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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by the Department of Defense — (Attributable to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby) — “At President Biden's direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Manchin vs. Sanders: Let the staring contest begin — DRIVING THE DAY — BIDEN BACKS DOWN: The GOP rebellion over President JOE BIDEN'S Thursday veto threat of the bipartisan infrastructure bill seems to have been quelled. ICYMI, on Saturday the White House released …
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
U.S. Carries Out Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
U.S. Carries Out Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Conducts Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq Against Iranian-Backed Militias
U.S. Conducts Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq Against Iranian-Backed Militias
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Biden orders airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups
Biden orders airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups
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Jihad Watch, The Sun, Mediaite and TASS
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
U.S. carries out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria
U.S. carries out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
U.S. targets Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria strikes
U.S. targets Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria strikes
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CBS News, Informed Comment, Bloomberg and The Hill
Politico:
‘Spray and Pray’: Republicans ramp up attacks on Biden on ... everything — Early in Joe Biden's presidency, Republicans openly conceded how poor a target he was for them. Their hits on the president simply weren't sticking. — That hasn't, however, kept Republicans from swinging away.
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Washington Examiner and The Nation
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The brouhaha over infrastructure infighting — a typical D.C. ‘process’ story — comes to naught — The gap between what the mainstream, D.C.-based media covers and what concerns ordinary Americans is never greater than when the media decides to hyperventilate over a process story.
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National Review, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg
Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
His Insurrection Inside the Oval Office on January 6. — Seems like quite a few crazies," said the president. — A little more than three weeks before rioters and revelers stormed the Capitol on January 6, several thousand Trump fans and fanatics gathered in Washington …
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Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's Situation Room shouting match — Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeatedly blew up at President Trump over how to handle last summer's racial-justice protests, The Wall Street Journal's Michael Bender writes in his forthcoming book, “Frankly, We Did Win This Election.”
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Mediaite, Raw Story and Political Wire
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Toyota is the no. 1 donor to 2020 election objectors — by far — The Japanese automaker gave $55,000 to 37 GOP objectors this year.
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Raw Story, Crooks and Liars and Mediaite
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Where Jobless Benefits Were Cut, Jobs Are Still Hard to Fill — Missouri scrapped federal pay to the unemployed, saying it kept people out of the labor market. But so far, workers still seem to be choosy. — MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — By lunchtime, the representatives …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
An Accusation Blew Up a Campaign. The Media Didn't Know What to Do. — Handling a delicate allegation of sexual misconduct is a lot more challenging than covering a horse race. — Two days after coming in fifth in the election night count of votes for New York mayor last week …
Michelle Fay Cortez / Bloomberg:
The Last-And Only-Foreign Scientist in the Wuhan Lab Speaks Out — Danielle Anderson was working in what has become the world's most notorious laboratory just weeks before the first known cases of Covid-19 emerged in central China. Yet, the Australian virologist still wonders what she missed.
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Townhall
Washington Post:
Trump Organization attorneys given Monday deadline to persuade prosecutors not to file charges against it — Prosecutors in New York have given former president Donald Trump's attorneys a deadline of Monday afternoon to make any final arguments as to why the Trump Organization …
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Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
QAnon Supporters Express Boredom With ‘Same Old’ Trump Speech: ‘This Is Getting Ridiculous’ — Both QAnon and longtime supporters of former President Donald Trump criticized his Saturday night speech in Wellington, Ohio, accusing him of the “same-old, same-old” grievances against Democrats …
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Insider and Washington Examiner
Sam Raskin / New York Post:
Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry ‘pissed’ national anthem was playing at Olympic trials — A U.S. hammer thrower turned away from the American flag as the national anthem played while she and two other athletes stood on the podium at the Olympic trials Saturday, later saying she was “pissed” …
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New York Times:
Possible Failure Point Emerges in Miami Building Collapse — Some engineers looking at the failure of a 13-story condo tower in Florida said the collapse appeared to have begun somewhere near the bottom of the building. — The investigation into what may be the deadliest accidental building collapse …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Red America's Covid Problem — Cases are rising, because of the Delta variant. — There was a strange Covid-19 pattern in the U.S. for much of this spring. The virus was not spreading any faster in communities with low vaccination rates than in those with high vaccination rates.
New York Times:
Crossing the Red Line: Behind China's Takeover of Hong Kong — One year ago, the city's freedoms were curtailed with breathtaking speed. But the clampdown was years in the making, and many signals were missed. — Hong Kong's march toward an authoritarian future began with a single phrase in a dry policy paper.
Dr. Alex Safian / Begin-Sadat Center …:
How Many Gaza Palestinians Were Killed by Hamas Rockets in May? An Estimate — BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,081, June 27, 2021 — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Much of the coverage and commentary surrounding the fighting in May between Hamas and Israel has focused on numbers …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
DeSantis ‘very wary’ of upsetting Trump — TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a collision course with the most powerful man in the GOP: Donald Trump. — DeSantis is crisscrossing the country to deliver red-meat speeches. Iowa leaders begged him to visit. He just beat Trump in a key straw poll.
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Washington Examiner
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Michael Dukakis warns Democrats on crime — A generation ago, Michael Dukakis saw his chances of winning the presidency crushed after Republicans cast him as soft on crime. — Now he is warning his party not to make the same mistake. — The Defund the Police movement is “nuts …
American Greatness:
The Cruel Progressive Creed Undoing Civilization — The Left's progressive wasteland is an acceptable price to pay for the terrifying visions of its anointed. — Debt is suffocating us. Our currency is on its way to being Lebanonized. — Most major American cities are broke, dirty …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Madison Cawthorn, self-described ‘big history buff,’ keeps getting historical facts wrong — Washington (CNN)Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a freshman Republican from North Carolina, has called himself a “big history buff” and a “lover of history.” — But Cawthorn — who, at age 25 …