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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be judge on powerful appeals court — WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday to confirm President Joe Biden's nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. — The vote was 53-44.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
The one part of the Senate that's working for Democrats
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Mitch McConnell plays his Supreme Court card
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to powerful D.C. federal appeals court
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Clare Foran / CNN:
McConnell says ‘highly unlikely’ he would let Biden fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2024 if GOP wins back Senate
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell On President Biden Judicial Nominees, A New “JCPOA”
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Trump Pressed Official to Wield Justice Dept. to Back Election Claims — The former president began pressuring his acting attorney general even before announcing that his predecessor was stepping down, emails show. — WASHINGTON — An hour before President Donald J. Trump announced …
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New emails show how Trump and his allies pressured Justice Department to try to challenge 2020 election results — (CNN)New emails show how former President Donald Trump's White House assistant, chief of staff and other allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate claims of voter fraud …
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Politico:
Republicans plot an infrastructure 2-step: Spend more, then kill Biden's agenda — Senate Republicans are mulling support for a massive amount of new spending on infrastructure — in part because they think it'll help kill President Joe Biden's liberal agenda.
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Washington Post:
Biden, E.U. eliminate long-running aircraft trade dispute, but other Trump tariffs still stand in the way — BRUSSELS — President Biden and European Union leaders on Tuesday reached a deal to put to rest a 17-year-old trade dispute about subsidies for aircraft manufacturers, officials said …
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Silvia Amaro / CNBC:
U.S. and EU resolve 17-year Boeing-Airbus dispute — The two sides agreed to suspend for five years tariffs that stem from the dispute. — CNBC reported last week that the EU was pressing the White House to reach a deal to end trade tariffs imposed during the Trump administration.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Greene apologizes for comparing vaccine rules to Holocaust — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday apologized for comparing COVID-19 vaccine and mask rules to the Holocaust, declaring that “there is no comparison” between the safety measures and the genocide of six million Jews during World War II.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Greene apologizes for comparing face masks to Holocaust, but stands by comparison of Democrats to Nazi party
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Finds Out How Bad the Holocaust Was
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Colin Woodard / Press Herald:
Ex-Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, now a Mainer, marched on the Capitol on Jan. 6 — The former Californian, who's been called 'Putin's favorite congressman,' said he participated to protest the ‘stolen election’ but urged fellow protesters not to storm the Capitol. — POLITICS
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Erin Douglas / The Texas Tribune:
Texas' main power grid operator urges reduced electricity use through Friday due to “tight grid conditions” — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says a large number of power plants are offline, but it could not provide details as to what may be causing the “very concerning” number of outages.
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The White House:
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism — Domestic terrorism - driven by hate, bigotry, and other forms of extremism— is a stain on the soul of America. It goes against everything our country strives for and it poses …
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FACT SHEET: National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism … On his first full day in office, President Biden directed his national security team to lead a 100-day comprehensive review of U.S. Government efforts to address domestic terrorism, which has evolved into the most urgent terrorism threat the United States faces today.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
America's contest of nightmares isn't even close — America is in a contest of contending nightmares. — The dreams of conservatives are currently troubled by “wokeness” and critical race theory. As with most nightmares, there is a grain of truth within such terrors.
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Teny Sahakian / Fox News:
North Korean defector says ‘even North Korea was not this nuts’ after attending Ivy League school — Yeonmi Park escaped the oppressive regime in 2007 at the age of 13 — 'America's future is as bleak as North Korea' says defector after attending Columbia
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pompeo builds national profile with new political group — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is launching an organization to support Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections and build his national political profile, as the GOP ponders its future after the Trump administration.
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David Siders / Politico:
Why Mike Lindell Can't Stop — CHASKA, Minn.— One day in mid-May, after a rally in South Dakota to promote his new website, Mike Lindell, the pillow magnate and indefatigable election-conspiracy promoter, barreled into his company headquarters, sat himself down at a long table …
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Stephen Rodrick / Rolling Stone:
Diamond and Sulk: A Weekend With Mike Lindell and the MAGA Zombies
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Politico:
'He's screwed over so many publishers': Trump confronts a skeptical book industry — Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by former President Donald Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller.
New York Times:
Is Bill de Blasio Secretly Backing Eric Adams for Mayor? — The mayor is not making a public endorsement in the primary race, but he is believed to favor Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president. — It was one of the more memorable moments in the New York City mayor's race …
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Michael Hendrix / City Journal:
Rounding the Turn — The state of New York's mayoral race, as the June 22 primary approaches
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Former Trump officials help Biden with Putin summit prep — The previously unreported session demonstrates the extent to which Biden wants to be well prepared.
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William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
Gohmert Swears $5,500 ‘Donation’ to Holocaust Denier Was a Mistake — GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert's campaign gave $5,500 to “ministries” linked to anti-gay, anti-Semitic preacher Steve Anderson. … Rep. Louie Gohmert celebrated New Year's Eve 2020 by dropping several thousand dollars …
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Jennifer Taub / Washington Monthly:
Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Bill Barr's Policies? — Biden's attorney general is siding with Donald Trump's Justice Department on everything from the Mueller Report to a rape accusation. — Merrick Garland took the helm of the United States Justice Department three months ago …
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Matthew A. Winkler / Bloomberg:
California Defies Doom With No. 1 U.S. Economy — When misfortunes multiplied during the coronavirus pandemic, observers seized on a four-letter word signaling end of days for the largest state with one-eighth the U.S. population and 14% of its gross domestic product.
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Schumer apologizes after using outdated term for disabled children during housing interview — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer apologized on Monday for using an outmoded word to refer to developmentally disabled children during a recent podcast appearance.
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Issues & Insights:
California Gov. Newsom Releases His Political Prisoners — June 15 should be celebrated as the Golden State Independence Day. On this date, more than 15 long months after he issued his first imperial order limiting the movements of an ostensibly free people, Gov. Gavin Newsom reopened the state.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Now Want to ‘Audit’ Election Results in States That Trump Won — Questioning the results of the states where Biden triumphed? That's old news. The new hotness in GOP circles is to review the votes in states where Trump came out on top. — The Arizona state senate's haphazard …
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