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Ivana Saric / Axios:
At least 54 injured, 11 killed in 7 separate mass shootings this weekend — The U.S. continues to grapple with mass shootings as at least seven have occurred over the weekend, resulting in the deaths of 11 people and injuries to 54 others. … Eight people were hit, according to a statement from the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office.
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WYPR, The Daily Beast, Insider and The US Sun
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New York Times:
Mass Shooting in Philadelphia Kills at Least 3 on Weekend of Gun Violence — Shootings in Tennessee, Virginia, Arizona and South Carolina left six more dead and dozens injured. — Give this article- - - Read in app — A brawl between at least two men turned a packed Philadelphia street …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Blake Masters Blames Gun Violence on ‘Black People, Frankly’ — The Arizona Senate candidate has a unique theory about why there's a gun violence problem in the United States. — Tech investor and Arizona Republican Senate hopeful Blake Masters acknowledges that the United States has a gun violence problem.
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Raw Story, Political Wire and Washington Examiner
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Insider:
A House Democrat plans to introduce a bill that would hit AR-15's with a 1,000% tax — and it could pass Congress without GOP votes
A House Democrat plans to introduce a bill that would hit AR-15's with a 1,000% tax — and it could pass Congress without GOP votes
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Occupy Democrats, The Daily Wire and Blue Virginia
NBC News:
Uvalde funeral attendant who encountered gunman says he tried to go after shooter, was held back
Uvalde funeral attendant who encountered gunman says he tried to go after shooter, was held back
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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, HotAir, Insider, Uniic Media and New York Post
CBS News:
Parents are scared about gun violence in schools, and so are their school-aged children — CBS News poll
Parents are scared about gun violence in schools, and so are their school-aged children — CBS News poll
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ABC News and NBC Bay Area
David Cohen / Politico:
Buttigieg sees ‘insanity’ in reaction to gun violence
Buttigieg sees ‘insanity’ in reaction to gun violence
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New York Post, ABC News, The Hill and Insider
Axios:
Scoop: Jan. 6 committee's private divide — The House's Jan. 6 committee has split behind the scenes over what actions to take after the public hearings: Some members want big changes on voting rights — and even to abolish the Electoral College — while others are resisting proposals …
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
How Biden plans to handle the Jan. 6 hearings — When the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection starts its much-anticipated public hearings next week, President Joe Biden and his staff will be consuming it like most Americans — by quietly watching snippets on TV.
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HuffPost, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Washington Post
CBS News:
Liz Cheney: Jan. 6 “conspiracy” was “extremely broad ... well-organized” — This Thursday night, the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will hold its first public hearing in nearly a year, asking us to relive, and reckon with, a day that some would rather have us forget.
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CNN, Washington Post, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, USA Today, Insider, HuffPost, Politico, Breitbart and Political Wire
Washington Post:
How the White House lost Joe Manchin, and its plan to transform America — A breakthrough seemed close. It was mid-December, and President Biden had been negotiating for months with Sen. Joseph Manchin III over Biden's sweeping plan to reconfigure the American economy.
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden wants to get out more, seething that his standing is now worse than Trump's — President Joe Biden and his aides have grown increasingly frustrated by their inability to turn the tide against a cascade of challenges threatening to overwhelm the administration. — Soaring global inflation.
Reuters:
Closed airspace forces cancellation of Lavrov's visit to Serbia, Interfax reports — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Serbia has been cancelled after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his aircraft, a senior foreign ministry source told the Interfax news agency on Sunday.
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Political Wire
Peter Hamby / Puck:
How Rick Caruso Became L.A.'s Biggest Star — Los Angeles is one of the bluest metro areas in the country, but the mayor's race this year increasingly feels like Rick Caruso's to lose. The billionaire real estate developer is running what amounts to a law and order campaign …
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Benjamin Oreskes / Los Angeles Times:
Bass slightly ahead of Caruso in new poll, both appear headed for mayoral runoff
Bass slightly ahead of Caruso in new poll, both appear headed for mayoral runoff
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Washington Post:
Woodward and Bernstein thought Nixon defined corruption. Then came Trump. — Perspective by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein — President George Washington, in his celebrated 1796 Farewell Address, cautioned that American democracy was fragile. “Cunning, ambitious …
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Raw Story and Insider
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
US, S. Korea fire missiles to sea, matching North's launches — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and South Korean militaries launched eight ballistic missiles into the sea Monday in a show of force matching a North Korean missile display a day earlier that extended a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations.
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Bloomberg, Reuters, American Military News, WTOP News and Political Wire
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Dasl Yoon / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles Into Sea
North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles Into Sea
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CNN, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and Reuters
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Your Kids Are Not Doomed — Over the past few years, I've been asked one question more than any other. It comes up at speeches, at dinners, in conversation. It's the most popular query when I open my podcast to suggestions, time and again. It comes in two forms.
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Althouse
CNN:
Former Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman says he's no longer a Republican: ‘I think the party left me some time ago’ — Ex-congressman reveals why he's no longer a Republican 01:52 — (CNN)Former Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman said Sunday he no longer considers himself to be a Republican …
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Raw Story
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White House Correspondents' Association:
How ‘The Pool’ Serves America — It's a function the press performs on the public's behalf every day of every year, any place on the planet, whenever the president is outside his residence. — For nearly a century, the story of the American presidency has been written through the eyes of the …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A pro-Herschel Walker gas giveaway fuels Democratic outrage — A long line of cars formed at a Chevron gas station south of downtown Atlanta as word spread a political action committee was handing out $25 vouchers. Now the pro-Herschel Walker group's giveaway is fueling a different sort …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
We Can't Be Ukraine Hawks Forever — Sure, it works in practice, but does it work in theory? Over the years I've heard this parody of academic pomposity put in the lips of various targets, from French intellectuals to University of Chicago economists. Lately, though, I've begun thinking it myself …
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Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Schiff: DoJ decision not to indict Trump ex-aides Meadows and Scavino a ‘grave disappointment’ — Member of Capitol attack committee says decision not to charge the two with contempt of Congress could ‘impede our work’ — California congressman Adam Schiff - a member of the select House …
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POLITICUSUSA, CBS News, Fox News, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Musing About Books … and Insider
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Trump ‘Ultimate Target’ as DOJ Goes Up ‘Criminal Food Chain’: Kirschner
Trump ‘Ultimate Target’ as DOJ Goes Up ‘Criminal Food Chain’: Kirschner
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Insider