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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson Calls Journalists ‘Animals.’ He's Also Their Best Source. — His platform on Fox News made him a big player in Donald Trump's circle. Off camera, he shapes the coverage of Trump's world and Fox's own internal politics. — Last month, I texted Tucker Carlson to ask …
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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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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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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Graham: Dems' voting bill is ‘biggest power grab’ in US history, will not support Manchin compromise
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Sanders says no to gas taxes, electric vehicle fees to fund infrastructure deal
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
U.S. Preparing More Sanctions Against Russia, Sullivan Says — The national security adviser raised the issue of more penalties in the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny days after President Biden met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. — WASHINGTON — President Biden's national security adviser …
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CNN:
How meeting with Biden put Putin on top of the world
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
China will face international ‘isolation’ if no cooperation on coronavirus origin probe: Jake Sullivan
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Washington Examiner and RedState
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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“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 …
New York Times:
Taliban Enter Key Cities in Afghanistan's North After Swift Offensive — The setbacks come at a harrowing moment for Afghanistan, just as American and international troops are set to leave the country in coming weeks. — KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban entered two provincial capitals …
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Former president says US failed in Afghanistan
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New York Times:
In Rift With Biden, a Dramatic Show of Force by a Conservative Catholic Movement — A vote by the U.S. bishops was the most dramatic example of the conservative Catholic movement's reach since Joseph R. Biden was elected. But the contingent had been gaining strength throughout the Trump era.
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Pope's Silence Speaks Volumes on Controversial Communion Vote by U.S. Bishops
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CNN:
Trump dashed dreams of reform in Iran. The country's new hardline president is living proof — Iranian presidential candidates ask for voting extension — (CNN)It should have been a spring day most Iranians could look forward to. The trees that lined Tehran's boulevards glistened …
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Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
‘What threat did I pose?’: Heartbroken dad blames NY State Police trooper for ramming his SUV and causing crash that killed his 11-year-old Brooklyn daughter — Handcuffed in the back seat of a New York State Trooper's car, Tristin Goods could only seethe quietly and watch helplessly …
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
'We don't want you here': Sen. Ron Johnson is booed at Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration — Sen. Ron Johnson was booed at Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, with some members of the crowd yelling at the Wisconsin Republican: “We don't want you here.”
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Talis Shelbourne / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson made an appearance at Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day celebration. It didn't go well.
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Bloomberg:
Hong Kong's Apple Daily to Decide Monday on Shutting Down Paper — Company has no access to bank accounts, top adviser says — National security police arrested top editors last week — The board of Next Digital Ltd., which publishes Hong Kong's Apple Daily …
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Japan Times
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Tight Labor Market Returns the Upper Hand to American Workers — Employers competing for low-wage workers are offering signing bonuses and other perks — Low-wage workers found something unexpected in the economy's recovery from the pandemic: leverage. — Ballooning job openings …
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Biden's bad run: Is he doing worse in the courts than Trump? — President Biden repeatedly framed his campaign and his administration as defending “the rule of law” after what he and others portrayed as the lawless reign of President Trump. The image of Biden as restoring the Justice Department …
Tanisha M. Sullivan / The Hill:
156 years after “Freedom Day,” it's time to declare racism a public health crisis — On June 19th, 1865, a group of Union soldiers in Galveston, Texas delivered the news that the Civil War was over and with it the abolishment of slavery. “Juneteenth” commemorates this moment in our nation's history …
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
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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