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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Four People, Including Gunman, Are Killed in Attack at Tulsa Medical Building, Police Say — Multiple people were shot and four people, including the gunman, were killed on Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Tulsa, Okla., the Tulsa police said. — The assailant, who was armed with a rifle …
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NBC News, CNN, The Hill, CBS News and Political Wire
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Callie Morris / KTUL-TV:
4 dead after active-shooter situation at Saint Francis medical building — UPDATE:Police tell us four people are dead, including the shooter, following an active-shooter situation at a Saint Francis medical building. UPDATE: Police say the shooter has died.
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EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone:
‘Men Always Win’: Survivors ‘Sickened’ by the Amber Heard Verdict — It didn't matter what the verdict was — as one domestic violence survivor puts it, “this case is my worst fear playing out on a public stage” — Over the past few weeks, Meghan has been watching the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial with a sinking feeling.
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Candace McDuffie / The Root:
Amber Heard Verdict Sends A Message To Black Women Everywhere — If the mistreatment of a wealthy blonde haired, blue-eyed white actress is ridiculed by the world, what does that mean for Black women? — Alerts — On Wednesday, a jury in Virginia decided that actor Johnny Depp …
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Townhall, The Daily Beast, National Review, Page Six, CBS News, Fox News, KNSD-TV and Twitchy
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Thoughts on the Michael Sussmann Verdict — In the years since Donald Trump's election, the former president's supporters and opponents have often seemed to occupy entirely separate factual universes regarding both his conduct and the investigations of it. — In the factual universe occupied …
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New York Times, nationalinterest.org, Washington Times, Washington Post, Fox News, Raw Story, The Federalist, Ground News and New York Post
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Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
The Humiliation of John Durham
The Humiliation of John Durham
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Associated Press:
Jury indicts Buffalo shooting suspect on terrorism charge — BUFFALO, N.Y. — A grand jury on Wednesday charged the white 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and 10 counts of first-degree murder.
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
'It's going to be an army': Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections — Video recordings of Republican Party operatives meeting with grassroots activists provide an inside look at a multi-pronged strategy to target and potentially overturn votes in Democratic precincts …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion Hapless Trumpist Mo Brooks gives away the GOP ‘vote fraud’ scam
Opinion Hapless Trumpist Mo Brooks gives away the GOP ‘vote fraud’ scam
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Vanity Fair and New York Times
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
What are Uvalde police hiding? — It's not their incompetence and cowardice. — Texas law enforcement authorities said last week that Salvador Ramos got into Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, by way of a door propped open by a teacher. From there, they said, Ramos found a classroom with two teachers and 19 fourth-graders.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Two White House press office staffers leaving for other administration jobs — The White House press office is undergoing a minor staffing shuffle as two aides are departing for other agencies within the Biden administration. — Vedant Patel, who had served as an assistant press secretary …
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Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
White House can't explain why Biden didn't know about formula crisis until April
White House can't explain why Biden didn't know about formula crisis until April
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, RedState and CNN
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon says ‘brace yourself’ for an economic hurricane caused by the Fed and Ukraine war — There are two main factors that has Dimon worried: So-called quantitative tightening, or QT, is scheduled to begin this month and will ramp up to $95 billion a month in reduced bond holdings.
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CNN, Townhall, Washington Examiner, The Daily Wire, Fortune, Breitbart, ABC7, The Western Journal, The Hill and Trends Journal
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Mike Stone / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. plans to sell armed drones to Ukraine in coming days -sources — The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia, three people familiar with the situation said.
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Responsible Statecraft
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Biden administration cancels all remaining student loan debt for 560,000 borrowers — The Biden administration is offering a new round of student loan debt relief for more than half a million borrowers who were students of Corinthian Colleges. — The action will see $5.8 billion …
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Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Politico and Insider
Matthew Luxmoore / Wall Street Journal:
Documents Reveal Hundreds of Russian Troops Broke Ranks Over Ukraine Orders — Desertions and refusal to engage in the invasion have put Moscow in a bind over how to punish service members without drawing attention to the problem — Hundreds of Russian soldiers have escaped the fighting …
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New York Times and CBS News
Washington Post:
House Republicans to unveil conservative roadmap on climate, energy — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy plans to call for boosting domestic fossil fuel production and streamlining the permitting process for large infrastructure projects — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
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Politico and Election Law Blog
Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg:
One-Third of Americans Making $250,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck, Survey Finds — More than a third of Americans earning at least $250,000 annually say they are living paycheck to paycheck, underscoring how inflation is taking a bigger bite out of Americans' budgets at all ends of the pay spectrum.
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Irma and Joe Garcia, a teacher and her heartbroken husband, are buried together in Uvalde — They were high school sweethearts. Irma Garcia taught at Robb Elementary for her entire 23-year career. Her husband died of a heart attack days after she was shot. — Copy link
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Man Who Shot Reagan Granted Full Freedom — John Hinckley, the would-be assassin who shot President Ronald Reagan two months after his inauguration in 1981, was deemed by a federal judge on Wednesday to no longer be a “danger to himself or others.” As a result, he will be free of all remaining restrictions by June 15.
