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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Is Depicted as a Would-Be Autocrat Seeking to Hang Onto Power at All Costs — As the Jan. 6 committee outlined during its prime-time hearing, Donald J. Trump executed a seven-part conspiracy to overturn a free and fair democratic election. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jared and Ivanka, Without the Power or the Masks — In stark videotaped interviews, Ivanka Trump accepted the notion that there had been no fraud in the 2020 election. Jared Kushner complained that a White House counsel had been “whining.” — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fox News didn't just ignore the Jan. 6 hearing. It did something worse. — Fox News didn't need to announce that it wasn't going to cover Thursday night's prime-time hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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The Hill:
Former Fox News editor to testify before Jan. 6 panel — A former top editor at Fox News said on Friday that he has been called to testify next week before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. — Chris Stirewalt, who was ousted …
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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.
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New York Times:
Liz Cheney: Vice Chair Has Become a G.O.P. Outcast For Condemning Trump — “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” [cheering] They came from all 50 states …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
January 6 Primetime Hearing Proves A Slow Start At Unraveling A Dreadful Day In American History
January 6 Primetime Hearing Proves A Slow Start At Unraveling A Dreadful Day In American History
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
The Jan. 6 committee's evidence spoke for itself. Is the Justice Department listening?
The Jan. 6 committee's evidence spoke for itself. Is the Justice Department listening?
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Jan. 6 Chair Bennie Thompson Tells Tapper He Has Witnesses to Conversations Between Proud Boys and Those ‘In The Trump Orbit’
Jan. 6 Chair Bennie Thompson Tells Tapper He Has Witnesses to Conversations Between Proud Boys and Those ‘In The Trump Orbit’
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Kristen Holmes / CNN:
Trump claims daughter Ivanka ‘checked out’ and wasn't looking at election results
Trump claims daughter Ivanka ‘checked out’ and wasn't looking at election results
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Trump's direct involvement in a coup plotting session and other big takeaways from the first Jan. 6 hearing
Trump's direct involvement in a coup plotting session and other big takeaways from the first Jan. 6 hearing
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Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
The J6 Inquisition Is An Obvious Soviet-Style Show Trial
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Thompson & Cheney Opening Statements at Select Committee Hearing
Thompson & Cheney Opening Statements at Select Committee Hearing
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Jan. 6 Committee holds first public hearing investigating attack on the US Capitol
Jan. 6 Committee holds first public hearing investigating attack on the US Capitol
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
‘Mike Pence Deserves It’: Jan. 6 Panel Reveals Trump's Dark Desire
‘Mike Pence Deserves It’: Jan. 6 Panel Reveals Trump's Dark Desire
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Washington Post:
Police officer describes bloody ‘war scene’ outside Capitol
Police officer describes bloody ‘war scene’ outside Capitol
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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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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
US will end Covid-19 testing requirement for air travelers entering the country — (CNN)The Biden administration is expected to announce Friday that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lift its requirement for travelers to test negative for Covid-19 before entering the US …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant …
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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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rose 8.6% in May, highest since 1981 — The consumer price index rose 8.6% in May from a year ago, the highest increase since December 1981. Core inflation excluding food and energy rose 6%. Both were higher than expected. — Surging food, gas and energy prices all contributed …
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Politico:
Biden scraps Trump's Air Force One paint scheme over cost — The Biden administration has opted not to go with former President Donald Trump's red, white and blue paint scheme for the Air Force One replacement after a new study showed it could drive up the cost, according to an administration official.
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Downstate farmer beating the crop out of GOP establishment in gov race — by nearly 2-1 margin — If the numbers hold, it would represent a brutal repudiation by Illinois' Republican voters of Irvin, his mainstream party endorsements and, pointedly, his $50 million benefactor, Chicago hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin.
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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Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
White supremacists are riling up thousands on social media — WASHINGTON (AP) — The social media posts are of a distinct type. They hint darkly that the CIA or the FBI are behind mass shootings. They traffic in racist, sexist and homophobic tropes. They revel in the prospect of a “white boy summer.”
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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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Politico:
Chesa Boudin is out in San Francisco, but his agenda is alive in California — OAKLAND — San Francisco voters threw their liberal district attorney out of office this week in a decisive rejection said to spell doom for criminal justice reform nationwide. — But just across the Bay …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Boudin and the Debacle of Urban Left-wing Politics