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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
BUSTED: Arizona official was told to ‘stop the counting’ during blitz by Trump, Giuliani and GOP chair  —  Donald Trump is under investigation in Georgia for his caught-on-tape efforts to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” 12,000 votes to overturn the election in the Peach State.
New Yorker:
Britney Spears's Conservatorship Nightmare  —  How the pop star's father and a team of lawyers seized control of her life—and have held onto it for thirteen years.  —  On June 22nd, Britney Spears's management team started getting nervous.  Spears, who is thirty-nine …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Metro.co.uk and Slate
New York Times:
In Case Against Trump's Company, Echoes of His Father's Tactics on Taxes  —  The first criminal prosecution involving the former president's business hearkens back to Fred Trump's $16,135 purchase of boilers in the 1990s.  —  Long before Donald J. Trump's company was accused of plotting detours around …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Charges: A Probe of Hush Money Moved to Fringe Benefits
Discussion: Washington Post and Insider
Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
North Miami Beach condo ordered to close, evacuate after inspection said structurally unsafe  —  The city of North Miami Beach has ordered that Crestview Towers Condominium be immediately closed and evacuated Friday evening after a building inspection report found it to have unsafe structural …
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Terry Spencer / Associated Press:
Fewer people missing in collapse; nearby tower is evacuated  —  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The number of people missing in the Florida condominium collapse fell Friday following a new review, but fears of another potentially catastrophic failure deepened after engineers found unsafe conditions …
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Ransomware attack on software manager hits 200 companies  —  A successful ransomware attack on a single company has spread to at least 200 organizations, according to cybersecurity firm Huntress Labs, making it one of the single largest criminal ransomware sprees in history.
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Reuters:
‘Eye of fire’ in Mexican waters snuffed out, says national oil company  —  A fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula early on Friday has been extinguished, state oil company Pemex said, blaming a gas leak from an underwater pipeline for sparking the blaze captured in videos that went viral.
New York Times:
Lawmaker Threatens to Subpoena Exxon After Secret Video  —  The chairman of a powerful House subcommittee said he is seeking answers from Exxon and other oil and gas giants over their role in spreading disinformation on climate change.  —  The chairman of a House subcommittee is demanding …
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David Jackson / USA Today:
In wake of indictments and with Ron DeSantis focused on condo collapse, Donald Trump holds Florida rally … WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's campaign-style rally in Florida Saturday comes at a fraught time for the former president: While the organization bearing his name in New York was indicted this week …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
As Afghan Forces Crumble, an Air of Unreality Grips the Capital  —  With the Taliban advancing and U.S. troops leaving, President Ashraf Ghani and his aides have become increasingly insular, and Kabul is slipping into shock.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — With his military crumbling …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Can the Senate Be Saved?  Ben Nelson, the Manchin of Yesteryear, Has Doubts  —  A former Democratic centrist senator says too many lawmakers come to Washington to obstruct rather than be constructive.  —  WASHINGTON — The senator adamantly insisted on bipartisanship.
Graham Piro / FIRE:
Chilling effect remains as Oklahoma's ‘divisive concepts’ law becomes effective  —  Yesterday, Oklahoma's HB 1775 formally took effect, joining the growing number of states enacting legislation to ban, or crack down on, how issues of race and gender can be taught.
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Biden administration formally launches effort to return deported veterans to U.S.  —  The Biden administration unveiled plans Friday to bring hundreds, possibly thousands, of deported veterans and their immediate family members back to the United States, saying their removal “failed to live up to our highest values.”
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Department of Homeland Security:
DHS, VA Announce Initiative to Support Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Immediate Family Members
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
NYC mayoral contenders file lawsuits seeking ballot review  —  NEW YORK (AP) — All three candidates who are still in the running in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary have filed legal actions seeking the right to review the ongoing ranked choice vote tally.
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Campaigns Keep Close Watch on Count That Will Decide N.Y.C. Mayor's Race
Discussion: New York Magazine
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: A new get-Trump committee?  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  A NEW GET-TRUMP COMMITTEE?  A congressional investigation is a fact-finding enterprise.
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Latest alleged Oath Keeper arrested in Capitol riot turned over body armor and firearm
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Trump's Hill allies could be ensnared in January 6 probe as GOP preps strategy  —  (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has asserted he'd “have no problem talking to anybody” about his conversations with then-President Donald Trump on January 6.  That proposition may soon be put to the test.
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Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones
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Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
Upstate NY judge's racist comments from the bench get burglar 10 years off his sentence
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Welcome to the year of wage hikes. Workers are returning — to higher-paying firms.
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U.S. House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues from the Capitol
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP divided on anti-Biden midterm message
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Biden calls top donor NEA 'one of America's indispensable organizations'
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Professors and Students Sue Over Florida's New College Survey Law
Brooke Masters / Financial Times:
How Britain's private schools lost their grip on Oxbridge
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