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Washington Post:
Senators strike bipartisan gun deal, heralding potential breakthrough — A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators is set to announce Sunday that it reached a tentative agreement on legislation that would pair modest new gun restrictions with significant new mental health and school security investments …
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Politico:
Senators strike bipartisan gun safety agreement — A group of 20 senators struck a bipartisan gun safety framework on Sunday, marking a significant breakthrough in Congress' attempts to address recent back-to-back mass shootings. — In a Sunday morning statement, 10 senators in each party announced support for the deal.
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The Hill and Los Angeles Times
CNN:
Bipartisan group of senators announce agreement on gun control — (CNN)A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on principle for gun safety legislation Sunday, which includes “needed mental health resources, improves school safety and support for students, and helps ensure dangerous criminals …
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New York Magazine, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, CBS News, The Texas Tribune, Reuters and New York Post
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Senators reach gun safety deal — A group of bipartisan senators have reached a gun safety framework, which includes enhanced background checks for those under 21, funding for mental health and school safety and state grants for “red flag” laws. — Why it matters: The deal falls short …
Daniel Walters / New York Times:
Dozens of White Supremacists Arrested in Idaho Had Planned to Riot, Authorities Say — Members of the right-wing group Patriot Front who were charged on Saturday were preparing to disrupt a nearby Pride event, according to the police. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Martha Bellisle / Associated Press:
31 Patriot Front members arrested near Idaho pride event
31 Patriot Front members arrested near Idaho pride event
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Oregonian, Occupy Democrats, Outside the Beltway, KXLY-TV and CBS News
Vincent Saglimbeni / KXLY-TV:
Police: 31 members of white nationalist group arrested near Coeur d'Alene pride event
Police: 31 members of white nationalist group arrested near Coeur d'Alene pride event
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YouTube and Lawyers, Guns & Money
NBC News:
31 linked to white nationalist group arrested near Pride event in Idaho
31 linked to white nationalist group arrested near Pride event in Idaho
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack pardon revelations could spell doom for Trump and allies — Disclosure that many House Republicans sought presidential pardon may show they believed election fraud claim was false — he House select committee investigating the Capitol attack revealed at its inaugural hearing …
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Washington Post, CBS News, New York Magazine, The Hill, Raw Story, CNN, Reason to Believe and Public Sphere
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
GOP governor says Trump is ‘politically, morally responsible’ for Jan. 6 — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Sunday said former President Trump is “politically, morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 riot last year and called for Republicans to do some “soul-searching” after the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Politico, New York Post, Fox News, Wall Street Journal and NewsNation
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Raskin says Garland knows 'what's at stake' on possible Justice Department indictment of Trump
Raskin says Garland knows 'what's at stake' on possible Justice Department indictment of Trump
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Associated Press, Insider, Washington Times, Voice of America, The Hill, Politico and Raw Story
Washington Post:
How Shireen Abu Akleh was killed — A Washington Post analysis of available visuals, audio and witness statements shows an Israeli soldier likely fired the fatal shot — “We are now at the doors of the Jenin refugee camp,” Ali al-Samoudi, an Al Jazeera news channel producer …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden planning July trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel — President Biden plans to visit Israel and Saudi Arabia in July, the White House confirmed to Axios on Sunday. — Details: Three Israeli officials told Axios Biden is expected to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 14 and 15 before traveling on to Saudi Arabia.
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The Times of Israel
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Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet — An influential system overseen by retailers and clothing makers ranks petroleum-based synthetics like “vegan leather” as more environmentally sound than natural fibers. — Give this article- - - Read in app — It's soft. It's vegan.
Washington Post:
Court filing offers new evidence of post-election breach in Coffee County, Ga. — A cybersecurity executive who has aided efforts by election deniers to investigate the 2020 vote said in a recent court document that he had “forensically examined” the voting system used in Coffee County …
New York Times:
Poland Shows the Risks for Women When Abortion Is Banned — Poland's abortion ban has had many unintended consequences. One is that doctors are sometimes afraid to remove fetuses or administer cancer treatment to save women's lives. — PSZCZYNA, Poland — It was shortly before 11 p.m …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Alan Halaly / The Daily Beast:
Biden Claims Zelensky 'Didn't Want to Hear' Warnings About Russian Invasion — ‘ABSURD’ — President Joe Biden told donors at a fundraising event in Los Angeles on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “didn't want to hear it” when U.S. officials warned him of the Feb. 24 Russian invasion.
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Mike Klonsky's Edu/Pol, Balloon Juice and Insider
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
The Secret Pentagon Photos of the First Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay — GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — For 20 years, the United States military has tightly controlled what the world can see of the detainees at Guantánamo Bay. — No images of prisoners struggling with guards.
Anchorage Daily News:
Palin, Begich, Gross and Peltola are early frontrunners in Alaska's special U.S. House primary — Early results in Alaska's 48-candidate special primary election for U.S. House Saturday showed Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III taking the lead, followed by independent Al Gross.
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Alaska Public Media, New York Magazine, USA Today, The Daily Wire, NBC News, UPI, Vanity Fair and New York Times