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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Advisor to Presidential Candidate Among Three Defendants Charged with Acting as Agents of a Foreign Government — Defendants Allegedly Acted and Conspired to Act at the Direction of Senior United Arab Emirates Officials to Influence a Presidential Campaign, Public Opinion and the U.S. Government
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Washington Post:
Trump ally Thomas Barrack accused of trying to use influence to help United Arab Emirates — Thomas J. Barrack, a billionaire businessman and longtime friend to former president Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday in California and charged with violating foreign lobbying laws …
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New York Times:
Thomas Barrack, Trump Fund-Raiser, Indicted on Lobbying Charge — Mr. Barrack, who served as chairman of Donald Trump's inaugural committee, was accused in the Eastern District of New York of failing to register as a lobbyist for the United Arab Emirates. — WASHINGTON — Thomas J. Barrack Jr. …
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Tyler Bridges / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
After waiting, Steve Scalise gets vaccinated against COVID-19, calls it “safe and effective” — “Soon,” U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise replied at the beginning of April when asked when he would be vaccinated against the coronavirus. — “Soon,” he repeated at the beginning of May when asked the same question.
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Washington Post:
Growing number of Republicans urge vaccinations amid delta surge — A growing number of top Republicans are urging GOP supporters to get vaccinated as the delta coronavirus variant surges across the United States, marking a notable shift away from the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorizing …
Politico:
'It's a nightmare': Covid Delta variant rocks a recovering Capitol complex — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's trip to Israel got postponed. Nearly half of House members are masked on the floor again. One Senate Democrat even floated a “proof of vaccination” card to enter the Capitol.
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Washington Post:
Top U.S. Catholic Church official resigns after cellphone data used to track him on Grindr and to gay bars — The top administrator of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops resigned after a Catholic media site told the conference it had access to cellphone data that appeared to show …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Unvaccinated Trump supporter who spread coronavirus conspiracy theories dies of COVID-19 — On Tuesday, the Cape Cod Times reported that Linda Zuern, a former member of the Bourne, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen and a Trump-supporting figure in the local Republican Party, had died of COVID-19.
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Beth Treffeisen / Cape Cod Times:
Linda Zuern, former Bourne selectman, dies of complications of COVID-19
Linda Zuern, former Bourne selectman, dies of complications of COVID-19
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tom Brady Joins Biden to Laugh at Trump in Worst Day of Trump's Life The sum of all Trump fears. — Tom Brady visited the White House Tuesday to celebrate the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning the Super Bowl, where he joked around with President Biden at Donald Trump's expense.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
J.&J. Vaccine May Be Less Effective Against Delta, Study Suggests — Many who received the shot may need to consider boosters, the authors said. But federal health officials do not recommend second doses. — The coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson is much less effective …
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BuzzFeed News:
WATCHING THE WATCHMEN — In the inky darkness of a late summer night last September, three cars filled with armed men began circling Birch Lake in northern Michigan, looking for ways to approach Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's three-bedroom vacation cottage, subdue her — using a stun gun if necessary — and drag her away.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: White House official, Pelosi aide test positive for COVID — A White House official and a staff member for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have both tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the same reception last week, officials confirmed to Axios.
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Brendan Cole / Newsweek:
Nancy Pelosi Urged to Veto Jim Jordan From January 6 Committee
Nancy Pelosi Urged to Veto Jim Jordan From January 6 Committee
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Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Hungary's spyware scandal is a crisis for Europe — You're reading an excerpt from the Today's WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. — Hungary's prime minister …
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New York Times:
On Fox News, Vaccination Pleas Intensify, but Skepticism Persists — Amid mixed messages on the channel, the hosts Sean Hannity and Steve Doocy encourage viewers to get Covid-19 shots as the Delta variant spreads. — The morning anchor's plea was urgent and framed in the starkest of terms: Get the Covid-19 vaccine, or you could die.
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Politico:
U.S. urges Ukraine to stay quiet on Russian pipeline — In the midst of tense negotiations with Berlin over a controversial Russia-to-Germany pipeline, the Biden administration is asking a friendly country to stay quiet about its vociferous opposition. And Ukraine is not happy.
