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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
New court filings raise questions about Sen. Mike Lee's involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 election — The House committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol riot will hold its first public hearing Thursday evening. — Leaked text messages between Utah Sen. Mike Lee and former White House chief …
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Jan. 6 committee live updates: Cheney claims Trump said Pence ‘deserves’ hanging — Thursday marks the House select committee's first prime-time hearing. — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is holding its first prime-time hearing on Thursday.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Jan. 6 Committee holds first public hearing investigating attack on the US Capitol — Lawmakers are expected to present videos of interviews with former top Trump officials and potentially family members — Fox Business Go — Lawmakers on the Jan. 6 committee Thursday night plan …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
6 takeaways from the Jan. 6 committee's first prime-time hearing — The congressional Jan. 6 committee held its first prime-time hearing Thursday night about the attack on the Capitol and the events leading up to it. Here are six takeaways from the first of June's hearing, after nearly a year of investigation.
Washington Post:
Police officer describes bloody ‘war scene’ outside Capitol … Leaders of the bipartisan House select committee examining Donald Trump's drive to subvert the election — and the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, that marked its climax — argued in the panel's first prime-time hearing Thursday night …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Jan. 6th Committee Starts With “Just the Facts, Ma'am” — The committee rises to the occasion. Will we? — I have no idea whether tonight's January 6th Select Committee hearing changed any minds, or even opened some. I don't know what effect this first primetime hearing …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
January 6 Primetime Hearing Proves An Anemic Made-For-TV Special, 2022 Style - Review — If tonight's primetime debut of the House January 6 committee investigating the MAGA fueled attack on the Capitol last year was any indication of how the democracy protecting politicians plan on making …
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Salon:
To indict Donald Trump, prosecutors will need to prove intent. Well, here it comes — That's what the Jan. 6 hearings should provide — Perhaps the biggest hurdle for prosecutors eventually to clear in order to bring criminal charges against Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election will be proving his intent.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
In trying to prebut Jan. 6 committee, McCarthy reinforces its utility — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) took to a news conference Thursday to offer a prebuttal of the Jan. 6 committee's public hearings, which were set to begin Thursday night.
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Ingrid Jacques / USA Today:
Betsy DeVos: Trump's actions on Jan. 6 were ‘line in the sand’ that led to resignation
Betsy DeVos: Trump's actions on Jan. 6 were ‘line in the sand’ that led to resignation
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New York Times:
Liz Cheney: Vice Chair Has Become a G.O.P. Outcast For Condemning Trump
Liz Cheney: Vice Chair Has Become a G.O.P. Outcast For Condemning Trump
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion Has the Jan. 6 committee finally found its John Dean?
Opinion Has the Jan. 6 committee finally found its John Dean?
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Hutchinson, former Meadows aide, replaces lawyer on cusp of Jan. 6 hearings
Hutchinson, former Meadows aide, replaces lawyer on cusp of Jan. 6 hearings
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John Solomon / Just The News:
Trump Pentagon first offered National Guard to Capitol four days before Jan. 6 riots, memo shows
Trump Pentagon first offered National Guard to Capitol four days before Jan. 6 riots, memo shows
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Camila DeChalus / Insider:
Bennie Thompson is poised to take center stage as Jan. 6 hearings start after 29 years in Congress
Bennie Thompson is poised to take center stage as Jan. 6 hearings start after 29 years in Congress
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
At January 6 hearings, revelation plus context equals bombshell
At January 6 hearings, revelation plus context equals bombshell
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Biden says Jan. 6 a ‘clear, flagrant violation of the Constitution’
Biden says Jan. 6 a ‘clear, flagrant violation of the Constitution’
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Aware of Injuries Inside, Uvalde Police Waited to Confront Gunman — More than a dozen students remained alive for over an hour before officers entered their classrooms. The commander feared a risk to officers' lives, new documents show. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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The Texas Tribune:
Waiting for keys, unable to break down doors: Uvalde schools police chief defends delay in confronting gunman — Criticized by law enforcement experts for slowness in taking out the shooter, Pete Arredondo described an agonizing wait for a key that would work.
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
The Washington Post Fires Felicia Sonmez Amid Week of Infighting — The political reporter's exit caps off nearly a full week worth of highly public drama at the paper. … The Washington Post has fired national political reporter Felicia Sonmez, The Daily Beast has confirmed …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Paladino Draws Backlash for Calling Hitler ‘the Kind of Leader We Need’ — Carl Paladino, a Republican House candidate from New York, has been endorsed by Representative Elise Stefanik, a member of party leadership. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Carl Paladino: Hitler is “the kind of leader we need today. We need somebody inspirational.” — Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino appeared on a radio program last year and claimed that New York needs someone like Adolf Hitler to lead it. In the newly unearthed remarks …
Detroit News:
FBI arrests Michigan GOP governor candidate Kelley during raid — FBI agents arrested Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley on unspecified charges Thursday and are searching his home near Grand Rapids. — The search unfolding at Kelley's home in Allendale adds more uncertainty …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
D.C. chiropractor who stormed Capitol arrested on Jan. 6 charges
D.C. chiropractor who stormed Capitol arrested on Jan. 6 charges
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TMZ.com:
Police Rush to Britney Spears' Wedding as Ex-Husband Jason Alexander Crashes It — 7:05 PM PT — TMZ has learned Jason's been booked for trespassing, vandalism and 2 batteries ... related to his physical altercations with Britney's security. We're told he also has felony warrant for larceny …
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
The Planned Attack on Justice Kavanaugh — I just want to put it on the record that I think this is an exceptionally dangerous moment. We desperately need figures like President Biden not to say, as he did on broadcast television last night, that he expects a “mini-revolution” if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
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Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:
Nancy Pelosi insists NO Supreme Court Justices are ‘in danger’ after Democrats blocked a bill to give them more security - hours after armed man ‘threatened to kill Brett Kavanaugh’
Nancy Pelosi insists NO Supreme Court Justices are ‘in danger’ after Democrats blocked a bill to give them more security - hours after armed man ‘threatened to kill Brett Kavanaugh’
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Boudin and the Debacle of Urban Left-wing Politics … The American progressive movement has consciously modeled itself after the conservative movement and possesses many of its characteristic traits: a blueprint for society derived largely from first principles, a focus on maintaining solidarity among …
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Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Time for the Democrats' Chesa Boudin Moment!
Time for the Democrats' Chesa Boudin Moment!
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Group aiming to defund disinformation tries to drain Fox News of online advertising — A nonprofit aiming to defund disinformation online that has taken money out of the pockets of several prominent far-right websites now has its sights set on its most formidable target yet: Fox News.
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GasBuddy:
National Average Price of Gas Spikes to $5/gal, Crushing Previous Record — Average gas prices are up 66c/gal in the last month as gasoline supply tightens — The national average price of gas in the U.S. surpassed $5 per gallon today for the first time ever, according to GasBuddy …
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Biden calls on CEOs to ‘step up’ investments in Latin America to drive democracy — President Joe Biden urged multinationals and business executives to “step up” investments in Latin America to drive economic advances in the region, suggesting this could promote democratic political gains.
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Summit Attendees Plan to Commit to Take in More Migrants
Summit Attendees Plan to Commit to Take in More Migrants
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