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New York Times:
Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilitary Training in U.S. — The training, approved by the State Department, underscores the perils of military partnerships with repressive governments. — WASHINGTON — Four Saudis who participated in the 2018 killing …
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Washington Post:
Democrats signal a shift toward accepting voter ID laws — Prominent Democrats have increasingly softened their opposition to voter identification requirements in recent days, signaling a new openness to measures that activists have long vilified as an insidious method of keeping minorities from the ballot box.
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, The Atlantic, Spotlight PA, Insider, The Crime Report, The Western Journal, Fox News and Political Wire
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
‘Killibuster’: Democratic angst grows as filibuster threatens agenda
‘Killibuster’: Democratic angst grows as filibuster threatens agenda
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RedState, Fox News, The Guardian and The Daily Beast
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Bill Destined to Fail May Now Spawn More Plausible Options
A Bill Destined to Fail May Now Spawn More Plausible Options
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ABC News:
Senate Republicans block voting rights reform bill despite unified Democratic support
Senate Republicans block voting rights reform bill despite unified Democratic support
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Democrats voter ID debacle
Byron York's Daily Memo: Democrats voter ID debacle
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pjmedia.com, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Townhall and The Western Journal
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Voting Rights Bill Will Be Blocked by the Anti-Democratic System It Seeks to Reform
Voting Rights Bill Will Be Blocked by the Anti-Democratic System It Seeks to Reform
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Politico, Reuters, Washington Post, ABC News, HuffPost, Maryland Matters, Slate, USA Today, The 19th, New Republic, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Forbes, New York Post, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, Vanity Fair and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
The Most Detailed Map of New York City Mayoral Primary Results — New York City voters cast their ballots for mayor on Tuesday, and it became clear that the competitive Democratic race would be decided by the city's new ranked-choice system. It is likely to be weeks before a winner is known.
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New York Times:
New York Primary Election Results — The race to become New York City's next mayor is one of the most consequential political contests in a generation, with the recovery of the nation's largest city at stake. The winner of the Democratic primary is likely to win the general election in November.
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Mediaite and Washington Examiner
Max Gowins / Decision Desk HQ:
Election Results: NYC Municipal Primaries and More
Election Results: NYC Municipal Primaries and More
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The Daily Caller
Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
Yang Presidential Campaign Advisers Blame Tusk Strategies For ‘Crashing’ His Mayoral Bid — This is a special breaking news issue of The Uprising, a daily politics newsletter. If you enjoyed this story and want to read more like it, please sign up! — BROOKLYN, N.Y. …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
United States Seizes Websites Used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union and Kata'ib Hizballah — Today, pursuant to court orders, the United States seized 33 websites used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU) and three websites operated by Kata'ib Hizballah (KH), in violation of U.S. sanctions.
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Isabel Debre / Associated Press:
US seizes Iranian news sites under unclear circumstances
US seizes Iranian news sites under unclear circumstances
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Voice of America, CBS News, One America News Network, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, Algemeiner.com, Raw Story and The Hill
Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo:
Ground Temperatures Hit 118 Degrees in the Arctic Circle — Newly published satellite imagery shows the ground temperature in at least one location in Siberia topped 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius) going into the year's longest day. It's hot [Siberia] Earth summer, and it certainly won't be the last.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis is showing Trump-level skill at waging culture war — Former president Donald Trump is America's premier culture warrior. No other modern politician has displayed as much talent at dividing Americans, peddling disinformation, demonizing minorities and exacerbating social problems.
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Florida Politics
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
So when is Trump going to turn on Gov. Ron DeSantis?
So when is Trump going to turn on Gov. Ron DeSantis?
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Travis Gibson / WJXT-TV:
Gov. DeSantis signs civic literacy bills, takes aim at socialism, communism
Gov. DeSantis signs civic literacy bills, takes aim at socialism, communism
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Florida Politics, Townhall and The Daily Caller
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Garland Says Watchdog Is Best Positioned to Review Trump-Era Justice Dept., Not Him — The attorney general said that various inspector general inquiries would help uncover any wrongdoing and that he wanted to avoid politicizing the work of career officials.