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Batya Jerenberg / World Israel News:
New York supermarket chains pull Ben & Jerry's over Israel boycott — “Seasons has removed all Ben and Jerry's products from all its stores as a result of the ice cream maker's decision to cease sales in parts of Israel. We stand with Israel. Always.” — Several supermarket chains …
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Jenny Gross / New York Times:
Women's Handball Players Are Fined for Rejecting Bikini Uniforms — Norway's beach handball players were each fined 150 euros for wearing shorts rather than the required bikini bottoms. A spokeswoman for the International Handball Federation said she didn't know the reason for the rule.
Grant Stern / The Stern Facts:
Florida authorities take new action on Arizona audit group linked to Sidney Powell — A Dow Chemicals' heir started Sidney Powell's fundraising operation but now uses his own unregistered nonprofits to raise money supposedly going to Maricopa County. — 5 hr ago
Newsy:
Extremist Heimbach To Relaunch Hate Group, Says He Supports Violence — An expert who tracks neo-Nazis and extremists calls Heimbach's return and his latest rhetoric ‘very dangerous.’ … Matt Heimbach, a self-described radical extremist who played an instrumental role …
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Still more to learn about January 6, most Americans say — With Congress' January 6 Select Committee slated to start work soon, Americans still overwhelmingly disapprove of the events they witnessed that day, a sentiment that includes big majorities of both Republicans …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
My mother had a ‘vaccine passport’ from decades ago. So why are we so averse to the idea now? — Our family wasn't much for heirlooms. — My mother, especially in her years as a busy young wife of an Air Force officer, tended to shed things, rather than save and curate them, as we moved every year or two.
Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks Arkansas law banning most abortions — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality. — U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued …
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Miriam Kramer / Axios:
Bezos says space flight reinforced commitment to fighting climate change — Jeff Bezos said in an interview hours after flying to suborbital space on Tuesday that there are “no words” to adequately describe the experience, but that it reinforced his commitment to combatting climate change and keeping Earth …
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Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Life Expectancy Fell by 1.5 Years in 2020, the Biggest Decline in Generations — Covid-19, drug overdoses and homicides drove longevity down; Hispanic men suffered largest decline — Life expectancy in the U.S. fell by 1.5 years in 2020, the biggest decline since at least World War II …
Tyler Goodspeed / The Hill:
Back to '70s inflation? How Biden's spending spree will hurt your wallet — Last week we learned that, in June, prices throughout the U.S. economy continued to rise at a pace we simply have not observed since the “Great Inflation” period of 1966-1982. Tuesday's report that consumer prices …
Angela Dewan / CNN:
Scientists are worried by how fast the climate crisis has amplified extreme weather — (CNN)Until recently, climate change had been talked about as a future threat. Its frontlines were portrayed as remote places like the Arctic, where polar bears are running out of sea ice to hunt from.
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Swalwell spent thousands of campaign dollars on booze and limo services, $20K at hotel where his wife works — Rep. Nunes: There's a lot of questions surrounding Swalwell — Prominent Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California appears to have spent tens of thousands of campaign dollars …
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Jeffie Lam / South China Morning Post:
Hong Kong national security police arrest another Apple Daily editor — Lam Man-chung is the eighth senior executive from the now-defunct newspaper to have been arrested since sweeping operation last month The publication, founded by media mogul Jimmy Lai, was forced to close after millions …
Kerry Howley / New York Magazine:
Call Me a Traitor Daniel Hale exposed the machinery of America's clandestine warfare. Why did no one seem to care? — Daniel Everette Hale was the best dishwasher in Nashville. He was faster, more efficient, more knowledgeable about the machinery that makes a restaurant run.
Spencer Ackerman / Forever Wars:
This Is Forever — The War on Terror never ended. Covering it properly requires jettisoning some long-standing journalism practices - but not standards. — 9 hr ago — WELCOME TO FOREVER WARS, a journalistic experiment. Whether the experiment succeeds or fails is in your hands.
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Tim Perry / CBS News:
Kamala Harris says she's speaking with GOP senators about voting rights legislation — Vice President Kamala Harris says she is speaking with Republican senators on a key piece of voting legislation. During a phone interview with CBS News, the vice president said there is “no bright line” …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Russia and China are trying to control the Internet — even as they censor it — At the very moment that Russia and China are facing more pressure from Western governments to stop malicious cyberattacks, they've announced a pact to work together for new rules to control cyberspace.
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