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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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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
At least 12 dead in another weekend of mass shootings across America — 3 dead, 14 shot after mass shooting in Philadelphia — The first weekend of June marked a greater number of mass shooting deaths in the United States than the previous three-day weekend, which ended with Memorial Day.
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The US Sun and Wink's Newsletter
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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HuffPost, Raw Story, Political Wire, Mother Jones, On the Trail with Nick Kristof and Washington Examiner
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 …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Insider:
A House Democrat plans to introduce a bill that would hit AR-15s 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-15s with a 1,000% tax — and it could pass Congress without GOP votes
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Axios, New York Times, Associated Press, The Investment Survival …, Occupy Democrats, The Daily Wire, Blue Virginia and ABC News
David Cohen / Politico:
Buttigieg sees ‘insanity’ in reaction to gun violence
Buttigieg sees ‘insanity’ in reaction to gun violence
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, HuffPost, New York Post, ABC News 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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Robert Reich, CNN, Mediaite, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
How Biden plans to handle the Jan. 6 hearings
How Biden plans to handle the Jan. 6 hearings
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NBC News, Slate, HuffPost, The Guardian, CNN, POLITICUSUSA and Washington Post
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.
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New Republic, Wide World of News and ABC News
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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.
New York Times:
How a New York County Used the State's ‘Red Flag’ Law to Seize 160 Guns — Suffolk County on Long Island aggressively uses the law to take guns from people in crisis in an effort to prevent shootings and suicides. Its experience could inform a national debate. — The boy made his threat aboard a school bus.
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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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
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden to waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels hit by probe — President Joe Biden will declare a 24-month tariff exemption on Monday for solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations after an investigation froze imports and stalled projects in the United States, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Reuters and Wall Street Journal
Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
US Excludes Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua From Regional Summit — The Biden administration has made a final decision against inviting the governments of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to a regional summit this week, bucking calls from Mexico's president to include all countries or risk him staying home.
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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Politico and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
CNN Enters the Post-Jeff Zucker Era. Bye-Bye ‘Breaking News’ Banners. — Chris Licht, the new CNN chairman, is encouraging a more nuanced approach to coverage. Some at the network are skeptical. — Give this article- - - Read in app — CNN's ubiquitous “Breaking News” banner is gone …
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Forbes and The Daily Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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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Politico, Al Jazeera and Political Wire
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John Leicester / Associated Press:
Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms
Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms
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New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, NPR, The Daily Wire, Agence France-Presse, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Just The News, WTMJ, CBS News, Common Dreams and HotAir
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
We Can't Be Ukraine Hawks Forever
We Can't Be Ukraine Hawks Forever
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Washington Post, NPR and Al Jazeera
ABC News:
GOP Rep. Tom Rice says impeaching Trump was ‘the conservative vote’ — “I would do it again tomorrow,” he said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. — South Carolina's Tom Rice was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Insider, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, RedState, CNN and Politico
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