Top Items:
Washington Post:
Federal employees to get Friday off as Biden poised to sign legislation making Juneteenth a national holiday — President Biden on Thursday planned to sign into law a bill creating a federal holiday to commemorate Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in Texas.
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Free Beacon, Insider, New Republic, Townhall, ARLnow.com and Political Wire
RELATED:
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP crushes Manchin's hopes for elections compromise — Joe Manchin wants to remake Democrats' sweeping elections reform bill. Republicans plan to take it down before he can try. — Senate Republicans spent months praising Joe Manchin for his insistence on cross-party compromise.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, One America News Network, Sludge and The Daily Caller
Fox News:
Supreme Court sides with Catholic foster agency that excludes same-sex couples in 9-0 ruling — Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion — Fox News Flash top headlines for June 17 — The Supreme Court sided unanimously with a Catholic foster agency in a dispute against the city …
Discussion:
Breitbart, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, ABC News and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Stacey Abrams backs Manchin's voting rights compromise as Senate eyes vote — Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams threw her support behind Sen. Joe Manchin's voting legislation compromise — including the component requiring a form of voter identification — handing the West Virginia Democrat …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Axios, National Review, Politico, POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Michael Schaub / NPR:
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Rise Continues To Fascinate In ‘Dissent’ — The past 4 1/2 years have been a fever dream in American politics. — Donald Trump's administration was marked by unprecedented chaos and drama, with major stories crowding one another out of the news on a daily basis.
Discussion:
New York Times and SCOTUSblog
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
‘Obamacare’ survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court preserved insurance coverage for millions of Americans Thursday, rejecting the third major challenge to the national health care law known as “Obamacare.” — The justices, by a 7-2 vote …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Affordable Care Act survives third Supreme Court challenge, as case from Trump administration and GOP-led states is rejected — The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act, saying Republican-led states do not have the legal standing to try to upend the law.
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court saves Obamacare again, rejecting GOP challenge from Texas
Supreme Court saves Obamacare again, rejecting GOP challenge from Texas
Discussion:
Vox, National Review, Reason, Boston Herald and The Moderate Voice
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court sides with Nestle and Cargill in child labor case
Supreme Court sides with Nestle and Cargill in child labor case
Discussion:
Axios, Associated Press and Washington Post
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Backs Catholic Agency in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care
Supreme Court Backs Catholic Agency in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care
Discussion:
HotAir, Vanity Fair, Human Events and NPR
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Obamacare Wins For The 3rd Time At The Supreme Court
Obamacare Wins For The 3rd Time At The Supreme Court
Discussion:
Ordinary Times, Raw Story and CBS San Francisco
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Joe Manchin's sweeping new voting rights proposal, explained
Joe Manchin's sweeping new voting rights proposal, explained
Discussion:
Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Washington Post, CNN, Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo and Democracy Docket
Becket:
Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia
Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia
Discussion:
Stepping Out of the Boat, Townhall, National Review and 100PercentFedUp.com
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Affordable Care Act Survives Latest Supreme Court Challenge
Affordable Care Act Survives Latest Supreme Court Challenge
Discussion:
The Daily Signal, Progress Pond, USA Today, Kaiser Health News, Rolling Stone, CBS San Francisco and Deseret News
Bloomberg:
Putin Hails Biden After Russian Senator Questions U.S. Leader's Fitness — Legislator asked about Russian reports on Biden health — Putin warmly praises Biden while getting a dig in at Psaki — Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the door on state-media speculation …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, NBC News, TIME, The Moscow Times, Al Jazeera, Louder With Crowder, Sputnik News, Raw Story and The Hill
RELATED:
Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden's silly Russia summit
Joe Biden's silly Russia summit
Discussion:
Insider, The Guardian, spiked, Breitbart and CNN
William Saletan / Slate:
Trump Made the GOP More Friendly to Putin. It's Sabotaging Biden.
Trump Made the GOP More Friendly to Putin. It's Sabotaging Biden.
Discussion:
Fox News, USA Today, Washington Examiner, New York Times, Politico, WTOP, Daily Kos and One America News Network
Marc Caputo / Politico:
In secret recording, Florida Republican threatens to send Russian-Ukrainian ‘hit squad’ after rival — MIAMI — A little-known GOP candidate in one of Florida's most competitive congressional seats was secretly recorded threatening to send “a Russian and Ukrainian hit squad” to a fellow Republican opponent to make her “disappear.”
Axios:
GOP Rep. Paul Gosar's family calls Jan. 6 comments “despicable” — Tim and David Gosar, the brothers of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), appeared on CNN Thursday to apologize “on behalf of the actual sane members of our family” for the GOP lawmaker's incendiary claims about Capitol Police and the Jan. 6 riot.
