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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
QAnon Supporters Dismayed at Donald Trump's December Tour With Bill O'Reilly — QAnon supporters have acted with dismay and confusion after Donald Trump announced the December dates of his upcoming speaking tour with Bill O'Reilly, which coincides with when he is meant to have already been reinstated as president.
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Florida Politics and Raw Story
Maria Carrasco / Politico:
Graham to Biden: 'If you want an infrastructure deal of a trillion dollars, it's there for the taking' — Sen. Lindsey Graham encouraged President Joe Biden to support his bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure proposal, but said it could be jeopardized if Democrats signal that they intend …
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Boston Herald, Bloomberg and The Hill
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Sanders says no to gas taxes, electric vehicle fees to fund infrastructure deal … WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., drew his red lines on a potential infrastructure compromise bill Sunday, as Democratic progressives continue to hesitate over joining the bipartisan deal …
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Washington Monthly, Politico, One America News Network and The Daily Beast
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Graham: Dems' voting bill is ‘biggest power grab’ in US history, will not support Manchin compromise — Graham said he opposes measures that would take power away from states — Sen. Graham to Biden: Bipartisan infrastructure deal ‘is there for the taking’
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National Review and Insider
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
Three Countries Ask Israel for COVID Vaccines if Palestinians Nix Deal, Source Says — The Palestinian Health Ministry has said that it intends to resume negotiations with Israel and Pfizer about ‘safe vaccines that meet our standards’ — Israel is holding talks with three other countries …
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The Times of Israel and Breitbart
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GoLocalProv:
“It's a Long Tradition in RI,” Whitehouse Defends Family's Membership in All-White Club — U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse continues to defend his family's membership in the all-white private Bailey's Beach Club in Newport. — GoLocal interviewed Whitehouse on Friday in Pawtucket …
Wall Street Journal:
Iran's New Hard-Line President Poised for Pivotal Role in Nuclear Talks — Ebrahim Raisi is seen as a more confrontational adversary to the West than his predecessor — When Iranian diplomats resume talks with Western officials to revive a battered nuclear deal, one name will stand …
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CNN, Bloomberg, Vox, The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera and One America News Network
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
China will face international ‘isolation’ if no cooperation on coronavirus origin probe: Jake Sullivan
China will face international ‘isolation’ if no cooperation on coronavirus origin probe: Jake Sullivan
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Washington Examiner and RedState
David Cohen / Politico:
Unclear if Iran's election will change nuclear talks, Jake Sullivan says
Unclear if Iran's election will change nuclear talks, Jake Sullivan says
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ABC News, Mother Jones and Townhall
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
US to ‘keep our eye on the ball’ in nuclear talks after Iran election: Sullivan
US to ‘keep our eye on the ball’ in nuclear talks after Iran election: Sullivan
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One America News Network and The Hill
Talis Shelbourne / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson made an appearance at Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day celebration. It didn't go well. — You could see this coming. — On Saturday, during an otherwise joyful celebration of Juneteenth Day in Milwaukee, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson made an appearance at a Republican Party booth.
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Slate, The Root, TheGrio, Crooks and Liars and HuffPost
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Former president says US failed in Afghanistan — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's former president said Sunday the United States came to his country to fight extremism and bring stability to his war-tortured nation and is leaving nearly 20 years later having failed at both.
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New York Times, Fox News and Just The News
Derek Robertson / Politico:
How Republicans Became the ‘Barstool’ Party — Earlier this year, when Echelon Insights released its way-too-early poll of voters' preferences for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, political wonks could be forgiven for having to Google the name at the bottom of the list next to Sen. Josh Hawley …
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Why Republicans are suddenly reluctant to condemn political violence — The Republican Party has a problem with political violence: It's not sure whether it's for it or against it. — In the first days after a mob loyal to former President Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 to try …
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Mother Jones, CNN, The Hill, Raw Story, NBC News and Media Matters for America
Anuj Chopra / Agence France-Presse:
Saudi seeks religious reset as clerical power wanes — Muezzins issuing high-decibel calls to prayer have long been part of Saudi identity, but a crackdown on mosque loudspeakers is among contentious reforms seeking to shake off the Muslim kingdom's austere image.
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Liz Cheney's Unlikely Journey From G.O.P. Royalty to Republican Outcast — Dick Cheney always saw doomsday threats from America's enemies. His daughter is in a lonely battle against what both see as a danger to American democracy: Donald J. Trump. — CASPER, Wyo. — Representative Liz Cheney …
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Daily Kos
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Pope's Silence Speaks Volumes on Controversial Communion Vote by U.S. Bishops — The divergence of the conservative American church from Francis' agenda is now so obvious as to be unremarkable, even when U.S. bishops ignore a Vatican warning. — VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday put …
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Washington Examiner and HotAir
Caitlin Moscatello / New York Magazine:
Nobody Wraps Pat Kiernan The petty, vindictive, backbiting, lawsuit-laden, career ruining infighting at everyone's favorite local NY1 news station. — Pat Kiernan wanted the bagels. It was January 15, 2020 — National Bagel Day — and the crew of NY1's morning show, Mornings on 1 …
Harry Enten / CNN:
How this is the most unpredictable NYC mayoral race in 50 years — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new WNBC/Telemundo 47/Politico/Marist College poll finds Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams leading the New York City Democratic mayoral primary 24% to Kathryn Garcia's 17%, Maya Wiley's 15%, and Andrew Yang's 13%.
U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio:
Rubio Urges POTUS to Grant Naval Academy Football Player Waiver to Play in the NFL — Miami, FL — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to grant a waiver for Cameron Kinley, a recent graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, to temporarily delay …
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ProFootballTalk, The Hill and Florida Politics
David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Joe Biden is better on the world stage than any president since George H.W. Bush — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump all came into office with little or no international affairs experience. And it showed. — Joe Biden has had more foreign policy experience than any other president in U.S. history.
CNN:
How the Justice Department swept up records of two congressional Democrats and Trump's lawyer — (CNN)The subpoena that swept up the records of two Democratic congressmen, their staff and family members in 2018 appears to have been the result of a leak investigation that initially included scrutinizing …
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Raw Story
Sun-Sentinel:
Crash that killed 1 at Wilton Manors LGBTQ Pride parade was an accident, police say — FORT LAUDERDALE — A truck plowed through a crowd at an LGBTQ Pride parade Saturday night, killing one person and injuring another — but the 77-year-old man behind the wheel did not intend to hurt a soul, police say.
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Washington Blade, Twitchy and Associated Press
Julian Shen-Berro / Raleigh News & Observer:
President Joe Biden to visit NC, promote COVID-19 vaccine — Biden to visit Raleigh this week, as NC lags behind his vaccine target — President Joe Biden will travel to Raleigh on Thursday, visiting the state capital as part of his continued efforts to encourage people across the country to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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