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Associated Press and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
The Middlemen Helping Russian Oligarchs Get Superyachts and Villas — They oversee the flow of billions of dollars from Putin-connected Russians to companies involved in superyachts and villas. They've drawn the attention of a U.S. task force. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Washington Post and Metro.co.uk
Alexander Martin / Sky News:
US military hackers conducting offensive operations in support of Ukraine, says head of Cyber Command — In an exclusive interview with Sky News, General Paul Nakasone confirmed for the first time that the US had “conducted a series of operations” in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Joe Biden Is Too Old to Be President — On the menu today: As President Biden continues to misstate his own policies, it is a painful sign that the next president must be someone who has enough youth and energy to handle the pressures of the job. — The Wrong Man for a Tough Job
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden says there's nothing he can do to bring down gas or food prices in the near term
Biden says there's nothing he can do to bring down gas or food prices in the near term
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New York Post and Washington Post
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Blockbuster witness for Jan. 6 hearings — J. Michael Luttig, a former federal judge and lawyer who advised former Vice President Mike Pence, is expected to testify in the Jan. 6 select committee's public hearings this month, Axios has learned.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Anatomy of a fake — What a viral fake news story about “race-based grading” tells us about our media ecosystem — This is the tale of a fake news story, widely shared by a lot of smart people who so badly wanted for it to be true that they didn't care that it wasn't.
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The Daily Beast, The Kerr Report, oprfhs.org and Townhall, more at Mediagazer »
Reagan Knopp / The Oregon Catalyst:
BREAKING: Drazan has edge over Kotek in early poll — By In the news In: 2022 Election Wednesday June 1, 2022 No Comments yet, we're awaiting your thoughts — In a new poll from Nelson Research, Republican Christine Drazan has the early lead coming out of the primary.
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
First Look at Kathleen Buhle's Memoir: Hunter Biden's Ex on His Affair with Sister-in-Law — and Forgiveness — An exclusive excerpt from Buhle's upcoming book, If We Break, offers a window into how the onetime Biden found healing through her pain … There is a trace of wistfulness …
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Politico, Insider, Vanity Fair, New York Post, CNN and Washington Post
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Biden Administration to Cut Costs for Wind and Solar Energy Projects — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the government would sharply reduce the fees it charges to companies that operate on public lands. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration …
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
A girl fled her war-torn homeland, but found more trauma in San Francisco — The morning began like most in the Saleh family's tiny studio six floors above Turk and Hyde streets in the Tenderloin. The four children rose from their mats on the floor as their parents emerged from the closet where they shared a small mattress.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Biden celebrates ‘pioneer’ Coast Guard commandant — President Joe Biden on Wednesday applauded Adm. Linda Fagan's ascension to commandant of the Coast Guard, making her the first woman to lead a military service branch. — Biden, speaking at a change of command ceremony that saw outgoing commandant …
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Daniel Gligich / The San Joaquin Valley Sun:
Salas comes clean on 11-year age gap on dating apps: ‘I made a mistake’ — A Central Valley lawmaker and Congressional candidate admitted to misrepresenting his age on dating apps after screenshots of his profile went public. — Tuesday morning, The Sun exclusively revealed screenshots taken …
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Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Wire
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Director's Remarks to the Boston Conference on Cyber Security 2022 — Remarks prepared for delivery. — Introduction — It's good to be back here at BC, particularly since I couldn't participate in the virtual conference last year. In fact, the last time I was able to participate was in March 2020 …
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The Daily Caller, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and The Hill
Ana Goñi-Lessan / Tallahassee Democrat:
'It's all about the kids': Florida high school raffles off rifles, handguns — A Florida high school raffled off guns and other weaponry through a month-long fundraising campaign that ended Wednesday. — James Madison Preparatory High School in Madison, a charter school …
Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
The RNC's Ground Game of Inches — Inside the secretive, dubious, and extremely offline attempt to convert minorities into Republicans … In some sense, it was predictable that my search for any information about one of the Republican National Committee's two dozen community centers would lead me back to Facebook.
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Watchdog opens probe into huge Social Security fines to poor, disabled — An independent watchdog this week opened a broad investigation into Social Security Inspector General Gail Ennis and her office following a Washington Post report that revealed how an anti-fraud program …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The final, brutal collapse of GOP's big Michael Flynn conspiracy theory — Among the many GOP efforts to counterprogram the Russia investigation with thinly constructed conspiracy theories, one of the most persistent ones was the so-called unmasking of Michael Flynn.
Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Russia Inches Toward Seizing Key Eastern City — Pitched street battles raged in Sievierodonetsk as Russian forces pushed into the city center. Germany promised Ukraine an advanced air-defense system, a day after the U.S. said it would send more powerful artillery.
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