RELATED:
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Officer injured in Capitol riot blasts GOP lawmaker's behavior as ‘disgusting’ after tense exchange
Officer injured in Capitol riot blasts GOP lawmaker's behavior as ‘disgusting’ after tense exchange
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A GOP congressman's snub of a wounded Jan. 6 cop signals deeper GOP pathologies
A GOP congressman's snub of a wounded Jan. 6 cop signals deeper GOP pathologies
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, WTOP, HotAir and HuffPost
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
GOP hands Dems a new line of attack: They're for ‘Trump over the cops’
GOP hands Dems a new line of attack: They're for ‘Trump over the cops’
Discussion:
Washington Post, NBC News, HuffPost, Vanity Fair, Forbes, The Atlantic and Crooks and Liars
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Elise Stefanik's post on democracy group board sparked a staff uproar — New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election and voted against certification of Joe Biden's win, currently serves as a board member for a revered U.S. organization dedicated to the promotion of democracy.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
A Pill to Treat Covid-19? The U.S. Is Betting on It. — A new $3.2 billion program will support the development of antiviral pills, which could start arriving by the end of this year. — The U.S. government spent more than $18 billion last year funding drugmakers to make a Covid vaccine …
Discussion:
Insider, HHS News releases, FierceBiotech, NBC Boston, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Associated Press, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Newsy
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Officers, sergeants resign en masse from Portland's Rapid Response Team crowd control unit — Officers who serve on the Portland Police Bureau's specialized crowd control unit, known as the Rapid Response Team, voted to resign from the team during a meeting Wednesday night then alerted the chief's office …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Fox News, Insider and ABC News
Politico:
House repeals 2002 Iraq War authorization — The House voted to repeal the 2002 authorization for the use of military force in Iraq on Thursday, a rare and historic effort by lawmakers to rein in presidential war powers. — Thursday's vote brings the U.S. one step closer to ending …
Discussion:
ABC News, HuffPost, Washington Post, Axios, Insider, UPI, RedState, Fox News, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, middleeastmonitor.com, The Hill, USA Today, Roll Call, Forbes, CNBC, Associated Press, The American Independent and CBS San Francisco
RELATED:
Claudia Grisales / NPR:
In Historic, Bipartisan Move, House Votes To Repeal 2002 Iraq War Powers Resolution
In Historic, Bipartisan Move, House Votes To Repeal 2002 Iraq War Powers Resolution
Discussion:
Townhall, Al Jazeera, Wall Street Journal, Al-Monitor, POLITICUSUSA, Outside the Beltway, Inside Elections and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti deserves ‘very substantial’ prison time, prosecutors say — Prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to impose a “very substantial” prison sentence on Michael Avenatti for trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike. — Prosecutors noted in a Manhattan …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast and The Daily Caller
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Here's what $15,000 will buy lobbyists on Sen. Mike Crapo's pay-for-access price list — Crapo is the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. — He offers prospective donors three levels of access at different donation price points. — One reform advocate called …
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
On the Campaign Trail With Andrew Giuliani The Son of Rudy is working out his father issues on the road to Albany. — Andrew Giuliani was holding a silver spoon. He just was. There's no getting around it. Sitting in a booth at Mansion Diner on 86th and York — about a thousand feet …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Insider, Politico and Mediaite
Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Fact Check: Fulton County Is Not Missing Ballots Or Hundreds Of Drop Box Custody Forms — Contrary to reports from certain media outlets, there is no evidence of widespread fraud in Fulton County's elections. — For the past seven months, misinformation and false claims of fraud …
Washington Post:
The Washington Post's Karen Attiah named opinion columnist … Announcement from Deputy Editorial Page Editor Ruth Marcus, Op-Ed Editor Mike Larabee and Manager of Editorial Talent and Logistics Nana Efua Mumford: — We are excited to announce that Karen Attiah will be a Post columnist.
Kristin Tate / The Hill:
Biden approaches economic point of no return — In our crowded media ecosystem, the biggest story of the week is one the White House is hoping you won't notice. Inflation grew by 5 percent last month, the sharpest increase in 13 years. American families have noticed, with prices of gas …
Discussion:
New York Times
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
A Final Column on What it Means to Be a Columnist — This is the last of Frank Bruni's regular Opinion columns, but his popular weekly newsletter will live on. To keep up with his political analysis, cultural commentary and personal reflections, sign up here. — I owe Ted Cruz an apology.
Michael Hauser Tov / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Ordered Illegal Shredding of Docs at His Office Before Bennett Took Over, Sources Say — The material was kept in safes in the so-called ‘aquarium,’ where prime ministers and their most senior aides sit. It's unclear which, or how many, documents were destroyed at Netanyahu's orders
Politico:
Florida GOP under fire for tweet accusing Democrats of antisemitism — In this June 4, 2019, photo, Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried speaks during a meeting of the Florida cabinet, in Tallahassee, Fla. — TALLAHASSEE — The Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday night tried …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Fox News and Raw Story
Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
How To End Up Serving The Right … Journalists Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi have a long track record of work that exposes the crimes of the powerful. Both were early intellectual heroes of mine; Taibbi was one of the first writers to see through Barack Obama's hollow rhetoric …