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New York Times:
Apple Is Said to Have Turned Over Data on Trump's White House Counsel in 2018 — The company notified Donald F. McGahn II last month that it had been subpoenaed for his account information three years ago. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for information in February 2018 …
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Washington Post:
Trump's Justice Department secretly sought data from Apple on former White House counsel McGahn — The tech company Apple recently notified former White House counsel Donald McGahn and his wife that the Justice Department had secretly requested their information in 2018, an individual familiar with the request said Sunday.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Apple informed former White House counsel Don McGahn and wife that their records were sought by DOJ in 2018 — (CNN)Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife received disclosures from Apple last month that their account records were sought by the Justice Department in February 2018 …
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HotAir, Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God. and Insider
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
AP source: Justice Dept secretly subpoenaed McGahn's records
AP source: Justice Dept secretly subpoenaed McGahn's records
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RedState, USA Today, Washington Times and Breitbart
Haaretz:
Pics: Noam Moskowitz/Knesset, Gil COHEN-MAGEN, Ariel Zandberg — Benny Gantz bashes Netanyahu: No political move justifies the conflict you create with the U.S. — Joint List's Odeh: This is a bad government — Netanyahu: We must prevent a Palestinian state
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Joe.My.God. and New York Times
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Netanyahu, ‘King of Israel,’ Exits a Stage He Dominated
Netanyahu, ‘King of Israel,’ Exits a Stage He Dominated
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Los Angeles Times, NPR, Al Jazeera and Associated Press
The White House:
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Prime Minister Bennett of Israel
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Prime Minister Bennett of Israel
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The fall of “King Bibi”
The fall of “King Bibi”
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ABC News, The Times of Israel and Fox News
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Israel Approves Coalition Government, Ending Netanyahu's 12-Year Reign
Israel Approves Coalition Government, Ending Netanyahu's 12-Year Reign
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Ryan Heath / Politico:
Biden heads to Brussels after global win — Queen Elizabeth II received her 13th American president this afternoon — Joe from Scranton — her first in-person bilateral meeting with a head of state since the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Ahead of the visit …
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The Guardian, consilium.europa.eu and Twitchy
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Majority of Americans trust Joe Biden to negotiate on US behalf with foreign counterparts: POLL
Majority of Americans trust Joe Biden to negotiate on US behalf with foreign counterparts: POLL
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Reuters:
Putin says Russia would accept conditional handover of cyber criminals to U.S.
Putin says Russia would accept conditional handover of cyber criminals to U.S.
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The Western Journal, KVIA-TV, TASS, USA Today and Politico
Politico:
Biden, working with U.S. allies, pledges to confront China and Russia
Biden, working with U.S. allies, pledges to confront China and Russia
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Biden explains decision to avoid joint press conference with Putin
Biden explains decision to avoid joint press conference with Putin
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Jackie Calmes / Yahoo News:
Op-Ed: My front row seat to the radicalization of the Republican Party — Since before he became president, Joe Biden has told crowds, “Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party.” As a political reporter, I'd been hearing that lament since the late 1990s, from far better sources …
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John Harwood / CNN:
Washington Republicans have just one move — What's the question? Just about anything important a Democratic president is asking. — Last week the issue was infrastructure. President Joe Biden asked a few Republican senators to compromise within shouting distance of his plan …
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Media Matters for America, POLITICUSUSA, One America News Network and The Guardian
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How Joe Manchin Can Fix the Filibuster
How Joe Manchin Can Fix the Filibuster
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Balkinization, No More Mister Nice Blog, Insider and Politico
Ned Beatty Dead / TMZ.com:
‘Network’ & ‘Superman’ Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 — EXCLUSIVE — REMEMBERING NED BEATTY — 3:28 PM PT — Ned's manager tells us ... his client died around 7:30 AM this morning of natural causes, surrounded by friends and loved ones. — Ned Beatty — a veteran character actor …
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Eric Deggans / NPR:
Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It's Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist — First, I must note how much I love Tom Hanks as a performer, Hollywood citizen and all-around stand-up guy. — Of course, he's a consummate actor, with two Oscars and starring roles in landmark films such as Philadelphia and Forrest Gump.
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Fox News, Hollywood in Toto and New York Times
Matthew Neale / NME:
Watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and John Mulaney open for The Strokes at Maya Wiley fundraiser — Check out the setlist, photos, fan footage, and all the reaction from a huge night in New York — The Strokes were joined by some very big names for their fundraising concert in support …
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Crooks and Liars and Insider
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Hunter Walker / The Atlantic:
The NYC Mayor's Race Is a Warning for Progressives
The NYC Mayor's Race Is a Warning for Progressives
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New York Magazine, Washington Post and Politico
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
McEnany claims ‘I never lied’ as Trump's press secretary, citing religious faith — Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany claimed Sunday her faith in God barred her from ever telling a lie during her time working under former President Donald Trump.
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Mediaite and Political Wire
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Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Kayleigh McEnany Claims ‘I Never Lied’ as Trump's White House Press Secretary, Cites Belief in God
Kayleigh McEnany Claims ‘I Never Lied’ as Trump's White House Press Secretary, Cites Belief in God
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Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and Twitchy
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
This is the Republicans' back-up plan in case they can't suppress enough votes — Like termites, destructive but largely unseen, anti-democracy forces around the country are gnawing at the foundations of America's free and fair elections. — State by state, the termites are trying to change …
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Vanity Fair
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Police union PACs launch text attacks on The Squad — A national police union is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars attacking The Squad, records show. — Why it matters: The $510,000 in spending by two PACs associated with the International Union of Police Associations …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Exploited the crazies’: How the GOP used Trump's election lies to hide the fact that they're losing power — According to a report from the Guardian's Sam Levine, Republicans who have always dabbled in playing to the red meat crowd are now ramping up their efforts to use that voting bloc …
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
How Republicans came to embrace the big lie of a stolen election
How Republicans came to embrace the big lie of a stolen election
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Media Matters for America and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
The Implications of the Lab-Leak Hypothesis — Nothing has changed but the narrative. A majority of Americans now believe that the coronavirus emerged from a lab, not nature, and in recent weeks a new openness to the lab-leak theory has taken over “nearly all mainstream media,” as my colleague Jonathan Chait put it.
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The Guardian, spectatorworld.com and justoneminute.typepad.com
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
'I didn't take an oath to defend Donald Trump': Rep. Tom Rice tests whether Republican voters will support a conservative who crossed Trump — MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Republican Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina has been a reliable conservative during his five terms in Congress …
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
U.K. churchgoers stunned as Bidens join them at Sunday service … Churchgoers in a seaside resort in England say they have been left “gobsmacked” when U.S. President Joe Biden and the first lady Jill Biden dropped in for a Sunday service. — The Bidens are in Cornwall, southwest England …
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Jay Mathews / Washington Post:
Big hole in popular view that China beats U.S. in education — First thing every morning I eat my breakfast and read the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal spread before me. It is a great newspaper, and not just because it has employed three family members.
New York Times:
Why the Mexico City Metro Collapsed — A Times investigation shows the serious construction flaws and political pressure behind a tragedy that threatens two of Mexico's most prominent figures. — On a balmy night in May, Tania Lezama Salgado hopped on the metro with her sister Nancy …