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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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Outside the Beltway, CNN, Robert Reich, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Washington Post and Raw Story
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Jan. 6 committee's secret adviser — The House's Jan. 6 committee has turned to a renowned former network news executive to hone a mountain of explosive material into a captivating multimedia presentation for a prime-time hearing Thursday. — James Goldston — former president of ABC News …
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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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Washington Post, Associated Press, NBC News, Slate, HuffPost, The Guardian, CNN and POLITICUSUSA
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, Insider, The US Sun, The Daily Beast, New York Post, Politico, NBC News and CBS News
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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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KNSD-TV, 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.
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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New York Times, pjmedia.com, Axios, Townhall, Campaign Update, Associated Press, Occupy Democrats, ABC News, The Daily Wire and Blue Virginia
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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RedState, POLITICUSUSA, New Republic, Wide World of News and ABC News
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
WaPo Editor Admonishes Staff to ‘Treat Each Other With Respect and Kindness’ as Numerous Messy Feuds Play Out on Twitter. It Doesn't Work. — After several days of various Washington Post staffers dragging internal feuds into the public square of Twitter, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee sent …
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Ella Nilsen / CNN:
First on CNN: Climate groups join for first-of-its-kind, $100 million push to mobilize midterm voters — (CNN)In an attempt to mobilize voters around the climate crisis, six climate advocacy groups are readying for the midterms with an arsenal of $100 million — the first coordinated spending of its kind.
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
The Long History of Glenn Greenwald's Kissing Up to the Kremlin — In his world, it seems America can do nothing right and Vladimir Putin can do nothing wrong. — In the months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, maverick journalist Glenn Greenwald has emerged as one of the loudest anti-Ukraine voices …
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.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Free-speech group will spend millions to promote First Amendment cases — An advocacy group that has spent more than two decades fighting for free expression on college campuses is broadening its efforts to fight so-called cancel culture and other perceived threats to free speech across American society.
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Institutionalist — Dianne Feinstein fought for gun control, civil rights, and abortion access for half a century. Where did it all go wrong? — On election night in San Francisco in 1969, a 36-year-old woman who had run a campaign for the Board of Supervisors that featured …
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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Washington Post, 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.
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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.
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
As war drags on, weary Russians yearn for a return to normal life — They feel frustrated, depressed and no more able to change their bleak situation than change the weather — RIGA, Latvia — For Russia's urban middle class, the war on Ukraine has messed up plans, ruined longed-for vacations …