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CNN, The Hill, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and The Daily Beast
John Sexton / HotAir:
Law firm concludes Lincoln Project didn't know John Weaver was soliciting ‘underage individuals’ — You may recall that earlier this year the Lincoln Project hired an outside law firm (one whose independence is open to question) to investigate what the group's founders knew about sexual harassment by co-founder John Weaver.
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The Hill
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The Moscow Times:
Russia Fires ‘Warning’ Shots at British Warship Near Crimea — A Russian fighter jet and border guard ship have fired “warning” shots at a British warship that the military said violated Russia's borders in the Black Sea near annexed Crimea, state media reported Wednesday.
Axios:
Democrats sound alarm on crime as top threat to 2022 election chances — It's no coincidence former NYPD captain Eric Adams is leading the NYC mayoral race.
Jon Campbell / Democrat and Chronicle:
India Walton, a socialist, poised to become Buffalo's first woman mayor — India Walton scored an apparent victory Tuesday over four-term incumbent Byron Brown in a Democratic primary for Buffalo mayor, making her poised to become the first female and first socialist to lead New York's second-largest city.
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New York Times, HuffPost and Mother Jones
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Did Joe inadvertently pay for Hunter Biden's wild night at Chateau Marmont? — It's May 2018, and Robert Hunter Biden is trawling through his favorite Los Angeles escort sites. He orders “Yanna,” a 24-year-old Russian native from Emerald Fantasy Girls. — “Russian, Green Eyes …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Manchin open to Biden's ‘human infrastructure’ plans and undoing some Trump tax cuts — WASHINGTON — A key moderate Democratic senator opened the door Tuesday to investing in President Joe Biden's “human infrastructure” proposals and unwinding some of the Republican tax cuts of 2017.
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CNN and Washington Post
Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times:
They Relied on Chinese Vaccines. Now They're Battling Outbreaks. — More than 90 countries are using Covid shots from China. Experts say recent infections in those places should serve as a cautionary tale in the global effort to fight the disease. — Mongolia promised its people a “Covid-free summer.”
CNN:
Pelosi expected to appoint select committee to investigate January 6, sources say — (CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to appoint a select committee to investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol after Senate Republicans blocked the creation of an independent commission …
Reuters:
Biden's Justice Dept may defend Trump in Capitol riot lawsuits — Former U.S. President Donald Trump may have an unlikely ally to defend him against lawsuits alleging he incited the U.S. Capitol insurrection: President Joe Biden's Justice Department. — The Biden administration paved …
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Vanity Fair, Raw Story and The US Sun
Politico:
‘Staggering’: Biden breaks from agenda to grapple with bloodshed plaguing big cities — CHICAGO — It was 6 a.m. last week when news broke of a mass shooting in Chicago. Eight people were shot, five of whom died. By 7:30 a.m. a White House official was on the phone with Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office.
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USA Today
Associated Press:
Austin backs change in military sex assault prosecution — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, for the first time, said Tuesday he will support long-debated changes to the military justice system that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: '90s throwback edition: Monica talks and Biden takes on crime — DRIVING THE DAY — NYC mayor's race as of 5 a.m.: — ERIC ADAMS: 31.7% MAYA WILEY: 22.3% KATHRYN GARCIA: 19.5% — THE ONCE UNBEATABLE ANDREW YANG: 11.7% (Cue the knife fight: “Yang Presidential …
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The Hill, Washington Post, ABC News, New York Times and Ace of Spades HQ
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Warren holds up confirmation of a Biden pick at Education Department — James Kvaal is President Biden's pick to head higher-education policy at the agency — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is impeding the confirmation of James Kvaal, President Biden's pick to head higher-education policy …
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Insider
Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
“I need you to just be there. I need you to hold my story.” — Andrew Kaczynski on grieving publicly on social media — and his ongoing work to raise awareness about childhood cancer. — 6 hr ago … We found out Francesca had a brain tumor on September 6, 2020.
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Sanders signals openness to adjusting SALT cap to retain key votes as he maneuvers to pass Biden's agenda. — Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent in charge of the powerful Senate Budget Committee, signaled on Tuesday an openness to adjusting the cap on how much taxpayers can deduct …
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Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Hill
Buffalo News:
2021 primary election results: Buffalo mayor and Erie County sheriff — Following are unofficial tallies of votes counted on election night, which include early vote and election day tallies. They do not include absentee ballots. — Buffalo — Erie County — Support Local Journalism