a domestic oil pipeline, the job losses and higher gas prices, key kitchen-table items that Republicans believe will be critical to winning back the majority next year.
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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.
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
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
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
Barr pushed investigators to finish leak probes
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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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New York Times:
Private Inequity: How a Powerful Industry Conquered the Tax System — The I.R.S. almost never audits private equity firms, even as whistle-blowers have filed claims alleging illegal tax avoidance. — There were two weeks left in the Trump administration when the Treasury Department handed …
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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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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene to headline Hillsborough GOP dinner this summer — The controversial Republican will speak at the local party's biggest fundraiser. — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the freshman lawmaker from Georgia who once suggested the Parkland shooting was a false flag operation …
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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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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
YouTube Bans Sen. Ron Johnson For Discussing Early Treatment Of COVID-19
YouTube Bans Sen. Ron Johnson For Discussing Early Treatment Of COVID-19
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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.
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.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Most blue states will make Biden's July 4 vaccine goal. The red ones won't. — (CNN)The United States looks increasingly unlikely to reach President Joe Biden's July 4 vaccine goal. We need at least 70% of all adults to have one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and we're on pace to have somewhere between 67% and 68%.
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 …
Financial Times:
Big weddings may be allowed despite expected delay to lockdown easing — Boris Johnson considers proposals that would mirror those in place for funerals — Boris Johnson will consider proposals to allow larger weddings to go ahead in England, despite a likely delay to the June 21 easing of England's lockdown.
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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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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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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!