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Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:
Fox News Anchor Makes Impassioned Call for Gun Control, Cuts Off Colleague Who Said Biden 'Isn't Uniting': 'He Can't Do It Alone'  —  Fox News anchor Arthel Neville made an impassioned call for gun control in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas …
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Mother Jones
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Travis Caldwell / CNN:
9-year-old describes escaping out a window during the Uvalde school shooting as anger mounts over law enforcement's response  —  (CNN)As a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last week and began firing, one student says his teacher — wounded by bullets — had to text 911 for help after a phone call did not go through.
Discussion: New York Times, KDFX-TV and CBS News
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
What makes the AR-15 style rifle the weapon of choice for mass shooters?  —  The mass murder last week at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has something in common with America's deadliest massacres - the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.  Variations of the AR-15 were used in this month's massacre …
Discussion: CNN
Abigail Adcox / Washington Examiner:
Kinzinger says he is ‘open’ to ban on AR-15 and other gun reforms
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Statement on the Mass Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX
New York Times:
78 Long Minutes  —  When families learned that a gunman had entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde …
Todd C. Frankel / Washington Post:
After another massacre, one gunmaker maintains a familiar silence
Discussion: Raw Story and Ohio Capital Journal
Alexandra Berzon / New York Times:
Lawyer Who Plotted to Overturn Trump Loss Recruits Election Deniers to Watch Over the Vote  —  A central figure in the scheme to reverse the 2020 election is mobilizing grass-roots activists into an “army of citizens” trained to aggressively monitor elections.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Raw Story
Theodore R. Johnson / The Bulwark:
Memorial Day—for All Americans  —  We may disagree with one another about our vision for our country, but so did the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines we honor today.  —  In the summer of 2004, as a young naval lieutenant and aide-de-camp to a three-star general …
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Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
Memorial Day: Veterans launch Green Beret PAC to prevent another Afghanistan-style ‘travesty’  —  Jason Bacon is launching the PAC to support former Green Berets and a Navy SEAL running for Congress in the midterm elections  —  Former Green Berets run for Congress
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Arlington National Cemetery to conduct 154th Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony
Discussion: TODAY.com and The Moderate Voice
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
The Putinologist: CIA chief's long history with Putin gives him special insight  —  Half of Washington, D.C., is in the business of analyzing Vladimir Putin's every word and move these days.  But when CIA Director William Burns speaks of the Russian leader, an autocrat waging a brutal war on Ukraine, his words carry unusual weight.
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Austin pushing to effectively decriminalize abortion ahead of ruling on Roe  —  The state's so-called trigger law, which would take effect 30 days after a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe, includes the nation's harshest criminal penalties on abortion.  —  The city of Austin is attempting …
Julia Shapero / Axios:
Merrick Garland warns of democracy under threat in Harvard speech  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland warned about threats to democracy in the U.S. and abroad in a commencement speech at Harvard University on Sunday. … - Garland also urged the students, members of the 2020 and 2021 graduating classes …
TMZ.com:
Nancy Pelosi's Husband Paul Arrested for DUI in Napa (UPDATE)  —  UPDATE  —  5:54 AM PT — 5/30 — Paul was involved in a car crash, and that's how officers spotted him.  At 10:26 PM Saturday night, the CHP got a call about a 2-car crash in the Napa area, this according to the collision report obtained by TMZ.
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Friends with Benefits: Sussmann Trial Further Exposes the FBI and Washington Establishment  —  Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in the Hill on Sussmann trial and what it revealed about the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the combined Russian collusion investigations.
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
362 School Counselors on the Pandemic's Effect on Children: ‘Anxiety Is Filling Our Kids’  —  In a Times survey, counselors said students are behind in their abilities to learn, cope and relate.  —  American schoolchildren's learning loss in the pandemic isn't just .
Discussion: The Hill
Joanna Walters / The Guardian:
Trump calls Capitol attack an ‘insurrection hoax’ as public hearings set to begin  —  Former president intensifies attacks on Liz Cheney at Wyoming rally and endorses her Republican primary challenger in midterm elections  —  Joanna Walters in New York and agencies
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Michael Powell / New York Times:
What Lia Thomas Could Mean for Women's Elite Sports  —  Although the number of top transgender athletes is small, the disagreements are profound, cutting to the core of the debate around gender identity and biological sex.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
 
 
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