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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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For Democrats and voting rights groups, the push for federal voting protections is far from over. — For many Democrats and voting rights groups, the failure to advance the party's major elections bill on Tuesday felt like the arrival of the inevitable, the final thud of a tree crashing in the woods after wavering for months.
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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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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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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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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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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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US seizes Iranian news sites under unclear circumstances — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities took down a range of Iran's state-linked news websites under unclear circumstances on Tuesday, the U.S. and Iran said, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown …
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US government seizes dozens of US website domains connected to Iran — (CNN)The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran, linked to what the US says are disinformation efforts, a US national security official told CNN.
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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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Election Results: NYC Municipal Primaries and More — It's Primary Election Day across New York State as New Yorkers are heading to the polls to choose party nominees for various local offices. We will have election results for all New York City city-wide races, the Manhattan DA Democratic primary …
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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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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.
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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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Scoop: Lincoln Project's Law Firm Concludes Independent Investigation of John Weaver Allegations — The independent investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver, and whether the anti-Trump group's leadership covered up those allegations, has concluded.
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Law firm concludes Lincoln Project didn't know John Weaver was soliciting ‘underage individuals’
Law firm concludes Lincoln Project didn't know John Weaver was soliciting ‘underage individuals’
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Black leaders in Rhode Island divided over Sen. Whitehouse's family ties to exclusive club — Black leaders in Rhode Island were divided Tuesday on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's (D-R.I.) defense of his family's ties to an exclusive beach club, amid questions about whether the club's membership is all-White.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The big questions on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and the allegedly ‘all-White’ beach club
The big questions on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and the allegedly ‘all-White’ beach club
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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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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.”
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Iowa abortion law requiring 24-hour waiting period permanently blocked by district court — William Morris Stephen Gruber-MillerDes Moines Register — An Iowa judge has permanently blocked a state law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion.
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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 …
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“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.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets July 8 date for special legislative session on voting bill, other issues — Abbott's office did not specify what legislative priorities will be included on the special session agenda and said in an advisory that such items “will be announced prior to the convening of the special session.”
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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 …
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153 people resigned or were fired from a Texas hospital system for refusing to get vaccinated — Houston Methodist was one of the nation's first health systems to impose a coronavirus vaccine mandate. — More than 150 health-care workers who did not comply with a Houston-based hospital …
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So when is Trump going to turn on Gov. Ron DeSantis? — For most of the summer of 2015, Donald Trump was leading the field of Republicans vying for the party's presidential nomination. By August, though, he faced a new threat: Neurosurgeon Ben Carson had emerged from the pack behind him to surge into second place.
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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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How the GameStop Hustle Worked — How hedge funds and brokers have manipulated the market. — In the aftermath of the GameStop run-up in January, retail investors found telltale signs of a common yet egregious trading fraud by major brokers and hedge funds.
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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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White House admits: We won't get to 70% vaccinations by July 4 — In fairness, this isn't a failure of the Biden administration — at least, not directly. We have the vaccines. We have the logistics to deliver them. In fact, vaccinations are now available on demand throughout the US.
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Scoop: Longtime C-SPAN political editor Steve Scully leaving network — Longtime C-SPAN political editor and on-air host Steve Scully is leaving the network on July 2, Axios has learned. He will join the Bipartisan Policy Center as SVP of communications. — Why it matters: Scully has been with C-SPAN for over three decades.
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